With fewer compromises than normal, we may have a new king of esport gaming monitors. At Gamescom 2025, Asus recently revealed the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W. In addition to its lightning-fast 540Hz 26.5-inch 2560 x 1440 QHD OLED screen, it has a dual-mode panel that can flip to an almost unheard-of 720Hz refresh rate when the visuals are reduced to 1080p* quality.
Although Koorui and HKC have also launched 750Hz 1080p displays, Asus may not officially have the fastest monitor ever built because their TN panels aren't even close to competing in terms of color, brightness, and viewing angles. Both let you to switch to better resolution when you don't need all the speed, and they are from brands that aren't commonly seen in western nations.
The Asus, on the other hand, is a tandem OLED panel that increases HDR brightness significantly and is said to have a longer lifespan. Additionally, it has a glossy coating that, if you're not playing in a glare-prone environment, might make the colors even more vivid and the blacks even blacker than OLED technology can currently provide (Asus says the coating reduces glare "even in bright rooms").
At this point, I would typically ask, "Who needs 540Hz, let alone 720Hz? Have you calculated the declining returns and observed them? I'm too busy staring at Asus' gorgeous new design, which combines translucent polycarbonate and silver. After all, I'm a big fan of clear devices, and the skeletal silver truly sets it apart from the sea of screens with black frames.
We don't yet have a price or a release date, but given that Asus selected that innovative panel and put a lot of effort into making it stand out, I imagine it will be really expensive. Even more exciting than a new flagship like this would be the arrival of more affordable OLED monitors.
Additionally, I would rather have a smaller stand than the massive three-blade propeller, but Asus forces you to make a sacrifice in order to obtain that. With the same tandem OLED technology, the company is also launching a new ROG Strix OLED XG27AQWMG today. However, as you can see from the one-pager below, it is a 280Hz panel that still uses DSC compression from either HDMI 2.1 or DisplayPort 1.4, instead of the flagship's new DisplayPort 2.1a, which has a bandwidth of 80Gbps.
As an additional safeguard against burn-in, both incorporate Asus' "Neo Proximity Sensor," a relatively recent addition to OLED panels that "accurately measures the user's distance to the monitor and automatically switch to a black screen when the user is away." These days, Asus also frequently offers a three-year warranty against OLED burn-in, and the more recent panels from LG Display and Samsung Display also have numerous safeguards against it. As long as such safeguards aren't overly stringent, burn-in is no longer a reason why I personally avoid them.
Just be aware that other monitor manufacturers will most likely also adopt LG Display's fourth-generation WOLED tandem panel. One has already been announced by SDC, and other brands may do the same.
*If 720Hz is familiar to you, it's likely because LG Display has already made the dual-mode 720Hz panel that comes with this monitor known. We verified with both Asus' JJ Guerrero and LG Display that the panel is 1080p at 720Hz, which is why we mention 1080p instead of 720p as some are claiming. If we hear something different, we'll let you know.
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