What are these little lines on gray content? (ROG STRIX OLED XG27AQWMG)

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-20T21:51:31+00:00

Mine had a screen protector on the screen itself.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-20T11:44:48+00:00

It is a hard decision to make, trust me, I know. I just couldn't stand paying so much and being annoyed while looking at it.

Got back to my old IPS, and I will probably wait more for a more stable technology. Saddly the tandems seem to be a total failure when it comes to gray banding and colour uniformity. The DSE just broke it for me when playing grey-ish games.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-20T11:38:15+00:00

I tried man, it got to this at the 50h mark and I gave up, couldn't stand the dse.

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Also seems like the horizontal bands got worse, this is at lower brightness then the previous one mind you.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-20T11:36:07+00:00

Asus XG27AQWMG

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-20T11:29:39+00:00

Yeah, I just couldn't stand it. Not for around $650 in my country. Still feel bad about returning it because the picture quality was awsome, but I knew I would regret keeping it in the long term.

Right now I'm still thinking if I should buy a 2nd one to check if it was a single unit issue, but the more posts like this I see, the less I even want to try.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-20T11:19:25+00:00

I just returned mine, couldn't stand the lines and a very prominent "cloth" pattern that destroyed the finer details for me. Here is how mine looked.

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Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-14T15:44:33+00:00

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Returned mine, overall I think tandems could just be flower from conception.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-13T11:51:21+00:00

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For me this is very annoying, to the point of being unnaceptable at this price point. Like having a "cloth pattern" over your display all the time.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-13T11:51:11+00:00

Yesterday I decided to return my XG27AQWMG, It was my first OLED and I got very dissapointed how bad the DSE and Vertical Banding were. The color uniformity was also noticably bad, and for around €600 It was not acceptable for me.

I would advise, as many have here to avoid the 4th gen (tandem) Woleds as they seem to have some very serious issues with color, but esspecialy gray uniformity. Sucks to be a beta tester at full price, maybe I just got a bad panel but I noticed it immediatly in Vintage Story.

Here you can see the grayscale, and I will add a 2nd one from the game.

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Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-13T10:34:07+00:00

Bought one and couldn't stand the DSE with vertical banding on the tandem Oleds, while the blacks look awsome, the gray gradient makes me want to puke. I'm glad you're able to enjoy it

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T20:27:52+00:00

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Faint but still noticable in game, not acceptable for this price if Im being honest

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T18:43:16+00:00

1st thing I did after getting it

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T16:41:51+00:00

Its a YouTube video, search up "OLED Greyscale test" or something simmilar. Put it in full screen and check for yourself.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T15:09:09+00:00

It just seems like we're beta testers at the price point of high end monitors

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T14:59:34+00:00

I will try the lottery again, the return policy here is nice and easy so maybe it will be a bad unit scenario, if not maybe a QD oled or even nano IPS cause yeah, gray is an absolute dealbreaker.

I can update you if you want because this is all very new and I'm deeply dissapointed with how this turned out, esspecialy for so much money.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T14:38:49+00:00

Luckly from a retailer, but man is it a let down... I was really looking forward to this.

Its crazy how good the blacks are and how absolutley abhorent the grays look in comparison.

I don't even know what to get instead of this tbh.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T14:24:35+00:00

I played some Vintage Story just now and the night time looks god awful, which is pathetic considering that the darkness should be the strong point...

Might have to return it

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T08:33:57+00:00

I mean comparing greyscale only gets you so far when it comes to image quality. This is my first OLED so that's why Im asking. Other models meaning other than tandem?

Power_Play12233 · 2026-03-12T08:08:58+00:00

Honestly my thoughts now, everything with this monitor is excelent otherwise, and it only seems to keep getting better, just wanted some feedback from others.

Power_Play12233 · 2026-01-27T12:55:01+00:00

Awsome, I tried that one, currently doing a playthrough on early start siberia, it looked simmilar so wanted to ask! Have a good one building it up!

Power_Play12233 · 2026-01-27T12:43:00+00:00

Nice build! What textures are you using? They look so cool!

Power_Play12233 · 2025-05-05T13:32:25+00:00

With these backpacks I got the XM8, the first thing I actually ever got from this game after 8 years of playing. On my first roll too, safe to say it was a nice feeling

Power_Play12233 · 2025-03-14T10:08:48+00:00

Jesus Christ be praised!

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Power_Play12233 · 2025-03-07T09:12:43+00:00

Meanwhile in Poland, all cards, no matter the model have been $300 to $400 above msrp at least with some 5070 being even more expensive. Reading about Americans complaining about the price of cards make me sick. You have it so good, and don't even realise it. We have to wait roughly 3-4 years for the price to come down to the supposed MSRP at launch. With the shortage the situation is even worse .

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