Physically, the PG259QNR is impressive. Build quality is tremendous, with barely any wobbling in the stand and no significant movement in the plastic around the rear. Considering esports panels are moved between events frequently, that’s important. Asus’ PG259QNR should last as long as any monitor does — a minimum of five years. But if you’re using it for competitive gameplay, don’t be surprised if something even faster pops up in the e-sports space. Should I buy it?

Naturally, there are also settings for adjusting brightness, contrast, and color, as well as options for shortcuts, lighting effects, and general monitor settings. Image quality Asus’ ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QNR is an extremely fast gaming monitor that puts the entire view in a relatively small panel to ensure you can see everything at once. With 360Hz and 1ms response times, its built to ensure you see and shoot the enemy before he sees you, which can help give you the edge in competitive online gaming. So, if you buy this display, do ensure you have a processor like Intel’s Core i9-9900K, Core i9-10900K, or wait for AMD’s Ryzen 5000 CPUs, as these are expected to deliver staggering single-core performance. Happily, G-Sync works with both Nvidia and AMD graphics cards, but what’s certain is that you’ll need a powerful graphics card to run games on this display – an RTX 3070 or something faster being the ideal.Where the display does stand out is in its brightness and contrast performance. Asus claims a brightness of 400 cd/m 2, but our sample exceeded 415 cd/m 2. The panel also exceeded its quoted contrast ratio, with a contrast of 1200:1, which is an impressive performance for an IPS panel. The white point was exactly at 6500K, which is great. Asus equipped the PG259QNR with an IPS panel, which means viewing angles are excellent. Light bleed and IPS glow is minimal on our sample, and much better than on curved ultrawide monitors. The PG259QNR produces a very consistent, uniform, clean image. We calibrated the monitor to see if we could improve its performance, but achieved few gains. Only the color accuracy was improved to 1.35, so calibrating the PG259QNR can lead to some gains. The Asus ROG Swift PG259QNR is, on paper at least, the fastest gaming display in the world thanks to its incredible 360Hz refresh rate.

There’s not a ton of connectivity to be found on the PG259QNR, but then again, there doesn’t need to be. You’ll want to use the DisplayPort 1.4a interface to get the most out of this monitor, as the HDMI 2.0 port will limit the maximum refresh rate to “only” 240 Hz instead of the full 360 Hz. DisplayPort also enables G-Sync at 1 Hz through 360 Hz, which is the widest range I’ve seen on a monitor. Information about the maximum horizontal viewing angle, within which the image on the screen is of acceptable quality. You don’t have to be an international esports pro to want the best gaming experience possible, and when it comes to speed and smoothness, nothing delivers like the PG259QNR. I have the PG259QN here too, and it's absolutely lovely, especially when combined with the Razer 8000 Hz mouse (I have a prototype here).That’s a bold boast in a market full of exciting, high-end products. The 360Hz refresh rate on this panel is paired with Nvidia G-Sync, sturdy design, plenty of RGB LEDs and a 1080p resolution that will no doubt appeal to esports players. Information about the minimum amount of time, in which the pixels change from one color to another. Very often the manufacturer provides the response time for transition from grey-to-grey (G2G).

There’s plenty of competition at this price, but rival monitors can’t compete with the Asus in terms of refresh rate, so they have to offer more in other areas. The most widely used panels are those with 6, 8, and 10 bits for each of the RGB components of the pixel. They provide 18-, 24-, and 30-bit color, respectively. For those that don’t like a big stand, the display also comes with a desk clamp to replace the funky stand, as most monitor arms will again allow too much wobble. As such, we can’t fault it for not supporting VESA mounts.If you are considering buying this display, ensure your system has a processor that has very powerful single-core performance. Information about the number of pixels on the horizontal and vertical side of the screen. A higher resolution allows the display of a more detailed and of higher quality image.

This panel is fast, but it’s small and has only a 1080p resolution. Single-player games don’t tend to require the speed provided by the PG259QNR, and you’d be better off with one of the rival Alienware or Samsung panels, which are larger and more immersive. The Asus ROG Swift PG259QNR’s 360Hz refresh rate is a rare addition to a desktop gaming monitor, and it’s a sensational figure that comes into its own in the most demanding esports/competition scenarios. It’s combined here with Nvidia G-Sync, delivering a world-leading gaming experience – the PG259QNR is smooth, fluid and sharp, with stunning speed and free of tearing or stuttering. The percentage of the approximate area, taken by the active part of the screen, to the total front area. Call it lag. More precisely, call it latency. Either way, it’s one of the most dreaded terms in gaming. At the wrong moment, the delay from a latency spike can be the difference between landing a perfect headshot and taking a shot to your face. PC gamers usually think about latency in terms of network ping, but knowing that figure is just the beginning of combating annoying delays. There are many other local sources of delay in a PC gaming setup—known as system latency—that can slow the translation of input into on-screen action. To help gamers measure and minimize system latency, the ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QNR display includes a new performance-measurement weapon for elite players. Say cheeseInformation about the brightness of the screen. It is measured in candela per square metre (cd/m²). High-Hz isn't just for esports anymore. Though the highest Hz is still expensive and mainly of interest to bigger-budget users. The PG259QN might be a harbinger of things to come, just like the VG248 was seven years ago. Let’s take a look. Assembly and Accessories Approximate diagonal size of the display. If the manufacturer does not provide such information, the diagonal is calculated from the width and height of the screen. The high-end features continue with a quoted 1ms response time, although the PG259QNR only achieves this level in its Extreme overdrive mode, where it’s hampered by excess overshoot. The PG259QNR delivers a response time of around 2ms in its conventional mode without any overshoot – and that’s easily good enough for competitive play.