ASUS ROG Swift PG35VQ Ultra-Wide HDR Gaming Monitor, 35 Inch 21:9 3440 x 1440, FALD 512 Zones, Overclockable 200Hz, 2ms, G-SYNC Ultimate, Display HDR1000, Quantum Dot, Smart Fan Control, Aura Sync

This is a review of the PG35VQ. The headline specs - 1000nits of brightness, 512 zones of FALD local dimming, 200hz refresh, and G-Sync. This true HDR, the real deal, and nothing like the phoney 300-400nit "HDR" with no local dimming HDR on so many PC displays. On paper, this should be as good as it currently gets on a PC. (at least until the MiniLED panels arrive later this year) My points of comparison are my old first generation Dell ultrawide for which this was the replacement, and my LG OLED in the living room. The Dell was 300nits of dull, lifeless, washed out flatness, capable of turning even the most dynamic of games something uninspiring. The moment I fired up a game on this Asus, the difference was, to say the least, astounding. I immediately saw near OLED levels of contrast, deep saturated colours, and searingly bright whites. Unlike an OLED, there's no ALB (automatic brightness limiter), so large areas of 1000nit white can fill the screen without the panel going into panic mode and reducing the brightness. This stays bright no matter what. It's too bright at times, in all honesty, but that's a nice problem for an HDR display to have. As this isn't an OLED, I knew there would however be some caveats, and having read many reviews of this before buying I knew what to look for. First off, fan noise. FALD panels run hot and need fans to keep them cool. I had read the horror stories of the sister panel to this, the Predator X35 with its noisy fan randomly spinning up. On the Asus though, the fan is virtually silent, even when gaming. I can sometimes hear it a little, but it's essentially a non issue. Next up, haloing. This is a glow which can be seen around bright things on a dark background and the FALD brightens the backlight. In exists, and if I move my mouse pointer around on a black background then I can see the haloing. I also see it on HUD elements in dark sections of games. Mostly though, it's another non issue and can't be seen. Finally I was concerned over this being a VA panel, but as long as I sit in the sweet spot, right in front of the screens, it's again, a non issue. Other things to note - Firstly, HDR in Windows is still a bit of a mess. If you don't have HDR turned on then some games will assume you have an SDR display and won't switch to HDR mode. (some however, do switch). If you run some SDR games with HDR turned on, they're a blown out incredibly bright mess. Windows itself is also a little too bright with HDR on, even with the HD colour settings tweaked as much as possible, but if you turn it off, as well as losing HDR in some games, you also lose the ability to play HDR video. It clearly needs more work. I went through a good selection of games in Steam and GamePass, and here are a few real HDR ultrawide standouts - Jedi Fallen Order, Gears of War 5, Metro Exodus, Forza Horizon 4, GRID, Shadow Warrior 2, Monster Hunter World, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. There are few upcoming HDR games this year which I expect will also impress - Doom Eternal, Resident Evil 3 Remake, and Cyberpunk. Secondly, this monitor includes an audio DAC and has a 3.5mm audio jack. This is listed as a headphone socket, but is fine for powering speakers too. A nice little bonus, especially if you have a second device plugged in through HDMI which needs audio out. Thirdly, backlight uniformity isn't great. When I look at a full screen of black, I can see a lighter patch in the middle of the screen. This isn't noticeable in actual real world use, but I imagine I might notice it during a very dark section of a movie. And finally GSync is pretty damn amazing. I had only ever owned 60hz displays before, and the jump to 144hz and above (assuming you have the graphics card to power it) is truly amazing. The fluidity is genuinely game changing. Even Windows is so much nicer at 144hz. Also, one little quirk with this screen is that in HDR mode it defaults to a contrast of 90. This completely blows out several games so they look pretty terrible. I found that a setting of 70-75 transforms them, and it's rather baffling why Asus chose such a poor default. I did run into some issues using a Framemeister with this plugged into HDMI, but I won't pad this review further with the specifics. It's solvable and if anyone has problems leave me a comment and I'll fill you in. In short, 960p DVI doesn't work on this panel. This is an incredibly expensive display and for the price it should be genuinely amazing, and it is. Gaming on this thing is just phenomenal. If you've been used to an non dimming SDR display, this will be an utter revelation. As for comparisons to my OLED, well the OLED still wins in all honesty, due to its per pixel dimming, incredible panel uniformity, and superior colour accuracy, but this is a very honourable second place. If you can stomach the cost, then this monitor will amaze and delight you. Oh and you can turn off all the gamer RGB nonsense too.

