Asus ROG Swift PG27AQDM OLED Best Settings Guide
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The settings you need to change to get the most out of your Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM monitor for SDR and HDR modes.
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Many thanks. I've made all my monitor purchases over the last 12ish+ years based on your website. It was always tft central and the PSU guy who now works for corsair that helped the most. (Most other components are easier to research). So glad your still around and please keep doing what your doing. Things are getting exciting in this tech space.
Thanks for the kind words and for following us for so many years 😀
thank you for posting this. I've been using this monitor for about a month and I just tried your color settings. It is a nice improvement.
Just the information I was looking for, thank you so much! 👍
This is the video I needed after purchasing this monitor. Thank you 👍
Heard about you from monitor unboxed, happy to be a new subscriber.
Many thanks for joining. Welcome 😀
A quick note about "Screen saver" setting. With the MCM104 FW it now turns on the CPC ( the vignette effect ), not sure why did Asus change that thing, but you might want to add a sticky comment or annotation if possible, as this setting will now meaningfully change screen brightness even during normal use.
Wow nice find, I'm really struggling getting this monitor calibrated to look good for both HDR and SDR content
Do you recommend having it on? I noticed that a while back toggling it on and off there is a noticeable brightness difference.
Hey I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. This made my monitor look amazing!
Glad it helped 😀
Hey, I really appreciate your attention to detail in these videos, especially regarding perfecting the monitors with settings. Since it's so hard to choose, I wanted to ask you: between this and the LG, which do you think would be better for SDR gaming? I know this one has higher brightness, but outside of that do you feel it has any advantages? I read elsewhere that the ASUS has better color accuracy out of the box, but I don't know if that's true any more after all of these firmware updates.
Great monitor and great video. I do software dev from an apple studio display and game on this beast.
Sorry im new to all of this.. after watching the video i still don't get it, whats still the best for just overall gaming and watching videos/movies? the SDR settings or the SRGB settings?
insane monitor
I'm quite a newbie when it comes to screen settings stuff - thanks for the settings!
What is the difference in the stuff you did in user mode (wide gamut) and the srgb mode. When would you change between those 2 modes?
in hdr mode if i go to my window settings it says peak brightness 446 nits. any idea why its not displaying 1000?
when i used another setting my monitor kept frezing does this settings help?
Cant update my firmwarr with this "onekey" tool or however they call it.
Everytime im opening the tool it says, status failed I cant even start.
Usb cable is comected.
Cant i use just esports mode if i play games only? Will this work?
This was really useful, thank you!
Wide Gamut Setup (user mode)
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Gaming
GameVisual
CHECK User Mode
Adaptive Sync
SET On (GSYNC Compatible)
Shadow Boost
SET OFF
Image
Brightness
SET 44 (120 nits)
OR
SET 57 (150 nits)
OR
SET 79 (200 nits)
CHECK Uniform Brightness
Contrast
SET 80
VividPixel
SET 50
Blue Light Filter
SET OFF
Color
Display Color Space
SET DCI-P3
Color Temp.
SET User
Red: 100
Green: 95
Blue: 81
Saturation
SET 50
Gamma
SET 2.2
System Setup
Power Settings
SET Standard Mode
Screen Protection
Screensaver
SET ON
Screen Move
SET What you want, figure it out
Adjust Logo Brightness
SET ON
Pixel Cleaning Cycle Reminder
SET 8 Hours
sRGB (sRGB mode)
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Gaming
GameVisual
CHECK sRGB
HDR (enable in Windows)
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Gaming
Adaptive Sync
SET On (GSYNC Compatible)
Image
HDR Setting
SET what you want, figure it out
SET Brightness Adjustable if HDR is too bright for you
Color
Color Temp.
SET 6500K (HDR cinema mode)
OR
SET 8200 (for more blue + peak brightness) (HDR gaming mode)
Asus gaming HDR seems to act like dynamic tone mapping when using Windows HDR calibration tool. Asus Console HDR looks like HGIG which seems to correspond to accurate values on the calibration tool. Now my monitor behaves like my LG OLED TVS and looks amazing. The monitor is amazing when set up properly. So use Console HDR setting before the Windows HDR calibration tool.
Good guide! why do you calibrate at 120 nits? is that to low or should i get used to it? i just play games so have always wondered what brightness is best? i know it depends on light environment and i have normal lighting conditions i would say.. and i have curtains covering my windows most of the time :) would love an answer!
It’s very much down to preference and content. Personally I find 120 nits appropriate for my day to day use and lighting conditions. By all means set it higher if you prefer. There’s no one correct answer for this
Great little vid!
Great video!
Just ordered this monitor yesterday for 899€ sale! Mainly playing tarkov, i gues this will be so good for that! Had a C1 65" too on my PS5👌
Hey dude, did you faced any flickering with it?
@@alexwishm3327 no i havent, 0 problems so far, im using G-sync also, and no flickering. The best monitor I've bought so far! I like this so much.
