ASUS VG279Q 27" Full HD 1080p IPS 144Hz 1ms (MPRT) DP HDMI DVI Eye Care Gaming Monitor with FreeSync/Adaptive Sync

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I have been waiting for an IPS 27 1080p 144hz monitor for a while. I have no desire to go past 1080p for gaming purposes, but I wanted the size and refresh rate of the 27 and 144hz. This display is beautiful using the IPS panel. I have tried 4 other monitors that I returned because they were the crappy washed out TN panels. Nothing compares to IPS. As a gamer, 1080p allows you to max out every setting there is on the game with a mid range GPU (I am using a Radeon RX580 8gb) and still get high FPS. For anyone worried that text or images look blown up or pixelated, dont be, if you have the monitor at the appropriate distance from your face then you wont notice this. Pros: -IPS Panel colors and visual look cannot be touched by any TN gaming panel -27" at 1080p with 144hz Freesync, perfect for my preference of resolution -3ms response time on an IPS, anything under 5ms is perfectly fine for gaming, unless you are some pro playing First Person Shooters at QuakeCon -Stand is sturdy, goes up and down, and can twist the monitor if you really want that Cons: -Maybe the sound? But what person that is buying this monitor is actually using it for their main sound source? Calibration tips (my personal preference): Check out the vivid pixel settings, I really want a bit more pixel definition on the monitor and when i discovered this setting, I set it to 50 and it fixed everything Brightness: 70 Contrast 75: Color Temp: User Red-92 Green-92 Blue-90 Smart View: Off Vivid Pixel: 50

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I upgraded from an LG 75hz IPS to this Asus 144hz IPS and was astounded at how much better and smoother the picture is. I wanted to stay at 1080p to keep the fps up, even with a Vega 56. The stand on this monitor is sturdy and has a crazy amount of adjustments. Freesync is amazing, though I rarely get past 144fps. No dead pixels or ghosting either. For those who dont want to jump to 2k or 4k yet, this is the gaming monitor to get!

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No more excuses for TN panels for gamers. You can have your cake and eat it too! Night and day difference between a XF270H (1080p 144hz TN) and this monitor. You get great viewing angles and contrast. No browns when there should be black. No ghosting or any imperfections that I can see. Running a 2700x with 2070 and no problems with any screen tearing at below 144FPS. All around a great product, I wish it had a USB hub and perhaps a beefier stand that could make the monitor taller off desk.

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Pro +Excellent picture once set up. I used my Spyder 5 pro with display cal. +IPS Panel @ 1080p with 144hz. +Contrast looks better than my Acer XB271hu Cons -1080 @ 27 inch is noticeable compared to 1440p @ 27 inches. But I play a lot of fast paced shooters so it helps having lower resolution. BF5 and Black Ops 4 for example still look very good though. -Horizontal lines with and without freesync on. Doesnt happen often while in game though.(Driver issue? I dont know have to wait and see.) -I was also experiencing system lock ups since using this monitor and latest nvidia drivers(Again driver issues?) -Also ELMB mode(similar to Nvidias ULMB mode) is horrible. Too much ghosting. Almost looks like a double image and blurry. This is probably the biggest issue with this monitor because I was hoping to use this feature. Its also nice and bright with ELMB mode @ 120hz. But again ghosting is a big issue. Can this be fixed by Asus? Dont know but it definitely needs work for future monitors. Hopefully this could be addressed with firmware update without having to send back the monitor. Also seeing as how this is an IPS panel I was suprised to not have any Black light bleed or ips glow except for bottom right corner (luckily I use 20 brightness level which gets rid of it mostly) but honestly my Acer XB271hu has it worse than this monitor and the contrast level looks way better than the Acer. If you can avoid using ELMB mode or dont need it and also have patience with Nvidia drivers I would recommend this monitor. I would have loved to give this monitor 5 stars but the ELMB ghosting has to be addressed. I dont know if its just this monitor but compared to Nvidias ULMB mode its terrible. UPDATE Decided to come back to this review and give 5 stars after giving this monitor another try. I sent back my first one because of the horizontal line issues and poor ELMB mode. My new monitor does not have these same issues so I guess the first one was just bad. This monitor is currently the best monitor to get @ 1080p if youre looking for 144hz and excellent colors. It actually beats my XB271HU after calibration with Displaycal software. The image looks better on this replacement monitor as well like more clearer. But one issue is IPS glow or Black light bleed in the lower right corner. I dont notice it much and is not that bad but it is there. I dont see any other monitor topping this one for a while @ 1080p if youre looking for good colors and high 144hz. Eventually they are coming out with 240hz IPS 1080p panels sometime this year but this monitor is the best 1080p monitor Ive seen.

