ASUS TUF Gaming 27 2K HDR Gaming Monitor (VG27AQ) - QHD (2560 x 1440), 165Hz (Supports 144Hz), 1ms, Extreme Low Motion Blur, Speaker, G-SYNC Compatible, VESA Mountable, DisplayPort, HDMI ,Black

This monitor is great. I love that you can OC the refresh rate right off the monitor to 170hz without having to mess with custom resolutions in windows. I have a 2070super, and this monitor works great as long as the FPS is above 75, otherwise it does get a bit muddy in 40fps from the GSYNC compensation. I have an old viewsonic XG2401 (right monitor from picture), over the last 4 years ive had that monitor, ive tried calibrating it, and doing the best i can. I found a hardware unboxed video show casing the previous model of the VG27 line up, and they at the time liked the monitor. I went to amazon, and saw the New model available, then i found this monitor which had a better LED panel, and refresh rate uptick from the old 165hz. The monitor arrived back in Oct 2020. Since then, ive adjusted settings, and changed what was already setup. I left the monitor in racing mode, since that seemed best to counteract fast changing Hz rates, and FPS through Gsync. After using the below settings, I am now buying a 2nd monitor of this Asus model to replace my old viewsonic XG2401 which has served me well, and doesnt have issues. My only gripe between the 2 monitors (which arent their fault) is moving windows between the screens. Since my viewsonic is a 24inch 1080P and the Asus is 27 inch 1440p, the window size is not consistent, which makes multitasking a bit tough. Which is why im buying a 2nd monitor for my setup to have each monitor the same size! I like how much more details i get out of the asus monitor, pixel wise and movie wise that i havent seen before. My settings are: overclocking ON - 170hz Overdrive 0 Adaptive-Sync ON ELMB sync OFF (found this to be flickery) GameVisual - Racing mode Shadow boost - Level 2 Brightness - 60 Contrast - 80 Dynamic Dimming - off VividPixel - 50 Blue light filter - level 0 Color temp - user mode R-90 G-93 B-100 Eco mode -off

At first, I was frustrated with resolution and quality, it lasted until I configurated with my graphic card setting. This screen is superior to my laptop ASUS G703s screen and I feel most comfortable in my eyes, because it looks like paper. The Audio quality is not good it hears very low. The construction is well. It can show in 4K but at 60 Hz, to get 144 Hz you most configurate to native 2K that is sufficient to desktop. It come with death pixel because I bought used with details, then I massaged with my fingers the liquid membrane it recoopered and never go bad again. This was good deal pay 200 bucks for one of the best screens that function and looks like new. If you want to use it in vertical too this is better than curved screens. I do not need to spend 1200 for a bad quality large and curved screen if I dont have nothing so large to see in horizontally. I prefer to buy 2 of this for 600 us.

Very good, has very good quality and is a very clean and quality monitor.

Received this monitor on Oct 1st 2015. So far it is performing very nice. I have an Asus PB278Q IPS 1440p monitor I have used up until now. I was waiting for a good 1440p Freesync 144Hz monitor to come out that included fixes for the ghosting found in early Freesync monitors. Asus has addressed this problem with their Trace Free settings built in at release. I know other makers like BenQ have recently released new revisions of their products to address this issue as well but this monitor has it out of the box. I almost bought the MG279Q IPS Freesync monitor but too many people were complaining about bad panels on that model and having to return them several times to win the lottery and get a good one. I also like having the upper end 144Hz in Freesync where as the MG279Q topped off at 90Hz. I use 2 Asus R290X ROG cards and they will push over 90 FPS very often at 1440p. Im not sure if the bad panel issue of the MG279Q will be the case with this model or not but the one I received had no issues at all, perfect out of the box. No dead pixels no bad panel quality. Im very happy with the product quality. Now I have this monitor for gaming and when I need to work with photo editing I can use my PB278Q as my dual monitor with its quality IPS display. As a quick test of Freesync. I setup my 2 monitors to duplicate my display and I ran the AMD Windmill Freesync demo on them. I can very easily see the side by side comparison of Freesync compared to no Freesync. I set the demo so sweep framerates I can watch them go up and down between 45 to 65 FPS and see where my PB278Q is having screen tearing over and over while my new MG278Q stays in perfect sync with a smooth display. I have played a few games where I used to see screen tearing a lot like SWTOR , BF4 and Dragon Age Inquisition, they are now smooth as butter. The onscreen OSD FPS that you can turn on with the monitor also helps a lot with seeing when Freesync is working and when its not for specific games. When it is not working you will see the monitors FPS display stuck at the refresh rate you set the game to. When it is working you can see it scale up and down in sync with your games FPS by also having Fraps on or an in game FPS tool showing your actual game fps. In conclusion I am very happy with this monitor, it has taken some getting used to looking at a TN display again. This is the best looking TN display I have owned, but the IPS display definitely looks better when just browsing the internet and doing things on the desktop. I bought this for gaming through and in games you cant really tell the difference between the TN and IPS as far as how the picture looks. The 1ms GTG pixel refresh rate and Freesync from 40Hz-144Hz totally makes up for not having the IPS screen while gaming. By keeping my PB278Q I have the best of both worlds. Update: Recent driver improvements from AMD have added more Freesync support for DX9,DX10 now to include DX11 and DX12. I can verify the support now for Freesync is pretty good running Crossfire as well. I recently upgraded to 2x Fury X Cards which work great in Crossfire and Freesync now with latest driver releases.

