No fan of manga and anime is unaware of Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as Evangelion, the anime / manga created by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto based on the science-fiction mecha genre. In the world of hardware, Evangelion has inspired many modders for their creations, although some manufacturers have also been encouraged to launch some products based on the aesthetics of the EVA, and that is precisely what ASUS is going to do now with its new monitor based on the EVA-01 that we are going to talk about today.
This is a product that is launched on the market as part of the collaboration between ASUS and New Century Evangelion, and that will bring to the market various products with this aesthetic that include motherboards, power supplies, graphics cards, liquid cooling solutions, cases for PCs and even peripherals, including headsets, keyboards, and mice.
The first Evangelion-based gaming monitor
The EVA-01 is the mecha piloted by the series’ main character, Shinji Ikari, with an unmistakable dark purple and green aesthetic, but for this ASUS monitor, which is part of the ROG (Republic of Gamers) product family ), the manufacturer has also wanted to give it its personal touch and the black frame or the illuminated ROG logo on the back are not missing.
The monitor is named ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQM-G EVA Edition , and consists of a 27-inch screen with WQHD resolution (2,560 x 1,440 pixels) with Fast-IPS liquid crystal matrix, capable of covering 97% of the color space standard for digital cinema (DCI-P3), and 150% of the sRGB color space. It’s also DisplayHDR 400 certified, boasting a response time of just 0.5ms and a refresh rate of up to 270Hz , which is of course variable with NVIDIA G-SYNC technology.
As you can already imagine after seeing its technical specifications, this monitor is designed to play at the highest level, and as such ASUS has wanted to complete it with the best connectivity features: it includes two HDMI 2.0 inputs, two DisplayPort 1.4, minijack for headphones, two connectors USB 3.2 Gen 1 and two more USB 3.0. In addition, as you may already guess, its Evangelion aesthetic is complemented by ASUS Aura Sync lighting that can be synchronized with the RGB of the rest of the hardware.
The monitor has dimensions of 614 x 255 x 408-508 mm and weighs 7.6 Kg. Its V-shaped base allows the screen to be placed in virtually any position, since it has height adjustment, rotation, rotation and tilt, and as you can see in the image above we can even place it in a vertical position if we want.
Price and availability
For now, ASUS has only announced the date on which we can start reserving this Evangelion-based monitor, which will be from August 19 of this year, but they have not indicated when it will go on sale officially or if it will even arrive. to stores so anyone who hasn’t booked it can buy it. As for its price, it will cost 980 dollars (USD), which translated into Euros and with taxes and tariffs will be quite likely that in Spain we will see it at 999 Euros .