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I bought this monitor new, excited to get my hands on an IPS monitor finally. Right out the gate the monitor had horizontal lines randomly appearing. When clicking from one screen to the next it would often pop back up with the other screen for a split second. 8 dead pixels or so scattered about the screen. Went through multiple diplayport cables and dvi cables and the issues were recurring. It was less frequent with dvi cables but still there. I probably just got unlucky but they are out of stock so am unable to return for a new one. But based on my experience I would not recommend.

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I dont think I have given a 1star review but my monitor had a dead pixel soon as I turned it on. Ordered a replacement another pixel issue. Been reading on forums that other people have had quality issues with this monitor. I dont think Asus test their products before they ship. If you want to order this, make sure your able to return it if its defective. This monitor cost to much to have defects. I will say if the pixel issues didnt exist, this would be a good monitor. The picture looked great but I cant believe I got 2 monitors in a row with issues. Do better Asus.

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This is my experience with the Asus VG279Q. First off I want to clarify that prior to this monitor I have only ever used 1080p 60Hz TN panels. So this was my first experience with anything over 60HZ, my first experience with an IPS (IHVA) panel, and also my first experience with Variable refresh rate (Freesync/Gsync). The first thing I noticed was the limited viewing angle from above, something Im still struggling to get used to. I know that for my TN panels I get the best viewing angle when my eyes are about level with the top of the monitor. And if I stand up the monitor still looks fine. My TN only looked its worst when viewed from the floor looking upwards. Since I never sit on the floor and look up at it the TN viewing angles were adequate. For this IPS panel I get the best viewing angles when my eyes are about level with the bottom of the monitor or looking at it from below. And it has the worst viewing angle when looking down at it from any position higher than perfectly eye level. So raising it up was my first step to reduce the washed out foggy angle. The next step was to lower the brightness from the default 60 or so, down to around 23 *(Im in a dark room). That helped to get a calm neutral picture, especially for white file explorer windows or web pages. This being my first IPS, if I had to describe the IPS glow, I think mine is only a bit on the bottom left corner, fairly subtle. But the viewing angle from above turns the image into a silver grey fog when viewing at anything but eye level. If youre eye level or below, then you can have a good image even when viewing off center for the side. However, you really notice an issue when the monitor falls below your eye level if you stand up. I knew with my TN panel that the picture would get bad when viewed at the wrong angles, but this is more extreme because the monitor turns so foggy from above as seen in the pics. So its really bothering me to the point that I kind of wished I had gone with a TN that had these other features. However, now that I know its limitations I just avoid the problem angle and its all good. The settings can be dialed in more with certain modes. For example I use Racing Mode because it allows me to use the Blue Light filter option whereas the FPS mode does not for some reason. The blue light filter isnt needed, except when its a really dark room then it can come in handy so I like having the option. If I know I wont be using the blue light filter I made a profile for FPS mode because it allows me to adjust the saturation, color temp and skin tone options whereas racing doesnt for some reason. Its just weird that they make you pick and choose. The sRGB mode doesnt allow you to change anything, I guess they figure it doesnt need it. So I was thinking of choosing it - but I like to tinker more than the average guy. The SDR of contrast is genuinely full range and not limited range SDR like my old Asus VE258Q. The gamma is about .08 too dark, but using either Nvidias gamma slider, or the built-in OSD shadow boost on level 1 take care of that. The dreaded pixel density issue everyone seemed to worry about in a 27" FHD monitor is thankfully not an issue whatsoever. I dont notice even a hint of pixel density issue, honestly. So thats a relief. My VG279Q was stuck in 60HZ at first under the Nvidia display options heading for "native 1920x1080" But I was able to scroll down and choose a 2nd 1920x1080 option in the drop down that enabled all of the refresh rates. I immediately wanted to put it on 144HZ and enable the Gsync feature in the Nvidia control panel. I had to download the latest Nvidia drivers in order to get the Gsync feature to show up. After that I turned it on and went into a fast paced shooter. I put the graphics at a level to achieve a constant 144 fps, and I used the monitors built in frame rate display counter as well as Nvidias frame rate counter. The smoothness was outstanding. Everything was overall less blurry. Also no tearing ever. I loaded up Ace Combat 7 and flew around at 144fps locked and no tearing - an outstanding experience. I tried other things like running MAME and emulating old Mortal Kombat 1 with its weird 55HZ native refresh rate - and the Gsync allowed me to run at a its 55HZ perfectly with no tearing. So Im really happy with Gsync, and really happy with having more than 60HZ for the first time. These features are so cool, that I definitely wouldnt want to go back to 60HZ or no Gsync. As far as movies, 27" is superior to common 24" - 25" sized gaming monitors obviously. Watching movies benefits from the larger screen. The IPSs improved rich, vibrant colors are satisfying. Just gotta watch out for your viewing angle of course. Web browsing, writing this comment, its nice and clear at 144HZ. Its cool to see the mouse move around in more focus because the monitor can keep up with it better. This comes in handy when I tested drawing in Gimp with my Wacom tablet and stylus. As I make little gestures in my shading and drawing lines, etc - the higher refresh rate keeps up with everything and feels less laggy in the strokes. As far as colors go - theyre good. Again, its just that darn viewing angle issue that makes blacks look silverish and foggy from angles. If it wasnt for that then I would give it 5 stars. No dead pixels, no backlight bleed. Just some IPS glow (which is something all IPS panels have). So I figure Ill just get used to that. And a lot of great features. Its around 3 to 4 ms response time normally and around 1ms response time in the ELMB strobing mode. But that mode is greyed out in the OSD unless you disable Freesync and go into your PCs display settings and select a lower refresh rate like 120HZ or lower. I tried the ELMB mode, and it works fine. I can notice a sharper image in motion blur tests with ELMB enabled, but there is some ghosting. With ELMB disabled theres no ghosting but the object is blurrier. Im not sensitive enough to notice the difference between 1ms and 5ms response time in game though. However, I am very sensitive to screen tearing that I get when Freesync/Gsync is disabled. Also once I got used to 144HZ, going down to 120HZ looked laggier - so Ill just stick with the 144HZ and Freesync/Gsync. All in all, Im happy. Im not returning this monitor. I think it was well worth the price. I learned that TN isnt as bad as I thought as it turns out. People always said IPS has better viewing angles, but its not the case. So my recommendation would be to get a monitor that has all these features but TN if you require a more versatile viewing angle when seated or standing. Or to get this monitor if you can ensure youll only use it at eye level or lower. My bottom left corner is a bit foggy where it should be black. Not extremely mind you, but noticeable to me when Im looking for it. My settings that I prefer: Racing Mode, Brightness: 23, Contrast: 70, Saturation: 50, Color Temp: User mode (red:93,green:92,blue:100), Skin Tone: Natural, Smart View OFF, Sharpness: 50, Trace Free: 60, Vivid Pixel: 0, ASCR: OFF, Freesync: ON, ELMB: OFF, Shadow Boost: OFF (bumped up gamma in Nvidia control panel by .08). Other than bad viewing angles from above - everything looks beautiful with these settings. In the included pictures I show a movie still image at a good and bad angle, a black screen at a good and bad angle in the light, and then good and bad angles of solid black, red, green, and blue screens under ambient lighting.

