NVIDIA G-Sync Pulsar monitor - Asus ROG Strix XG27AQNGV

[rusta]

Just a little heads up for ppl using nvidia instant replay, when using instant replay I had to disable the desktop capture option of it to get gsync working, otherwise it disabled mpo capability on the monitor from what I could tell.

(Even tho I think it was working in the past with desktop capture, but I'm not sure and now it wasn't)

[CriticalHit_NL]

After carefully reading all the posts, reviews and pretty much everything available, I'm about to buy this monitor. I'm not an OLED guy, so my point of reference is the typical IPS panel.

I would like to ask you guys that already have the monitor a few questions.

1. How's the panel quality ? I've read a lot of reports about dead / stuck pixels and a lot of RMAs. A lot of them had good panels that started having stuck pixels after a few weeks, which worries me. Also, what about backlight bleed ?

2. Is there coil whine ? I'm kinda sensitive and some people have reported it. If there is, could you check if it dissapears when you turn Pulsar off, or when you reduce the refresh rate to ex: 240 Hz.

3. Is the contrast that "bad" ? I mean i don't care about OLED or miniLED contrast, my previous 1440p monitors have been Dell Ultrasharp U2514H and G2724D and i was totally fine with it.

4. Lastly are the viewing angles good enough for single person desktop usage, based on your experience ?

Any feedback would be much appreciated

1. I'd say pretty good, the matte coating isn't obtrusive or grainy to me, still looks like a mirror when viewed from the side and it deflects light reasonably. I do have a stuck red pixel but I decided to leave it there because RMAing may mean getting a lesser model back and since I had no other showstopping issues I decided against a return even though I had a zero-death-pixel warranty for it. Have not found any additional pixels becoming stuck after almost 3 months of use. Personally I don't really notice any backlight bleed.

2. No coil whine, not with Pulsar, G-sync or HDR/SDR at 360Hz.

3. Contrast is not OLED level but due to 10-bit wide gamut you still get a bit wider color range and thus whites look more white to me than the 8-bit AHVA-IPS panel I have here which almost looks like its slightly more hinting towards a more white-yellowish tint.

With HDR it looks pretty good and gets pretty bright still to the point in nearly blinds me especially if it is pretty much the whole panel going bright but as it's IPS you can't completely negate the typical corners being slightly brighter grey-ish due to the viewing angles causing it when it is dark/black which is on all IPS panels a thing to my knowledge called 'IPS glow'. The good thing is atleast you won't be dealing with VRR-flickering in dark content like some OLEDs suffer from and I believe native G-sync helps aiding in this regard instead of G-sync compatible.

4. I'd say it's fine, I haven't ran into really big showstopping issues in this regard and the display is pretty fabulous when you love vivid colorful games/content, and I use it at both ~1 meter and ~60cm distance depending on what I'm doing. (having a monitor arm is great). I have no obvious glows, uniformity is pretty good, there is no yellow glow spots like I had on my first RMA'd PG279Q which was a semi-broken panel anyway with green stripes going vertical past half the panel if you touched the bezels so I kinda know what those yellow glows can look like.

For IPS, probably one of the best 'gaming oriented' panels you can get right now, not so sure about the actual professional color accuracy like for example EIZO displays, I don't really compare that personally and I change the defaults anyway to personal liking.

[Enc0deGR]

After carefully reading all the posts, reviews and pretty much everything available, I'm about to buy this monitor. I'm not an OLED guy, so my point of reference is the typical IPS panel.

I would like to ask you guys that already have the monitor a few questions.

1. How's the panel quality ? I've read a lot of reports about dead / stuck pixels and a lot of RMAs. A lot of them had good panels that started having stuck pixels after a few weeks, which worries me. Also, what about backlight bleed ?

2. Is there coil whine ? I'm kinda sensitive and some people have reported it. If there is, could you check if it dissapears when you turn Pulsar off, or when you reduce the refresh rate to ex: 240 Hz.

3. Is the contrast that "bad" ? I mean i don't care about OLED or miniLED contrast, my previous 1440p monitors have been Dell Ultrasharp U2514H and G2724D and i was totally fine with it.

4. Lastly are the viewing angles good enough for single person desktop usage, based on your experience ?

Any feedback would be much appreciated

1. I'd say pretty good, the matte coating isn't obtrusive or grainy to me, still looks like a mirror when viewed from the side and it deflects light reasonably. I do have a stuck red pixel but I decided to leave it there because RMAing may mean getting a lesser model back and since I had no other showstopping issues I decided against a return even though I had a zero-death-pixel warranty for it. Have not found any additional pixels becoming stuck after almost 3 months of use. Personally I don't really notice any backlight bleed.

