Asus ROG Swift (PG278Q) Review

1440p. G-sync. 144Hz. My god this is is good! Strap yourselves in, because this is gonna be a long one!

This, ladies and gentleman, is Asus’ PG278Q – more commonly known as the ROG Swift. It features only ONE DisplayPort 1.2 connector, DC in and a 2 port USB 3 hub. Other than that, this beast is barren – save the aggressive and stylish design.

On the side/back, you’ll find the interesting button design for the on-screen menu, including a 4 way hat switch, cancel, Gameplus (more later), Turbo (more later) and a power button. Also on the back is the cable management hole in the stand which is removable (exposing a VESA 100×100 mount), and a Red LED ring around the bottom of the arm.

From the front you’ll notice the nice and thin bezels, and after playing with it, you’ll find the 120mm of height adjust, 90 degree pivot, +-60 degree rotation and +20 to -5 degree tilt – a lot of customisability (although you’d expect that for the price…). This monitor screams two things, premium and gaming. It has the fierce gaming looks, but when you pivot the monitor to portrait, or rotate it, you’ll notice it feels like a fluid head tripod (what we film with, and boy they aren’t cheap!). It has the air of premium-ness to it that you just can’t shake – not to mention the freaking amazing gameplay experience thanks to not only having a 1440p 144Hz panel (giving you a little extra room to see around you at lightning fast pace) but also the G-sync module that replaces the monitor’s scaler chip. I think I’ll use the next page to talk about G-sync specifically and why it (and AMD’s alternative, FreeSync, are the future of gaming).