ASUS VG248QE 24" Full HD 1920x1080 144Hz 1ms HDMI Gaming Monitor

Okay, I have had this monitor for a while now. And it took a VERY LONG TIME to be able to get my settings right to make the screen look good. And my comparison was to my old off-brand tv that I also have connected. Out of the box, the monitor will look terrible. It will. The off-brand tv looked way better. I am going to post all of my settings so that it will hopefully help someone else. The reason I am only giving the monitor 4 stars is the fact that the speakers are completely useless and that was the main reason I chose this monitor. Dont use the speakers on this monitor. They are some of the worst speakers Ive ever heard. I bought a nice, THX rated, Logitech speaker set to fix that issue. If they wouldve decreased the price and took the speakers out, I wouldve given this monitor 5 stars. It spins around on its stand for easy adjustment. You can also raise or lower the screen by holding down the base and push the display using its frame up or down as needed. It doesnt take much pressure to adjust, but it will hold firmly in position. The build of the entire monitor screams pro gamer monitor. And I would agree. 144hz. If you havent seen a monitor functioning at 144hz, you really need to see it. 59/60 hertz shows trails and seems to have its own motion blur. When Im playing any game, this is distracting, I might try to predict the balls movement in the game Rocket League and then I miss because the low hertz cause a lot of problems. If you are using a tv for any of your gaming(like I did until I got this monitor) It is an amazing jump. You will instantly see all of the movement without any trails or motion blur. Nice clear fast movement. It wont look like a low frame rate or anything. The top review for this item gives advice before you buy about whether your computer can handle 144hz or not, I suggest that you read that review as well. Most other screen types also have really high input lag shown while this monitor is only 1 ms. You are unable to see input lag at 1ms. Its awesome. Now for my settings. I did not like the settings that were supposed to be the best. The screen looked foggy and the colors didnt look right. Splendid > Theater Mode Blue Light Filter > Level 0 Brightness > 60 Contrast > 83 Saturation > 50 (Dont worry, the colors are still very vibrant at this level) Color Temp > User Mode R > 89 G > 89 B > 90 Skin Tone > Natural Smart View > Off Image Sharpness > 60 Trace Free > 80 ASCR > Off Now whether you like these settings as they are is up to you. You may want to tweak them more. If you modify your settings afterward, post them here so I can try them as well. Sharpness is the only thing I cant decide on. 60 should be the max and you may want to lower it to either 40 or 50.

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Great budget monitor, I cant BELIEVE the difference this made. Just 2 problems Ive found; My Displayport, which is what u want to use to get the 144hz out of your GPU, was showing "no signal", I would plug in to HDMI and it worked fine, I figured it was the my DP cable so I bought a new one. The new cable did not fix the problem, I thought it was the GPU, unplugged and went to onboard DP port, still no signal. So now Im thinking its the port on the monitor!! In a last ditch effort before contacting ASUS product support, I unplugged the power cable and held the power button down for 15sec, I plugged it back in and turned it on on the DP source and lo and BEHOLD its ALIVE! Take note of that process if youre contemplating a purchasing this item. Second, I play games on both PC and console, the PC looks flawless in HD no matter what frequency I run at (60,120,144hz), my PS4 on the other other hand, looks great but I can see red specs or red pixels floating around. I dont know what the deal is with that, but it doesnt do it on my other HD monitor (an older ALIENWARE). If youre buying this SOLELY to console game dont, If youre buying it to get more out of your GPU on PC its GREAT! I suggest upgrading the monitor before upgrading the GPU.

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I got to start with this. This is a great monitor. Read all other reviews for more details, not much I can comment about. -- #TL;DR: Around 2 years of owning the monitor, displayport randomly gives up after PC wakes up on sleeps or screensaver for my 4th time, other ports are not in use but still functional. Warranty service covered me for my last 3 times (2 replace, 1 repair). Great service, about to request the 4th if they allow. -- The only reason why I knocked a star off, is because from time to time, the display port of the monitor will just suddenly decide to stop working. I usually sleeps my computer, rarely shuts it off unless needed to. However, so far 3 times when I wake my computer up, the display simply wont turn on. This problem only occurs on display port because HDMI and DVI sill works as intended. I tested with different PC pots, monitors, and cable and sure is the monitors issue. My first 2 warranty services simply sent me new displays, with the 3rd repaired and sent back. Now Im about to request the 4th warranty service (if they allow). This time I kept my computer on when I left for dinner, came back in 40 minutes to wake screensaver, and found the pixels on this monitor all messy while the 2nd (different) monitor is all normal (connected via HDMI). Sure tried different ports and cable, still the display port issue on monitor. For your information, my friend purchased an exact same monitor with me with almost identical PC setup, but he have not yet to experience this issue. Between each displayport failure, I assure that I did not plug/unplug the cable for more than 3 times, so it shouldnt be physically damaged.

