Compare ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27ACDNG vs ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W

The 27-inch flat screen balances gaming immersion with a manageable amount of desk space, and its size is praised as practical for QHD pixel density.

The tripod-style feet make a design statement but occupy more room than a compact monitor base.

Measured white and dark-field uniformity is impressively consistent, with little visible discoloration across the tested panels.

White uniformity is generally fine, but dark-gray backgrounds can show vertical banding or faint dirty-screen texture.

Two HDMI 2.1 ports, DisplayPort, USB-C and multiple USB connections form a flexible setup for PCs, consoles and peripherals.

Full-bandwidth DisplayPort and two HDMI 2.1 inputs are strong gaming choices, but the missing USB-C and KVM reduce its appeal for laptop and dual-computer users.

The 1440p resolution is more achievable at high frame rates than 4K, but taking full advantage of 360Hz still demands fast games and a suitably capable PC.

Very high frame rates take exceptional hardware, so an ordinary PC may not exploit the advertised refresh.

The screen assembly looks and feels sturdy, but opinions split over the more ordinary plastic stand and its fit with the premium ROG aesthetic.

The unique finish and high-end presentation feel special, with a minor caveat about the plastic rear housing.

Fine shadow nuances remain visible alongside bright accents, taking advantage of OLED's pixel-by-pixel light control.

Near-black shades can be crushed in several gaming and HDR presets, even though other testing found dark-scene detail pleasing. Adjustments improve visibility but can alter the whole image.

Photoshop images appear detailed and richly colored, while calibration and sRGB options help make the display suitable for serious image work.

The wide color gamut helps with images, although Adobe RGB specialists must profile the display rather than rely on a built-in mode.

Routing behind the stand is basic, and one hands-on setup found cables hanging visibly when the monitor was raised.

A large cutout in the stand provides a simple path for routing cables behind the monitor.

QHD strikes a useful balance between visual detail and the frame rates needed for high-refresh gaming, but it cannot match native 4K sharpness.

Native 1440p looks good for 27-inch gaming and makes extreme frame rates more achievable than 4K. The 720p boost mode is much blurrier, and 4K remains sharper for fine text.

Sending it 4K for desktop use produces softer text than native QHD, so the higher accepted input resolution is not a substitute for a native 4K panel.

The 720p boosted mode looks soft, while some pixel-mapping choices behave inconsistently with Windows timing.

The coating keeps some reflections under control but cannot entirely overcome direct light, and stronger illumination can raise black levels.

The glossy finish preserves clear images but can mirror windows and lamps directly facing the screen. Placement matters more than with matte monitors.

The illuminated rear logo gives the chassis a distinctive gamer look and offers customizable effects, but it is too subtle to meaningfully light up a wall.

ROG lighting is configurable and visually distinctive, although some consider the projected desk logo unnecessary.

1440p at 27 inches looks sharp in games and photographs, but text is not as finely defined as on higher-density 4K OLED displays.

Around 110 pixels per inch is sensible for 27-inch gaming, though text and fine desktop details look less crisp than on 4K displays.

Colors and contrast hold up impressively from off-center positions, giving a forgiving viewing sweet spot.

OLED viewing remains wide with little loss of image quality at ordinary off-axis positions, though one test noted a green tint at more extreme angles.

The semi-glossy finish keeps images crisp and colorful without the grain of heavy matte coatings, though it trades off some glare resistance.

TrueBlack Glossy removes coating grain and gives games a crisp, vivid look. Its exceptional clarity is the main reason to prefer this screen finish over matte alternatives.

Third-generation QD-OLED reduces colored outlines around letters, but fine text remains less clean than on a conventional LCD and sensitivity varies.

The updated subpixel arrangement makes text clearer than on older WOLEDs, but small fonts can still look soft or show colored edges compared with LCDs.

Games and photos look crisp at QHD, and VividPixel can assist text; native 4K screens remain sharper for desktop fine detail.

The native 1440p image looks crisp in games, especially through the glossy coating. It cannot match 4K pixel density for small text.

ASUS supplies extensive pixel cleaning, shifting and static-logo controls plus burn-in warranty coverage, but none removes the inherent risk of permanent marks.

OLED Care settings and the responsive proximity sensor help reduce static-image exposure. They are useful precautions rather than guarantees against burn-in.

High refresh, flexible video inputs and adaptive-sync support suit powerful PCs particularly well, with access to the monitor's full 360Hz speed.

The monitor offers exceptional 1440p performance, wide PC sync support and usable full-speed connectivity even with some older graphics cards.

