I tend to take in-house calibration reports with a grain of salt. It's best to do your own calibration if it is imperative for you to have accurate colours.
In my particular case, I have the XG27AQM, and it came with a similar report, but I didn't bother looking at it.
Looked up a few reviews and calibrated mine according to their results, as they also found that the included reports were not accurate.

 

I can not calibrate myself, because I do not know there and also not the means for it. For me the picture in sRGB looks good. Which review have better calibration? I test from tftcentral from this Video and looks also good.
The Best Settings for the Asus ROG Swift PG27AQDM 240Hz OLED Monitor - YouTube

 

You need to buy a physical colour calibration device that costs like $100-200 or more. It's not really that meaningful for ordinary consumers, but more useful for people working in the professional scene (but those would probably buy art-centric monitors), or people who are just fixated on having the best colours they'd never perceive. I personally wouldn't bother, but I know some who have.

The reality is, most monitors can't even get 100% true colour. They're all based on compromises. The only ones that can actually give you the best colours tend to cost 2-3x more for 2-3x less features. Definitely not gaming monitors.

Just look through a handful of different reviews and pool them. Or test them out individually to see which style suits you best.

 

I get the new Asus PG27AQDM and i like it. I had LG OLED 27" before that but the Asus is much better in terms of brightness. I use for now the sRGB Mode which is calibrated from Asus.

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I don't know if it's well calibrated but I think it looks good.

It is important that you install the new firmware to fix the HDR. You should also use the driver so that you can use 10 bits. Even if the Asus costs significantly more than the LG, you should invest the money. The Asus is not only brighter but also doesn't have an annoying fan like the LG.

I had been waiting for a 27" OLED for a long time and after being disappointed by LG, I like the Asus better now, even if it's not perfect. I had previously tested a very old Benq 24" monitor and some 27" LCD monitors over the past 10 years, but none could convince me. The biggest problem beindenn LCD is the clouding or the often bright corners, which bothers me extremely. That doesn't exist with OLED.

I finally have a current 27" monitor with all the important features and as an OLED and no longer an LCD. I can't recommend anyone to buy an OLED. Although these are very expensive, they have a much better picture and real black that no LCD can offer.

If I had more space I would buy Alienware OLED with 34" but more than 27" makes no sense for me because I don't have room for 34".

I picked up mine here in Australia yesterday, one of only a handful in the country, loving it so far I havent updated the frimware yet I assume you are talking about firmware version mcm103? Any issues? Driver worth installing?

 

No issues with mcm103. Only the first flash was failed but second flash was good. The driver from the Asus Support site. You need this for use 10 Bit.

 

So to use 10 Bit I assume you set that from within Nvidia control panel? How do you install the Asus driver? its a very small file.

 

The existing calibration is enough for me and it is very good, which all tests now also confirm.

 

Factory Calibration on the PG35VQ is bad for SDR , good for HDR , i had to manually calibrate my panel for sdr to look good as they lift the near black values too much and gamma wasnt on point. I tested 5 of them and all 5 wasn't ok with 1 being a total puke and totally screwed up. Also they blindly nail the white tempretarure , lets say that the goal is 6500k , they will calibrate on something "close" to that but they wont make sure that RGB values are balanced , so a panel may be ~6500k but it may have a reddish or greenish or blueish hue on it.

On my PG259QN things on grayscale were by far better but its also an ips panel and usually good ips panels are so close that you hardly even notice a difference by calibrating them. White temp was at 7000k not 6500k.

My personal conclusion from my experience is that they are a bunch of ignorants , they wont sit down warm up the panel and do a proper calibration as they should. And they can even make it worse than just don't do a calibration process at all.

But they do include a piece of calibration paper , market and brag about it so you can be happy as a client and raise their sales. That's all it matters for them not doing something right.

 

Here my settings, BTW Panel is new LG MLA OLED (it can go up to 12Bit & 1100Nits NP).

UPD.2 New Real range values (ASUS Specs) + HDR Tweak.

 

do you still use it like this ?

 

Well im having trouble with my pg27aqdm. Screen goes black for a second or 2. Happens several times. I have the latest firmware, driver is installed. Ive had gsync on and off and still happens. Ive switched cables.

 

Have you ticked use Nvidia settings and switched to 10 bit?

 

@scracy That worked thanks.

 

@Ne01 OnnA Do you have any disadvantages when using 12 bit? Have you already tested this with the new firmware 104? Can you please upload your ini with 12 Bit setting?

 

Not too much to tell. Im using 12Bit config from the get go and it's working fine so far (give it a go, try)
New Update 104 is better for gaming. Also im using new ICM profile for SDR sRGB (looking fine).

Note:
Do not use the other one cuz' You loose some of the brightess in HDR. Set only SDR one.
For HDR i have ASUS original & sRGB SDR is the new one.

