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Asus ROG Swift Pg279q vs Acer Predator Xb271hu Iam in a Dilemma :) / Your Recommendation Please


Both Are:

27'' - IPS
1440p
GSYNC
166Hz


Asus Pg279q:
https://www.asus.com/us/Monitors/ROG-SWIFT-PG279Q/


Acer Xb271hu:
http://us-store.acer.com/predator-xb271hu-bmiprz-27-inch-gaming-monitor-with-gsync


From the Reviews , it seems Asus Quality Control has issues with some panels ( a lottery thing hit or miss) some panels are perfect some panels has dead pixels , stuck pixels ,. white pixels , color bleeding , and color dis -uniformity) , Acer is better with reduced 1st time usage problems. However , the Asus Pg279q has the looks , looks more rigid , slimmer bezels. abd easy to navigate (joystick).


Asus ROG Swift PG279Q 165hz Monitor Review & First Impressions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1_Q71vD6JA

Acer Predator XB271HU 165Hz Monitor Review & First Impressions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9byBCAu8kp4


Or shall I go 2160p (60hz , GSync) - Yes Current cards do not push 60Fps High-settings on 4k on they are tipping that - 2017-2018 will witness the HBM 2.0 of graphic cards that most probably will manage to tip that.


Thank You
I got an MG279Q Freesync monitor I am happy I made the right choice. Asus does have that quality control issue, but then again it is from the panels they got. (Asus nor Acer manufacture those panels themselves) They both use the same exact panels. The lottery is the same for both. I've read reviews online for both Acer and Asus and they both have people complaining about the stuck/dead pixels and backlight bleed. Keep in mind that Asus has a much larger market share over Acer (210.57 Billion vs 46.83 Billion) There are more sales of Asus monitors over Acer so it is only natural you find more bad reviews on the Asus than on the Acer. My MG279Q has the same panel.

I do have 2 dead pixels but they don't bother me at all. For backlight bleed, this is something you can not avoid completely. All IPS panels have them. Some of them are noticeable others not that much. Bare in mind the footage of bleeding screens online are much worse than they are in real life. There is something called IPS glow that people mistake for bleeding. If what seems to look like a bleed changes its position as you change the angle you are looking at the screen that is called IPS glow which is a limitation of the tech. If it stays in the same place no matter where you look at it from then that is a bleed. Mine has a slight bleed in the middle top of the screen I did not notice it until I started searching for it.

Build quality Asus trumps Acer easily. Go for Asus the PG279Q over the Acer. It is an easy choice. forget 4K you'll love the higher refresh rate much more than a screen with simply more pixel density at just 60hz which pushes the card to its extreme performance and still not be able to keep a steady 60 fps on ultra. The most important thing is when you play FPS games. The lag between each frame is just too much, it is annoying and you can tell that your gameplay is worse on 60 fps. Head to battleground spotnet or groundzero test a 144hz monitor, while you are playing cap the framerate on 60 and try playing. See for yourself.

No brainer go with Asus the PG279Q
hkbazzi wroteI got an MG279Q Freesync monitor I am happy I made the right choice. Asus does have that quality control issue, but then again it is from the panels they got. (Asus nor Acer manufacture those panels themselves) They both use the same exact panels. The lottery is the same for both. I've read reviews online for both Acer and Asus and they both have people complaining about the stuck/dead pixels and backlight bleed. Keep in mind that Asus has a much larger market share over Acer (210.57 Billion vs 46.83 Billion) There are more sales of Asus monitors over Acer so it is only natural you find more bad reviews on the Asus than on the Acer. My MG279Q has the same panel.

I do have 2 dead pixels but they don't bother me at all. For backlight bleed, this is something you can not avoid completely. All IPS panels have them. Some of them are noticeable others not that much. Bare in mind the footage of bleeding screens online are much worse than they are in real life. There is something called IPS glow that people mistake for bleeding. If what seems to look like a bleed changes its position as you change the angle you are looking at the screen that is called IPS glow which is a limitation of the tech. If it stays in the same place no matter where you look at it from then that is a bleed. Mine has a slight bleed in the middle top of the screen I did not notice it until I started searching for it.

Build quality Asus trumps Acer easily. Go for Asus the PG279Q over the Acer. It is an easy choice. forget 4K you'll love the higher refresh rate much more than a screen with simply more pixel density at just 60hz which pushes the card to its extreme performance and still not be able to keep a steady 60 fps on ultra. The most important thing is when you play FPS games. The lag between each frame is just too much, it is annoying and you can tell that your gameplay is worse on 60 fps. Head to battleground spotnet or groundzero test a 144hz monitor, while you are playing cap the framerate on 60 and try playing. See for yourself.

No brainer go with Asus the PG279Q
Thank You for the Reply Mate :



- Did the Dead Pixels Appeared out of the box or by how many months of usage ? Does Warranty (Local) or Offshore RMA Covers That during the 1st year of opetation of I witnessed Dead Pixels.

