J. Revell
I loved the excellent quality of the monitor. I am by no means an expert, but the color and brightness were top notch compared to other monitors Ive tested. Nothing beats IPS when it comes to rich colors and after all, were looking at our games and game worlds so dont you want to see the most vibrant colors and environments? After using TN, VA, and IPS, I will never purchase another VA or TN monitor and their crappy washed out colors. I think most gamers dont really know what they are missing. Really the only reason you should be playing on a TN is if you are a competitive e-Sports titles player and have to have that super low GtG response time. Otherwise go IPS! Anyway, this thing: the stand is very sturdy and well built with no wobbling like Ive gotten with other monitors. I liked the ergonomics of it, didnt need a VESA mount or monitor stand, was able to get it in the perfect position with its included stand and adjustment features. Now to the con, which is a big one for me. The monitor is now 2 year old tech but it remains a full priced $500 monitor. At this price point, its not a good value for the money and especially due to this: its free sync range is only active in 45-90hz. That doesnt mean you can set the monitor to 144hz and it will kick in at that range. If you do, it will disable Freesync. That mean you have to set your 144hz monitor to 75 or 90. Dumb, right? What is the point of dropping $500 on a 2k 144hz monitor that cant use Freesync above 90hz? I dont see it. Sure, if your GPU can peg 2k in the newest AAA games at over 100-120 FPS consistently, mabye you dont need Freesync anyway. But what about those time when you get FPS dips down into the 50-60s? There is a hack for it to extend the range. I tried it, and could not tell if the hack worked or not and was very uncomfortable having to hack a monitor that costs $500. There are a couple other 2K 144hz IPS monitors out there that dont have that Freesync limitation and are also less expensive, so I couldnt justify the expense and returned this monitor. I considered giving four stars, but I dont see why ASUS couldnt update this model with a full Freesync range up to 144hz like Acer has...so three it is.