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Quick verdict
The review evidence points to a tradeoff: brightness and Power efficiency versus KVM switch performance and port selection. Choose according to which strengths matter more to you; the overall score alone does not settle that choice.
Choose ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W for brightness and Power efficiency.
Choose ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCWM for KVM switch performance and port selection.
Scores are out of 5. Missing scores mean missing review evidence, not a missing feature.
There is no built-in KVM switch, limiting convenient sharing between two connected computers.
The built-in KVM adds flexibility for connecting devices and using the monitor with more than one computer.
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.
Large bright scenes and full-screen white are less punchy than on some newer competitors, despite strong small highlights and enough SDR output for many users.
VRR support works across a broad refresh range, with consistently fast OLED response; its main caveat is possible flicker during frame-rate swings.
Variable refresh generally suits smooth gaming, but the anti-flicker setting creates a narrow frame-rate range where VRR disengages and tearing or judder may appear.
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.
A direct hardware shortcut helps switch between 4K and high-speed modes, but changing while a game is open can scramble the interface temporarily.
Tandem OLED delivers impressive HDR contrast and highlight brightness, often ahead of older OLED models. The highest-brightness configurations can sacrifice accurate tone tracking.
HDR can look excellent in dark, high-contrast scenes, but limited full-screen brightness and imperfect bright-mode tracking keep it behind the best alternatives.
The Tandem OLED panel brings vivid colors, strong brightness, and inky blacks that make games look striking. Even at 1440p, the overall picture impresses.
Excellent sharpness, color, motion and contrast produce a striking image, although full-screen brightness and some HDR or viewing-angle behavior fall short of perfection.
Dynamic shadow boost can raise dark-area visibility without brightening the entire image as aggressively as a simple fixed boost.
Shadow Boost can reveal detail in dark SDR scenes, and adaptive gaming controls can raise visibility where darker areas would otherwise hide objects.
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.
sRGB and calibrated modes can look exceptionally accurate, but the default wide-gamut SDR setting may oversaturate colors and the boosted HDR setting can distort tracking.
A simulated 24.5-inch screen helps players who prefer a compact competitive field of view.
Simulated 27-inch and 24.5-inch windows preserve 480Hz and accommodate a compact competitive field of view, with substantial resolution tradeoffs.
The joystick-driven menu is fast and extensive, though its styling is ordinary and a few settings require learning their interactions.
The joystick menus are quick and intuitive, with programmable shortcuts for commonly used gaming and picture settings.
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.
Full-bandwidth DisplayPort 2.1 can run 4K 240Hz 10-bit video without DSC on a compatible graphics card, adding useful headroom for high-end PCs.
Uniform Brightness mode can stop distracting window-size-related luminance changes, but maximum brightness or certain features can reintroduce noticeable shifts.
Brightness can shift as bright content fills more of the screen. Uniform Brightness steadies desktop viewing, but sacrificing higher peaks and HDR consistency remains part of the compromise.
Per-pixel lighting makes bright and dark objects coexist without halos, lending games a dramatic sense of depth.
Per-pixel OLED lighting creates exceptional contrast and crisp separation between dark backgrounds and bright details, even in moderately lit rooms.
Local dimming performance works especially well in supported gaming or desktop scenarios, helping the monitor feel polished and capable.
Individual OLED pixels give exceptionally precise light control, keeping black areas dark even beside bright details.
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.
DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1, USB-C and USB data ports provide an extensive connection suite for premium gaming and work setups.
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.
Native 4K 240Hz covers detailed games and work; 1080p 480Hz trades definition for outstanding motion clarity, a flexibility multiple testers appreciated.
Around 110 pixels per inch is sensible for 27-inch gaming, though text and fine desktop details look less crisp than on 4K displays.
At roughly 140 PPI, the 32-inch 4K panel keeps text and interfaces crisp and leaves room for productive desktop layouts.
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.
The familiar RGB stripe virtually eliminates the colored borders around text seen on many earlier OLEDs, especially useful for reading and office work.
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.
4K resolution on the 32-inch panel provides rich detail and a large working area, though many users will want operating-system text scaling.
White uniformity is generally fine, but dark-gray backgrounds can show vertical banding or faint dirty-screen texture.
Dark-gray banding is modest compared with several earlier Tandem WOLEDs, but some samples show edge darkening, faint dirty-screen effect or tonal shifts.
Electricity use compares reasonably with other extreme-refresh OLEDs, though 280Hz Tandem models use less.