2. No coil whine, not with Pulsar, G-sync or HDR/SDR at 360Hz.

3. Contrast is not OLED level but due to 10-bit wide gamut you still get a bit wider color range and thus whites look more white to me than the 8-bit AHVA-IPS panel I have here which almost looks like its slightly more hinting towards a more white-yellowish tint.

With HDR it looks pretty good and gets pretty bright still to the point in nearly blinds me especially if it is pretty much the whole panel going bright but as it's IPS you can't completely negate the typical corners being slightly brighter grey-ish due to the viewing angles causing it when it is dark/black which is on all IPS panels a thing to my knowledge called 'IPS glow'. The good thing is atleast you won't be dealing with VRR-flickering in dark content like some OLEDs suffer from and I believe native G-sync helps aiding in this regard instead of G-sync compatible.

4. I'd say it's fine, I haven't ran into really big showstopping issues in this regard and the display is pretty fabulous when you love vivid colorful games/content, and I use it at both ~1 meter and ~60cm distance depending on what I'm doing. (having a monitor arm is great). I have no obvious glows, uniformity is pretty good, there is no yellow glow spots like I had on my first RMA'd PG279Q which was a semi-broken panel anyway with green stripes going vertical past half the panel if you touched the bezels so I kinda know what those yellow glows can look like.

For IPS, probably one of the best 'gaming oriented' panels you can get right now, not so sure about the actual professional color accuracy like for example EIZO displays, I don't really compare that personally and I change the defaults anyway to personal liking.

Thank you so much for the detailed reply, i do appreciate it and it really helped me a lot !
I guess i'm buying it, praying to the RNG God for a good panel.

[daviddave1]

Ok got the XG27AQNGV since yesterday also bought an RTX3080

My NVIDIA CTRL panel and monitor settings for Apex Legends ( that's a game that is hardcapped at 300 and fluctuates between 230 and 300 fps on 1440P and 1080P)

Nvidia Ctrl Panel settings

Nvidia driver 566.36
Low Latency Mode: Ultra
Gsync on
VSync off
2560x1440 x 360
Color: Override to Reference mode ( using icc profile MSIfanboy uploaded here last week)
Color Dept: 10 bit
Video Color setting Dynamic Range Full (0-255)
Video Image settings: Use the video player setting x 2. Deinterlacing Use inverse Telecine enebaled. RTX video enhancement: Disabled. High Dynamic Range: Inactive.

Monitor settings:
Standard firmware ( micro usb kabel is on the way)
Pulsar on
Pulsar Low FPS 120
Ambiend Apadative Brightness Off
Ambient Adaptive Color Off
Gamevials Racing Mode
Dark Boost Level 3
Aspect Control: 27" Default
Color Temp: 6500K
Display Color Space Wide Gamut
Gamma: 2.2

Apex Legends settings:

Low Latency Mode: Ultra

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You guys think that once I have the micro-usb cable the firmware update will be beneficial for me ?
Does anyone has some other pointers please?

[BLooDS_inc]

Ok got the XG27AQNGV since yesterday also bought an RTX3080

My NVIDIA CTRL panel and monitor settings for Apex Legends ( that's a game that is hardcapped at 300 and fluctuates between 230 and 300 fps on 1440P and 1080P)

Nvidia Ctrl Panel settings

Nvidia driver 566.36
Low Latency Mode: Ultra
Gsync on
VSync off
2560x1440 x 360
Color: Override to Reference mode ( using icc profile MSIfanboy uploaded here last week)
Color Dept: 10 bit
Video Color setting Dynamic Range Full (0-255)
Video Image settings: Use the video player setting x 2. Deinterlacing Use inverse Telecine enebaled. RTX video enhancement: Disabled. High Dynamic Range: Inactive.

Monitor settings:
Standard firmware ( micro usb kabel is on the way)
Pulsar on
Pulsar Low FPS 120
Ambiend Apadative Brightness Off
Ambient Adaptive Color Off
Gamevials Racing Mode
Dark Boost Level 3
Aspect Control: 27" Default
Color Temp: 6500K
Display Color Space Wide Gamut
Gamma: 2.2

Apex Legends settings:

Low Latency Mode: Ultra

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You guys think that once I have the micro-usb cable the firmware update will be beneficial for me ?
Does anyone has some other pointers please?

Update the fw when u can, ull see less bugs with pulsar, especially in low fps drops.
Don't use low latency mode ultra - it badly affects the 1% and 0.1% lows, use just ON, not ultra
Cap your fps under gsync range - if u play Apex and Apex runs under 300fps , use rtss frame cap with front sync edge capframe and set 300, ull see better fps and 1% lows and better framepace, better visual motion than nvcp cap or in-game cap
And i think use the latest drivers, except the very latest 610.47 that, like someone says, bring the gsync fps drop bugs and smooth motion bugs, I'm using the 596+ driver