- Aren't the Free Sync or G Sync Makes things look smoother for sub 60 fps - for example at 4k/60hz/GSync such as ASUS PG279AQ for example 50fp@50hz matching will look smooth to the eyes as I have read in the reviews that 4K+G Sync Combination is a very smart move to remove some stress on the system to push those pixels & tip 60fps. By lowering some settings and AA a 1070 OC or 1080 OC can reach 50fps on recent AAA titles plus with GSync enabled = things will look smooth. What do you think of this point of view from a person that experienced alike scenarios. Is there a major image quality difference from 1440p to 2160p , from 1080p sure there is.

Currently the PG279Q is for about USD 1000 (at a shop I know ) with VAT sure the PG279AQ is more expensive. I found this price relatively good compared to the hustle of offshore shipping & RMAs. From where did you get your monitor mate & cost including VAT . Free Sync Dowsnot work on NVidea 1080 or 1070 right ? NVidea I guess restricted that on their Drivers since FreeSync is a universal standard over Display Port 1.2

What Do You think of ASUS tempting a new 4k Gsync Monitor at 144hz :)

Thank You
Tech Guru wrote
hkbazzi wroteI got an MG279Q Freesync monitor I am happy I made the right choice. Asus does have that quality control issue, but then again it is from the panels they got. (Asus nor Acer manufacture those panels themselves) They both use the same exact panels. The lottery is the same for both. I've read reviews online for both Acer and Asus and they both have people complaining about the stuck/dead pixels and backlight bleed. Keep in mind that Asus has a much larger market share over Acer (210.57 Billion vs 46.83 Billion) There are more sales of Asus monitors over Acer so it is only natural you find more bad reviews on the Asus than on the Acer. My MG279Q has the same panel.

I do have 2 dead pixels but they don't bother me at all. For backlight bleed, this is something you can not avoid completely. All IPS panels have them. Some of them are noticeable others not that much. Bare in mind the footage of bleeding screens online are much worse than they are in real life. There is something called IPS glow that people mistake for bleeding. If what seems to look like a bleed changes its position as you change the angle you are looking at the screen that is called IPS glow which is a limitation of the tech. If it stays in the same place no matter where you look at it from then that is a bleed. Mine has a slight bleed in the middle top of the screen I did not notice it until I started searching for it.

Build quality Asus trumps Acer easily. Go for Asus the PG279Q over the Acer. It is an easy choice. forget 4K you'll love the higher refresh rate much more than a screen with simply more pixel density at just 60hz which pushes the card to its extreme performance and still not be able to keep a steady 60 fps on ultra. The most important thing is when you play FPS games. The lag between each frame is just too much, it is annoying and you can tell that your gameplay is worse on 60 fps. Head to battleground spotnet or groundzero test a 144hz monitor, while you are playing cap the framerate on 60 and try playing. See for yourself.

No brainer go with Asus the PG279Q
Thank You for the Reply Mate :



- Did the Dead Pixels Appeared out of the box or by how many months of usage ? Does Warranty (Local) or Offshore RMA Covers That during the 1st year of opetation of I witnessed Dead Pixels.

- Aren't the Free Sync or G Sync Makes things look smoother for sub 60 fps - for example at 4k/60hz/GSync such as ASUS PG279AQ for example 50fp@50hz matching will look smooth to the eyes as I have read in the reviews that 4K+G Sync Combination is a very smart move to remove some stress on the system to push those pixels & tip 60fps. By lowering some settings and AA a 1070 OC or 1080 OC can reach 50fps on recent AAA titles plus with GSync enabled = things will look smooth. What do you think of this point of view from a person that experienced alike scenarios. Is there a major image quality difference from 1440p to 2160p , from 1080p sure there is.

Currently the PG279Q is for about USD 1000 (at a shop I know ) with VAT sure the PG279AQ is more expensive. I found this price relatively good compared to the hustle of offshore shipping & RMAs. From where did you get your monitor mate & cost including VAT . Free Sync Dowsnot work on NVidea 1080 or 1070 right ? NVidea I guess restricted that on their Drivers since FreeSync is a universal standard over Display Port 1.2

What Do You think of ASUS tempting a new 4k Gsync Monitor at 144hz :)

Thank You


Out of the box, but I didn't want to send it back to the US to have it fixed. Instead I asked for a partial refund and they gave me back some of the money. freesync and g-sync is exactly the same smoothness as running v-sync capped on 60hz (if your video card can handle it) but without much input lag and no sudden frame drops that make a game stutter crazy.

IMHO it is the worst time to upgrade your monitor. with the new display ports coming out on the new cards, new monitors with such price points will have much better specs. DP1.4 can do 4K @ 120hz. If you can afford that when it comes out (should be soon around 6 months) go ahead and do that without looking back. But if you are eager to get a monitor now I recommend 1440p @ 144hz. you'll enjoy better frame rates and the screen would be natively 1440p with some AA it makes 4K too much of an overkill and huge sacrifice for that refresh rate. Once you go 120hz+ you can never go back.

