ASUS PG279Q 144hz 1440P IPS G-Sync

Theoretically the IPS monitors should be a big step above the TN monitors but the issues they are having at the moment aren't making them worth the price. Waiting a few more weeks for more reviews to come in would probably be the safest bet. If you play the lottery and can manage to get a good one then it would be well worth it in my opinion. It just seems like no one has gotten a perfect one besides reviewers at this point.

That just shows that they COULD release all 90-100% perfect panels... as the reviewers get cherry picked ones. But they don't and just hope people accept some of these terrible panels I have seen on forums etc.
 
The PG279Q has never actually been in stock. Amazon had a preorder page for a while but that's it. According to SeaFoam a few posts up the preorders should be going out very soon. If Amazon didn't oversell them then I suppose they will be available soon as well. If you are OK with Neweggs return policy you could keep an eye on them too.

I have yet to get a message from them, so I'm going off of second hand information. I am going to contact Amazon later and see if they have any update.
 
Ordered. If it is good, I will have to order everything else for a new PC.
 
Hoping it ships through Amazon in the next day or two if Newegg has them.
 
Just ordered :D FYI if you have an AMEX card you can get $25 statement credit right now on purchases over $200 at Newegg

Edit: card already charged and in packaging... so looks like it should ship tomorrow
 
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Just ordered :D FYI if you have an AMEX card you can get $25 statement credit right now on purchases over $200 at Newegg

Edit: card already charged and in packaging... so looks like it should ship tomorrow

Done.

How do I get the Amex credit?
 
Great news! Hopefully, Amazon gets them in stock soon. I can't wait to hear people's impressions. Hopefully, most of these are problem free. *crosses fingers*
 
Just picked it up from NewEGG. Gotta wait until tonight to open it up though.

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Surprised Asus didn't change the SKU name, pictures and packaging to avoid confusion.

When google searching that monitor it brings up the same model as the TN version(thanks Asus, makes price shopping this monitor a pain in the ass) and they both use the same exact monitor pics :rolleyes:


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Just picked it up from NewEGG. Gotta wait until tonight to open it up though.

I'm jealous. I'm only about 2/3 of the way to saving enough to order mine.

Having to order a new refrigerator today (more than $1000) didn't help.
 
I'm just waiting on stock at amazon to pull the trigger

As soon as I get an update I'll let you know. I would continue to check their page and if you can order it, do it, even if it's out of stock.
 
Surprised Asus didn't change the SKU name, pictures and packaging to avoid confusion.

When google searching that monitor it brings up the same model as the TN version(thanks Asus, makes price shopping this monitor a pain in the ass) and they both use the same exact monitor pics :rolleyes:


PG278Q


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PG279Q

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So the PG279Q is the IPS version while the PG278Q is a TN panel?
 
So hooked up the monitor today.... LOOKS GREAT!

I have 2 dell U2412's in Portrait mode, which makes it 60Hz x 165hz x 60Hz

I did come across something strange which i'm not used to seeing as I was always gaming on 60 Hz with my mother monitor being 60hz,
Is this due to refresh rate swapping?
http://puu.sh/liE70/4b083d18ec.MOV
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Plus the TN only goes to 144, right?

165 is garbage anyways. You dont want higher then 120 or 144. Read the tft review. 165 is crap. Just use ULMB. ULMB at 120 hz will not have overshoot issues (comparatively) and will look better anyways. 165hz was terrible according to tft central so check the review out.

165 hz is a complete marketing gimmick. Plus again You would need a 400 hz screen to mimic 120 hz ULMB any ways.

So hooked up the monitor today.... LOOKS GREAT!

I have 2 dell U2412's in Portrait mode, which makes it 60Hz x 165hz x 60Hz

I did come across something strange which i'm not used to seeing as I was always gaming on 60 Hz with my mother monitor being 60hz,
Is this due to refresh rate swapping?
http://puu.sh/liE70/4b083d18ec.MOV
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you need monitor arms......and a corner desk
 
I still need to do some testing, but I honestly cannot tell the difference between ULMB and G-sync modes when it came to motion clarity, at all.

The only thing I noticed was that the screen is MUCH dimmer than usual, far too dim. I only use pulse width of 10, because reviews (can't remember which) showed that 10 gave the very best motion clarity, but with brightness set at 100, it is still only half as (if even that) bright as no ULMB at 20 brightness. Granted, I only tested this on SC2, but at least in that game, I found no extra clarity, if anything, I found less of it due to the massive brightness cut. However, I doubt I will notice it at all since 10 gave best results yet I cannot distinguish it, turning up the pulse width will further reduce that effect.
 
