ASUS and ROG Extend Display Leadership for Creators and Gamers at CES 2020

World’s first 360Hz gaming monitor with NVIDIA G-SYNC, 300Hz gaming laptops, and Mini LED HDR panels

LAS VEGAS, January 6, 2020 ASUS and the Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced an ultrafast new lineup of gaming displays at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, including the world’s first 360Hz gaming monitor with NVIDIA® G-SYNC® in the ROG Swift 360Hz, new 300Hz gaming laptops, and superfast HDR panels.
Display technology is advancing rapidly, especially for gamers. Higher refresh rates and quicker response times make gameplay smoother and sharper, while richer colors and deeper contrast enhance picture quality. Displays play a significant role in defining the frames per second actually experienced by viewers, which is why ASUS and ROG are committed to being at the forefront of panel technology.
The collection of new models starts with the ROG Swift 360Hz, now the world’s fastest gaming monitor, and follows with a CES Innovation Award winning 300Hz version of the ROG Strix SCAR III, featuring the fastest display available for gaming laptops. The ProArt Display PA32UCG desktop monitor was also honored with a CES Innovation Award for taking 4K Mini LED technology up to 120Hz with HDR, while the ROG Swift PG32UQX pushes the same panel up to 144Hz with NVIDIA G-SYNC ULTIMATE for a silky smooth gaming experience. Similar themes manifest in laptops, where ROG is demoing the benefits of PANTONE® validation and showing a new Mini LED laptop display that takes portable HDR to the next level.

World’s fastest gaming monitor

ROG continues to break boundaries in the field of high-refresh gaming monitors. Back in 2014, the ROG Swift PG278Q became the first WQHD display to reach 144Hz with a native NVIDIA G-SYNC implementation. ROG pushed to 165Hz the following year, and then turned a Full HD panel up to 180Hz with the PG248Q. That display was the precursor for ROG Swift PG258Q, which was the first gaming monitor to reach 240Hz.
The PG258Q gaming monitor has powered top tournaments and esports teams for years, but the latest GPUs can deliver much higher performance than the 240 FPS it’s capable of showing. NVIDIA approached ROG engineers with a challenge to create an even faster gaming monitor, and the resulting ROG Swift 360Hz raises the bar considerably. Its 360Hz refresh rate is up to 6X faster than traditional gaming displays and TVs. The Full HD resolution allows graphics cards to sustain a high enough frame rate to keep up, while the 24.5-inch panel offers a comfortable view of the battlefield.

Ultra-fast gaming laptop displays

Scaling display technology down to sizes suitable for laptops presents a greater challenge, and ROG has been aggressive in the pursuit of higher speeds across a wide variety of gaming laptops. ROG started back in 2016 with a 120Hz IPS-level display that doubled the speed of conventional notebook panels available at the time. ROG laptops were the first to reach 144Hz thanks to a special project with chemical giant Merck to develop a new liquid crystal structure and suspending solution capable of operating at faster frequencies. Then ROG matched the former top speed of desktop monitors by taking gaming laptops up to 240Hz.
The ROG Zephyrus GX701 was the first gaming system available with a 300Hz display, beating even the fastest desktop displays available at the time. That 300Hz Full HD panel has now migrated to a special version of the ROG Strix SCAR III, which was honored with a CES 2020 Innovation Award. This esports-oriented laptop puts the display in its native environment on the front lines of competitive gaming.
While the move to 300Hz is especially important for pros, everyone can benefit from life beyond the 60Hz. That’s why ROG was adamant about having a high-refresh option in the new ultraslim Zephyrus G14. There were no 14-inch displays up to the task, so ROG worked wi