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Starting first with the design of the monitor, if you've seen our reviews of the ASRock PG27QFT2A or the PGO32UFS, you will know what to expect. That's because the core design is identical between the three screens, being mostly matte black plastic, with a fairly large and bulky stand.
I personally don't find it to be overly appealing – it may not be hideous, but nor is it a particularly refined aesthetic. I'd also prefer to see a more compact square foot instead of the V-shaped foot which measures approximately 45cm across.
The stand does offer a decent array of ergonomic adjustments, though, including 100mm of height adjust, 20 degrees of swivel both left and right, and then tilt from -5 to +20 degrees. That does mean no pivot which ordinarily I'd consider a shame, but you also do have to question how many people would buy a 520Hz monitor to run it vertically… Third-party VESA 100×100 are supported, though.
ASRock is persisting with its built-in WiFi antenna feature that we first saw on the PG27QFT2A, too – it might be a value add for some, but it's not something I'd personally use.
As for I/O, video inputs are fine, with 2x HDMI 2.1 and 1x DisplayPort 1.4. The only other ports are a USB upstream and 2x Type-A downstreams, along with a headphone jack – so that means no USB-C or KVM functionality, which I would hope to see in a monitor at this price.
I would also have expected to see an OSD joystick, but instead we find five fiddly buttons used to adjust the monitor's settings. ASRock has at least spaced the power button out from the rest, so it's harder to accidentally turn the screen off when you're in the OSD menu, but I really do think a monitor that costs almost £400 should have a joystick in 2025.