Removing the white subpixel increases power use on white-heavy content versus some previous WOLED monitors, with a smaller difference during gaming.
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.
Color remains attractive head-on, but greenish edge or off-axis shifts are reported, ranging from barely visible to strongly distracting depending on the tester.
A large cutout in the stand provides a simple path for routing cables behind the monitor.
Routing cables through the stand keeps the generous selection of connections manageable without excessive clutter.
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.
Variable-refresh flicker can occur with large frame-rate swings; ASUS’s anti-flicker setting reduces some cases but can interrupt VRR at certain frame rates.
The 720p boosted mode looks soft, while some pixel-mapping choices behave inconsistently with Windows timing.
Downscaling to 1080p is comparatively smooth for a dual-mode 4K screen, but smaller emulated windows and operating-system scaling reduce sharpness or complicate text sizing.
Very high frame rates take exceptional hardware, so an ordinary PC may not exploit the advertised refresh.
Driving 4K at 240 frames per second calls for a powerful graphics card, making the 1080p 480Hz option a useful performance alternative.
There is a generous range of controls for esports play, picture adjustment and screen care.
Timers, crosshairs, sniper tools and shadow aids accompany the high-speed panel. They are convenient extras rather than the monitor’s main selling point.
Fourth-generation Tandem WOLED improves brightness, gamut and ambient-black performance over older WOLED designs while retaining extremely fast response times.
The novel tandem RGB-stripe WOLED panel solves much of OLED’s font-fringing problem and retains deep blacks, though removing the white subpixel hurts brightness efficiency.
Several HDR presets offer different compromises between output and accuracy; Console HDR receives particular praise for balancing them.
Several HDR presets and an adjustable setting are available, yet the choice largely comes down to accurate but dim True Black or brighter, less accurate tone mapping.
The glossy finish preserves clear images but can mirror windows and lamps directly facing the screen. Placement matters more than with matte monitors.
The glossy coating preserves clean blacks and sharpness but reflects nearby windows, lamps and faces more directly than matte finishes.
There are no built-in speakers, so console and other external-device users need headphones or separate audio equipment.
There are no internal speakers, a notable inconvenience if you want sound without connecting headphones or separate audio equipment.
Black-frame insertion improves motion clarity at 120Hz or 270Hz, but requires fixed refresh, disables VRR and HDR, and can add inconvenience or latency.
ELMB sharpens 120Hz or 240Hz motion, but disables HDR and VRR; one latency test found such a large penalty that the mode was not worth using.
The wide color gamut helps with images, although Adobe RGB specialists must profile the display rather than rely on a built-in mode.
Sharp 4K detail and calibrated SDR color make photo work practical; specific professional color spaces may require profiling.
The native 1440p image looks crisp in games, especially through the glossy coating. It cannot match 4K pixel density for small text.
The standard RGB-stripe layout and 4K resolution yield razor-sharp images and unusually clean fonts for a glossy gaming OLED.
Small highlights can look unusually bright and impactful, although brighter settings may exaggerate their luminance or lose some intended tonal balance.
Small bright objects can stand out brilliantly against black, but particular presets clip highlights or cap output, requiring deliberate HDR mode choices.
ROG lighting is configurable and visually distinctive, although some consider the projected desk logo unnecessary.
Backlighting and the desk projector add visual flair, though the glow can be too weak for ambient wall lighting and some find the projection excessive.
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.
Perfect blacks, vivid color and sharp environmental details are especially attractive for cinematic titles, though bright HDR scenes may look restrained.
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.
The haze-free glossy surface gives unusually crisp text and an almost glass-like picture without matte grain, at the cost of strong mirror reflections.
The wide gamut gives games vivid colors and substantially improves on older WOLED generations. Native SDR colors can oversaturate without an appropriate gamut clamp.
Coverage around the DCI-P3 space is generous and a step above older standard WOLEDs, though it falls slightly short of the widest competing OLED panels.
Height, tilt, swivel and pivot give flexible viewing positions, though some reviewers would welcome more height travel.
Height, tilt and swivel adjustments feel smooth and stable, but the included stand cannot rotate into portrait orientation.
The tripod-style feet make a design statement but occupy more room than a compact monitor base.
The three-pronged stand is stable but takes up considerable desk depth, potentially crowding a shallow workstation or large mousepad.
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.
Shadow Boost and an accurate sRGB gamma option recover dark detail, but native-mode near-black tracking can be weak or uneven.
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.