Ok I m writing this short review for the ROG Swift PG35VQ 35inch Monitor, Up until now I have always used IPS screens for the colour saturations and clarity of images ..but times change and after seeing the write-ups for this I decided to take a rather expensive leap of faith and purchase one for myself .. assembly was easy task but beware the weight of this monitor and the spread of its supporting feet, . it is bigger than you might think at 1st glance needing at least 55cm width and 30cm depth of desk space for its stand. , this unit is now along side my 27' AOC IPS 144hz monitor, the difference is quite frankly astounding, this matches the colour saturation of the AOC with the added bonuses of Blacks being Black with no bleed over at all,, I did not to be honest tweak the unit much other than the have the admittedly cool light display on the desk and to set the Hz range to 180hz, but then again to be bluntly honest why would you need to tweak, this has surprised the heck out of me for its clarity and depth, truly worth the price IMHO, so if like me at you want a true competitor to the IPS'a out there get one of these, there will be no going back to other screen types I assure you.

Great monitor, high refresh, and great picture quality. It's got a huge power supply, it's actually rated higher then my gaming laptop so that's somthing to take note of, the full array back light is good very good, but there are times when it can produce unpleasant glow in a dark background when a small bright object is moving across the screen but unless you go oled it's the only way to enjoy the hdr experience at a sensible price

I recived package very fast, monitor is beautiful: But I can’t use it becouse energy supply cable cant be connected to adapter... I can’t use it... What a shame for this money... if You don’t have product suitable for UK market don’t sell it here!!

I've been using a 27" 1440 IPS screen but when I noticed this ASUS Ultrawide had been reduced to £1,800 from £2,300 due to the Amazon Black Friday 2020 sale, I bought it. Still a very expensive gaming monitor but I'm really enjoying playing games on it. Lovely colours, better/deeper blacks than my previous IPS screen, up to 200Hz refresh, G-Synch Ultimate. I also updated my gaming computer so I now have an ASUS Rog Strix 3080 OC graphics card and I've fixed the refresh rate to 144Hz with 10 bit colour. The latest games won't work quicker than this and that's before we mention Cyberpunk 2077 LOL. If you can afford this screen then this is the one to go for, took me all of 3 seconds to adapt to ultrawide gaming.

PG35VQ. I was lucky enough to find this on Amazon warehouse for £917 they stayed that it had cosmetic imperfections. On arrival I checked the monitor over and it’s was in near perfect condition. I was mind blown on how real HDR looks. I can also report that the fans are a non issue as you can hardly hear them when in use. Make sure you select deep sleep mode when the monitor is turned of or the fans will spin. Don’t think I would pay the full asking price of £2300.

The Fan is always spinning. And don't get swayed by the advertisement saying that the fan is quiet. It kinda is if you don't have a quiet room. But as long as you are in a quiet place you can hear the monitor and the fan is always running. I am very disappointed. I don't know if it's just a feature or my unit is a defective one but its making a buzzing noise which is not normal IMO. But overall image quality and 35 inches were a nice upgrade for me. But because of the fan noise, I can not recommend it.

I have had this monitor for 7 months now and I have absolutely no issues with it. Gaming is simply awesome on it and at 200hz the games are super smooth but you do need a beefy graphics card to run games at a respectable frame rate. Both SDR and HDR is amazing but there is a lack of HDR titles at the moment. I have not experienced any flickering and the fans are only barely audible and most of them time you don’t even know they are on. I read that if you set the deep sleep options on this eradicates the noise which seems to work for me. I also keep the plate that hides the ports off as this may keep it cooler and quieter. The build quality is phenomenal. Overall, it’s an amazing monitor for gaming, movies and work - 5/5.