I am not sure if you have ever experienced this... you get a game, you max it out, you enjoy the graphics for the first couple of minutes, but your frame rate is crap, you get pissed off, you either stop playing or you turn down the settings. I am more than happy to let you come over and try out the monitor yourself. It will make your decision much easier.
hkbazzi wrote
Tech Guru wrote
hkbazzi wroteI got an MG279Q Freesync monitor I am happy I made the right choice. Asus does have that quality control issue, but then again it is from the panels they got. (Asus nor Acer manufacture those panels themselves) They both use the same exact panels. The lottery is the same for both. I've read reviews online for both Acer and Asus and they both have people complaining about the stuck/dead pixels and backlight bleed. Keep in mind that Asus has a much larger market share over Acer (210.57 Billion vs 46.83 Billion) There are more sales of Asus monitors over Acer so it is only natural you find more bad reviews on the Asus than on the Acer. My MG279Q has the same panel.

I do have 2 dead pixels but they don't bother me at all. For backlight bleed, this is something you can not avoid completely. All IPS panels have them. Some of them are noticeable others not that much. Bare in mind the footage of bleeding screens online are much worse than they are in real life. There is something called IPS glow that people mistake for bleeding. If what seems to look like a bleed changes its position as you change the angle you are looking at the screen that is called IPS glow which is a limitation of the tech. If it stays in the same place no matter where you look at it from then that is a bleed. Mine has a slight bleed in the middle top of the screen I did not notice it until I started searching for it.

Build quality Asus trumps Acer easily. Go for Asus the PG279Q over the Acer. It is an easy choice. forget 4K you'll love the higher refresh rate much more than a screen with simply more pixel density at just 60hz which pushes the card to its extreme performance and still not be able to keep a steady 60 fps on ultra. The most important thing is when you play FPS games. The lag between each frame is just too much, it is annoying and you can tell that your gameplay is worse on 60 fps. Head to battleground spotnet or groundzero test a 144hz monitor, while you are playing cap the framerate on 60 and try playing. See for yourself.

No brainer go with Asus the PG279Q
Thank You for the Reply Mate :



- Did the Dead Pixels Appeared out of the box or by how many months of usage ? Does Warranty (Local) or Offshore RMA Covers That during the 1st year of opetation of I witnessed Dead Pixels.

- Aren't the Free Sync or G Sync Makes things look smoother for sub 60 fps - for example at 4k/60hz/GSync such as ASUS PG279AQ for example 50fp@50hz matching will look smooth to the eyes as I have read in the reviews that 4K+G Sync Combination is a very smart move to remove some stress on the system to push those pixels & tip 60fps. By lowering some settings and AA a 1070 OC or 1080 OC can reach 50fps on recent AAA titles plus with GSync enabled = things will look smooth. What do you think of this point of view from a person that experienced alike scenarios. Is there a major image quality difference from 1440p to 2160p , from 1080p sure there is.

Currently the PG279Q is for about USD 1000 (at a shop I know ) with VAT sure the PG279AQ is more expensive. I found this price relatively good compared to the hustle of offshore shipping & RMAs. From where did you get your monitor mate & cost including VAT . Free Sync Dowsnot work on NVidea 1080 or 1070 right ? NVidea I guess restricted that on their Drivers since FreeSync is a universal standard over Display Port 1.2

What Do You think of ASUS tempting a new 4k Gsync Monitor at 144hz :)

Thank You


Out of the box, but I didn't want to send it back to the US to have it fixed. Instead I asked for a partial refund and they gave me back some of the money. freesync and g-sync is exactly the same smoothness as running v-sync capped on 60hz (if your video card can handle it) but without much input lag and no sudden frame drops that make a game stutter crazy.

IMHO it is the worst time to upgrade your monitor. with the new display ports coming out on the new cards, new monitors with such price points will have much better specs. DP1.4 can do 4K @ 120hz. If you can afford that when it comes out (should be soon around 6 months) go ahead and do that without looking back. But if you are eager to get a monitor now I recommend 1440p @ 144hz. you'll enjoy better frame rates and the screen would be natively 1440p with some AA it makes 4K too much of an overkill and huge sacrifice for that refresh rate. Once you go 120hz+ you can never go back.

I am not sure if you have ever experienced this... you get a game, you max it out, you enjoy the graphics for the first couple of minutes, but your frame rate is crap, you get pissed off, you either stop playing or you turn down the settings. I am more than happy to let you come over and try out the monitor yourself. It will make your decision much easier.
https://www.asus.com/us/Monitors/ROG_SWIFT_PG278Q/HelpDesk_Warranty/

ROG SWIFT warranty policy kind of some how ambiguous to me if you read it and the seller here told me yes the monitor includes a warranty but it goes with Asus warranty.

Different revisions on both. I'd wait until the aoc of the same panel type is reviewed. There's so much blb on all of these monitors at the moment. And au optronics makes the panel , and au optronics is owned by Acer. Well 4K 120 hz is damn good but it requires mega gpu power at least a 2018-2017 fram to push above 100fps ultra on 2160p. Most probably I will pull the trigger on the ASUS PG279Q for USD 900 + VAT.