Welcome to 2024 and the second generation of OLED gaming monitors. Or should that be the third as Asus is claiming for this new panel? It depends how you measure, but the new Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCGM definitely moves the game on courtesy of the very latest LG OLED panel tech. We'll come to the specifics, but it's exciting to get our first taste of what promises to be the basis of a great many monitors this year.
The key general question is whether LG can close the gap on Samsung's QD-OLED tech for both outright full-screen brightness and also brightness consistency in a computing and gaming context. As for the Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCGM itself, it's a 34-inch curved ultrawide model with 3,440 by 1,440 pixels. So, the basic form factor isn't novel. That said, at 240Hz it's a step up in terms of refresh rate from earlier 34-inch ultrawide OLED monitors, such as the 165Hz Alienware 34 AW3423DW which is our incumbent favourite all-round OLED gaming panel.
