how do i activate 165hz on Asus PG279Q ROG Swift

[James Shock]

i go into settings and activate overclock but when i leave the settings its unticked and i can only go upto 144hz anyone know?

 

[spagalicious]

Just checking, you do own a GTX 960 or above correct? 165Hz is only supported with G-Sync ON with a Nvidia card.

From TFTCentral:

One of the most notable new features of the PG279Q is the overclocked refresh rate. We saw something similar when we tested the Acer Predator X34 recently, where Acer had allowed you to overclock from the native 60Hz up to an impressive 100Hz. This worked well in our tests, providing a nice boost in frame rates, responsiveness and overall gaming experience. Asus have offered something similar here, although with a more modest boost of 21Hz, from 144Hz up to 165Hz. This appears to be possible thanks to the addition of the G-sync module, or perhaps more because of the lack of any in-built scaler on the monitor. Either way, the new overclockable monitors emerging in the market all have G-sync in common so that appears to be a key requirement to enable this.

Up front you probably need to think about whether this additional 21Hz is really going to make a difference in practice. You'd need a very powerful system and graphics card to be able to output up to 165fps at 2560 x 1440 with decent settings. 144Hz (the native refresh rate) is probably a challenge as it is, so driving up to 165Hz is a massive demand. We can understand the benefits when you talk about overclocking a 60Hz panel up to 100Hz (like with the Acer Predator X34) but here, we're talking at the very high refresh rate end already. Even if you can power that kind of frame rate reliably, whether you'd see any real difference in practice between 144 and 165Hz is also questionable. It does seem to be little more than a marketing gimmick really in our opinion. Maybe some people will reach those levels and find it useful, but to be honest it feels to us a bit like a race to offer the highest number in the spec.

Overclocking instructions (PCPer):

Out of the box, the ASUS PG279Q does not support 165Hz refresh rates, despite what the label on the packaging might indicate. Instead, buyers will have to go into the OSD and enable overclocking, then, using an adjustable slider in 5Hz increments, select the highest refresh rate they want available. For just about any purposes that should be the maximum of 165Hz. Technically this is considered overclocking, but with both ASUS and NVIDIA part of the team promoting the feature, I would dare say that there is nearly zero risk to the hardware (or to your gaming experience) by jacking up that refresh

After you enable it in the OSD, it should show up as an option (after a monitor restart) in Windows display settings properties, NVIDIA's Control Panel as well as one of the options when you cycle through refresh rates using the Turbo button on the monitor itself. We didn't find an issue where the Turbo button was not immediately applying the new refresh rates before we interacted with the PC - then the screen would flash and accept the new refresh rate setting. It's an odd bug that ASUS is aware of and will hopefully have an update for soon.

 

[James Shock]

Just checking, you do own a GTX 960 or above correct? 165Hz is only supported with G-Sync ON with a Nvidia card.

From TFTCentral:

One of the most notable new features of the PG279Q is the overclocked refresh rate. We saw something similar when we tested the Acer Predator X34 recently, where Acer had allowed you to overclock from the native 60Hz up to an impressive 100Hz. This worked well in our tests, providing a nice boost in frame rates, responsiveness and overall gaming experience. Asus have offered something similar here, although with a more modest boost of 21Hz, from 144Hz up to 165Hz. This appears to be possible thanks to the addition of the G-sync module, or perhaps more because of the lack of any in-built scaler on the monitor. Either way, the new overclockable monitors emerging in the market all have G-sync in common so that appears to be a key requirement to enable this.

Up front you probably need to think about whether this additional 21Hz is really going to make a difference in practice. You'd need a very powerful system and graphics card to be able to output up to 165fps at 2560 x 1440 with decent settings. 144Hz (the native refresh rate) is probably a challenge as it is, so driving up to 165Hz is a massive demand. We can understand the benefits when you talk about overclocking a 60Hz panel up to 100Hz (like with the Acer Predator X34) but here, we're talking at the very high refresh rate end already. Even if you can power that kind of frame rate reliably, whether you'd see any real difference in practice between 144 and 165Hz is also questionable. It does seem to be little more than a marketing gimmick really in our opinion. Maybe some people will reach those levels and find it useful, but to be honest it feels to us a bit like a race to offer the highest number in the spec.

Overclocking instructions (PCPer):

Out of the box, the ASUS PG279Q does not support 165Hz refresh rates, despite what the label on the packaging might indicate. Instead, buyers will have to go into the OSD and enable overclocking, then, using an adjustable slider in 5Hz increments, select the highest refresh rate they want available. For just about any purposes that should be the maximum of 165Hz. Technically this is considered overclocking, but with both ASUS and NVIDIA part of the team promoting the feature, I would dare say that there is nearly zero risk to the hardware (or to your gaming experience) by jacking up that refresh

After you enable it in the OSD, it should show up as an option (after a monitor restart) in Windows display settings properties, NVIDIA's Control Panel as well as one of the options when you cycle through refresh rates using the Turbo button on the monitor itself. We didn't find an issue where the Turbo button was not immediately applying the new refresh rates before we interacted with the PC - then the screen would flash and accept the new refresh rate setting. It's an odd bug that ASUS is aware of and will hopefully have an update for soon.

i have a gtx 980

 

[spagalicious]

You need to select 165Hz in either windows display settings or Nvidia Control Panel. This is after applying the overclock on the monitor.

 

[James Shock]

when i apply it it unticks it self when i leave the menu

 

[samarium13]

Be sure you use a Display Port cable. HDMI only goes up to 60hz

 

[Homerjr]

Once you get the instruction to reboot the monitor with the yes in the red box, you must then push the red joystick on the monitor in. This causes the monitor to reboot. You know its rebooting when you see the ASUS Republic of Gamers Logo on the screen. I had this same problem. Once it reboots you can go into NVIDIA Control Panel and select 165 Hz. Notice 144 Hz is now not selectable and is missing.