- Asus announced and released an OLED game monitor in Tandem in Gamescom 2025
- The monitor will have two layers of pixels for a better brightness, energy efficiency and useful life OLED
- You will have an update rate from 520Hz to 1440p and 720Hz at 1080p
Gamescom 2025 is underway, after the live opening night presented by Geoff Keighley revealed premieres and world updates of highly anticipated titles. However, Asus, known for some of the best monitors, is the star of the program so far with a new hardware established to improve game experiences, and no, it is not Rog Xbox’s ally.
As reported by The Verge, the new ASUS ROG SWIFT OLED PG27AQWP-W was announced and presented at Gamescom 2025, a game monitor that offers users an 540Hz update rate to a screen resolution of 2560×1440 and an 720hz update rate at 1080p. Both the OLED PG27AQWP-W Swift and the OLED of the fourth generation of LG are the fastest and possibly the best market game monitors.
It is not just OLED regular either; The new ASUS game monitor will use OLED technology in Tandem, which is essentially two layers of pixels used to produce a higher and (theoretically consistent shine, deeper black levels and a reduced risk of burns on its ‘true bright’ screen.
The most important thing, this should result in lower energy consumption compared to other OLED, since each pixel does not work as hard as usual to produce a high brightness and deep black. Asus states that the OLED panel in tandem results in a maximum brightness ‘15% higher, a 25% higher color volume and a longest OLED useful life ‘.
If these statements are precise, this should address one of the biggest problems that OLED monitors suffer, which is an automatic brightness limiter (ABL). The brightness limitation occurs every time more brilliant content is seen in HDR or, for example, sailing on a pure white screen, which is done to control energy consumption and, of course, reduce burn risks.
Since the OLED in Tandem is used to address the useful life and brightness of OLED, it sounds like the ideal solution for ABL problems, and this could further expand the gap between the OLED and mini monitors led, with the first to the head.
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The use of OLED technology in Tandem can be used by a wide range of other monitors manufacturers, and that is fantastic news for me. For a long time, the care of OLED with constant update of pixels and Abl left me considering mini-lid, where none of those problems (except ABL, but is much less common compared to OLED).
Losing in a constant high brightness and constantly worrying about the burned with pixel update alerts should not be a problem with the OLED in Tandem. Of course, it depends a lot on how manufacturers implement this technology in monitors, and if the claim of a longer 60% useful life means that OLED pixel updates are not necessary so often.
However, it is already a step in the right direction in terms of the additional benefits of the levels and the deepest black brightness (either with abl or not), without the cost of using more power.
There is still no word about prices or a release date, but I have no doubt that this will cost a fortune, so prepare your wallets if you are interested.
