The ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV with G-SYNC Pulsar blends variable backlight strobing and VRR for next-level motion clarity

In a fast-paced, competitive game, you need to see every pixel clearly. Fast refresh rates can’t fully do their job if your opponent is a blurry mess. And while many of ROG’s latest OLED gaming monitors feature near-instantaneous response times, there’s more to motion clarity — and true esports enthusiasts are still chasing the holy grail. Last year, we announced our journey with NVIDIA to bring G-SYNC Pulsar to a new ROG monitor — and the ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV is the fulfillment of that endeavor.  

The ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV was built for esports above all else. With a 27-inch panel, 1440p resolution, and 360Hz refresh rate, this display contains all the essential components for competitive gaming. The ultrafast IPS technology features the fastest response time we’ve ever achieved in a 1440p LCD display, and it even contains our esports aspect ratio adjustment, so you can resize the visuals down to 25 inches to see every bit of the screen in your field of view. And with almost no perceivable latency difference in this mode, the ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV has the lowest latency in its class for the best first-person shooter experiences.  

But high refresh rates and fast response times aren’t the entire equation. Many esports pros also swear by backlight strobing tech, which inserts black frames in between normal frames to reduce the “persistence blur” that our eyes perceive on fast-moving objects. But even this has its drawbacks: since the backlight is on for less time, it can cause the image to look dimmer. There's no one-size-fits-all solution for how long to pulse the backlight and at what brightness, since artifacts like image doubling can appear depending on screen location and changes in game render rate. Add variable refresh rate and overdrive to the mix, and things get complicated fast.  

But this monitor, featuring new technology from ROG and NVIDIA, promises to change all that. You can read more about G-SYNC Pulsar in our explainer, but here's the short version: For more precise aiming and sharper, clearer gameplay, G-SYNC Pulsar utilizes variable frequency backlight strobing to deliver 4x effective motion clarity, together with smooth G-SYNC Variable Refresh Rate. 

And of course, with such revolutionary tech at its core, we’ve made sure every other aspect of this display is fine-tuned to ensure peak performance in modern games. It covers 90% of the DCI-P3 color space for vivid colors with an accuracy of △E< 2, and features all the GameVisual and GamePlus technologies that help you get a leg up on your opponents. Plus there’s NVIDIA G-SYNC Ambient Adaptive Technology, which can use the monitor’s built-in sensor to detect and automatically adjust display brightness and color temperature to suit the light in your gaming environment. You can connect your PC over the DisplayPort 1.4 port with DSC or one of two HDMI 2.1 FRL ports — plus two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports for any peripherals you need plugged in. 

The long-awaited ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV is on shelf now, so check your local retailers or contact your regional ROG representative for more details. And be sure to check out our other newly-announced gear for CES 2026 — from RGB Stripe OLED panels to dual-mode displays to PC building components and laptops and more, we’ve got something for everyone.