Asus has been parading its new 27-inch ROG Strix 27 Pro gaming monitor, which features a 5,120 x 2,880 resolution running at up to 180Hz, which sounds cracking until you try to drive it properly.

Even Nvidia’s latest muscle struggles, with VideoCardz reporting that smooth frame rates are still out of reach.

The panel has a pixel density of 218 PPI, which makes it razor sharp up close, but running games at that resolution is another matter.

With 78 per cent more pixels than 4K, the monitor puts severe strain on even top-tier graphics cards.

Asus does at least offer a fallback, letting the display run at 2,560 x 1,440 with a refresh rate pushed up to 330Hz.

In its own testing, Asus found an RTX 5090D, a China-only model with toned-down AI grunt, managed just 51 frames per second in Cyberpunk 2077.

This was with ultra ray tracing enabled, DLSS set to balanced, frame generation switched off, and a high-end AMD Ryzen 9950X3D doing the heavy lifting.

The same system at 4K hit 77 frames per second, roughly 50 per cent higher, which is not a small gap you can hand-wave away.

Cyberpunk 2077 is single-player, so it does not demand esports-level frame rates, but a 50 per cent drop is enough to make most gamers rethink their life choices.

Those extra pixels do not magically transform the visuals, especially when weighed against the hit to performance. Realistically, this monitor feels like a split-personality product.

You use 5K for work, photos, and video, then drop to 1440p with a sky-high refresh rate when it is time to play games.