The ultra-wide curved monitor rocks an angular design with orange accents.

UPDATED REVIEW: 2/11/16 I received my new ROG Swift on 1/29/16. The return and refund from BuyVPC was fast and easy, and in fact I purchased the replacement from them as well. This time everything worked as it should, no dead or stuck pixels, this monitor is amazing!

We regularly tell you that you should spend more on your display than you do. So often it's the element of a system that people choose to cut corners on. Why bother having a pair of high-end GPUs in your system if you're outputting the picture to a ￡100 1080P monitor from a brand you've never heard...

ASUS waited quite some time to bring a 34" display to fruition. If that was due to some kind of initial issue, that's not shown as the ASUS ROG PG348Q passes with flying colors. This starts with the design which can no doubt be described as playful.

Chic look; good workmanship; Good OSD with numerous gaming features; High-contrast; good image quality; Uniform illumination; bright; Good color representation; Highly responsive; 100 Hz operation with G-Sync

Expensive; Slight backlight bleeding

Kitguru Says: IPS? Check. Ultra-wide display? Check. G-Sync up to 100Hz? Check! All the ingredients are here for a great ultra-wide 21:9 gaming display. The Asus ROG Swift PG348Q is a stunning panel, but it is a pricey prospect.

Very funky; futuristic design and appearance; 100 Hz operation; with G-Sync support; Great picture quality

Menu system could be more complete; Expensive

A few years ago, the PC monitor was the least concern for anyone building their own custom PC – just slap on a 1080p display and you were good to go. But with the advancement of 4K displays, higher refresh rates, and more gaming features, PC monitors have become the center of the attention.

+ Sophisticated and sleek design; + Incredible image quality right out of the box; + OSD navigation is wonderful; + 100Hz + G-sync is a religious experience

- Expensive as hell; - Crappy speakers; - Only one HDMI port

OK, this is a little embarrassing. Last July I hailed, albeit with the usual journalistic qualifications, the Asus MG279Q as the Messiah of Monitors. Now I'm doing it again. And it's another ruddy Asus monitor. But there's nothing to be done. I cannot unsee what has been seen.

The ASUS ROG Swift PG348Q Gaming monitor is just a fantastic monitor to look at, I assume some of you even wanna lick it :) The aesthetics are just terrific (if you like the design).

The Asus RoG Swift PG348Q is the company's interpretation of the finest gaming monitor in early 2016. The 3,440x1,440 resolution, G-Sync technology and 100Hz refresh rate combine to offer silky gaming visuals in a super-widescreen, curved form factor.

Gorgeous aesthetics; Excellent colour calibration; Premium gaming experience; Very good in 2D; Best-in-class OSD

Luminance uniformity not perfect

The PG348Q is another great addition to the already very popular and established ROG Swift gaming monitor series. Asus have done a nice job with the design and build of this screen and it feels like a premium high-end monitor worthy of the Republic of Gamers brand.