Yooo Im trying to use it for tarkov as well. Cant see shit inside buildings. What are your settings? Got my monitor yesterday, and its way darker than my previous IPS@@jvritola4191
Are you primarily gaming on SDR or HDR?
SDR @@ZiZo34344
Aspect Ratio settings don t work?
Thnaks mate!
do people not use FPS mode?
Thx bro you did great, I would like to ask you about the modes , when i want to play ill put it on HDR gaming mode and when i want to watch movies ill put it on HDR cinema mode , is that ok ? . I want the best performance for playing and watching movies
That would be fine yes 👍
Arrive today awesome!!!How you put in off de monitor?When you put in off the pc you have to press the button back from the monitor????No red logo asus when is off???THX!!I have configured like the video but when i put the hdr on w11 the settings of the monitor like britghnes change.
The screen will automatically go to sleep when the pc is off or goes to sleep itself. You shouldn’t need to press anything on the screen for that. If you turn it off manually by it’s power button then you will have to power it back on again manually when you want to use it
If you enable HDR in windows then the screen enters HDR mode automatically where most of the settings change and are unavailable. Only enable HDR in windows when you want to use HDR content!
You are really amazing. Really brother
I believe the pixel cleaning needs the monitor in standby, not off.
@TFTCentral do any of the color settings change after the latest firmware update? aka MCM105 or MCM104
It’s not something we’ve tested I’m afraid. Try them and see how they look
Brightness on 44... right
Very very good VoD, i have a question, i will only play with this Monitor, what do you mean from Shadow Boost on Dynamik? What do this too... Lower Input lag and so? or only lights in dark rooms.😊
The shadow boost setting just tweaks the dark grey performance near black, so will make dark shadowy scenes a bit brighter. Use it if you play a lot of dark content and want to boost it a bit. One to experiment with, and down to personal taste and room conditions
@@tftcentral big thx for the fast answer^^
hi, thanks for this video , just got mine and very happy with this monitor , just one question : the vividpixel option is grey on mine , I can't select it , any ideas ? (connected in DP 1.4 , 240 Hz etc..)
Are you perhaps running in HDR mode all the time?
@@tftcentral no HDR mode actually , But I ve just found why Vivid option is grey ; in fact I use racing mode and in this mode , u can't adjust Vividpixel option ;) I changed to user mode and it s good , I can adjust Vivid pixel (just found it on Asus Forum)
IS ANYBODY HAVING A “display port no signal” issue with this monitor??
Should I use the white gamma mode for games or the srgb one? And doesn't enabling uniform brightness defeat the purpose of an oled?
No it doesn’t. OLED panels would get extremely hot if you ran a full white image at max brightness, so they need to lower their brightness. The unified brightness setting exists to lower the peak brightness down (I think it’s 250 nits at 100%) so the ABL never kicks in. This allows a small white square to be the same brightness as a full white screen which is signified in the name “unified brightness”. Blacks will still be black, so the screen is still gaining the amazing contrast of an OLED.
Does one need to switch to any settings in windows color management, like the device profile setting? Or are default settings optimal?
Default is fine
Why is it not letting me use 1440p with my ps5
Do you know if ASUS is going to also release their version of the 45" 21:9 240 Hz OLED LG like they did here with LG's 27" version? What about the Acer Predator X45? I'm just trying to see if I should buy the LG version of the 45 or wait to see if the Predator and/or ASUS (if it exists) will be out soon and with IQ improvements compared to the LG version.
Not heard of an Asus equivalent in that size actually. Likely they are skipping that option
Hello great video. But what do you recomend are the best settings for ps5 gaming like warzone? On this monitor
The same settings will serve you well for everything. You may want to try out some of the added gaming bits like crosshair, black equaliser etc but that’s down to taste
@@tftcentralthank you bro. I have one more question. So is better for gaming the dci p3 setting. Or the Srgb mode better. That way I know that setting to copy
Do you have the latest firmware that came out on the 10th of April? One came out on the 31st of March that was mcm103, however it shows the same version mcm103 but a new date which is April 10th, do you have any idea if it’s the exact same update
I expect it’s the same thing but will check!
Win I activate HDR in the windows monitor settings area, everything looks washed out, but when I disable it everything is way more colorful and bright. I already visited asus for the updated drivers and installed them correctly, but still same issue.
That’s very typical. See here for more tftcentral.co.uk/articles/heres-why-you-should-only-enable-hdr-mode-on-your-pc-when-you-are-viewing-hdr-content
Thanks for showing the settings! I have one question though and hope you're willing to read this:
I just bought the LG version and I'm planning to switch it for this Asus one because mine is very dark (even in a dark room) and any color preset other than the default and reader mode forces smart energy saving on which reduces image quality because it constantly dims if the image isn't a really dark scenario.
The uniformity is also pretty bad with the corners of a white screen turning yellowish
So I've read about this monitor and it should not only be brighter and have beter uniformity but looking at your video I should also be able to turn off any automatic dimming while turning the monitor as bright as I want without locking out any color presets, can you confirm this?
