Mine just shipped! I ordered two sort of on accident. Put my first order in on Bestbuy.com and it took a couple days to getting a confirmation and I was worried they just put me on backorder instead. Meanwhile, Amazon got 2 in stock and I was able to snag one. Just got an email yesterday that Amazon will be here Tuesday and BBY Friday. lol I guess I can join the price gouging online and sell one. Make a couple hundred bucks. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS MONITOR!!!!!!

MaelstromOC
After using mine for a few days, I can't get past this matte coating. I've been spoiled by IPS glossy panels and this Swift just looks too grainy for my tastes :( I may end up selling mine as well.
 
As far as features go, this thing is top notch, but this "haze" is just something I don't think I can get over. The colors are also way too washed out from the get go. I had to turn brightness down, adjust the gamma a significant amount and also work with the contrast to get this thing looking halfway decent (again, my personal opinion.)
 
G-Sync is soooo smooth that it pains me this has to be a TN panel with a matte finish. If they offered a glossy model, I'd be all over it in a heartbeat. I've thought about removing the matte coating, but from what I've read it leaves the panel completely unprotected and I'd hate to scratch the hell out of it just trying to clean it from time to time :(

I'm coming from a Samsung XL2370 so I'm hoping this monitor will blow me away to begin with. I've had a matte finish for awhile and actually prefer it since I have window besides me. I'll have mine tomorrow. I wish the ROG Swift had support for consoles too, but oh well. I'll keep the Samsung for my PS3. Any suggestions of things to adjust out of the box or things to like out for? I plan on doing a clean driver install when I hook it up.

MaelstromOC
After using mine for a few days, I can't get past this matte coating. 

Initially I had the same reaction. I seriously considered returning the monitor. But after adjusting the gamma and brightness, and using it for 2 weeks now, I am completely used to the matte finish. So maybe give it another week or so? You may have a change of mind.

Yep, I contacted that Vega guy yesterday, but he's deployed currently. It doesn't look like it's all that bad to do honestly, just not sure if I trust myself to waste $800 by messing up lol.
 
I'm definitely gonna give it some time. Today I cloned my screens so I could see a live difference and man... it's night and day with G-Sync on. The Swift just destroys these Yamakasi's as far as clarity and smoothness. The color actually isn't too bad now either, since I adjusted it. It just sucks that the settings won't STICK properly in the NVCPL. They REALLY need to fix that, or work in an override or something. This panel is far too washed out straight out of the box, mostly because of brightness, but also the gamma and contrast needed heavy adjustment, at least in my case.
 
I'm currently running mine at 60 brightness, 50 contrast and I have the gamma shifted down to .80 in the NVCPL for the desktop. It looks fantastic like that, but the minute you load up a game, boom, lost my gamma :( You can get around that by playing in a fullscreen window, but guess what doesn't work unless the game is fullscreen. That's right, G-Sync lol. I knew that beforehand, I just didn't anticipate how desaturated the colors would be out of the box.
 
And yes, I also know that IPS simply couldn't do what the Swift does, but a man can dream lol. I've been playing some Vanishing of Ethan Carter and it's just beautiful on the Swift. Out of the games I was able to test out, Star Citizen made the biggest impression on me. There's just no denying the smoothness G-Sync offers. Maybe if my monitor doesn't begin to exhibit the problems others have seen after a few weeks, I'll get this matte coating removed and see how I like it then :)

In stock 10/31 @ 8:55 pm est NEWEGG
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236405&cm_re=PG278Q-_-24-236-405-_-Product
 

Since it's been a little while for this ASUS now -  what's the consensus ?  Is it worth twice the cost of getting an Overlord Tempest X270OC   ?? 
 
I really considering tax time money going to the Tempest....

aka_STEVE_b
Since it's been a little while for this ASUS now -  what's the consensus ?  Is it worth twice the cost of getting an Overlord Tempest X270OC   ?? 
 
I really considering tax time money going to the Tempest....

I haven't personally seen the Overlord X270OC.  Both the Tempest & the Swift are 1440P displays, both are native 8 bit panels, and both are 27".  After that is where a lot of the specs vary.  To name a few:
 
The Tempest is native 60Hz and will most likely be able to OC up to 120Hz.  The Swift is native 144Hz.
Response time GTG is 1ms for the Swift, 6ms for the Tempest.
The viewing angle is slightly better on the Tempest.
Then there's the Gsync difference.  If you haven't ever seen or used Gsync in person, you won't really know what you're missing.  Personally, after seeing & using Gsync for gaming, I could never go back to a non Gsync monitor.
 
I also really like the super thin bezel on the Swift.
 
Is it worth the extra $350 bucks for the Swift?  Only you could determine that.  I have really enjoyed my Swift & have no regrets spending the $800 bucks for it.
 

I feel the same as bdary. After having used g-sync, there's no way I can go back to a monitor without it (or a replacement technology lol). It's just an entirely different world for game smoothness. I checked out Star Citizen on the Swift and my Yamakasi q270 at the same time (duplicate monitor setting in the control panel) and good lord... playing on the Swift and then immediately looking at the Yamakasi and playing felt HORRIBLE. It's not something I believe I'd have noticed otherwise, but now that I've seen the difference, it's night and day.

I have been using my swift for a while now, and it really is the best LCD iv ever used. Like others said, Gsync is ace, and cannot be understood til you use it.

rjohnson11
The only other monitor at 2K or higher is this one:
Acer Predator 4k2k XB280HK 28" G-Sync Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red
 
However it is a 4K G-Sync monitor which limits you to 60 hertz

I just now bought the XB280HK, I hope I don't regret it, just wish it was 120hz. Been looking at it for a little while. Then I went to Costco and they had a 4k 75" on display, I started to drool as it was the 1st time I saw 4K, so I came back and noticed Amazon had three XB280HK left (all gone now). Dang, I wish some of this 4K tv's had G-synce.

Scarlet-Tech

ILikeBeans

rjohnson11
The only other monitor at 2K or higher is this one:
Acer Predator 4k2k XB280HK 28" G-Sync Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red
 
However it is a 4K G-Sync monitor which limits you to 60 hertz

I just now bought the XB280HK, I hope I don't regret it, just wish it was 120hz. Been looking at it for a little while. Then I went to Costco and they had a 4k 75" on display, I started to drool as it was the 1st time I saw 4K, so I came back and noticed Amazon had three XB280HK left (all gone now). Dang, I wish some of this 4K tv's had G-synce.

TV's will never have GSync, until the TV's become labeled monitors, lol.

Yah, I know, but if consoles had g-synce  tv's would have it for sure, Ha, ha.

Scarlet-Tech

ILikeBeans
Yah, I know, but if consoles had g-synce tv's would have it for sure, Ha, ha.

They would all need display port, and console makers don't seem to care for anything above 30 fps. Gotta start somewhere.. Consoles have to matter in the big world before that adoption happens. When that happens, I will buy a console.

You take me too serious, although I thought the new consoles ran at 60...not that I would know, or care.

I'm seriously thinking to get this monitor, should I worry about the issues it had or just go for it?
 
 

aka_STEVE_b
Seeing as this monitor ( ROG) is not selling for anything less than $1200 & higher  everywhere I see it - definite NO buy -   until it comes back down to a semi-reasonable price of $850 or so....
 
 

Newegg has it listed for $799, same as the initial offering price.  Although they show it out of stock...
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236405
 

NazcaC2
I asked one of my vendors about the price and ETA of the next batch and he said the middle of December 2014 and our dealer's cost is $823 CDN.

Thanks for the update!  I've been patiently waiting a couple of months to pick one up!