Asus’s newest gaming monitor is a little bit smaller than standard. The ROG Strix XG129C, introduced on Friday, is a 12.3-inch touchscreen IPS show that’s supposed to be a sidekick for a bigger major monitor, just like the 14.1-inch secondary show within the 2020 Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15. It’s a barely smaller competitor to Corsair’s Xeneon Edge, which has a 14.5-inch show, however the identical 720p decision.
Asus says the XG129C covers 125 % of the sRGB shade gamut and 90 % of the DCI-P3 shade gamut. It additionally comes with a one-year subscription for the {hardware} monitoring instrument AIDA64 Excessive, which might often price $65. Moreover appearing as a efficiency monitor to your PC, sidekick shows like this can be useful as an extension for streaming or modifying setups, very similar to Elgato’s Stream Deck.
Together with the little XG129C, Asus additionally introduced the ROG Strix OLED XG34WCDMS, a 34-inch RGB Tandem QD-OLED gaming monitor. It contains a 280Hz refresh charge and a 3440 x 1440p decision, and, in accordance with Asus, covers 99 % of the DCI-P3 shade gamut. Asus has not but formally introduced pricing for both show.
