Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and today we are taking a look at the brand new 34in OLED gaming
monitor from Asus this is the Rog Swift PG34wcdm I know that's a lot but this thing offers 240 HZ
HDMI 2.1 USBC has a smart KVM switch and is 30% brighter than before plus it looks awesome so
today I'm going to get this unboxed and set up then we're going to talk about the features Pros
cons and how this new 2024 monitor performs for both gaming and productivity but I can tell you
now that on First Impressions this screen is incredible now as always I will try to cover
it all but any questions you have just drop those in the comments below and I will get back to you
right so here's the box and like with most of the Rog range we've got all of the marketing and specs
on the box itself but let's get this opened up and see what's inside so inside the box we have
a quick start guide on setting up the stand and a color calibration print out from the factory
then there's a branded pouch which comes complet complete with an HDMI 2.1 cable a USB 3.2 type a
cable a display port cable and a USB type- C cable as well as these little plastic covers
which you can use to change the LED logos on the stand it's actually really good to see a monitor
that comes with pretty much every cable that you need to get up and running something that we don't
often see from other manufacturers then there's the usual paperwork and some Rog stickers and
we have a power cable and a power brick with the Rog branding on and then we've got the stand here
which comes in two parts which I will show you how to make this up a little later right let's
get this monitor out of the box and already just by taking it out you can see how big this thing is
now usually I would fit my monitors to a monitor arm as the one that I'm using from secret lab will
easily carry the weight of this screen but today I'm going to stick with the provided stand as it
gives you a chance to see what it looks like in the setup as well as how much flexibility
it has so it comes in two parts we have the metal feet and the rear piece which gives us all of the
movement firstly we need to attach this piece to the back of the screen it's quite a clever design
as you don't need any screws or tools then take the feet and attach that to the bottom and fix
that into place using the inbuilt screw there's also this little plastic adapter for the lighting
effects which I will show you how it works later but for now we just click this onto the bottom of
the stand and that's it we're done and we can now pick it up of course if you'd rather not use the
provided stand and say use your own monitor arm you can remove the rear piece and use this adapter
instead this effectively makes it vessa compatible and will allow you to fit it any vessa arm bracket
or wall mount that you already have here I'm using it with the secret lab Magnus arm and I've been
using this in my setup for about the last 6 months and you know what this looks even cleaner when
it's on an arm now as far as does this look like a gaming monitor goes this 100% has that gaming
Vibe going on we've got the custom heat sink built into the back Rog branding this nice matte black
finish and of course the huge Rog LED logo builds into the case but even with all of this I think
it gives it that futuristic gaming look but still looks premium Now the rear is pretty chunky with
all of the internals mounted in here but I am a huge fan of how thin the actual screen is I
mean just look how slim the OLED panel is as we move around but you can also see just how curved
it is as well with the 800r Curve it's also worth mentioning the thin bezels of the screen itself it
definitely gives it that floating screen look then underneath that we have the Rog logo which shines
red when it's powered on and that projects an Rog logo onto your desk and you can actually Swap this
out to different styles with that fitted adapter or you can disable this completely in the settings
if you'd rather have it off and behind this Rog logo is where you will find the power button and
the controls so there's a joystick button and a plus and minus button and this is what we use to
navigate through the menus as for the screen this is a 34in ultrawide OLED panel with a 3440 x440
resolution and this thing really wraps around with its 800 R curve just looking at it you can
see how immersive it's going to be while gaming on those games that support ultrawide now one of the
biggest advantages of using an OLED panel over say a traditional LCD are those Inky blacks and
contrast levels you're going to get on top of that this new 2024 screen is using a third gen OLED
panel which means we're actually getting some nice improvements over the previous versions firstly
Rog have confirmed the panel is now 30% brighter with a 100% window in HDR and this really shows
as I've only been running at 65% bro brightness as that's bright enough for me in my room through
the testing that I've done I've seen around 1200 nits Peak brightness and this is massively helped
by the custom heat sink that they've added as this allows the screen to get brighter without
impacting the overall performance and this will also improve the lifespan of the screen as well
now this screen not only has impressive brightness but it's also got a display HDR true black rating
of 400 so even with an anti-glare coating we're still getting those incredible black levels and
talking of anti-glare which you've probably noticed already this is kind of of what we're
used to seeing on OLED monitors and it does a great job of reducing those Reflections but
of course we're not getting that deep glossy look that we'd normally get from an OLED TV
personally I think it's a compromise worth making and definitely one of the best finishes that I've
seen on a monitor in fact it doesn't look like we're losing any contrast at all here and that
is thanks to that boost in brightness it also doesn't stop the colors from popping through as
it boasts a DCI P3 color gamma of 99% and has HDR 10 support So any games or content that you watch
looks pretty impressive and vibrant okay so what is this monitor actually like for gaming well over
the last week I've been playing a few different games including Spiderman Forza and War Zone and
as they all support that Ultra wide resolution they've looked great on here on top of that as
this monitor supports up to 240 HZ at 1440p any games that offer that will run incredibly smoothly
pair that with vrr via gsync or freesync premium Pro and a 0.03 millisecond response time we've got
an OLED screen that ticks everything everything that we need from an ultra wide of this size the
colors look vibrant the brightness as mentioned before is great and the curve is something that
completely changes how immersive a game feels now this does have an 800 R curve which might
seem pretty extreme at first and that's because most monitors start around 1,000 R but honestly
once you get used to it this is a great screen swinging around New York City in Spider-Man shows
how much detail we can see or driving in fora Horizon 5 gives us that immersive experience that
we cannot get from a flat panel screen even running around in war zone looks incredible
motion is another thing on this so not only is it impressive out of the box with that 240 HZ
support but they've improved motion Clarity thanks to the isus elmb tech or their extreme low motion
blur attack this is what helps reduce the blur and Screen tearing if you choose to enable it
