Asus is launching the world’s first dual-mode LCD and shiny WOLED gaming screens

What simply occurred? Asus’ public picture has taken fairly a hammering recently, so the corporate will probably hope to deflect the eye onto a few upcoming screens. The agency says each of those are “world firsts,” although we did not too long ago evaluation an analogous dual-mode OLED monitor from LG.

Asus has introduced the ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDMG and the ROG Strix XG27UCG screens. The latter of the 2 (under) sounds fascinating: a 27-inch 4K panel that’s mentioned to be the world’s first dual-mode LCD monitor, in a position to change between native 4K at 160Hz to full HD at 320Hz by way of a monitor hotkey.

We not too long ago reviewed the LG 32GS95UE 32, a WOLED gaming monitor that may change from 4K@240Hz to 1080p@480Hz by way of a button on the underside of the show or the OSD. We appreciated the monitor, awarding it a rating of 85. Asus is presumably calling its dual-mode monitor a world’s first as it’s the first LCD mannequin to supply the characteristic.

Different ROG Strix XG27UCG specs embrace a 27-inch IPS panel with 164 PPI density and a handy guide a rough 1ms GTG response time. It additionally consists of USB Kind-C Energy Supply, DisplayPort 1.4, and HDMI 2.1 – Asus was fairly mild on the small print.

Asus additionally introduced the ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDMG (under), the world’s first gaming monitor to characteristic a shiny WOLED show. In line with the corporate, the mixture of the shiny panel and OLED tech permits the monitor to showcase vibrant colours, sharper pictures, and the darkest black hues below any lighting circumstances.

The OLED monitor can also be as much as 20% brighter in comparison with previous-gen ROG screens and affords three new ROG Anti-Flicker applied sciences that stabilize the 240Hz refresh charge inside a fastidiously optimized vary.

The remainder of the specs embrace a 27-inch QHD (2560 x 1440) show, G-Sync compatibility, and, being OLED, a blistering 0.03ms GTG response time. Asus has used an exterior energy adapter for the monitor, which it claims will scale back total temperature and scale back the chance of burn-in to increase the lifespan of the panel. There’s even a built-in cellphone holder.

The XG27AQDMG OLED monitor arrives on Might 30 with an MSRP of $699. No phrase but on the value or launch date of the dual-mode ROG Strix XG27UCG.

Asus not too long ago needed to apologize, although that phrase could possibly be used loosely, after its RMA coverage and restore prices got here below the highlight following a Players Nexus video. The Taiwanese firm mentioned sorry for the “confusion and frustration,” which went down about in addition to you’d anticipate.