Small status update:
I switched back to the LG today. The colors are noticeably nicer. I am now not on the fence about stating this: The asus (colors) definitely look washed out (think car hood in the Arizona sun for a few decades) compared to the LG. The Asus's speed advantage is literally noticeable simply by sliding the mouse cursor across the screen. With the LG, when I slide the cursor left to right, you can literally see the arrow blur as it slides. With the Asus, the arrow is crystal clear the whole time and it feels like you are drawing a laser beam across the screen. I see the 144hz / g-sync tech nicely.
However, the LG suffers from a lack of "hardware" brightness, if you follow. For example, when installing a new game (just started with Shadows of Mordor today), you are often presented with a symbol or pic and told to adjust the gamma (in game settings) to the point you barely see the symbol or pic. Shadows of Mordor does this setup, as do many first person shooters and adventure games. With the LG set at 100% brightness, I still have to slide the game's gamma settings quite a way toward the bright side to achieve the recommended in-game brightness. With my previous Dell, I didn't have to do this. The Swift is so bright from the factory, you have to actually slide down the in-game gamma settings to achieve the recommended settings.
Side note: I realize now, I have never owned a TN panel. The ROG is my first one. The Dell u2711 I was using was an IPS. The LG of course is an IPS. And the Asus is my first experience with a TN. Being used to high quality IPS for so long perhaps is making it tough for me to accept the Asus.
When the GTX 980 comes (hopefully tomorrow), I will be able to run some games with it on the LG and then the Asus the next day, and provide updates.
(as well as run that other blacklight test a poster requested)
I switched back to the LG today. The colors are noticeably nicer. I am now not on the fence about stating this: The asus (colors) definitely look washed out (think car hood in the Arizona sun for a few decades) compared to the LG. The Asus's speed advantage is literally noticeable simply by sliding the mouse cursor across the screen. With the LG, when I slide the cursor left to right, you can literally see the arrow blur as it slides. With the Asus, the arrow is crystal clear the whole time and it feels like you are drawing a laser beam across the screen. I see the 144hz / g-sync tech nicely.
However, the LG suffers from a lack of "hardware" brightness, if you follow. For example, when installing a new game (just started with Shadows of Mordor today), you are often presented with a symbol or pic and told to adjust the gamma (in game settings) to the point you barely see the symbol or pic. Shadows of Mordor does this setup, as do many first person shooters and adventure games. With the LG set at 100% brightness, I still have to slide the game's gamma settings quite a way toward the bright side to achieve the recommended in-game brightness. With my previous Dell, I didn't have to do this. The Swift is so bright from the factory, you have to actually slide down the in-game gamma settings to achieve the recommended settings.
Side note: I realize now, I have never owned a TN panel. The ROG is my first one. The Dell u2711 I was using was an IPS. The LG of course is an IPS. And the Asus is my first experience with a TN. Being used to high quality IPS for so long perhaps is making it tough for me to accept the Asus.
When the GTX 980 comes (hopefully tomorrow), I will be able to run some games with it on the LG and then the Asus the next day, and provide updates.
(as well as run that other blacklight test a poster requested)