earlier I did briefly touch on the fact that it does have a heat sink built in but what R have
done is create a custom heat sink and it not only helps with performance and brightness but they
have actually made it fanless this means it does not impact your experience as you've not got some
hideous fan spinning up when your game starts to pop off also they've integrated their game
plus feature which allows you to enable several overlay features to improve your game things like
an embedded Crosshair on screen an FPS counter a timer and a stopwatch there's even a display
alignment mode if you're using multiple monitors to make sure they're lined up correctly and on
top of that they've applied their Rog gaming AI Tech which provides two cool features the first
one is the dynamic Crosshair this automatically changes color against the background that it's on
this means as you're moving around the screen the Crosshair actually changes color which should make
it easier to see those enemies in FPS games and then you have the dynamic Shadow boost and this
gives you a nice contrast boost during gameplay making it even easier to see those dark areas
now you might be interested in knowing what the connections are on the back of this monitor well
it's got pretty much every port that you could possibly need including two HDMI 2.1 ports a
display port 1.4 and a USBC Port so this means you can power your laptop at the same time as
well as having a single cable setup which is so much neater there's also three USB type A ports
two of which are 3.2 and a 3.5 mil Jack for your headphones now this monitor is very clearly aimed
at being a PC gaming monitor with the fact that it's an ultra white but you might be wondering
can you use this on a console well it does come with two HDMI 2.1 ports so you can plug in your
PS5 or your Xbox series X and then this is how it will look so there are actually three ways that
you can use your console with this monitor you can either stretch the image which to be honest I
think looks terrible or you can use it with these black bars on either side it's not ideal but if
you were wanting a one monitor setup where you had a PC and a console this would technically work for
you but then there's also a third option where you can use a picture by picture mode and this
will then allow you to have your console on one side of the screen while you have your PC or your
laptop on the other so we know how it looks for gaming but what's it like for productivity after
all if you're using it on a PC or laptop you might want to use it for work as well well the first
thing worth mentioning again is it does come with that 90 wat USBC Port so you can literally plug
in your Mac or your laptop and charge at the same time and using it for work is just awesome for me
I couldn't go back to working on a normal screen after using an ultra wide for the last couple of
years there's just so much space in screen real estate being able to edit videos and photos on
here is so much easier and the fact it has great colors and that perfect contrast level with thanks
to it being an olad you really cannot beat this also if you are using two PCS or laptops at the
same time you'll be pleased to know it does come with a smart KVM switch and this allows
you to control and switch between multiple PCS and laptops at the same time now not only does
it mean you can use one keyboard or Mouse on two different devices but you can actually drag files
between the two PCS and that's when you're using the picture by picture mode another big thing we
have talking about when using an OLED screen for productivity is the brightness we're not talking
about if it's bright enough but how it handles the brightness when you've got a full white page
on your screen or you're jumping between Windows well fortunately Rog have created a feature called
uniform brightness and when you enable this in the settings it will provide a more consistent
brightness level overall it does dim the screen very slightly but it means you will no longer
experience that harsh Al effect that you often see when using an OLED for work also they've improved
the fringing on text with their clear pixel Edge tack although using an OLED for reading text is
never really an enjoyable experience oh and as mentioned earlier there is a picture by picture
mode where you can show two inputs at the same time so here I've got my laptop connected via
USBC on the left and my PlayStation 5 on the right via HDMI this allows me to use and play
both at the same time but obviously the PS5 will have these black bars at the top and bottom okay
let's take a closer look at the provided stand so the feet on metal and the main frame itself is
plastic with some Rog Swift branding on the back there's also a Quin threaded hole at the top for
attaching a camera or Streamlight which is pretty cool movement wise we get the usual adjustments
you'd expect to see like sliding it up and down tilting it and pivoting the only movement that
this stand does not do is swivel left to right you would need to move the entire screen and stand if
you needed to adjust this although to be honest as this is an ultra wide screen you'd probably
want to keep this as straight as possible anyway and another thing I like about this stand is the
quick release function all you need to do is press this button and you can slide the screen straight
off now let me show you the menus and settings on this so pressing that little joystick on the
back of the screen gives us access to the onscreen display most of these are self-explanatory things
like the input brightness enabling vrr and so on you can even change the LED colors which are on
the back of the monitor or disable the LEDs from showing at all but if you did want to make the
most of the monitor you should install the Asus display widget Center Software this will let you
dial in exactly what you need including what mode to play with the brightness a shadow boost and the
color temps you can also update it from here as well in fact everything that you can do via the
onscreen display you can do even easier and better from here then we have the OLED care protection
so this uses pixel cleaning a screen saver and a screen move feature to help protect it this
can all be accessed from within the display widget Center or via the onscreen display oh
and something else I wanted to mention which you probably assumed already but this monitor does not
have speakers built in I would guess most of you would rather use external speakers or headphones
anyway and it does have that headphone jack on the monitor as well so overall I think rog's new
34in OLED looks ridiculously good if you're after an ultra wide screen for PC gaming you want those
Inky black say 240 HZ refresh rates and the benefit of a KVM switch this is a solid buy
personally I think if it was 1,000 r instead of 800r it would have been perfect but for the size
this isn't bad at all oh and not forgetting this does come with a 2-year warranty so yeah
I'm really liking this and I think Rog have done a great job of creating a screen that delivers on
most of the features that we do need in 2024 but what do you think to it are there any features of
this screen that you would like to see improved now drop a nice OLED in the comments and I'll
give you a thumbs up for staying right till the end and if you did enjoy today's video check out
my 10 tips on improving your setup video next as it gives you some cool ideas for upgrading
your desk in 2024 well thanks for watching please like sub and follow me everywhere until next time