Used 3 of these monitors for a three-screen setup for playing World of Warcraft. They worked fine from Sept. 2021 until Feb of 2023. Nothing special, but serviceable. Then one of them developed vertical purple lines over the right hand side of the monitor. Switching the inputs didnt help, but switching the monitors did, meaning the problem was not somehow in the computer signal to the monitors, but the monitor itself.

Great 1440p Monitor, perfect 165hz for Next Gen Consoles and PC gaming, 1ms refresh rate, and Free-Sync and G-sync compatible. Horrible Speakers Though.

Pros: No detectible ghosting that I could see in testing or games (with Extreme Low Motion Blur Sync turned OFF!!! IMPORTANT! SEE BELOW!) Very good image quality across the entire 32-inch screen. Crisp and clear. Cons: One dead pixel. Luckily it is in a corner spot where I cant see it unless I lean in very close and look for it. It does not affect my usage and I dont notice it at all but it is worth mentioning as a defect. The color saturation is weird. Reds seem a bit too vibrant and the saturation setting in the monitor menu is greyed out no matter what preset you select. Also some of the presets seem insane. One (MOBA Mode I think it was?) changes everything to be so washed out that I suspect it was added as a joke. I tried for hours to get the colors correct using the monitor settings and finally had to resort to adjusting them in the Nvidia Control Panel and even then reds are still a bit too bright (even with HDR OFF). Ive owned dozens of monitors and Ive never had this much trouble adjusting the colors to normal. Why put an option in the settings (like saturation) and then grey it out? That makes zero sense. This monitor has loads of options but only a handful are actually accessible and not greyed out for no reason. Extreme Low Motion Blur Sync is a disaster. How this god-awful technology ever got approved for production is beyond me. There are very few accessible settings in the menu already that arent greyed out and enabling ELMB greys out almost all of the rest. This is after it dims your brightness down to comical levels and screws up your colors so bad you just laugh. But wait, thats not even the worst part! It also generates its own ghosting in the form of red and blue streaks that follow anything on the screen that is white and moving across a dark background (including the mouse cursor!!!). It is truly horrible and seeing as how I couldnt detect any ghosting with it turned off I have no idea why they would hype it up so much or even create it at all. Its like saying Hey you can run a marathon just fine with these cool new shoes we sell but weve included an option to reduce your weight even more by chopping off your feet. Summary: Do not buy this monitor for the ELMB feature!!! It makes a good monitor very bad and actually makes ghosting FAR WORSE when enabled.

This has solid colors and good viewing angles for a TN panel. I would definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a 2K HDR monitor on a budget. My one complaint is that the included DisplayPort cable is very cheap and flimsy. It died on me within a week.

Great HDR monitor. I have the 32 version. Running it with a Radeon 6800xt. Playing doom eternal and Far Cry games on this is a dream. My only gripe are the menu controls. There are big buttons on the back right side. It can be difficult just to get out of a setting to the point I just had to turn off the monitor and restart it. So menu navigation can be a pain. but overall best monitor Ive ever had.

Honestly i have no complaints about this other than the speakers (for me) are just terrible. The quality as well as volume (even at 100%) is low If youre gonna use a headset or a different speaker then youre all good Honestly i wish i could rate 4.5 instead of 4 since the speakers are my only complaint