Benchmarks: Display
Some of the biggest advancements in modern laptops revolve around the capabilities of the display panel. To provide a more meaningful overview of panel characteristics, we're deploying Datacolor's Spyder 4 Elite professional monitor analyser to return a quantitative assessment of display quality.
Integrated G-Sync technology is a real treat for gamers, while wide viewing angles make the 17.3in panel enjoyable during everyday use. Don't expect a productivity-grade colour spectrum, mind, as the screen manages to cover 93 per cent of the sRGB space and 72 per cent of Adobe RGB.
Being able to display a wide gamut of colours can be helpful, yet the colours themselves still need to deliver in terms of accuracy. In the above chart, the Delta-E figure corresponds to how close the displayed colours match up with real life and the lower the overall result, the better. Any figure below 2 is considered very good and the Asus scores well in this regard.
Brightness is decent at just over 300 nits, while blacks are reasonably deep. Contrast could be better, yet this 17.3in IPS panel remains a solid all-rounder with forgiving viewing angles and a matte finish that gamers will appreciate.