Truly deep blacks are a highlight in dark rooms, but ambient light can turn them grayish or purple on this QD-OLED panel.

The panel produces outstanding OLED blacks and retains more depth under ambient lighting than many competing panel and coating combinations.

Small HDR lights pop against true black, while larger highlights can dim or roll off, depending on the mode and content.

Small highlights can look unusually bright and impactful, although brighter settings may exaggerate their luminance or lose some intended tonal balance.

A standard power cable connects directly to the monitor, avoiding a separate external power brick and making cable replacement straightforward.

The internal power supply avoids an extra desk or floor power brick and simplifies cable clutter.

The stand feels solid during adjustments, with smooth travel and little reported looseness or wobble.

The substantial stand keeps the display stable with minimal wobble.

The broad QD-OLED gamut produces exceptionally vivid reds and rich colors, with sRGB clamping available when restraint matters more than saturation.

The wide gamut gives games vivid colors and substantially improves on older WOLED generations. Native SDR colors can oversaturate without an appropriate gamut clamp.

There is a substantial collection of crosshairs, frame counters, shadow enhancements and custom controls, with more tuning options than several competitors.

There is a generous range of controls for esports play, picture adjustment and screen care.

The overall experience is strongly praised for fast, gorgeous gaming and abundant features, with lighting, HDR brightness and value providing the principal caveats.

An ambitious OLED gaming monitor that earns strong praise for pairing exceptional speed with a rich image. Its high price and specialist refresh rates limit its appeal.

Height, tilt, swivel and full portrait pivot are generous and generally smooth, although one assessment finds the maximum height merely average.

Height, tilt, swivel and pivot give flexible viewing positions, though some reviewers would welcome more height travel.

Its OLED black-frame insertion can improve clarity at 120Hz and 180Hz; the loss of brightness, HDR and variable refresh makes it a niche alternative to normal 360Hz operation.

Black-frame insertion improves motion clarity at 120Hz or 270Hz, but requires fixed refresh, disables VRR and HDR, and can add inconvenience or latency.

Multiple HDR modes make it possible to prioritize peak highlights or a steadier image, but none is ideal for every brightness level.

Several HDR presets offer different compromises between output and accuracy; Console HDR receives particular praise for balancing them.

The native 360Hz panel delivers wonderfully fluid motion, especially over 240fps; that advantage shrinks in slower games or on consoles.

Native 1440p at 540Hz is exceptionally smooth for high-frame-rate games. The optional 720Hz mode adds smaller improvements and cuts resolution to 720p.

OLED contrast and color make story-driven games striking, but 360Hz is often unnecessary and bright-scene HDR can be less compelling than higher-resolution alternatives.

Vivid OLED color, contrast and HDR make cinematic games attractive, but players staying at lower frame rates may get similar picture quality from cheaper OLED monitors.

PS5 and Xbox can take advantage of HDMI 2.1, 120Hz and compatible VRR/HDR modes, though accepted 4K signals are displayed at native 1440p.

HDMI supports downscaled 4K/120Hz and key console gaming features; ELMB at 120Hz is a bonus. Lack of speakers and Dolby Vision may require compromises.

Pixel-level OLED illumination keeps bright objects crisp against dark surroundings, without the glowing halos common to some backlit LCDs.

OLED pixel-level illumination avoids the halos and backlight bleed that can affect locally dimmed LCDs.

360Hz operation, near-instant response and low lag are excellent for shooters and esports when the PC can deliver high frame rates.

Elite competitive players get ultra-clear motion and extremely low latency, especially when they can exceed 300fps. The 720Hz mode is an optional niche tradeoff.

Moving objects remain clean and well defined, with minimal smearing or overshoot even during rapid action.

Near-instant transitions leave very little ghosting, trailing or overshoot even at extreme refresh rates.

Controls feel immediate, with measured low processing delay that makes the monitor highly responsive in fast games.

Input lag works especially well in supported gaming or desktop scenarios, helping the monitor feel polished and capable.

Fast transitions and 360Hz make moving detail look unusually sharp and stable, with little visible smearing.

Fast-moving targets and fine details remain remarkably legible, especially at 540Hz. The 720Hz setting raises clarity further for players willing to give up sharpness.

QD-OLED's self-emissive contrast, vivid color and responsiveness are central to the appeal, though brighter rooms can expose its characteristic raised blacks.

Fourth-generation Tandem WOLED improves brightness, gamut and ambient-black performance over older WOLED designs while retaining extremely fast response times.