You might see this comment in other places too... Thank you in advance.
You can avoid any dimming caused by the ABL if you use the uniform brightness mode on the Asus and that is also able to get a bit brighter than the LG screen too. There’s still a limit of how bright the panel can go, so whether or not that’s sufficient for you really depends what you’re used to and using already
@@tftcentral the VIVID mode on the LG is nice until it starts dimming, if the Asus can do these kind of nice colors without dimming much of my problems are solved. Thank you for answering!
My menu is restricted to just a few options, I can't even change the contrast, the monitor is in standard mode. I can't seem to find what caused it.
Are you maybe running HDR all the time? If not maybe just do a screen reset from within the OSD and start again
is it suitable with stand-v102ow dual arm? I'm not sure if the OLED monitors have their own arm ??
You’d have to check the Asus spec for that but pretty sure it’s standard vesa 100mm mounting
Is this monitor good for current warzone? Or will it too dark on series x 120hz
Could you please comment on an alt tabbing experience (from Fullscreen games)? Dual monitors. My pg27aqn WAS HORRIBLE. Took like 4-5 seconds to tab out, monitor would lose signal like 1-2 times during the tab out as well...
There's a lot of different things at play with something like this. The usual recommendation is to run games in borderless windowed mode which should make this instant and avoid problems :)
It's very hard to account for different situations and give a clear answer here, but on a single monitor setup there's instant change as long as you're switching between SDR desktop and SDR game, or HDR desktop and HDR game. if you have an HDR toggle enabled in a game, and alt+Tab to desktop, there's about a 3 second delay as the screen is having to switch between SDR and HDR modes - the same could be said for any monitor.
The other thing which seems to cause some delay on this screen and we believe others is if DSC is being used, and I believe that's more down to the graphics card (NVIDIA) than any individual monitor. for instance running SDR desktop at 8-bit allows instant Alt+tab, but if you run 10-bit and DSC is then being used, there's about a 3 second delay when switching. not down to the monitor though i don't believe.
prob simplest to use borderless windowed mode and avoid this anyway :)
@@tftcentral I see. My friend has the LG OLED version of this monitor, and his alt tabbing experience is superb and instant in any case (from Fullscreen). He is not using HDR, but he is using 10-bit color as well. He has an rtx4080.
When I was researching how to fix my issue, I did read about DSC but that means there's simply nothing you can do unfortunately... And it would make sense that DSC would kick in for 360hz 1440p 10-bit due to it literally being at the very edge of the display port bandwidth.
Just simply using borderless isn't an option in all games sadly. Most of the casual games are fine, but some of the competitive ones like valorant, CSGO, you always want to have them in Fullscreen.
Hello, TFT would you like to put this monitor in the 25 inch screen size?
Not really, it’s closer to 27” at 26.5” 😀
Whats the highet Nits for that screen? It says 1000 nits but the most tester says its around 900 nits in HDR....
See our review in the description for our testing
Thanks for the video, but I heard many complaints regarding the HDR mode, what are your thoughts about that?
That will be from early adopters and reviews based on the original shipped firmware, which did have some problems with colour gamut in HDR mode. It only delivered around 80% sRGB coverage when viewing SDR content and Windows desktop, so colours looked dull and muted. HDR colour gamut was actually fine, but it was immediately obvious as a problem when you enable HDR. Asus released a new firmware last week to address this and it's now much better. Covered in detail in our written review which will be available tomorrow :)
@@tftcentral Looking forward to it!
@@tftcentral So is the hdr colour performance fixed now ? Or just partially?
The issue with the under coverage of sRGB when displaying SDR content/ windows desktop in HDR mode is fixed. It’s now decent HDR performance and SDR representation also looks much better
@TFTCentral can you ansver me please , do i need to shut off monitor on button or just shut down pc ?, so monitor can perform automatic pixel cleaning ?
It’s supposed to do it when it goes to standby but I’m not sure if it works properly. There’s reports it doesn’t run. Maybe trigger it manually periodically via the menu
@@tftcentral ok when once daily or wait couplw days im using monitor 8 hours a day?
Once a day would prob be about right to align with typical cycles
I just got this monitor a few days ago & i cannot stress enough the difference between 1080p 240 vs 1440p 240. I wasnt 100% sure about it at 1st bc all the reviews said the screen was to dark because of of the oled panel but based on my experience the screen brightness does not translate to in game brightness if that makes sense, like my monitor screen brightness is set to 60 which is pretty dim but in game i have no dark zones so those sweats wearing black skins and hiding in dark corners i can still see (except warzone). The only game that i have issues with is warzone, for some reason warzone changes my monitors HDR settings so when im outside and i look into a building or dark areas, those dark areas are really dark but honestly feel like its just my in game settings. The only knock i have with the monitor is the fact that its $1k usd & didnt come with mount screws lmao.
