Asus and Nvidia clearly felt they needed to prove this point. To that end, Nvidia used a Phantom VEO 640S motion camera with 72GB of RAM to record Valorant running at 1,000fps. You can see in the video that the gameplay captured on the 500Hz monitor appears smoother, with less ghosting and lower latency than both the 144Hz and 240Hz panels. Remember, this is being shot on a super slow-motion camera—at full speed, you probably wouldn’t notice the difference.
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If you buy this monitor—Asus hasn’t announced pricing or availability yet—you will need hardware powerful enough to play games like Valorant, CS:GO, and Apex Legends at 1080p at around 500fps. Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 40-series graphics cards could be capable candidates, though I don’t want to think about street pricing after they launch.
Even if its 500Hz refresh rate isn’t much of a benefit, this ROG Swift has other compelling features. The monitor has a 24.1-inch, 1080p E-TN (eSports TN) panel with 60% faster response times than a standard TN panel. It supports Nvidia G-Sync and Reflex Analyzer, so you can tune your settings for the lowest possible input lag.
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Asus promises minimal motion blur and no screen tearing as you pick off an enemy the moment they round a corner. And while TN panels aren’t known for their color output, Asus added an enhanced Vibrance mode to increase saturation and highlights so you can more easily see an enemy’s position in darker settings.
We don’t know when the ROG Swift 500Hz will start shipping, but if its presence on the market drops the price of 144Hz or 240Hz monitors, then call me excited.
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