Asus ROG Strix XG27AQDMG MSRP $750.00 Score Details “The Asus ROG Strix XG27AQDMG is a revelation. It's a proper next-generation OLED gaming monitor while somehow staying surprisingly affordable.” Pros Cons This story is part of our coverage of Computex, the world's biggest computing conference. Last year, the Asus ROG Swift PG27AQDM was one of the best gaming monitors I reviewed, and Asus is giving it a makeover for 2024.
Although the stand cuts a few corners, even if it ends up more versatile as a result, the monitor itself feels very familiar. The panel is remarkably thin and it features a passive cooling design. Asus also uses an external power brick to keep the monitor looking fit. Asus houses the guts of the monitor on a back panel that juts out of the display.
You’re limited to 120Hz with ELMB, and with vastly reduced brightness. But it’s still a nice feature to have if you need to run the monitor at a lower refresh rate, or, in particular, you’re using the display with a console. You don’t need to use the OSD, though. With the included USB-B cable, you can control the monitor with your mouse through Asus’ DisplayWidget Center. This desktop utility gives you access to all of the settings available in the OSD, including your color adjustment and burn-in mitigation features.
Color is fantastic, as well. I measured 100% coverage of sRGB, 97% of DCI-P3, and 89% of AdobeRGB, and the panel is very accurate. In SDR, the color error was just 0.92. We’ve seen slightly better results on a monitor like the Alienware 32 QD-OLED, but “slight” is the key word. With an error of less than 1, it’s hard to complain.
You don’t need the highest-end PC to justify this monitor, and you can easily reach triple-digit frame rates in games if you have a powerful PC to drive the display. It’s not as sharp as a monitor like the HP Omen 27k, but you also have a much better chance of saturating the 240Hz refresh rate the monitor is capable of.