thank god they're 3$ on amazon.. in the exact same boat as you lmaooooo
@@fpsWagz lmao I just found some laying around in my game room
looking for a settings guide that includes the nvidia control panel settings in addition to the monitor's menu settings
Other than enabling Gsync if you want to use it, we would recommend leaving NVIDIA settings at default
Hello, just bought this monitor. Is it normal that, when i turn ON HDR in Windows mode, that i cannot set any changes in OSD monitor to colors and change profiles between FPS/Cinema/FPS presets? Is it normal that they're not accessible once HDR is turned ON? @TFTCentral
Yes that’s normal. Only enable HDR mode when you’re actually viewing HDR content
I bought the Rog, Pg48 uq, I like it, is dim , honestly, coulombs are nice- I’m losing my mind tho, I’m deathly afraid of the burn in factor and the longevity of this monitor is freaking me out, I game at least 8 hours per day…I’m not sure if I made the right choice. Ps uniform bright ness on 100 is dim for me…any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated, thank you
@@artigotale 8 hours per day? Buddy, get a life.
Is 50 in vivid pixel the factory default or is it 0? And if I select modes that does not allow me to change the vivid pixel settings does it mean it is automatically 50 or is it 0?
I can’t recall which is the default, the user manual should say. If it’s not available in a certain mode I would imagine it’s irrelevant/not used
you want it on 50, if its on 0, it will be blurry.
sorry for my ignorance, but which mode in this video is meant more for gaming and dynamic stuff? Thanks.
We’ll both really. It entirely depends if the game or content is HDR or not. If it supports HDR, enable that in windows before you start playing, and then you will have already configured the screens HDR mode like in this video. If it doesn’t support HDR, leave windows HDR mode turned off, which will leave the screen in SDR mode, again configured to the settings in the video. Hope that helps
thank you. but what about the wide gammit mode compared to the sRGB mode settings you did? is one better for gaming than the other? Thank you. I also read somewhere that it would be ok to turn HDR mode to auto in windows. would that be ok? or would you still recommend turning it on and off based on game support. @@tftcentral
@lucashoskins5385 that really depends on if the game is mastered in wide gamut or not. A lot of people prefer the more vivid and saturated appearance of the wide gamut mode anyway for gaming so you’d probably want to use that mode I think. Try both and see which you prefer
I personally wouldn’t use Auto HDR mode, that tries to fake a conversion for SDR content to HDR. I’d rather play the content as it’s intended and if it’s not an HDR game, leave it in SDR. I’d probably just enable HDR mode when you’re going to view proper HDR content
I suffered a strange bug with this monitor last night. When I shut down the pc I didn't turn the monitor off during the shutdown process as I normally do, instead I waited until the pc was completely off then the monitor shows "no signal" message, but it wouldn't turn off. Pressing the power off button did nothing, it didn't bring up the menu or anything. However I could press the other buttons to bring up the main menu but again no way to turn it off. So I had to turn my pc back on to turn the monitor off.
After you shutdown your pc, turn off the pc power supply. Then try to turn the moniter off.
For warzone 2 do you recommend uniform brightness on or off? Console player
It really depends how bright you want to make the screen. Uniform brightness will keep the brightness consistent regardless of the content and APL which is good, but your max available brightness would be a bit lower. This is assuming you’re gaming in SDR mode. If you’re using HDR mode then that setting isn’t used anyway
do people not use FPS mode? My first oled jsut came in today and the settigns in this video the screen is way to dark compared to all my IPS monitors. I cant use uniform brightness no way
Для fps режима я использую:
Яркость: 70
Равномерная яркость: OFF (Так как эта функция по сути убивает все преимущество OLED в независимой яркости отдельных пикселей, это можно использовать разве что для просмотра веб-сайтов и работы, но не для просмотра фильмов и игр, где это наоборот преимущество )
Контраст: 80
Shadow Boost: OFF (включение функции ухудшает отклик что приводит к увеличению размытия)
Насыщенность цвета: 60 (чтобы лучше видеть противников в играх с тусклой графикой типа Hunt Showdown)
VividPixel: 40 (по всей видимости это стандартная величина с которой пиксели работают максимально быстро)
Цветовой режим: 9300K (в этом режиме белый цвет действительно белый, но если вы переживаете за свои глаза можете оставить 8200K)
При обычно использовании от этих настроек у вас будут уставать глаза, но для FPS игр это лучшие параметры которые я смог только подобрать. ВАЖНО эти настройки нужно делать включив предварительно FPS MODE.
Do you still recommend applying these settings on the MCM104 firmware?
I’m not aware of any major changes to anything that would impact these setting recommendations. Def worth trying them still
When would I use SRGB versus Wide Gamut?
Depends on your preference and desire for accuracy. Some people prefer to just use wide gamut mode all the time, esp if mainly gaming and watching movies where you can enjoy the more vivid and saturated colours. If you want higher level of accuracy for SDR content, which is mastered in the sRGB colour space, or are doing any colour critical work in that space, you’d switch to the sRGB mode to emulate that smaller colour space
Hello @tftcentral ! Ive got this issue with thé monitor : when i turn HDR on the brightness of the screen gets pumped up (wich seems normal to me) but when i turn RDR2 in full screen the level of brightness goes way down and even if i can Stills play on hdr i have to redo all settings. I dont know if its normal… i wonder wich mode is the true hdr one : full screen of Windowed mode ?
