Asus reveals 27-inch 1440p monitor with 300Hz refresh rate

What simply occurred? For individuals who wish to recreation at super-high refresh charges however favor 1440p resolutions to 1080p, Asus is launching a monitor that ought to meet these wants. The Asus ROG Strix XG27AQMR not solely boasts a 27-inch QHD panel, however can even attain a 300Hz native refresh price. If that is not interesting sufficient, it additionally comes with DisplayHDR 600 certification.

Asus’ latest monitor builds on the ROG Strix XG27AQM, which has the identical decision and a 270Hz overclocked refresh price. The R on the finish of the newest mannequin’s identify denotes the quicker, 300Hz native refresh price.

Each generations of screens use a quick IPS panel, however the newer model’s Gray-to-Gray response time is 1ms, fractionally slower than the older mannequin’s 0.5ms time. The ROG Strix XG27AQMR does boasts DisplayHDR 600 certification, higher than its predecessor’s DisplayHDR 400 ranking, although the everyday brightness stays unchanged at 350 nits.

Different options of the Asus ROG Strix XG27AQMR embody assist for each Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium adaptive-sync applied sciences, which might be enabled alongside ELMB Sync, a low-motion-blur expertise that Asus says can eradicate ghosting and tearing for sharp visuals and excessive body charges whereas gaming.

The same old Asus gaming options are additionally current, together with GameFast Enter expertise, Dynamic Shadow Enhance, GameVisual, and Asus Gaming HDR mode.

The monitor boasts 97% protection of the DCI-P3 coloration gamut and 120% sRGB protection. It is also manufacturing unit pre-calibrated and comes with the manufacturing unit calibration report.

Port-wise, patrons get one DisplayPort 1.4 enter, two HDMI 2.0, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Kind-A ports, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Asus hasn’t revealed a worth or availability particulars for the ROG Strix XG27AQMR. The earlier non-R model is obtainable for round $649.99, so one would think about this upgraded mannequin will value just a little extra. It ought to nonetheless be cheaper than the Asus ROG Swift PG27AQN, our decide for the best overall 1440p gaming monitor, which is 1440p@360Hz and has a price ticket of virtually $1,200.