Asus ProArt PQ279Q Monitor Review: 27-Inch, Wide-Gamut, QHD

[qwerty111]

Thanks for your input ceberle!

 

[geckonia]

I am using the DP connection from a 15" MBPR and the Adobe RGB and sRGB options are greyed out. Any idea why?

 

[geckonia]

Answer. You need the $99 apple dual-port adapter to run this monitor full res from a MBPR.

 

[student of sorts]

Great review. Thank you Christian for the well thought out explanation of features. I recently bought this monitor (thanks to your review) and checked its calibration using the Datacolor Spyder4Pro. What I find interesting is that this monitor offers three user selectable gamut modes: Standard, sRGB, and AdobeRGB modes. When I run through the calibration leaving monitor setting in default, I get the following calibrated results with 180cd/m2 brightness target:STANDARD MODE: 99% sRGB, 99% AdobeRGBsRGB MODE: 99% sRGB, 76% AdobeRGBAdobeRGB: 98% sRGB, 99% AdobeRGBSo my question is for those who have equipment to calibrate their monitor, why not just calibrate and leave it in STANDARD mode if the gamut accuracy is so good high in both sRGB and AGB? I know my results seem to contradict what you got in sRGB mode after reading that you recommend leaving the monitor in sRGB mode. I'm wondering if you were able to check the calibration in STANDARD mode in addition to the sRGB and AGB modes discussed in the review? I've created color profiles for all three modes and have decided to leave the monitor in sRGB mode most of the time except when working with RAW photo editing in Adobe Light Room within the AdobeRGB colorspace. But if I can leave the monitor in STANDARD mode all the time, that would be great rather than switch between both modes depending on task. (sorry if I am missing something obvious).

 

[student of sorts]

Sorry for the repost. I noticed the formatting changed on my original post above.Great review. Thank you Christian for the well thought out explanation of features. I recently bought this monitor (thanks to your review) and checked its calibration using the Datacolor Spyder4Pro. What I find interesting is that this monitor offers three user selectable gamut modes:Standard, sRGB, and AdobeRGB modes. When I run through the calibration leaving monitor setting in default, I get the following calibrated results with 180cd/m2 brightness target:STANDARD MODE: 99% sRGB, 99% AdobeRGBsRGB MODE: 99% sRGB, 76% AdobeRGBAdobeRGB MODE: 98% sRGB, 99% AdobeRGBSo my question is for those who have equipment to calibrate their monitor, why not just calibrate and leave it in STANDARD mode if the gamut accuracy is so good high in both sRGB and AGB? I know my results seem to contradict what you got in sRGB mode after reading that you recommend leaving the monitor in sRGB mode. I'm wondering if you were able to check the calibration in STANDARD mode in addition to the sRGB and AGB modes discussed in the review? I've created color profiles for all three modes and have decided to leave the monitor in sRGB mode most of the time except when working with RAW photo editing in Adobe Light Room within the AdobeRGB colorspace. But if I can leave the monitor in STANDARD mode all the time, that would be great rather than switch between both modes depending on task. (sorry if I am missing something obvious).

 

[MartSoCal]

So, do I buy the PA279Q for use with a new 2014 Mac Pro ?Will I realize the capabilities to use full Adobe RGB color space by connecting via display port cable into thunderbolt port.Perhaps it is safest to go with a Dell U2713H.