ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q vs AOC AGON AG271QX

It's fairly simple to set up the perfect gaming station with the ASUS PG279Q as it supports all the key ergonomic adjustments.

The ASUS PG279Q is an excellent option for a multi-monitor gaming setup because of its thin side bezels that are only 0.3” wide.

The monitor comes with a bunch of gaming-specific features that might improve your in-game performance.The crosshair is arguably the most useful feature; it creates a static crosshair on display, you can edit its size and position. The crosshair is a handy feature as it allows you to no-scope your enemies in multiple games. Then, the monitor also has an inbuilt timer which will help you to keep the track on your gaming sessions and not miss the important events in real life. Finally, the monitor offers an integrated FPS counter.

This monitor features the QHD resolution, which is arguably the best currently available resolution for gaming because it offers a good balance between the in-game field of view, aspect ratio, and the overall performance.

Compared to the regular FHD monitor, the QHD one offers a larger in-game field of view as it has merely more pixels to display the image. In some games, this will give you a massive advantage as the competitors who use the regular FHD panels will see less than you.

Just like the FHD monitors, the QHD ones also support the 16:9 aspect ratio which means that you will be able to run almost every existing computer game without having to deal with the annoying black bars on the sides of the screen.

Performance-wise, the QHD resolution doesn’t put that much pressure on your graphics card, compared to the UHD, which requires you to run more than twice the pixels of the QHD.

The ASUS PG279Q doesn’t take its toll on your eyes, as this flicker-free monitor has an integrated low blue light filter. Monitor flickering and the high-intensity blue light emitted by the backlight LEDs are among the leading causes of eye fatigue.

You can overclock the native refresh rate of this monitor from 144 Hz to a whopping 165 Hz. It will reduce the overall display lag and improve motion handling.

The overclocking procedure is straightforward and is carried out in the OSD’s menu. It poses no threats to your hardware.

The ASUS ensures the high quality of each PG279Q by factory-testing each unit individually.

You can use the monitor’s integrated USB hub to interconnect or charge different USB devices.

G-Sync ensures that the ASUS PG279Q doesn’t suffer from screen tearing and stutter as it allows the monitor to synchronize its refresh rate with the framerate of your Nvidia graphics card.

The ASUS PG279Q supports G-Sync in an impressive range of 30-165 Hz.

The monitor displays clear motion, free of artificial motion blur or ghosting effects because the ASUS PG279Q features some of the finest motion handling capabilities.

The ghosting effect is eliminated by the panel’s past full pixel response time of 4 ms, which allows each pixel of the ASUS PG279Q to change their color within only four milliseconds, which prevents rapidly moving objects from trails on the screen.

Moreover, the panel doesn’t have problems related to motion blur, as the Nvidia's ultra-low-motion-blur feature deals with the artificial motion blur effect efficiently.

Additionally, the overall motion looks smooth and fluid because of the monitor’s native refresh rate of 144 Hz, which ensures that the panel refreshes every seven milliseconds.

Motion handling is critical in competitive gaming, where the trails of ghosting or motion blur can affect your performance and not let you land that perfect long-range shot.

Regarding the picture quality, the ASUS PG279Q is one of the best gaming monitors money can buy, as it’s premium-quality AHVA panel offers native contrast ratio, peak brightness, gamma response and color accuracy, that only a handful of other gaming monitors can match.

It displays beautiful, well-balanced image, with deep blacks, accurate and vivid colors, and realistic intermediate tones. The dark scenes look truly rich and intense thanks to the monitor’s native contrast ratio of 1131:1, which manages to push the monitor’s blacks to a fantastic level of only 0.06 nits - only the best panels on the market can match such performance. Colors pop and look vibrant because the PG279Q can get up to 350 nits bright. Furthermore, the color representation is flawless, as the monitor’s average color error dE of 1.6 ensures that the color inaccuracies are so small that the human eye can’t spot them. Finally, the mid-tones look life-like as the monitor’s gamma is only 5% off from the ideal value.

Only a couple of gaming monitors can match the responsiveness of the ASUS PG279Q because of its amazingly low input lag of only 3.25 ms. Because of that, the monitor offers lag-free and connected gaming experience.

The input lag is an essential parameter for a gaming monitor because it tells how much time a monitor needs to process a frame generated by a computer. Overly long input lag makes you feel delayed in the fast-paced games.

The ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q is one of the best gaming monitors ever made. It has an exceptional balance of picture quality, motion handling, and responsiveness, that is spiced up by a generous amount of premium features.

One neat feature of the AOC AG271QX is a headset hanger which is situated near the monitor’s audio output.

Unlike many other gaming monitors that are built purely from plastics, the AOC AG271QX does have some eye-catching and rigid metal parts. For example, the entire stand of the monitor is made from aluminum, which is an infrequent feature at the given price point.

This monitor doesn't have any problems with ghosting or motion blur since they're kept under control by the aid of the panel's fast pixel response time and high native refresh rate.

As the monitor's pixels can change their colors fast enough to eliminate even the tiniest trails from fast-moving objects, the AOC AG271QX doesn't suffer from motion blur and ghosting. Such rapid color transition is possible because of the monitor's full pixel response time of 1 ms.

Additionally, the overall motion looks smooth and fluid because of the display's 144 Hz refresh rate, which ensure that the image updates every seven milliseconds.

The AOC AG271QX offers responsive and lag-free gaming experience as its input lag of 5.2 ms is on par with the majority of competitors in its price range.

Input lag corresponds to the delay needed by a monitor to process a single frame generated by a computer's graphics card. It can have a substantial impact on the overall gaming experience.

Adjustability-wise, the AOC AG271QX has everything sorted as the monitor offers tilt, swivel, height, and even pivot adjustments which you can use to get the best viewing angles out of this panel.

FreeSync eliminates stutter and vertical tearing as it allows the monitor to adjust its refresh rate to match the framerate of your graphics card.

The AOC AG271QX supports FreeSync in the 48-144 Hz range.

FreeSync works only with AMD's Radeon graphics cards.

Featuring decent contrast ratio, high peak brightness, exceptional color accuracy, and excellent gamma response, the AOC AG271QX offers better picture quality than the majority of other gaming monitors in this price range.

While the monitor's dark scenes are not the top-notch, it does an outstanding job of reproducing images with vivid and consistent colors as well as some beautiful intermediate tones. Dark scenes look good thanks to the monitor's contrast ratio of 1040:1. Colors pop and appear luminous because of the monitor's peak brightness of 350 nits. Color inaccuracies are virtually unnoticeable to the human eye thanks to the average color error dE of 1.31. Mid-tones look lifelike because of the monitor's near-perfect gamma of 2.18.

Additionally, this QHD monitor displays sharper and more saturated scenes compared to its 27-inch FHD competitors, because it has 42% higher pixel density.

The AOC AGON AG271QX is an excellent choice for gamers at this price point because it offers high responsiveness and fantastic motion handling capabilities while keeping its picture quality to very high standards.

The AOC AG271QX does an excellent job in bright rooms, where the monitor's peak brightness of 350 nits allows it can deal with glare and heavy reflections.