Asus does not skimp on monitors and presents no less than five: four for gaming, with their own characteristics and one for working.
If you’ve always dreamed of having a single monitor to enjoy two different resolutions, each with their own refresh rate, Asus has got you covered with the most impressive of its four gaming screens.
A dual refresh rate screen
If CES 2024 offered a statistic on the types of products most present at the show, we could bet that screens would be part of the top 3. Whether for watching your favorite series, for improving your gaming setup or for working, well brands advertise there.
This is precisely the case for Asus which, as part of its ROG range, announced four new OLED monitors designed for gaming. First of all, the Taiwanese brand comes to step on LG’s toes by unveiling the ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDP; a 32-inch screen capable of switching from one refresh rate to another via a simple switch. The objective is to offer a native display in 4K (3480 x 2160 pixels) at 240 Hz or, optionally, in FHD (1920 x 1080 pixels) at 480 Hz. Although it is still difficult to imagine scenarios where such a feature can prove useful, let’s say that the switch will allow you to enjoy different types of games (solo and competitive narratives, for example) in the best possible conditions.
A complete OLED gaming range
Three other gaming screens were therefore shown by Asus during CES 2024; one of them, the ROG Swift OLED PG39WCDM, seems to be a simple upgrade from the brand and offers a 39-inch Ultrawide OLED panel offering a refresh rate of 240 Hz and a response time of 0.03 ms. But looking closer, this is the most curved ROG screen ever created (with a curvature of 800R) which, icing on the cake, features Smart KVM technology allowing you to control two devices with a single screen. In short, you will be able to move from one computer to another without changing screens… or keyboard and mouse.
Next comes the Swift OLED PG32UCDM model which can be defined quite simply as the brand’s first monitor to offer a 4K 240 Hz and 32-inch panel compatible with Dolby Vision. Finally, Asus also talked about its ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP, described as the very first OLED monitor with a native refresh rate of 480 Hz. With its 26.5-inch diagonal and QHD resolution, Asus wants to make it a monitor designed for tournaments and performance research.
The four monitors mentioned are HDMI 2.1 compatible. Two of them will be launched in the first quarter of 2024 (the PG39WCDM and the PG32UCDM) and the other two will arrive in the second part of the year (the PG32UCDP and the PG27AQDP). No price has yet been announced.
And one to work, anyway
Apart from its ROG range dedicated to gaming, Asus is also thinking of creators with its new ProArt Display PA278CFRV monitor. This is a 27-inch QHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) IPS screen with a rather wide color gamut (DCI-P3 of 95%), and finally a variable refresh rate of up to 100Hz.
Asus does not stop on this technical sheet dedicated to creative work and also wants to take care of your eyes; On the one hand, the monitor is equipped with an anti-glare low reflection (AGLR) panel. What’s more, an ambient light sensor allows the panel to adapt its brightness to the surrounding lighting conditions, thus allowing both to rest your eyes but also to keep the colorimetry as close as possible to reality in all circumstances.
Still with an approach to working comfort, the ProArt Display PA278CFRV is equipped with a 96W USB-C port, making it possible to recharge a laptop without the need for an additional socket or, more simply, to transfer data.
No price or release date has been announced.
Two accessories to enhance your gaming setup
In addition to offering you screens in abundance, Asus even offers to equip them with a monitor arm and a “light bar” to place on top of a monitor.
The ROG Ergo arm, VESA compatible, has been designed to support screens with a maximum diagonal of 39 inches with a weight ranging from 3 to 11.5 kg for classic monitors and 3 to 8.5 kg for curved monitors. In other words, it was designed, among other things, to match the new range of OLED screens from Asus.
As for the ROG Aura Light Bar ALB01, it is substantially equivalent to that announced by Razer during CES 2024. Clearly, it offers front lighting minimizing eye fatigue and illuminating your work surface (keyboard, mouse and surroundings). ) ; on the other, an Aura Sync RGB LED strip allows you to create an ambiance on the wall behind your monitor, all while being synchronized with other Asus RGB devices.
Just like the screen dedicated to work, neither price nor release date have been announced yet.
Source : Asus
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