ASUS TUF Gaming VG249Q 23.8” Monitor 144Hz Full HD (1920 x 1080) 1ms IPS ELMB FreeSync Eye Care DisplayPort HDMI D-Sub

The monitor is good enough but I thought it had the new ELMB Sync feature for freesync and backlight strobing at the same time but it doesnt.

So I’ll break this down into 3 categories. Things I like, things I don’t like, and who I would recommend this monitor to. First off, things I like? - I think the overall picture quality is amazing. It provides a snappy crisp image that with a little bit of tweaking in the monitor settings, you can make vibrant and colorful. This is all done without any screen bleeding or tearing. - Number two for me has to be the size and look of the monitor. I tend to gravitate towards a more minimalist look for anything gaming related. I like character but I don’t like anything over the top topically. This monitor provides extremely thin bezels making the monitor feel and play more like a 24in. This doesn’t take up a lot of desk space which makes it perfect for duel monitor setups especially with the thin bezels and the ability to attach this to a monitor mount. The monitor has the brushed dark gunmetal grey sliver frame with some black as well giving it a nice sleek character with little red accents in places like the base stand. - Third I like the adjustability of the monitor. You can rotate it 360 degrees and lean it forwards, backwards, and also adjust the height quite a bit. Now things I don’t like. - the monitor doesn’t have an opening in the stand to rout cables through like the VG245 had which can make hiding the cables a little more difficult. -Second is that this monitor only has one HDMI port, now this does have a display port and comes with a display cable, this isn’t anything you need to worry about if you are a console gamer. I wish this had two HDMI ports instead of one because having to switch cables going between consoles, or a laptop or pc can get annoying. -My last complaint is the navigation buttons on the monitor to navigate through the settings. Now while this was pretty easy to adjust to I still wasn’t the biggest fan. I prefer what the did on monitors like the VG245 where the had a joystick on the back of the monitor that made navigating through the menu much easier. Now who would I recommend this monitor to? - I think this is the perfect monitor for anyone who is playing on the new set of consoles or any PC or laptop that caps at anything higher than 175hcz. I think this is also the perfect monitor for anyone who competes on a shooter like cod or halo especially with its response time. If you want a perfect medium to smaller sized monitor for any kind of desk gaming I think this is perfect. Now you will definitely have to mess with the monitor settings in fact I will put mine down here - I play on FPS mode -blue light filter 0 -brightness 100 -contrast 85 -saturation 90 -color temp “cool” -skin tone reddish -sharpness 60 -trace free 60 And everything else leave the same as it comes. If you want a crisp smooth playing experience with vibrant beautiful colors than I highly recommend this. Weather you are competing on it or just casually playing solo or with friends on any of the new consoles or on a pc that caps under 175hcz than I think this is your best choice for the overall package. I hope this helped.

but after I tried it diffidently worth buying it. ty ASUS no deadpixles no screen tearing I love it UPDATE: after two years I wont recommned it just buy another monitor with better colros picking washed up monitor colors just sad ppl are so obssesed with 1ms which never happen to be accurate ,

1080p 144hz IPS display for $250? I was very skeptical. I bought it to give it a try and also because I couldnt find any other 1080p 144hz IPS displays besides an Acer one that has a serious flaw in its design making the 144hz near useless. Any who the image looks great. This DOES work with NVIDIA G-SYNC. Im running this on a non super RTX 2070 and every thing is awesome. It takes quite a bit of menu surfing to set it up, not just on the monitor but on your pc in the NVIDIA control panel to get the two talking to each other but it does Indeed work. Keep in mind Im coming from a cheap 22 Dell 1080p glossy monitor too so this is a huge step up for me. My opinion may be a bit skewed based on that fact. Turning on 144hz makes a huge difference. Its night and day. Like if you got lasik surgery after wearing glasses for 20 years kind of difference. Even when not playing video games. I noticed the 144hz immediately when moving my cursor around. Everything was just sharper. The ELMB (EXTREME LOW MOTION BLUR) I keep off because it causes the monitor lose a boatload of brightness. Other than the monitor brightness issue I dont notice its off. IMO its kind of useless and is just a selling point. The built in 2 watt speakers actually arent half bad for what they are. Built in speakers are always garbage but these actually manage to make listening to audio not sound ear piercing, tin can like, and thin. They have zero bass obviously but if I had to rely on these for every day tasks I wouldnt be mad. The shadow boost function works well but it too does cause the monitor to loose some over all brightness. Not as bad as the ELMB function but its still noticeable. Again I just leave this off and use gamma correction in the Nvidia control panel or in the game im playing to adjust for this. Over all if you want a monitor that is 1080p only, 144hz, and IPS that works on both AMD and Nvidia GPUs then this seems to be an almost perfect monitor for that. As far as longevity goers, we will have to see. My room mate has a higher end ASUS 1440p gaming monitor that comes with all the bells, whistles, and a kitchen sink but its seems like its back light is already going out after just over 8 months of him owning it. it still works but it makes me worry about ASUS quality these days. He cant get it fixed because he says ASUS customer support is non existent, but what gaming peripheral company has good support anyways right? Theyre all mostly bad at it. If you are looking at this monitor specifically for ELMB and or the Shadow Boost funtions you will be very disappointed as they gimp the monitor to provide a slight boost in visuals. if they can figure out how to implement ELMB in a monitor with out brightness loss and maybe make it a little more efficient it could the next big feature for monitors. All in all Id say its VERY good purchase as long as it lasts for a few years.

I havent tweaked anything yet but out of the box this monitor looks great. I love how the mount works.

Awesome picture. The difference between VA and TN is crazy. I love every inch of this monitor. I can’t believe the price is so low. No bad pixels nothing wrong at all. Except the audio input doesn’t output audio which kinda sucks. Other then that it’s amazing.

Urto

Everything is perfect except the stuck pixel. When out of box it has a stuck pixel in center of screen. I replaced it and now it has a dead pixel on right bottom side. I will try one more replacemnet. If it still has dead or stuck pixel. I will get refund it try other product. Everything else is good. No ghosting, elmb, 144fps so smooth and love it.

No signal from displayport. Everything plugged in and triple checked. Its apparently a known issue. Fails at the 1 job a monitor has.

I’ve been using this for 6 months now. The adaptor is a bit loose sometimes. And although not enough brightness for work sometimes, but since it’s anti-galore screen it can use a monitor bar light on top. Gaming is bright enough since I always do it in the dark.