Near-instant OLED transitions keep action crisp with exceptionally low blur and very little meaningful pixel-response delay.

Near-instant OLED pixel transitions provide clean, responsive motion across refresh rates with little overshoot.

Flicker can be visible during fluctuating frame rates in dark games or menus; the mitigation settings may narrow VRR's operating range and cause other compromises.

Dark scenes can flicker when frame rates swing. The anti-flicker option reduces the problem but does not completely remove it and may limit the top refresh rate.

The integrated KVM is a practical benefit for using one keyboard and mouse with a desktop and laptop, even if initial configuration is needed.

There is no built-in KVM switch, limiting convenient sharing between two connected computers.

It stands out among several QD-OLED competitors in SDR and can deliver striking small HDR peaks, but broad bright HDR scenes remain comparatively dim.

The newer Tandem OLED panel is among the brightest high-refresh OLEDs tested, in both SDR and HDR. Some modes sacrifice peak output for steadier or more accurate brightness.

Adjustable Shadow Boost can expose dark gameplay details without excessively washing out highlights.

Dynamic shadow boost can raise dark-area visibility without brightening the entire image as aggressively as a simple fixed boost.

Uniform Brightness can tame distracting changes as windows or bright scenes change, though it reduces peak output. Several tests find the default behavior less intrusive than on rival QD-OLEDs.

Uniform Brightness mode can stop distracting window-size-related luminance changes, but maximum brightness or certain features can reintroduce noticeable shifts.

Adaptive sync generally keeps games tear-free and responsive, although fluctuating frame rates can introduce OLED flicker and mitigation tradeoffs.

VRR support works across a broad refresh range, with consistently fast OLED response; its main caveat is possible flicker during frame-rate swings.

Some tests find near-reference accuracy without calibration, while others recommend tuning specific modes for the best sRGB or HDR results.

Colors can look highly accurate in calibrated or sRGB modes, but default wide-gamut SDR settings can oversaturate. Fine tuning helps with serious color work.

Deep blacks and vivid QD-OLED color create dramatic HDR images, particularly in dark scenes; bright full-screen scenes and some tone-mapping choices are less convincing.

Tandem OLED delivers impressive HDR contrast and highlight brightness, often ahead of older OLED models. The highest-brightness configurations can sacrifice accurate tone tracking.

The joystick-based menus offer lots of control and are generally easy to navigate; desktop software adds a more convenient alternative.

The joystick-driven menu is fast and extensive, though its styling is ordinary and a few settings require learning their interactions.

Its combination of deep blacks, bright accents and vivid color makes both SDR and HDR images exceptionally appealing.

The Tandem OLED panel brings vivid colors, strong brightness, and inky blacks that make games look striking. Even at 1440p, the overall picture impresses.

Pixel-level light control delivers exceptionally strong dark-scene contrast and convincing image depth without LCD-style backlight halos.

Per-pixel lighting makes bright and dark objects coexist without halos, lending games a dramatic sense of depth.

Individual OLED pixels eliminate the zone-transition and halo artifacts associated with conventional local-dimming backlights.

Local dimming performance works especially well in supported gaming or desktop scenarios, helping the monitor feel polished and capable.

Flicker-free and low-blue-light options offer flexibility, while OLED anti-flicker settings can help some situations at the expense of VRR behavior.

A low-blue-light menu is provided, but those modes cannot be used alongside every brightness setting.

A futuristic ROG rear shell and customizable lighting look distinctive, while the comparatively plain plastic stand divides opinion.

Silver styling, cutouts, translucent rear housing and blue lighting stand out from typical gaming screens, attracting enthusiastic praise.

The screen housing and mechanical parts generally feel solid; some find the stand's plastic finish less premium than similarly priced rivals.

The sturdy stand feels premium, although the transparent rear shell flexes more than conventional ROG designs.

Feature-rich 360Hz OLED performance is appealing at a discount, while full-price comparisons with cheaper 240Hz panels and newer OLEDs require care.

The cutting-edge screen earns praise, but several tests suggest 280Hz or 500Hz OLED alternatives can provide much of the experience for less.

Full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 connections are a genuine advantage for modern consoles and PCs, adding flexibility over some competing OLED monitors.

The two HDMI 2.1 inputs provide high-refresh and downscaled-4K console flexibility.

Stand parts snap or screw together quickly, and the included mounting adapter eases the move to a monitor arm.

The stand assembles through a straightforward slot-and-secure process.