I really hope you will answer :)
Like ur videos
Can you explain a bit more what you mean when you say you have to redo all settings?
@@tftcentral When i turn my monitor to full screen the settings of the monitor are changing, like the colors and the luminosity : the screen is not so bright anymore, like if the brightness was turned down to 30% even if the monitor shoes 100%. When i say i need to change the settings i mean i need to change the HDR settings in RDR2 to match the new brightness and colors to the fullscreen. For now im playing in borderless cause its much brighter but this issue seems to apply to all my games/movies etc.
Thank you a lot for answering and sorry for long explanation :)
Actually now, for some reason, brightness wont increse even in borderless mode... windows wont notify me im playing in hdr like it did before (hdr still active in game options). I can see there is an issue cause my mouse cursor is way brighter than the rest of the screen, same for the screen settings : way brighter than the rest.
@federicomarigo that’s strange, perhaps it’s something to do with how the monitor is detecting full screen HDR content. Have you made sure you’re using the latest firmware? That’s about all I can think of tbh
@federicomarigo perhaps then it’s actually the game or software settings that’s at fault. Very hard to know
how do you update it? I can't find this information anywhere. on the official asus page there is just a file that has no EXE file.... I am not an IT guy, I wanna plug in, click, update and play
Do you mean the firmware? There should be instructions on the Asus page with the file download but it’s simple iirc
i assume it came with an included usb cable, needs to be connected between the monitor and pc to update it, unfortunately. dont know anyone that actually use monitor usbs.
When I turn on Windows HDR. Which color space is used then? Since the setting is greyed out.
The monitor will operate in its full native gamut but windows will do sRGB emulation for windows desktop and SDR content and then only use wide gamut space for relevant content
@@tftcentral Got it. Thanks!
When would you recommend to go over the 200 nits?
Just depends on your preference, viewing distance, ambient lighting conditions etc. most people would find a 200 nits brightness for desktop and SDR use more than adequate. But if you for some reason prefer it brighter, turn off UB mode and you can increase it further, although ABL would then be evident in some cases
Not sure if its just me but the text in the control panel/OSD menu, is extremely blurry to my eyes... It's similar to the experience I had with the Alienware QD Oled the I now returned. I guess I might just be more sensitive to this than others, but its unbearable to the point I am getting a headache?
Yeah.. and it's not just the OSD..
It's the sub-pixel layout. It's different than on other screens and it makes it look pretty blurry. To me, it feels like a 27" full HD monitor I had.
Reading text feels pretty weird, so I wouldn't be surprised about the headache really..
I understand it's an OLED.. And boooy, does it ever look beautiful in-game?!? But having, effectively, a full HD panel for well over a thousand euros is kinda ridiculous.
The response times are AMAZING though!
I was playing Pac-Man the other day and even though it was running just at 60 FPS, it looked awesome! Especially with the blacks!
Oh, yeah.. and another thing I noticed is, it feels like it "highlights" low resolution/badly compressed textures as it looks even worse it otherwise would on a traditional sub-pixel layout. But that might just be me..
Honestly, I'm thinking about returning it..
Hello bro Wich hdmi cable should I use for the ps5 , the one that says 8k or the other one ?
Have you guys heard any news on the PG32UQXR’s release?
No afraid not
Would you recommend any changes or new suggestions for the setup since this video? Have you experienced any issues?.
No changes, no
@@tftcentral Hi there i got a question about an issue caused by the new firmware mcm104 wich activates the screensaver instantly even when movement is detected causing the outer parts of the monitor to dimm afte disabling screen saver the brightness increases again did you have the issue too?
We’ve not got access to the screen any more to be able to test the new 104 firmware but for now you could prob turn screensaver off if it’s causing problems, and just be careful with a windows screensaver / monitor power off instead
@@tftcentral Thank you currently using the default windows screensaver wich turns the display off 👍 although there is one other issue i faced with the monitor and it was that it would not turn off correctly/completly when shutting off the rgb for example remained on and the monitor displayed an no signal message for a few seconds but it somehow was still on even tho it should turn off the indicator was off too.Did you have that issue too and is there any way to turn off the display completly?
@@tftcentral That's a pity since it seem the colors have changed.
What is uniform brightness and apl and what’s the point in using them
Both are covered in details in our written review, linked in the description. Hopefully that will help
Is it bad to have uniform brightness off? I like to have it quite bright. Will it be better to try to adjust to uniform brightness, and if so, why? Is it better then to have uniform brightness on with 100 brightness than off and say 70-80 brightness?