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We play an electronics lottery every time we buy a cpu, gpu, panel, or anything else PC related. While I hope the folks who had problems get them resolved, the panel I received is glorious. No dead pixels, gorgeous picture, no problems. I was not able to get gsync to work, though experienced no noticable tearing with Doom 2016 running around 200 fps. I will look into seeing if there are any tricks to make the adaptive syncs play nice. I am running an i7 8700k and an RTX 2060. I wanted to keep the frames up, but they were crushing the 60hz panel I was using into oblivion. Screen tears like confetti. This panel is a beast. Out of the box settings were eye-searingly bright, but the controls are easy to use and Im very happy with the options to dial in preferred picture. There are additionally 3 settings profiles so that one could have a bright room game profile, dark room, and a productivity profile. There are multiple levels of blue light filter from zero to aggressive. Build quality is lightyears ahead of the 60hz BenQ I came from. The base is heavy and thin, allowing me to have my keyboard hovering above it, all the way to the vertical support. This is a great feature for those of us with gorilla arms. Base is easy to assemble with a single screw, and results in a smooth to adjust, solid platform. The bezels are super thin. The panel is matte, though not to the degree that it looks textured. Overall, this monitor has a premium look and feel. When you fire it up, that extends to performance as well. I will update if anything changes. TL;DR +build quality +responsiveness +picture quality +no rgb +price -waited too many years to go high refresh rate -seems like some QC issues exist for some users -obviously having a tough time building a cons list -no rgb

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Great monitor. Went from a 60hz ips to this. I recently upgraded from a 1050ti to a rtx 2060 and this monitor switch was a bigger jump in quality as compared to the old monitor with the graphic card switch. Holy crap what a difference. Colors are great, super bright, no light bleed, free sync works with nvidia now, the shadow enhancement thing is great in games. The only thing i havent been able to get to work so far is the fps screen counter. Mine always stays at 144hz. I dont know why, will have to contact asus to find out. Also at first the monitor for me stayed at 60hz, you need to right click the desk top, go into screen resolution, advanced settings, monitor tab, then switch from 60hz to 144. With tax the monitor was about 350 and worth every penny. I also was worried you needed 2k for 27" as some people say online, but i can not notice any pixels. Perfect size for 1080p, i do not know what people are talking about. Plus you need a rtx 2080 to really push games to 144hz at 2k. And that will struggle to do that with most games.

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Best investment I ever bought for gaming. Monitor feels great awesome picture quality! Gaming on this monitor on my xboxone feels so smooth. Recommend for anyone who’s looking for a gaming monitor for console.

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