ASUS ROG has announced a new 27-inch OLED gaming monitor with an incredulous 720Hz refresh rate

ASUS ROG has announced two new WOLED monitors, the Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W and Strix OLED XG27AQWMG, featuring what the company calls Tandem OLED, which might be a familiar term to those who’ve been keeping track of displays on Apple’s devices.

ASUS ROG’s Tandem OLED works in a similar way to the Ultra Retina XDR displays found on last year’s iPad Pro. The ‘tandem’ in the name refers to the fact that there are two OLED panels stacked on top of each other; a report by PC Gamer notes more specifically that the layer formerly used to convey yellow hues has been split into distinct red and green layers.

The practical improvements you can expect, ASUS says, are that the new displays have 15% higher peak brightness, 25% wider colour volume, and a 60% longer lifespan compared to previous generation WOLED displays.

Taking a closer look at the monitors, the 27-inch Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W steals the spotlight, featuring a unique translucent back design (congratulations to transparent tech enjoyers), as well as DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1 support. It also has a GtG (gray-to-gray) response time of 0.03ms, but perhaps the star feature of the new Swift OLED is in Dual Mode, which enables the monitor to have two resolution-refresh rate combinations. Past ROG monitors have included this feature, but with the Swift OLED, you can opt for 1440p at 540Hz, or 720p at 720Hz. (Ed’s note: I had to re-read this twice..720p in today’s age?)

The first setting already comes close to some of the fastest monitors out there, but it’s the latter mode that’s particularly mind-boggling. It makes the Swift one of the fastest gaming monitors announced so far, surpassing even its own XG248QSG monitor, and coming close to 750Hz TN panels from smaller manufacturers like KOORUI and HKC. At the very least, it’s the fastest in the OLED segment, even if it’s only in HD.

But although ASUS is the first major manufacturer to announce a 720Hz OLED display, other companies might follow suit. At K-Display 2025. LG recently showcased a monitor that features the exact same size, resolution and 540Hz/720Hz dual mode (according to a report by Tom’s Hardware). If LG is indeed supplying this panel to manufacturers, we could potentially see other brands shipping monitors with this panel soon, though that’s only speculation.

As for the Strix OLED XG27AQWMG, it might not have the excitement of the Swift OLED’s incredibly high refresh rate, but ASUS is still touting it as an “easy gateway” to the company’s Tandem OLED technology, being the more accessible of the two monitors to feature it. 

And it definitely comes across as the more standard one of the pair, with a 1440p panel at ‘only’ a 280Hz refresh rate. The GtG response times are the same as the Swift OLED at 0.03ms, and you’ll also find a USB hub on the back of the monitor, as well as a HDMI 2.1 port and a DisplayPort 1.4 (DSC) port (no 2.1 to be found here, unfortunately).

In terms of colour space, ASUS says both the Swift and Strix OLED feature 99.5% DCI-P3 coverage and true 10-bit colour. The two monitors also feature ASUS’s TrueBlack Glossy coating, and they also include a Neo Proximity Sensor which dims the monitor to a black image if it detects that the user is away, as a safeguard against burn-in.

Pricing and Availability

ASUS hasn’t announced local pricing or availability for the Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W and Strix OLED XG27AQWMG. We’ve reached out to them to inquire about when they’ll be released here, though unfortunately they got back with no new information regarding this. We’ll update this piece once they provide these details, though.