Whatever you prefer. If you turn it off then you may see fluctuating brightness on the desktop as you move and resize windows. But if that’s not a problem or you don’t notice it, I wouldn’t worry about it
Thank you@@tftcentral
What about the specific RBG setting, should I have them how you presented it no matter the other setting or brightness?@@tftcentral
Unified brightness is garbage. Dims screen so much a can see shit.
Just want to thank you for this! As somebody that doesn't have a calibrator this will come in handy when mine arrives later in the month.
As somebody that ignorant I have a few questions:
1) Is the 120 nits just based on preference? I'm guessing 120-150-200 is just based on the lighting in your environment
2) For gaming, movies and just general social media consumption. Which is "better" to use, SRGB or wide gamut and why?
3) As as early preview....does this monitor get a thumbs up from you guys for PC users? (shame about the HDMI 2.0)
Yes the brightness level is down to preference. Really just set that at what you feel is comfortable for your environment and individual preference
Try both modes but for accuracy sRGB mode would be better, as that kind of content is mastered in that colour space (SDR). But many people just prefer the more vivid and colourful appearance of running in the wide gamut DCI-P3 mode for things like games and movies, esp if they’re not bothered about colour critical work
Yes it does. Similar OLED limitations as the LG model (text, costing, image retention risks) but performs better in several areas than that model
@@tftcentral I'm unsure if these are still a thing but will you be releasing and icc profile?
Yes in time when we next update the database although it will be available straight away, along with early access to our review, via our Patreon later today :)
@@tftcentral Monitor arrived today and it looks decent with your settings but using lagom white+bllack test the bottom row on white look the same and top row on black look the same ;/.
Do you think your ICC profile will help with that and whens the ETA on the public release?
Thanks :)
Could help. Certainly worth a try. Drop us an email and we’ll hook you up with it :)
Hi new to oled, does higger brightness effect the rate at which youre likely to get burn in with this monitor. I have had it 3 days and had to adjust saturation and brightness as was wuite underwhelmed but since im very impressed. The differnce in response times and no motion blurr is insane. Even now id still go oled forever never going back to lcd
i have to say motion blur when watching videos, like distant things when the camera is panning, doing that stop start effect is really annoying me, any tips for that?
okay afte some research it was due to having hardware acceleration enabled on chrome!! turn it off
its still there after more testing...so strange and annoying now ive noticed it its all i notice with fast moving objects or scenery
What screen have you moved from to this? Make sure you’re running at full refresh rate and also the content your viewing to test this is high frame rate and you’re not just viewing low 60Hz content or something
Increasing brightness could increase risk of image retention but only if you’re using it for loads of static content. If it’s just for dynamic content it should be fine 😀
@tftcentral thanks for replying, after kore research I've discovered it's not the monitor but the content, it's called staggering/juttering I belive it's because oleds response are so fast, and when older content is watched through oleds the leds respond so fast causes the staggering/juttering, glad to know its not the monitor and the content because for games it's perfect! Motion blur is non existent! It's amazing.
And thanks for that about brightness, still got it on 57 for now, could eailly go higher but I'll play it safe even though dynamic content should be fine.
Thanks again, grwleat videos btw gained a sub!
Wait a second. You turn HDR on in windows in order to have HDR in games or is it for HDR stuff outside games?
Both. Normally you need to enable windows HDR mode to activate HDR. Some games may trigger it on their own nowadays without you needing to do that, but support for that feature varies
@@tftcentral thank you
would you recommend uniform brightness OFF for games?
Only if you’re configuring the screen to something above 200 nits ish, otherwise there’s no point disabling it
Why does mine not have the adaptive sync option in the gaming tab pls help.
Same, I think it might be the new update. If anything, I think you can just turn it on or off in games, since that’s the main use for it i believe.
@@hero8766 i figured it out. lol im on ps5 so it doesn’t show up. Instead it says variable refresh rate
Hey, I just got this monitor. When i turn on my HDR on windows 11 it shows 446 nits. I thought this monitor is capable of doing 900+ is my monitor defected?
What are you basing that on? An actual measurement?
@@tftcentral windows 11 display info
That’s not an accurate reflection of actual brightness output performance. I’m not even sure what data that’s based on, but keep in mind for an OLED the brightness depends on the APL, and so that windows data could be from anything.
What about the G8 Oled from Samsung? Any thoughts about it? Thanks 🙏
No plans to review that screen I’m afraid but check out Monitors Unboxed, they have one :)
I would not recommend it for multiple reasons. You should honestly rather get this, or wait for mid/Q2 of 2024 and we might see 240-360hz Glossy Oleds with BFI feature. That's basically what I'm waiting for
Thank you
I need help im not getting any settings option its just showing me 3 options in settings menu thats it. I just got it today so i need some help
Is it because you’re running in HDR mode all the time?
No no I figured this out i didn't connect it to my PC via hdmi, but I have a new issue is that on my monitor the hdr option is not available for some reason and on my laptop in settings its showing no to use HDR on the capabilities
@@samarth2692If you haven’t figured it out mine did the same thing on first setup, the power saving mode was on so i had to turn it off and it was fixed.
