ASUS ROG PG279Q 27" Gaming Monitor WQHD 1440p IPS 165Hz DisplayPort Adjustable Ergonomic EyeCare G-SYNC

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Excellent features, Its one of the best gaming monitors until now, in the future will come better technologies like HDR and OLED and best video cards to move more pixels more fast, but for now, best in class, mmm probably IPS panel are not as good I expected, they have some problems, fortunately not my case, but anyway, these kind of monitor suffer two problems: IPS glow and Backlight bleed, many people complain about that, in my case, I didnt see much problems with backlight bleed, very little in dark room, probably some of them have QC problems, but the new batch have fewer problems, IPS glow is very common, in my case I see some when I view the monitor in certain angles, Its the reflection of some objects and room light, but when you are in front of the screen no problems at all... The good part is that this monitor has a lot of features that make sense for the price, doing aside QC problems, you get the best for gaming, G-Sync by nVidia for sync frames, IPS panel with excellent color reproduction, 144 Hz / 165 Hz (OC without G-Sync), good resolution WQHD (2K) for fast response and suficient resolution (you will need a top end nvidia graphic card, GTX 1070/1080, or SLI), good OCD menu and buttons, pretty red ROG lights (you can On/Off), easy adjustments for screen position, and other more details, I really like the color reproduction of the screen very vivid, I feel very satisfied with the purchase.

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Well let me start out with the obvious, theres a good amount of ips glow and backlight bleed is very subtle. I previously ordered one off of newegg with dead pixels and major backlight bleed. This unit, however, is near flawless. The only issue present that I can see is that it seems to have been used as the settings in the monitor are already changed and the cables in the box look like they were thrown in last second (also a fingerprint on the screen, but couldve been me without noticing). Ive heard stories of people developing dead pixels quite quickly so if anything happens Ill update this review. This monitor is still a lottery so if youre not prepared to send it back multiple times, dont bother buying this and save yourself the pain. Update: I guess I spoke too soon, the monitor has 3 stuck pixels in the center left of the screen and one near the middle right. Not as noticeable unless in a completely black area but I have to say the quality control and the feeling of it being "used" make this feel like a cheap monitor. They want 750 for this monitor and after over a year of being on the market there are still major quality control issues. I cannot fully recommend this monitor anymore as this kind of quality control is unacceptable for this price point. In my opinion I would wait until the monitor drops to the 500 dollar mark or wait for the 4k 144hz monitors. The monitor is great, but I cannot stress enough how bad the quality control is.

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This was my dream monitor and it has damage that WAS NOT described in the description from Amazon Warehouse Deals. It has a small gouge on the bottom of the screen near the ASUS brand and several dead pixels at the top left of the screen as well as a strange splash of dead pixel-like holes all over the screen when looking at a black screen. Against an all white background you can see these dead pixels around the top left of the screen and clearly see the gouge at the bottom which looks like someone stabbed it with a knife. Against an all black background you can again see all the same dead pixels and the gouge but ALSO see tons of tiny white pixels which look like dead pixels/holes all over the entire monitor. Like hundreds of them splashed around everywhere. Extremely disappointed with this product.

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This monitor looks great. I connected it up, turned on 144Hz and prepared myself for some stunning color representation and I was not disappointed. I then ran "Injured Pixels" on minute 5 of turning this on, and sure enough, just right of center smack dab in the middle of the panel, two dead pixels. Its all I can see now. I just paid full price for this monitor, literally had it for less than twenty minutes and its got a defect. So, be prepared to be wowed, but also be prepared for that nagging knowledge that your super nice gaming monitor has a defect and there is nothing you can do about it. Asus wont take it back unless there are a lot of dead pixels and two doesnt cut it. Every time I see a white screen, my eyes are instantly drawn to these two dead pixels. Its like my brain says "Hey, white screen, find the dead pixels." Its all I can think about every time I use this monitor now and I cant get over it. (BTW: ran PixelHealer for an hour, no effect. These pixels are dead, not stuck.) So now when I think of Asus monitors, I think "Wow, so good yet so broken." I guess I just have to be happy the BLB isnt noticeable on this particular unit.

