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Our review of the ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27UCDMG is now live. This is a 26.5″ 3840 x 2160 (‘4K’ UHD) QD-OLED monitor with glossy screen, 240Hz refresh rate, HDMI 2.1 and USB-C (90W PD). The monitor offers strong clarity and excellent detail levels with minimal fringing. As usual the image is highly vibrant with very strong contrast. ASUS calibrated it well overall and provided excellent flexible sRGB and DCI-P3 emulation settings. HDR was dynamic with a range of presets to suit different tastes or lighting environments, allowing a nice presentation in a range of scenes. Responsiveness was also strong (as expected) with low input lag and no perceivable pixel response time issues. VRR flicker, was a feature, but was reduced somewhat by the “OLED Anti-Flicker 2.0” feature.

So a nice performance from this one, with a good feature set and pricing. As covered in the review I really don’t see DP 2.1 as something that’s worth paying more for on monitors like this. By paying $200 or so more for the ROG SWIFT model (PG27UCDM) you get ROG SWIFT styling, which could be a good or bad thing depending on your preferences. You get DP 2.1 and you get Dolby Vision support. For HDR PC gaming Dolby Vision is essentially absent, but it’s a nice little bonus for HDR movie content. Unless that’s something you’re a real connoisseur of I don’t feel it’s worth paying the extra for.

The other option that’s priced similar to the XG27UCDMG or a bit below is the Dell Alienware AW2725Q. I haven’t used this myself, but other reviewers and regular users have noted poor HDR calibration with very wonky EOTF tracking throwing things off there. And there are some mentions of a whining fan. The ASUS doesn’t have a fan, so that’s one less thing to worry about.

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