Customer Ratings & Reviews

The ASUS - ROG Strix 27" 2K OLED 500Hz 0.03ms Gaming Monitor with G-SYNC/FreeSync and HDR (HDMI, DisplayPort) - Black is hands down without a doubt the prettiest Monitor I have ever hooked up to my computer. By prettiest, I mean the out of the box picture is so vibrant and beautiful that even just the opening background scenes in windows 11 are breathtaking! My video games have never looked so good. The Black levels are so dark without any sense of bloom like other display types have. I have heard that OLED screens weren't bright enough, but even in full daylight this screen was so bright on it's factory setting that I had to dim it down a bit. The dark shadows look so good in my games that I want to go back and replay some of my older games again just to see how much better they can look! The only couple of things I don't like about the monitor is that I had a really issue setting it up. Apparently if I turn on HDR in my desktop display options it overloads the monitor and it will turn all grainy and pastel, it took me quite a while and lots of googling online to find the issue. Also if I turn the display refresh rate up on the monitor the diplay resolution goes down to 1080p... also the highest refresh rate listed is not even close to 500 hz... I downloaded the software from the ASUS suport website, and a monitor widget as well, but when I open the download there is no exec file, just a driver. I haven't played around with updating drivers or switching settings around on my graphics card yet, but maybe I can get it sorted out in there after more troubleshooting and research. I downloaded the manual and it shows a whole list of options that I should be able to click on, but they don't show up in my monitors menu. The other thing I don't like is the big ugly control panel bump on the bottom of the monitor. It works great and is highly intuitive, however it's also in the way. I wanted to use this monitor as the center of a 3 monitor set up in portrait mode, but because of the stupid ugly bump this monitor can only be used as the left or right screen but not the center. I'm highly annoyed because of that... I wanted to use the OLED in the middle because it's the best screen, and use LEDs for the outside monitors.

This is an excellent monitor that is held back by the software that ASUS requires. The display is excellent, and I cannot complain in any fashion about that. The image is sharp, text is amazingly clear, and the colors are vibrant. Where ASUS seems to fall a bit short is on their software. It seems strange to say that about a monitor... When you look in the menu for the monitor, you see all of the normal controls that you would expect, but the color adjustment is grayed out. You cannot adjust the color at all. They require that you download their ASUS Display Widget software... Fine. You download and install and this opens up a few options like having a cross-hair for shooting games that is permanently on the screen. OK... You can adjust the warmth of the display, so you can make it bluer or more yellow/orange. OK. All other color adjustments are still grayed out. So, this software doesn't seem to do much of anything other than allow you to manipulate some more fine-grained panel maintenance settings like automatic dimming and pixel cleaning. Then there are the affirmative downsides of the software which make it almost impossible to move a window after it has been maximized. If you try to move a window that is too near the top of the screen, it will freeze up and only move a few pixels. This may actually cause the program you're trying to move to crash (at least it did for my File Explorer window).

[PROS] Vibrancy: Its hard for any QD-OLED to be subpar visually given the features of the technologies involved. However, this monitor pops with having a proper DisplayHDR level of 500. I'm able to have a pleasant gaming sessions even in a well-lit room without compromising my viewing experience. Responsiveness/Performance: I've been using this display with a 4080, and image quality has been smooth as butter. Given that my GPU has a sufficient amount of VRAM (16GB), I'm able to hit 500hz on lower end titles with extreme ease, and with upscaling for moderately demanding games. Ease of Use: Monitor settings are usually tethered to the physical controls on the display. However, I'm happy that I'm able to exercise control using streamlined software instead of the monitor panel. Configuring the settings is straightforward and fortunately, not an awkward process. There's an abundance of settings which make the ROG Strix very configurable outside of the presets, and I feel very comfortable with the amount of Burn-In protection tools included in the software. [CONS] Nitpicks: You could never go wrong with a higher DisplayHDR level making this more ideal for media work, but its not necessary. For gaming, this is an top tier monitor. [CONCLUSION] From my experience, the ROG Strix 27" is beefy just as much as it is beautiful. The amount of hertz that this display is rated for is reasonable given that the marketplace is flooded with very performant GPUs that are able to hit this limit. I would highly recommend it.

Great monitor for everything from competitive esports to triple A graphically intense games. 500hz feels super smooth and looks great with 1440p.