Custom ICM Profiles (Normal & sRGB) are here:
-> ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM Review | PCMonitors.info
(Normal)
(sRGB)

Here my corner for it on Guru3D
-> Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM Owners Thread + CRU OC

 

New firmware 104 is better from an HDR point of view BUT worse for SDR which is basically most of Windows, doesn't get anywhere near as bright as it did with firmware 103, reverted back to 103 personally.

 

SDR has gotten worse? I haven't read anything about it on reddit. Only that HDR should be better.

Do you use icons on the desktop since you are on OLED? Some think you should remove them because of burn-in, but what's the point of having a PC if you're not supposed to use icons anymore? The same goes for the taskbar, which you shouldn't show on OLED. That would make OLED unusable for the PC, from my point of view.

 

SDR has gotten worse? I haven't read anything about it on reddit. Only that HDR should be better.

SDR 100% worse, normally run mine at 80% brightness but noticeably dimmer whilst retaining the same settings, even going to 100% brightness still is not as bright as 80% was with firmware 103. Easy to downgrade back to firmware 103 though thankfully

 

I use the settings from here:
(2) Best Settings Guide - Asus ROG Swift PG27AQDM 240Hz OLED Monitor - YouTube

 

Yes

 

thx if i set it like you do my monitor just stays black

 

Hmm should be fine, try tweaking some more (the one i have is 80GB/s)
One thing at a time.

 

I have now ordered a new cable

 

Yup, similar to mine. So no bottleneck. Next try to tweak the easy way. Have a nice day bro'

 

I use this Cable and can not set 12Bit, only 10Bit. Also i have test other DP Cable but no 12Bit option. Have you set 12Bit manuel with tweaking the inf driver and how?

Amazon.de

 

First You must unlock it via CRU...

 

I have download CRU and start but what need to change? Can you share your settings? I get also now a 16k cable and can set 12 Bit. Dont need CRU i think. I use a good 8K cable bevor and its strange i can not use 12 Bit with this.

 

Read OP i have screens there

 

Dont need CRU. Its work only with new cable.

 

You can set more acurate values for it.
-> https://www.overclock.net/threads/asus-pg27aqdm.1805929/post-29194909

I have 1440p as main, good for DLDSR, (No 4k res. I've deleted it) - Works OK

 

1440p is stock. The Asus can not 4k.

 

new firmware update : HERE

 

New firmware MCM105

English -> ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM | Gaming monitors｜ROG - Republic of Gamers｜ROG Global

Note:
More accurate colors, not saturated as much as earlier one.
Need to calibrate in Win (HDR + ClearType) & Games BTW - All fine then.

and at last no more annoying flicker on grey w/G-sync
For G-sync MCM105 is a must.

 

Finally Fixed flicker with CRU ! for HDR & G-sync (My Swift Not flicker in SDR BTW).

Just set 24-229Hz in Freesync range and edit 1440p resolution in Display ID data block to 230Hz (double click on it and just edit Hz).
Tested so far Diablo 4 HDR as it has prominent when loading - grey flicker -> Now it's No More !!!

UPD...
Finally fixed permanently, FreeSync works as with IPS !!

Tested in:
BF 2042 HDR no loading screen strobing/flicker
Diablo 4 HDR ^^same ^^
Forza H5 HDR ^^same ^^
Razer Synapse no flicker in Studio Mode (I have Huntsman V2 Linear + Naga Trinity combo)

Get CRU here -> Custom Resolution Utility (CRU)
Find Your resolution Table & Edit only Refresh Hz
Then set Freesync range in Extension Blocks entry (You can find all settings if You click & read)

UPD.2
Explanation of the Tweak:
The problem is thaty signaling goes beyond safe bounds thus flicker/strobing occurs (My monitor is 240Hz so 230Hz im assuming is safe and in-bounds).
Tweak is about to have much safer Signal Out of bounds margin of 10Hz.

More OLED CRU Tweaks -> OLED, QD-OLED, QDEL + Mini, MLA & microLED -> Monitors Super Thread

 

@Ne01 OnnA I just got mine today, could you tell me please what i should do to enjoy the monitor to the max ?

 

Only My standard Tweak with CRU.
Set everything similary to my settings.
(Make Default and save it first for hussle free comeback and read how to use it, in CRU folder is Reset button just in case)

https://forums.guru3d.com/attachments/oled-tweak-01-jpg.23294/

https://forums.guru3d.com/attachments/oled-tweak-02-jpg.23295/

https://forums.guru3d.com/attachments/oled-tweak-03-jpg.23296/

https://forums.guru3d.com/attachments/oled-tweak-04-jpg.23297/

 

How about the settings on the monitor itself ? @Ne01 OnnA
Does this look correct ?

Also on the OSD i'm currently running this for SDR:

• Racing mode
• Shadow boost 1 (for Warzone)
• Brightness 90
• Contrast 80
• DCIp3
• Color Temp 6500K
• Gamma 2.2