Asus’ new 27-inch OLED gaming monitor has a heatsink to maintain cool

Asus is considered one of many manufacturers leaping into making smaller OLED gaming displays for 2023. Acer and LG took their pictures. Now, the mannequin Asus had been teasing is actual, and it’s acquired a clunky identify: the Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM. Screen-wise, what it’s providing matches the others; it’s a 27-inch, 1440p, matte-coated OLED that runs at a quick 240Hz refresh fee with a .03-millisecond response time. But it does have one massive distinction: a heatsink to maintain it cooler and extend its lifespan.

I haven’t seen this one in particular person but, however its show looks like a delight to take a look at. It covers 99 p.c of the DCI-P3 coloration gamut, so digital artists and different creators would possibly have the ability to use it — once they aren’t gaming, that’s. Like different OLEDs, this one affords a nearly infinite distinction ratio with per-pixel management of brightness and coloration for the very best image.

Screen tech apart, this monitor’s design is perhaps what units it aside from these different comparable fashions. It has a slick cluster of RGB LEDs on its again, as most Asus gaming merchandise do, and its stand seems sturdy. You’ll both love or hate that it initiatives a ROG emblem onto your desk (hopefully that may be turned off). What’s fused to the rear of this monitor units it aside, too. It has a heatsink that Asus says permits it — together with an air vent — to drag warmth away from the panel, reducing the temperature by as much as 5 levels in comparison with comparable fashions.

OLEDs aren’t recognized for overheating to the purpose of shutting off, however a heatsink might assist to mitigate the danger of OLED burn-in over time. That’s an ever-present concern with OLED, but it surely’s one which has turn into much less of a priority as most displays and panels have already got a number of options to dim, shift, or change off pixels. Asus says the PG27AQDM has a peak brightness of 1,000 nits when displaying an HDR picture taking on 3 p.c of the whole display screen. That’s the identical determine that LG’s 27-inch UltraGear OLED is capturing for with no heatsink, so maybe it’s finest to anticipate long-term advantages from the heatsink as a substitute of any short-term upgrades.

Asus claims to have designed a show algorithm centered on delivering a uniform brightness, giving no pixel extra energy than it must be displayed. In addition to effectivity, it goals to make the luminance the identical throughout the board, even when you have got a number of home windows open. We’ll must see how this works throughout testing. No value has been shared, and Asus hasn’t confirmed which ports are included right here, sadly.