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I had trouble connecting the monitor to my PC via display port at first. To start off, I had another Asus monitor from the begining, and I bought this VG248QE monitor as my secondary monitor. I pluged the displayport cable into the port on my Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti. I didnt expect it to show "Displayport no signal". After checking no connections were loose, I decided to give up and try an HDMI cable instead. To my surprise, my HDMI cable actually worked, but my refresh rate was limited to 60Hz. Then I used VG248QE monitor alone with HDMI for one day and decided to give my displayport cable another try. This time, it magically turns on! I dont know why this happen but I have a suggestion to other people with the same problem of "displaytport no signal". Shut down the power, disconnect all other monitors and use this monitor alone and then try your displayport cable.

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Brightness/Contrast - wow, its greats for the movies and games that you might enjoy the contrast and brightness ratios that it offers. Stand - pivots and rotates for those who like the option to flip their screen 144 HZ - Amazing for gaming and you need some decent gpu setup to even make use of the 144 hz. Its only the downside, but you can always pickup a cheaper 60 hz monitor. Sound - Not too many monitors do the whole integrated speakers too often, which works great for consoles that you plug into the monitor and it has a headphone so you dont bother others. 3d support - Granted it works should you have the right 3d glasses to work for games and movies, but it when it does; its great. Settings - take a bit of time to adjust the screen, so it doesnt bother your eyes that much. Just wished you could set your own predefined settings that you could switch easily. Like the game/night view, standard, and rgb modes. The monitor is seeming to fail, and it has been flashing white constantly lately. Not really sure whats going on here. Had the monitor for at least 6 months and now it seems to do this while gaming or watching a movie. Looked up to see if anyone else is having this issue. Not really much on it. Probably going to need to get a replacement soon. Well, the screen acts up and in which there is alot of flickering going on and then seemingly just stops. Update: 1/29 The warranty - is so slow. Like one to two weeks to get a replacement sent out after you send in your old monitor. Advanced replacement can be sent out on your behalf; well if you want a 250 charge on your card. Advanced replacement still takes one to weeks; irregardless of sending in the monitor and then waiting the one to weeks out. Any who, rma process is supposed to take two to three day, then you use the fedex shipping that asus gives you. Of course asus covers shipping fees, which is nice not too worry about. Wish there was an expedited shipping on the advanced replacement or returning process. Probably at least a month without a monitor sucks, but at least the warranty will cover this.

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This monitor is really great for the price. Ive never gamed on a 144hz refresh rate and you can see the difference between 60hz. It is a lot more smoother and the colors are good. The adjustable stand is really neat. It is a good gaming monitor to those looking for one. Im also using a display port attached from my graphics card to the monitor. Im not really fond of the speakers on the monitor. In my opinion, it doesnt sound that great and would of been better left out. I also did have an issue where the display port cable wouldnt be recognized. I found a fix where you have to power cycle the monitor in order to get it working again to which I find odd. Overall, I think its a great gaming monitor to invest in, if you dont want to get too spendy with monitors. Ive only had it for a week and all seems well so far. Will post updates if something comes up.

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I bought two of these-- one for each of my daughters to use when playing games on Windows 10 game desktops. Their game rigs are Core i7 machines with GTX 970 graphics cards that support the high refresh rate. The monitors work great, and are a good value for the high refresh (144hz) specification. Totally plug and play, and games look great. Fantastic gaming experience! The visual performance in the games is just awesome, the colors look good (to me), and they love gaming with this monitor. Works fine with Windows 10. If I was going for text, Id probably get something higher resolution, but for gaming, 1080p on 23" is still just great, and Im very happy with this display. The built-in speakers are....there. They function. And theyre kind of are awful, reminding me of tinny speakers in a laptop. Probably not bad for listening to a news reel, but not satisfying for multimedia. Lets just say "better than nothing". A serious gamer will use headphones anyway (my kids do), so its not a big negative, but dont include speakers in your list of reasons to buy this monitor over an alternative. So overall, as of this writing you wont find a better value than this for playing games on Windows. If your video card supports the 144hz refresh rate, and the size/resolution meets your requirements, this is the one to beat. I have no regrets and am really happy with the purchase.

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Ive had this monitor for almost four years now. Its been great. Play a ton of games with it and the colors and frame rates are exceptional due to 144Hz. I used the 3D for the first couple months I had it, but then ran out of content to consume. Most games dont include it anymore and I watch 3D Blu-rays on the couch. It was pretty impressive for a small panel while it lasted. Having to use proprietary glasses with a separate dongle that sucks up a USB port isnt ideal, either. I would probably not consider the feature when purchasing it now. The biggest problem, and this is where being a long-time owner has value, is that the screen now has burn-in. I never thought it was possible with these displays, but the Windows taskbar is now permanently burned into the screen. It took four years, but it happened. All told, I got a lot of great value from this monitor, and despite the burn-in, its still got a great display and is capable of blazing frame rates.

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