Grayscale, color fidelity and gamut to factory settings
After over a year of daily use, I can assure you of one thing. The ASUS ROG Swift is the forerunner on the monitor market in terms of its implementation. It comes with a factory-set sRGB mode, which locks the panel in terms of color space, but gives the user the option to tweak it. All setting options of the panel are fully accessible! This is how monitors have to be delivered. ASUS was the first manufacturer to put a gaming monitor with a wide gamut display on sale in the way it did, so thanks for that!
Thus, nothing is oversaturated in terms of color in everyday use, such as YouTube, web content and gaming (everything takes place in the sRGB color space). This is what the color space coverage looks like at factory settings:
Furthermore, ASUS delivers the monitor with an sRGB factory calibration, which is also suggested to the customer with a protocol.
Let’s check that out now…
Gray Scale
Yes, the D65 doesn’t quite fit. From my point of view, the deviation of 4.75 delta E 2000 seems a bit exaggerated. Because the measured value of 6563 K is actually completely ok. You can also see this in the CCT curve. The only weak point of the AU-Optronics panel is the contrast. If you play with the brightness and contrast in the OSD, you get just over 900:1. If you’re a contrast junkie, you’ll have to go for a VA or OLED panel either way. Because IPS and contrast do not fit together syntactically. Only a FALD backlight with as many dimming zones as possible can help to compensate for this weakness. In return, IPS panels always score with good viewing angles and excellent color reproduction.
Measurement Report 3.8.9.3 – ROG PG279QM @ 1920, 0, 2560×1440 – 2022-09-16 16-24 Gray Scale default
ColorChecker
Again, it is the white point that makes the measurement report look excessively bad. If you only look at the color accuracy, you’ll see that the PG279QM already delivers impressive results out of the box. We also see that the weird beige color (as already with the LG panels) is somehow “off the grid” here as well. But all other colors fit.
Measurement Report 3.8.9.3 – ROG PG279QM @ 0, 0, 2560×1440 – 2022-09-16 11-37 ColorChecker Default
Display brightness
With the Vesa HDR 400 certification, you basically already know what to expect now.
From my point of view, after well over a year of use, the brightness is easily sufficient. Personally, I always have 200 nits running. A matter of taste, I know.
The minimum brightness that the PG279QM achieves is – especially for nighttime gaming hours – perfectly suitable!
Small interim conclusion: The PG279QM delivers a motion and color performance that I have not seen before. A very good IPS panel from AU-Optronics, which has been given the right finishing touches by expert hands at ASUS ROG. So, now let’s set the “right” white point. Turn the page…
- 1 - Einführung und Ausstattung
- 2 - Verarbbeitung und Features
- 3 - Messaufbau und Messmethode
- 4 - Pixel Response Times
- 5 - Variable Overdrive
- 6 - Display Latency
- 7 - Color Performance @ default settings
- 8 - Color Performance calibrated
- 9 - Calibration with DisplayCal
- 10 - HDR und subjektiver Eindruck
- 11 - Zusammenfassung und Fazit
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