ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q vs LG 25UM58-P

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.

You can access the monitor's setting using your keyboard and a mouse because the monitor supports LG's On Screen Control software.

Moreover, the software features the Screen Split function which lets you organize the real estate of your monitor according to your needs.

On average, running this monitor will cost you $2 because the monitor consumes only around 24 W of electricity.

The monitor is suitable for media editing applications in the sRGB color space because the 25UM58-P can accurately display 99% the sRGB color gamut. You can use this monitor, for example, in web design since all the web applications use sRGB as a default color space.

The monitor's extended field of view can give you some actual advantage in games such as Battlefield 1 and Team Fortress 2 which offer a broader field of view for those running 21:9 monitors.

You can be sure that no one borrows the LG 25UM58-P from your work desk without you knowing it because this monitor has a Kensington lock.

The LG 25UM58-P does look good from an angle because of its high-quality IPS panels. While the exact numbers for the 25UM58-P are still not available, the entire line-up of the LG’s ultrawide monitors from 2016 and 2017 suggests that the maximum, horizontal viewing angle of this monitor should be higher than 40 degrees.

High responsiveness and proper motion handling make the LG 25UM58-P a suitable companion for enjoying an occasional CS:GO or Overwatch round.

The monitor feels responsive because of its 9 ms input lag. Only a handful of other general purpose monitors in this price range can match such high responsiveness.

The motion appears clear and almost free from the artificial motion blur effect because even the most rapidly-moving objects leave just some minor trails as the panel's pixels need only 5 ms to change their colors.

Priced just a bit above $150, this 25-inch ultra-wide monitor offers a generous amount of on-screen workspace, good picture quality, decent gaming performance, and some premium functions, like LG's On Screen Control and the Split Screen feature. You’ll struggle to find the LG 25UM58-P a matching competitor in its price range.

This monitor has enough workspace for you to edit two Word documents side by side - something you could never do on a 25-inch FHD monitor comfortably.

Additionally, the large workspace does not come at the cost of resolution as the LG 25UM58-P offers 20% higher pixel density compared to the regular 25-inch FHD panel.

You won't see the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen while watching media filmed in the widescreen cinema standard because of the monitor's near-cinematic resolution of 2560x1080.

An aspect ratio of 21:9 is currently the de facto standard in the film making industry.

The monitor's contrast ratio, brightness, and color gamut are on par with what the vast majority of competitors in this price range offer.

The LG 25UM58-P can display rich images, with eye-catching and vivid colors and deep dark spots. The colors look good because of the monitor's peak brightness of 250 nits and the full support of the sRGB color gamut. Dark scenes appear deep thanks to the native contrast ratio of 1000:1, which pushes the monitor's blacks to reasonably intense levels.

Moreover, the LG 25UM58-P produces sharper and more saturated images than the corresponding 25-inch FHD competitors because it has 20% higher pixel density.

The LG 25UM58-P is one of the most versatile monitors in its price range because of its good picture quality, a massive amount of on-screen workspace, and the near-cinematic aspect ratio of 21:9.

Additionally, the monitor is suitable for casual gaming.