Switching from sharp 4K 240Hz to extremely responsive 1080p 480Hz gives fast-paced competitive games a meaningful speed and motion advantage.
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.
The adjustable presence sensor can switch the OLED pixels off when the desk is unattended, with configurable distance, timing and sensitivity.
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.
The monitor impresses as a fast, sharp flagship, but its expensive pricing and HDR tradeoffs make the buying recommendation less unanimous.
OLED Care settings and the responsive proximity sensor help reduce static-image exposure. They are useful precautions rather than guarantees against burn-in.
OLED Care functions include pixel cleaning, screen shifting, logo handling and a presence sensor. They offer useful safeguards, though they cannot guarantee immunity from burn-in.
The panel produces outstanding OLED blacks and retains more depth under ambient lighting than many competing panel and coating combinations.
Deep OLED blacks are a standout, and the WOLED design holds black depth unusually well even with ambient room lighting.
OLED pixel-level illumination avoids the halos and backlight bleed that can affect locally dimmed LCDs.
Per-pixel lighting prevents bright objects from creating halos or spill into neighboring dark areas, a clear advantage over zone-dimmed LCDs.
Firmware updateability is useful in some scenarios, but there are compromises to consider depending on how the display is used.
Firmware can be updated by the user, including through ASUS software, making maintenance more straightforward.
Input lag works especially well in supported gaming or desktop scenarios, helping the monitor feel polished and capable.
Input latency is consistently outstanding in high-speed play, with a particularly quick 480Hz mode and very little processing delay.
The internal power supply avoids an extra desk or floor power brick and simplifies cable clutter.
An internal power supply avoids a bulky external brick, simplifying installation and cable routing.
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.
Near-instant OLED transitions are exceptionally clean at 240Hz, and the optional 480Hz mode improves fast-moving target definition further.
The monitor offers exceptional 1440p performance, wide PC sync support and usable full-speed connectivity even with some older graphics cards.
The high-speed 4K OLED panel and modern gaming connections provide a premium PC gaming experience with plenty of performance headroom.
The unique finish and high-end presentation feel special, with a minor caveat about the plastic rear housing.
Solid construction, premium finish and enthusiast-grade controls lend the monitor a genuine flagship character.
Native 1440p at 540Hz is exceptionally smooth for high-frame-rate games. The optional 720Hz mode adds smaller improvements and cuts resolution to 720p.
A 240Hz 4K baseline provides excellent responsiveness, while the optional 480Hz full-HD mode makes speed the priority for esports.
Near-instant OLED pixel transitions provide clean, responsive motion across refresh rates with little overshoot.
Very fast OLED pixel transitions support crisp moving images and a responsive feel in demanding games.
The substantial stand keeps the display stable with minimal wobble.
The broad, substantial base keeps the large screen steady with very little wobble.
Brightness and additional image settings remain adjustable in HDR when the appropriate option is enabled, allowing useful control over the effect.
Adjustable HDR can substantially increase highlight brightness, but turning it up risks raised shadows and inaccurate tone reproduction.
Default HDR modes can track content closely, but turning brightness up can overbrighten highlights, while other modes roll off or darken details.
Tone mapping provides rich depth when configured carefully; the brighter HDR modes lift dark scenes beyond their intended appearance.
Precision color and gamut adjustments can yield very accurate sRGB performance.
Adjustable RGB, gamma, saturation and color-space settings offer useful fine-tuning; the dedicated sRGB Cal preset is accurate but locks many controls.
ASUS DisplayWidget gives convenient control of monitor options from the computer and avoids repeated trips through the on-screen menu.
ASUS companion software can change presets, tune display features and update firmware without relying entirely on the physical menu.
Greyscale tracking is acceptable overall but varies with preset and factory settings.
Grayscale and sRGB gamma track well in calibrated modes, though native SDR shadow reproduction and HDR luminance tracking have inconsistencies.
The cutting-edge screen earns praise, but several tests suggest 280Hz or 500Hz OLED alternatives can provide much of the experience for less.
Pricing around flagship territory divides opinion: the sharp RGB-stripe panel and feature set impress, but much cheaper 4K OLEDs often deliver comparable gaming thrills.
Dolby Vision is missing, even though HDR10 works over supported console inputs.
Dolby Vision is handy for compatible entertainment sources, but automatic HDR10 detection on Windows can be unreliable and brightness is limited in its Dolby Vision modes.
Three-year coverage including burn-in offers peace of mind for such an expensive OLED display; regional terms should still be checked.