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Monitor is great, colors are vibrant. When Gsync works well it is absolutely amazing. The latency is so low that I prefer 30fps gsync to 60fps without, though of course high fps gsync is even better. Im using it on PUBG. Mine is paired with a GTX 1080 Ti. I had trouble with screen blackouts with one DisplayPort cable. I switched to the cable that came with the monitor and have had zero recurrence. I use it in a multi-monitor setup, and I have seen quite a few stuttering glitches with windowed fullscreen (but not normal fullscreen). To get gsync working with windowed fullscreen borderless, I had to (a) set my global nvidia settings to gsync fullscreen only, (b) set my global nvidia display preferences to 144hz on the gsync monitor, (c) use nvidiaProfileInspector.exe to set the specific game I want to have gsync windowed to be set to "fullscreen and windowed" only for that game profile. With all that changed its mostly reliable, though I still sometimes get weird flicker when running windowed borderless... in that case I just switch to fullscreen and everything is good.

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I am very happy with this monitor. So much so that Im getting a 2nd one. I went with the PG279Q 2K IPS monitor after first trying the 4k 27" IPS model and wasnt satisfied with it at all. I got 5 dead pixels on the 4K one and back light bleed was much more noticeable on it compared to this 2K model. Plus 165HZ is sooo much better then 4K 60Hz. So it is real, these models do seem to be at a higher risk of defect. I havent gotten more then 1 of the PG279Q model tho so I cant say whether or not its still plagued by defects and luck of the draw type thing. It doesnt seem like it from the one I got but again I only got one so far. I do wanna say tho. I question how some of you are determining if yours has a backlight bleed issue or not. Let me explain. So like I mentioned I had that 4K model first. Well I did notice some backlight bleed with my eyes and in a completely total dark room but I also noticed that when I took a photo of it with my s9 plus which has a really good camera and the thing is the photo of the backlight bleed gets really really dramatic. So I think some of you have decided to say you have bad backlight bleed based on your photos and not with your own eyes. if its not there when you look at it but it is when you take a photo then its not there. So Im under the assumption that some of you are making your decisions based on the photo you took and shared with your friends and I think some of you got clowned on a bit and therefore are bitching when you took a fing photo of it and it wasnt looking as good as it does in person. Also there is what seems like a updated model if the PG279Q called PG279QZ coming out eventually. I honestly cant tell if it has already came out or not. Im very confused on this at the moment. But its rumored to be the same monitor possible completely new panel some say others say this model is just a price drop model and will be exactly the same as the PG279Q but cheaper. Ive seen people tossing around numbers from $300s to $400 something. Nothing confirmed yet as far as I know. There is a Reddit page on the PG279QZ and thats where Im getting my info from so it isnt much. Im thinking of holding out but I also want my monitors to match exactly and if the PG279QZ one does has a new panle Im worried it will look different and Ill notice it too much lol. Anyways hope this helps those thinking of bying. Honestly as long as you check that its sold by Amazon and ships by them then you dont really have anything to worry about besides possibly being slightly inconvenienced if you get a bad one. But these monitors are having issues months down the road its things youll be able to notice right away as long as you take the time to really check. Do multicolor Pixel test and backlight bleed test and thats all u need to check. GG MATES!!!

