ASUS RoG SWIFT PG278Q 27-inch G-SYNC Monitor Review

ASUS is offering gamers a lot with its RoG SWIFT PG278Q. Not only does this 27-inch monitor boast a 1440p resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, NVIDIA’s G-SYNC technology is included to help give you the smoothest gaming experience possible. Is that something that matters? You bet. Read on as I try to do this thing justice.

I admit that sometimes, I’m a little slow to catch on to some common things. Take Vsync, for example. As much as I hate to admit it, it wasn’t until about five years ago that I realized its true usefulness. Prior to that, I couldn’t have imagined deliberately capping my framerate, but after I sucked it up and decided to test Vsync in my games, I quickly became a fan. It was at that point that I realized that 60 FPS and smoothness had more appeal than 100 FPS and tearing.

Ever since I had that Vsync epiphany, or at least up until last fall when NVIDIA announced G-SYNC, I considered its design and effect on games to be very good. But, I hadn’t put thought into its downsides; the biggest one being that your game is unlikely to be able to run in perfect sync with your display, which is to say that if you’re running a 60Hz monitor, your game would have to perform at 60 FPS 100% of the time. There’s also the side-effect of the GPU and display not working in unison to deliver the best frames.

Admittedly, it wasn’t until I saw G-SYNC in person at a press event last fall that I truly realized how lacking Vsync’s design was. It’s not that I suddenly believe Vsync is a waste of time, because it’s not. Instead, it’s that I realized how much better display sync could be. When NVIDIA’s Tom Peterson showed G-SYNC off to a room full of press, I was reassured pretty quickly by my colleagues that I wasn’t the only one genuinely impressed. NVIDIA seemed to have a winner on its hands.

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