A three-year burn-in-inclusive warranty offers reassurance, but actual coverage and conditions depend on the buyer's region.

Three-year coverage including burn-in offers peace of mind for such an expensive OLED display; regional terms should still be checked.

Unusually extensive HDR menus let owners adjust brightness, contrast and color rather than accepting a locked preset; tweaking can alter accuracy.

Brightness and additional image settings remain adjustable in HDR when the appropriate option is enabled, allowing useful control over the effect.

Extensive gamut, gamma, color-temperature and saturation adjustments make the image highly configurable; the best presets differ according to the task.

Precision color and gamut adjustments can yield very accurate sRGB performance.

True Black mode can track its target well, but higher-peak modes trade accuracy and brightness behavior, with occasional clipping or dimming complaints.

Default HDR modes can track content closely, but turning brightness up can overbrighten highlights, while other modes roll off or darken details.

Some measurements show impressively accurate gamma in the right preset, while others find noticeable errors in several alternative modes.

Greyscale tracking is acceptable overall but varies with preset and factory settings.

AI picture tools are available as helpful extras for players who like assistance adjusting game visuals.

Black-frame insertion sharpens motion at 120Hz or 180Hz, but the substantial brightness loss and inability to combine it with VRR or HDR limit its appeal.

There are no built-in speakers, so console and other external-device users need headphones or separate audio equipment.

Device compatibility works especially well in supported gaming or desktop scenarios, helping the monitor feel polished and capable.

Switching to 720Hz is convenient and appealing for niche esports scenarios, but the 720p image is soft, with a larger loss of detail than the speed improvement can usually justify.

Firmware updateability is useful in some scenarios, but there are compromises to consider depending on how the display is used.

Racing mode receives praise for natural balance, while certain stylized presets look exaggerated or poorly calibrated without adjustment.

The 10-bit panel delivers fine tonal steps and smooth gradients that complement both gaming and creative work.

Static logos, taskbars and other fixed elements still present a risk of image retention or eventual burn-in, despite the monitor’s protective routines.

The package is generous, with multiple video and USB cables, cleaning supplies and a mounting adapter that make first setup easier.

A phone slot in the stand is surprisingly useful and can accommodate even some large handsets with cases.

The integrated power supply uses a standard, easy-to-replace mains cable rather than a proprietary external adapter.

Electricity use compares reasonably with other extreme-refresh OLEDs, though 280Hz Tandem models use less.

The KVM, docking-friendly USB-C and strong color make light creative and desktop work feasible, despite the static-content tradeoff.

The Neo Proximity Sensor is praised for blanking the screen when you leave and restoring the image promptly when you return, reducing idle static-image exposure.

Changing certain HDR or flicker controls can unexpectedly exit HDR and require re-enabling it in the game, a frustrating setup quirk.

A top-mounted threaded socket is convenient for placing a compatible microphone, camera or light above the display.

Up to 90W charging is a meaningful convenience for laptops and portable devices and a welcome addition to a fast gaming monitor.

Three USB-A ports and the upstream connections add useful peripheral access, especially alongside the KVM for a two-computer desk.

A supplied VESA adapter and standard 100×100mm support make monitor arms and wall mounting straightforward.

FreeSync, G-SYNC Compatible and HDMI VRR give good support across modern hardware, though some settings require care to avoid disabling the feature.

The uniform-brightness setting keeps the image steadier when content changes, at the cost of limiting maximum output.

The 720Hz mode is conveniently accessible from a dedicated control and can return to native operation without complicated setup, though some pixel-mapping configurations need attention.

High-bandwidth DisplayPort is useful for high-refresh PC setups, and older DP 1.4 graphics cards can still drive the full mode with DSC.

A simulated 24.5-inch screen helps players who prefer a compact competitive field of view.

Viewing more than one source is useful, though some accounts distinguish between available picture-in-picture and missing side-by-side options.

Smaller simulated screen areas and 4:3 or square ratios offer practical flexibility for esports and retro titles.

Dolby Vision is missing, even though HDR10 works over supported console inputs.

Reliability over time is useful in some scenarios, but there are compromises to consider depending on how the display is used.

Thin top and side borders make the monitor look tidy and help it sit neatly next to a second display.

The 27-inch format is comfortable for normal desk gaming, though some users want a larger, higher-resolution option.

DisplayWidget offers a convenient desktop interface for settings and shortcuts, making frequent picture adjustments easier than joystick-only navigation.

ASUS DisplayWidget gives convenient control of monitor options from the computer and avoids repeated trips through the on-screen menu.