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I admit that I dont know enough about the technical side of monitors to provide one of those awesome, thorough, detailed reviews, but I can tell you this: as much as I wanted to hate this monitor so I could return it and save some money with a lesser unit, I absolutely love it. From the moment I plugged it in I was blown away. The colors right out of the box were great for me, and there is not a single dead or stuck pixel. Moreover, the IPS glow and back-light-bleed is practically non-existent. Having purchased my share of monitors over the years, and having read a number of horror stories about this model in particular, I was thrilled and pleasantly surprised with this one. All I had around the house was an old 1080p Acer (the Olympic edition, for those who know it) and a 1200p ASUS ProArt. Both were great monitors for what they were, and the ProArt was a solid IPS. I recently built my first Windows PC in nearly 15 years and needed something for gaming and fun. I tried the Dell S2716DGR (I think thats what it is) which is fairly highly reviewed and regarded, and while I could see why, it *did* have an annoying bright green pixel right in the middle of the screen. More than that, I could not get it to look anywhere near as good as my old ProArt. It was official: I was an IPS guy. This was frustrating because I picked up that Dell for $479 at BestBuy and a week later it shot back up to over $600. :) I really wanted to save the money. But I decided to *try* the ASUS and while I wish I didnt have to spend an extra few hundred dollars, the quality of my particular unit is undeniable and Im very happy. All the bells and whistles work as intended. The 1440P and 144+hz are noticeable to me and awesome. The bezel is nice and thin, and while the stand is not too "gamery," I have it mounted on an arm on my desk and it just looks great. I think its classier looking and more "neutral" than competitors like the Acer, Viewsonic, etc. One thing I would recommend: If you are going to buy it from Amazon, to be safe, be sure to buy it from "Sold by and ships from Amazon" (or something like that). I have never had a problem dealing with Amazon customer support, and its a BIG reason why I continue to make so many, and so many big purchases from Amazon. When you buy from another vender on Amazon, you never know how easy it will be to do returns, exchanges, etc. I speak from experience. :)

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Ill preface this with a disclaimer that this is the first IPS panel Ive owned, so perhaps Im off the mark here, but Im a little disappointed with this panel. For nearly $700 (yes, I know the majority of that price is because of G-sync) I expected some better color profiles out of the box, but Ive been tinkering with the OSD RGB settings pretty much since its arrived. Color on this panel just seems off. Some of the gaming profiles and settings seem to cast a yellow tint over everything and others are overly blue. Youll probably want to manually configure the RGB under color temp yourself. Theres also some backlight bleed or perhaps IPS glow on this panel. Its only in the corners and isnt consistent so Im inclined to think its bleed. Its pretty minor, but again, this is an expensive monitor. A lot of the research Ive done online seems to indicate QA and overall quality has really gone down in general with most IPS panel manufacturers, so perhaps this is all normal. Doesnt mean I have to like it. Dont misunderstand me - many aspects of this monitor are excellent. The FPS and gaming performance are excellent without question. I just wish some of the lighting and color characteristics were just as good. At best Id say this is an okay monitor. Its fine but its far from excellent.

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I notice that the color is a bit washed out compared to my Dell 2713HM (although they are both 99.9% sRGB), which at the time of my purchase was also a 700 dollar monitor. I dont have severe back light bleeding on my unit but compared to 2713HM it is still very noticeable (lower left corner and upper right corner), even though it isnt really unbearable because the BLB is alleviated once you lower the brightness to sub-30. For some reason there is also more IPS glow on pg279q than on 2713HM. Basically, you need to figure out what type of user you are. If you are a casual gamer who mainly play AAA games and love to enjoy the beautiful scenery in those games and who also watch a lot of movies/shows on PC, you may be better off just getting a monitor that has better color reproduction. If you are a more competitive gamer who play a lot of FPS, then this is definitely for you. I am keeping this monitor mainly because of the refresh rate. 144 hz makes everything much smoother to the extent that you feel your PC is running faster. The biggest difference is actually seen outside of games because you wont always be getting more than 60 FPS with 1440P and everything on ultra in game. But you will instantly notice the difference when scrolling down a webpage, draging a window around, or moving your mouse.

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It was a lot of money for a 27" monitor. I read all the horror stories about dead pixels and light bleed. Well, now all my fears have been all alleviated. This monitor is awesome. Im running it off of an HP Omen gaming laptop with an Nvidia GTX-1070 built-in. My main game is World of Tanks. Im running 2560 x 1440 at 144 refresh rate. Everything is smooth as butter, as they say. Im getting 95 to 115 frames-per-second. The monitor came with a driver CD, which wouldnt install on my computer. No worries, because apparently the G-SYNC control panel software I already had took care of everything. I love this monitor, and I think it is going to serve me well for years. The stand is really nice. It allows for very easy adjustments. This monitor was expensive, but worth it.

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