A three-year warranty explicitly includes OLED burn-in, providing reassurance despite the technology’s inherent aging risks.
The stand assembles through a straightforward slot-and-secure process.
Tool-free assembly and the included cables and adapter make the initial setup straightforward.
The sturdy stand feels premium, although the transparent rear shell flexes more than conventional ROG designs.
The substantial metal-backed design and sturdy stand give this premium monitor a well-constructed feel.
A low-blue-light menu is provided, but those modes cannot be used alongside every brightness setting.
Uniform Brightness can reduce abrupt shifts in desktop luminance, which helps during extended sessions of static work.
Silver styling, cutouts, translucent rear housing and blue lighting stand out from typical gaming screens, attracting enthusiastic praise.
The translucent rear shell and ROG lighting look distinctive and premium, although the elaborate gamer styling is not universally subtle.
The joystick interface, customizable shortcuts and companion software make the extensive settings more approachable than the feature list suggests.
The smaller simulated screen size makes competitive play more flexible, but image quality falls as the active resolution shrinks.
AI picture tools are available as helpful extras for players who like assistance adjusting game visuals.
Selectable 27-inch and 24.5-inch viewing formats broaden the ways to use the 16:9 screen for faster competitive play.
The self-emissive OLED panel avoids the backlight bleed associated with LCDs, helping dark scenes remain free of unwanted glow.
Good factory color can be refined further with RGB adjustment and profiling, with excellent results achieved in the calibrated SDR modes.
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.
Device compatibility works especially well in supported gaming or desktop scenarios, helping the monitor feel polished and capable.
Racing is a strong everyday preset, and alternative color spaces and HDR profiles help adapt the image to different content.
Near-instant transitions leave very little ghosting, trailing or overshoot even at extreme refresh rates.
Internal heatsinks and a newer power design support cool operation without fans, with hands-on temperature checks finding modest chassis warmth.
Static desktop use carries an ongoing image-retention risk despite the built-in OLED care tools and warranty coverage.
The package includes the cables and mounting adapter needed to get started, plus a protective cloth and other useful extras.
Automatic Dolby Vision and HDR10 switching can briefly black out the screen, and detection does not work reliably in every PC app.
Up to 90W USB-C charging supports compatible laptops and reduces the need for another charging cable.
The USB hub conveniently accommodates peripheral input devices and supports a cleaner multi-device desk setup.
The available ports were easy to reach and connect during setup.
An included adapter simplifies mounting to a compatible standard monitor arm, especially when the recessed fixture would otherwise obstruct attachment.
One test found Windows 11 Auto Color Management failed to clamp SDR colors properly, although selecting the monitor’s own sRGB mode provided a workaround.
The uniform-brightness setting keeps the image steadier when content changes, at the cost of limiting maximum output.
Removing the extra white subpixel improves the vibrancy of bright saturated colors compared with older WOLED designs, although QD-OLED competitors can still have an edge.
Flexible picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture layouts let two sources share the screen, including individually adjustable windows.
Smaller simulated screen areas and 4:3 or square ratios offer practical flexibility for esports and retro titles.
The two HDMI 2.1 inputs provide high-refresh and downscaled-4K console flexibility.
Reliability over time is useful in some scenarios, but there are compromises to consider depending on how the display is used.
The power button asks for confirmation, reducing accidental shutdowns, while quick-access controls make everyday operation more deliberate.
DisplayWidget Center provides useful software access to picture settings, shortcuts and firmware, though not every hardware toggle is available there.
A smaller brightness dip than older OLED panels may make the monitor more comfortable for people bothered by display flicker.
The 31.5-inch viewable screen is immersive in games and spacious for desktop work, although it needs a reasonably generous desk.
This 360Hz QD-OLED ultrawide delivers exceptional gaming motion, vibrant HDR and dramatically cleaner text. Its high price, less-than-perfect bright-room blacks and occasional HDR dimming are the main reasons to hesitate.
Pros: color gamut, contrast
Cons: value for money, Resolution
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Pros: overall picture quality, color accuracy
Cons: value for money, built-in speakers
Lightning-fast 360Hz OLED gaming, rich color and an unusually flexible USB-C/KVM setup are the big draws. Strong room lighting, limited full-screen HDR brightness and static-content burn-in concerns keep it from...
Pros: color gamut, overall satisfaction
Cons: reflection handling, VRR flicker
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Pros: sharpness, overall satisfaction
Cons: value for money, VRR flicker