I still need to do some testing, but I honestly cannot tell the difference between ULMB and G-sync modes when it came to motion clarity, at all.

The only thing I noticed was that the screen is MUCH dimmer than usual, far too dim. I only use pulse width of 10, because reviews (can't remember which) showed that 10 gave the very best motion clarity, but with brightness set at 100, it is still only half as (if even that) bright as no ULMB at 20 brightness. Granted, I only tested this on SC2, but at least in that game, I found no extra clarity, if anything, I found less of it due to the massive brightness cut. However, I doubt I will notice it at all since 10 gave best results yet I cannot distinguish it, turning up the pulse width will further reduce that effect.

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/asus_rog_swift_pg279q.htm#ulmb

you want back light 100 and pulse width 100. That'll give you a usable 100 nit

let me know how that works. It should be more than usable. Dim but bright enough. It leaves back light on for 1.875ms, which is the example I posted in the picture from the last page.
 
I used to do that, but because I remember I really couldn't tell the difference so I switched back because I'll have bigger room with the brightness controls, I would most likely have to place a ULMB with a G-Sync monitor side by side to see if I could tell the difference.

Not sure if that is a blessing or a curse
 
I used to do that, but because I remember I really couldn't tell the difference so I switched back because I'll have bigger room with the brightness controls, I would most likely have to place a ULMB with a G-Sync monitor side by side to see if I could tell the difference.

Not sure if that is a blessing or a curse

i edited my post check it again.

Honestly if you can't tell the difference I will tactical false palm myself. If I only couldn't tell the difference :/

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or trekkie style double face palm
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I used to be all about lightboost back when I had my VG248QE and was able to get 120fps with a gtx 780 in almost every game with some adjusted game settings. These days I just can't pull off that kind of frame rate anymore on my 1440p display on a 980 Ti. I'd either have to go sli or drop the settings so low it wouldn't even be an enjoyable experience anymore. There are also some games which will simply run at low frame rates at times no matter what such as Fallout 4. I wouldn't mind going back to lightboost/ulmb IF games were well optimized so that I won't get crappy frame rates and I had the hardware to push 120fps at 1440p. Until then gsync has been serving me well.
 
I used to be all about lightboost back when I had my VG248QE and was able to get 120fps with a gtx 780 in almost every game with some adjusted game settings. These days I just can't pull off that kind of frame rate anymore on my 1440p display on a 980 Ti. I'd either have to go sli or drop the settings so low it wouldn't even be an enjoyable experience anymore. There are also some games which will simply run at low frame rates at times no matter what such as Fallout 4. I wouldn't mind going back to lightboost/ulmb IF games were well optimized so that I won't get crappy frame rates and I had the hardware to push 120fps at 1440p. Until then gsync has been serving me well.

i got a 980TI but will get next gen when it comes out which is why I refuse to do SLI because it would be a waste.

A lot of games I play are older so 120hz will be easy at that res. I get 60hz give or take at 4K right now so at 1/3 the res 120hz will be easy especially with new card :D kind why i wish a 4k version existed since i am getting next gen as soon as its out :D
 
165 is garbage anyways. You dont want higher then 120 or 144. Read the tft review. 165 is crap. Just use ULMB. ULMB at 120 hz will not have overshoot issues (comparatively) and will look better anyways. 165hz was terrible according to tft central so check the review out.

165 hz is a complete marketing gimmick. Plus again You would need a 400 hz screen to mimic 120 hz ULMB any ways.

Are you sure it's 'garbage'? It was somewhat hard to extract from the review, but I got the impression they meant it was an improvement, however very slight.

Of course, it doesn't matter when using ULMB. It would be interesting to know why it's stuck at 120hz.
 
Are you sure it's 'garbage'? It was somewhat hard to extract from the review, but I got the impression they meant it was an improvement, however very slight.

Of course, it doesn't matter when using ULMB. It would be interesting to know why it's stuck at 120hz.

Sorry I got 2 sections combined on accident but still 165hz still was worse then 144 hz

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The response times were slightly slower overall at 165Hz than they had been at 144Hz. The average G2G was now 6.0ms instead of 5.2ms at 144Hz. This translated to a small amount of increased motion blur, but we're talking very very slight. This is arguably offset anyway by the slight improvement in motion clarity brought about by the higher frame rate / higher refresh rate.

I got it confused thinking Extreme OD was 165 hz but still 165hz is generally pointless especially considering ULMB or G-Sync. G-Sync is only good upto 144 hz IIRC. So there is no reason for 165 hz since it supports neither feature.

Was thinking Extreme OD was the 165 hz
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