Tons of games were on the show floor at Gamescom Opening Night Live yesterday, including Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Age of Empires IV, a Black Myth sequel, Warhammer 40K, and more. However, there were some hardware announcements made during the event too, many of them by Asus.
For starters, Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) revealed the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W monitor, which it is marketing as the fastest OLED panel in the world. Natively, it sports a 540Hz refresh rate and a 2560x1440px QHD resolution, but you can kick up the former to 720Hz if you downscale the resolution to 1080p. It is important to keep in mind that while this is the fastest OLED monitor on the market, it is not the fastest monitor overall, as The Verge notes that HKC anc Kuorii sell 750Hz monitors, but with inferior TN panels.
Speaking more about the display, it measures 26.5-inches diagonally and features a "Tandem OLED" panel that reportedly offers 15% higher peak brightness, 25% wider color volume, and 60% longer lifespan that previous-gen WOLED monitors. In terms of connectivity, you get DisplayPort 2.1a UHBR20 with 80Gbps bandwidth, HDMI 2.1, a tripod socket, VESA DisplayHDR 500 True Black compliance, 99.5% DCI-P3 gamut, and true 10-bit color. It also contains proximity sensors for increased privacy, along with a stand in silver finish and a "half-transparent" back panel.
Next, we have the slightly downgraded model in the form of the ROG Strix OLED XG27AQWMG. It has the same display size, but a refresh rate of 280Hz and a response time of 0.03ms. The display technology and connectivity are pretty much the same (except DisplayPort 1.4 instead of 2.1a).
Finally, we also have the ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDMG Gen 2, which is identical to the model above in most ways. However, there are two key differences: the panel is WOLED rather than Tandem OLED, and the refresh rate is 240Hz instead of 280Hz. Asus hasn"t disclosed pricing or availability details yet.