@@julianperez016 thanks a lot mate, I figured that out. Rn I'm facing another issue like it doesn't turn off fully when I press the power button it only turns off the logo but the lights are still on and when it does turn off after trying the same to turn off it shows a random white line sometimes on top or bottom so idk what to do or like is it normal thing or what
in SDR mode, can I use the same settings you recommended to achieve similar result if I have my brightness set to 100 (~250 nits)? or do I need to find someone who is using the same brightness I'm using?
I see that you used the Game Visual mode for your sRGB mode and had to keep Color Temp. settings as they are, I'm going to use Display Color Space > sRGB so I will have access to the Color Temp. settings, should I also keep the Color Temp. settings as they are in this case?
Brightness shouldn’t impact any other area so you can set that to whatever you want. No reason to alter the colour temp in that mode either
Love the video! But could you please tell me how to update this monitor's firmware?
It should be detailed on the Asus website or in the instructions when you download the firmware. It’s very straightforward
@tftcentral thank you! I haven't really update a monitor firmware before so I am at a loss. I'll try checking if the firmware update package has the instructions with it. Cheers!
It did when I did it. Very simple though :)
@@tftcentral i did it! Thanks for the tip! It was indeed, very straightforward!
For 10Bit HDR i need to turn on Display Stream Compression. Is that a bad thing? Will i notice that?
Not at all. It’s visually lossless. Just leave that enabled :)
@@tftcentral Did you test it on your sample? Would be nice to know whats the advantage or disadvantage of DSC on that Monitor.
Yes we used it at those settings and where DSC is then needed. Honestly there’s no visual difference. It has no impact at all
@@tftcentral okay thank you very much for your help
I followed the steps to both but when I play cod the game looks so grey and dead on both settings is it suppose to be like that? I’m new to color accuracy and montior stuff but the other modes look way prettier to me I like cod on cinema mode
Try using the wide colour gamut setting instead of sRGB. but ultimately if you’ve found other settings you personally prefer, stick to those 😀
for the best input lag and response time you should not change any presets, well if you dont care much about input lag and respons times go ahead and change it up. all advertised specs are on the preset value.. i honestly tweak it too for the better image quality and with monitors like this its not a big deal its still performs fast enough, if you tweak settings on the nvdia control panel vibrantcy or something you have much better colours i use 80% its default on 50% and it should keep your monitor specs on default speeds
@kuzen75 this is such bad advice. Changing settings on the monitor like this will not impact response times or input lag. I’m not really sure why you’d think it would. It will impact colour, brightness, gamma etc but that’s exactly the point 😀 for what it’s worth, our testing of both response times and lag in our written review were after calibration, and you can see that there really is nothing to worry about when it comes to response time and lag 😀
@@tftcentral ngl the settings grew on me lol it was probly cuz I was in a very bright room. I like the normal settings u had for user but I use srgb instead
@@tftcentral yes like i said its not a big deall, the manufacturers do everything to get fastest responses so they put Presets so you dont have to worry for best settings.. there was a Reddit Post about this i red, it made sense i am in no way competition for guys who knows this stuff but the important part was just that manufacturors advertise those response time without saying how to reach those cause settings that changed from the let us say FPS mode changes the pixels responses on specific colours.. so thats why they have to proof there advertisement as 1ms response time and fast input lags are legit otherwise they cannot advertise it like that... most of the time actually its not that accurate i have seen on different models and revisions but still like i said its a really none to minimal difference that we wouldnt feel its just about the placebo effect too if you know you are faster you will be faster :) but thanks for your answer this will enlight people up i just tried to help with what i know
Need help, I got "Keys Locked" but i don't know how to unlock it
I solved it, "+" button press down over 5s will unlock it
Where can I find the (latest) Asus PG27AQDM ICC profile?
tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc-profiles-and-monitor-calibration-settings-database
@@tftcentral thanks mate, I got it. much appreciated.
I have this thing sitting next to my LGC2 in HDR and the LGC2 blows it out of the water in terms of brightness
Is anyone having an issue where HDR on the ps5 makes the screen super washed out? I cannot find a fix at all
Yes mine too super washed out
Is Uniform brightness the way to go in sdr??
Yes
Hi when i turn off the monitor it doesn’t completely turned off the rgb is still on any idea?
Does it never go off even after a while? Maybe a setting in the menu somewhere or might need to check the manual as I can’t recall what’s available for that
@@tftcentral its like 20 minutes and doesn’t go off just black screen and the rgb from behind is still on is this an issue or not?
@@tftcentral but when i close my pc and turn off the monitor it will completely turn off as usual
I’d have thought it should all go to sleep but perhaps there’s a setting keeping that part powered
Any updates?
I got this Monitor yesterday and I really love it, had a Samsung 144Hz VN and the difference is night and day.
But I have a problem: I get a black screen for 1-2 seconds at irregular intervals, any Ideas what this could be and how to fix this?
What graphics card do you have?
