ASUS VG248QZ 24” Gaming Monitor 144Hz Full HD 1080p 1ms DP HDMI DVI Eye Care

This is offered at a little less than half the price of the ASUS ROG Strix XG258Q 24.5” Gaming Monitor Full HD 1080P 240Hz 1ms Eye Care G-Sync Compatible Adaptive Sync Esports with DP Dual HDMI. In some respects they are very alike, but the XG258Q, obviously, has more to offer (for more $$$). Screen size is nearly identical (24” vs. 24.5”), with a 16:9 ratio. Both offer 1920 X 1080 resolution. This VG248QZ has a WLED/TN panel backlight, with the XG258Q having TN. Twisted Nematic panels are cheap and fast but when viewed at an angle are prone to color distortion. The XG258Q is slightly brighter (400 cd/m2 rather than 350). Viewing angle is the same, as is the response time. The XG258Q has a higher refresh rate, at 240 Hz vs. 144 Hz. (The XG258Q gives its digital signal frequency as DisplayPort：255 ~255 KHz (H) /48 ~240 Hz(V), while the VG248QZ gives DisplayPort：30 ~140 KHz (H) /50 ~144 Hz(V). The XG258Q uses much more power at <65W versus <45W. I would note that the XG258Q doesn’t seem to present the issues with screen color distortions which some VG248QZ monitors have. If you want a gaming monitor, with its quick response, and are willing to sacrifice a bit in performance and color accuracy, this VG248QZ is a good choice. This has gaming speed, which helps your game, while not “wasting” money on the truest of color (which is nice, but not terribly important for gaming). But that’s JustMe.

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I use this mainly to play RPGs like Diablo III with a variety of other games thrown in. The display looks sharply detailed and the color matches that on other displays that I have had and used, though it did require some tweaking. It started out with factory specs in the darker range, but it was okay after I tweaked the gamma. Since this is a gaming display, one of the primary points is that it has no lag between fast action on the screen and the commands on the keyboard. There is no blurring or distortion. The only marginal point about how the screen looks is that, from sideviews, it has a bit of a yellow cast. Other than that, there was no visual change across the length and width of the screen for me (no washing out, dead pixels, etc.). In terms of set-up, this was easy except for one point. It was hard to plug in an HDMI cable and, at first, I thought the HDMI port was dead because it seemed to be fully plugged in, but was not. I had to push the cable very hard multiple times for contact to be made. Also, there is a strange unpredictable situation in which the screen has static on start-up if I havent powered it down overnight. Turning the monitor off and on fixes it, but its slightly annoying. Other than the aforementioned issues, Im quite pleased with this displays quality.

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