@@tftcentral 2080 Ti MSI Gaming Trio, i7-8700.
Conected with the Display port cable that came with the monitor
Strange. Some suggestions to try. Make sure you have the latest firmware for the monitor, make sure you’re set at native 1440p and 240Hz, maybe try a different colour bit depth in NVIDIA control panel (8bit instead of 10bit for instance), maybe try a different DP cable, reinstall latest NVIDIA drivers
@@tftcentral Thank you for your response, have tried everything unfortunately nothing fixed it. I haven some weird flickers as well, desktop use and in gaming. :/
@@NoMisZx same issue, 3080, fixed with another DP cable. the one in the box is meant for 3090+ cards I guess. All the best.
please answer whether there will be an update of the article about the monitor AOC AGON Pro AG274QXM
I’m really looking forward to it. I’m also interested in the settings in the AMD video driver, your calibrations and profile for the limited RGB mode? I realized that the monitor cannot switch to full mode, which is obvious for the PC and for the Xbox console? Can you supplement the article with at least the settings for the Xbox. noticed that the flicker appears when you connect hdmi to the console and dp to the PC at the same time
I didn’t see in your article on local dimming, in standard mode and in hdr, turn it on or not? It seems to me that in the standard, if you turn on dimming, then the colors turn blue, in the TV setup mode on xbox you can see a lot and understand about the monitor’s operation, please try this it clarifies a lot of the utility. The data exchange setting is also hidden near the monitor. You can get to it by rewinding up in addition, the part where the logo is turned on
I’m assuming you’re the same person who has emailed us? Rather than confuse the comments section for this video about a completely different screen I’ll come back to you on email as soon as I have chance :)
Does anyone have input lag problems on this monitor? I have version 104, and I have an odyssey g7 too and it seems that it has less input lag than the asus, is there any program that I can measure the input lag? It's just that I don't feel like butter as many say.
I was using a 1080p 165hz IPS panel and just got the Asus in yesterday and that’s the first thing I noticed. It’s not terrible but I swear my old one feels faster which doesn’t seem right
@killshot3331 are you def running at 240hz? And have you maybe tried switching to DP instead of HDMI, or visa versa?
@@tftcentral Definitely at 240 hz in windows, nvidia control panel, and in game settings. I’m on pc using the supplied DP cable
@killshot3331 how weird. Are you running their latest firmware?
@@tftcentral MCM104 which I’m pretty sure is the latest
for me the best part is 22 luminance minimum :D
my current monitor has 51ish minimum luminance and that's way too bright for me
Is this on the latest firmware with HDR fix?
Yep
I have a PlayStation 5, and I can only run this at 60hz Any help to run it at 120hz
U need HDMI 2.1..but The monitor only have HDMI 2.0
why is that i can't turn off the monitor completely? looks like its just on standby mode
Should be able to from the power button?!
@@tftcentral OIhh i figured it out now. but how can I know that my monitor is doing a pixel cleaning itself? cause i read that this model is automatically doing it when turned off? but the orange light isn't blinking whenever i shutdown my pc
Any video on how to improve text in oled monitors?
There's no easy way to do that unfortunately. ClearType may help a little, but the unusual sub-pixel structure is unavoidable. That;s getting better with newer panels though
Hey, i received the pg27aqdm today after 2 months with the LG 27gr95qe which have the same panel. The text IS really really better on the LG... The text on the Asus in HDR is literally unreadable i dont know why but the HDR on the LG IS really better, HDR only tested for for now for windows menu text and Cyberpunk 2077. And to be honest am still looking for the brightness superiority i seen in every review of the Asus facing the LG.
Question, why isn't FPS counter working in HDR? It is locked to 240HZ no matter what game I play...
Are you def using Gsync on the monitor and from your graphics card properly? It will only change in VRR situations
@@tftcentral how to use it improperly? It's set in windows for full screen mode and it's set on monitor (g sync compatible)...?
@JohnnyBg2905 does the frame rate counter change ever when you’re gaming? In SDR mode for instance?
@@tftcentral nope, no matter SD HD Gsync on or off, it's just locked 240 lol
@JohnnyBg2905 that indicates it’s a problem with how Gsync is configured and working then. In NVIDIA control panel under the Gsync section try selecting the “active for full screen and windowed mode” option, then underneath that you’d also need to tick the box to “activate for this display”. Once fully enabled that counter should change, although only on occasions you’re using VRR in a compatible game etc
these settings don't make your monitor dark? It made mine pretty dark just with the brightness down to 44
You can change brightness to whatever you find comfortable. It won’t impact any other aspect of the setup 😀
@@tftcentral Thanks. I have another question. I locked the keys LOL. Any idea how to undo that?
Edit: I figured it out. You have to hold the down direction on the joystick to unlock it in case nobody knew.
Is anyone else getting really bad luminance overshoot in dark environments? if so, is there a setting to help mitigate it?
Try using the shadow boost options
@@gildfpsI ended up returning it and getting a QD OLED instead. fixed every issue I had!