ASUS TUF Gaming VG27WQ Curved Gaming Monitor – 27 Inch
ASUS TUF Gaming VG27WQ Curved Gaming Monitor – 27 Inch WQHD (2560×1440), 165Hz, Extreme Low Motion Blur , Adaptive-sync, FreeSync ,1ms (MPRT), DisplayHDR 4
Multi HDR Mode
Now you can choose from multiple HDR modes to adjust monitor HDR performance based on the current viewing scenario
DisplayHDR 400
High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology delivers professional colour gamut and contrast performance that meets the requirement for DisplayHDR 400 certification.
Shadow Boost
ASUS Shadow Boost technology clarifies dark areas of the game without overexposing brighter areas, improving overall viewing while also making it easier to spot enemies hidden in dark areas of the map.
| Weight: | 5.9 kg |
| Dimensions: | 1.73 x 23.98 x 14.17 cm; 5.9 Kilograms |
| Brand: | ASUS |
| Model: | VG27WQ |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Asus |
| Dimensions: | 1.73 x 23.98 x 14.17 cm; 5.9 Kilograms |
Amazing for the price
Easy set up and amazing build quality, really good rotation and tilt, amazing screen to body ratio, the best picture quality for the price point.
Awesome
Curved screen awesome picture brilliant monitor for pc games really good piece of ki
o remote
No remote so have to manually turn volume up and dow
Excelle
Excellent service, arrived quickly and is exactly what my son wanted for his gaming.
Great all round display
Monitor has a solid build feel with what feels like quality materials. Great display with fantastic refresh rate. Plays nice with FPS games and cinematic RPGs. Would recommend.
No Issues
Got 3 of these now in a triple monitor setup. had one of them for over a year and no issues and the two new ones work perfectly from out of the box.
The only flaw with these monitors is the menu buttons. they are located on the back, and you have to navigate the menu just to switch inputs, rather than one button to cycle through, and they is no remote available. if you want to use all the inputs on the monitor and not just one, it can be a pain to keep having to reach behind the monitor to get to the buttons. buttons would be much better at front for easier access even thought it may “spoil” the bezel look”. if you looking for a monitor for multiple devices then i would suggest you look at another model for that reason alone.
Brillia
Im no PC nerd but decided to upgrade my gaming experience from my 15″ laptop screen to this monster.
Crisp, bright and vibrant colours. This screen has definitely improved my K/D.
It's great!
It’s a great monitor, too bad for the low energy rating but everything else is perfect!
Good overall
I though it had speakers, I think I read that somewhere. It hasn’t. My bad. But it’s alrigh
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice for gaming
5.0 out of 5 stars Money well spe
This monitor is amazing, good fps, good refresh. Deep colours. Immersive
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good purchase for the price
I bought it for gaming and to watch Netflix YouTube etc. Really impressed with the image quality .
Great monitor but HDR is a bit gimmicky
The size is perfect for me, and the curve makes playing with a high FOV comfortable. All in all very Immersive but also works well for fps games.
10/10 Gaming Monito
So decided to upgrade my monitor. Been using a BenQ gaming screen for along time now 1920 x 1080. Decided its time to take the leap, even went for curved. Well i am very impressed eith what I got and I 100% happy i took the jump forward for this monitor 10/10!
Perfec
What can I say? It’s perfect. This was purchased from Amazon warehouse secondhand with cosmetic damage. I’m yet to find any damage on it.
165hz is achieved on DP but you loose HDR.
So I use hdmi for 1440p 144hz with HDR and it’s just stunning.
It works, it’s beautiful, it does exactly what it says on the ti
Amazing! But..
I’m so impressed with the visuals of this display but one thing did about me, I was checking my video settings on my series x and discovered this monitor doesn’t display 120hz unless used with a display port. Not the monitors fault but would have been nice to know its HDMI 2.0 and not 2.1
Excellent monitor be careful what plug they ship with it.
Excellent 1440p monitor definitely an upgrade over 1080p.
Only gave it 4 stars as it seems the one i received from Amazon was shipped with an E.U plug lucky enough i had a plug from an old laptop which fitted fine. The monitor comes with the clover leaf type kettle lead.
Ace monitor!
I was expecting some colour distortion when not sat dead centre but any distortion is minimal. The picture is crystal clear while gaming and provides plenty of real estate for media editing too! If you order this from the UK, be aware that this has a European plug, so you will need an adaptor as well.
Great price for quality
First one came with a minor defect, and the issue was very quickly resolved, I sent it back through Hermes and got a new one with no charge at all
Unused. Great Amazon service howeve
Wasn’t able to use monitor, but it was a big heavy box. Bought for my son but didn’t need as his father bought him a monitor beforehand without me knowing for his bday. Great Amazon service though with shipping and care with social distancing.
Great Monito
Picture quality/colour etc is perfect. Took a a day or two to get used to the curved monitor. I think its great for gaming and is great for competitive games like Tarkov.
Was easy to put together and only had to reduce the brightness by 10 for my personal preference.
The monitor is also great to angle up/down left/right and the height is easily adjusted.
Great monitor for gaming. High frame rate is one of those things that after you’ve experienced it, it’s difficult to go back to a standard frame rate. HDR looks great on this monitor when turned on and calibrated properly. Unfortunately turning on HDR makes the low motion blur and shadow boost unavailable so you’ll have to choose which you’d prefer. The sound quality of the built in speakers is pretty poor but I use a headset with my computer so no issues. I noticed other reviewers had problems with the stand but I found it very sturdy and easily adjustable.
This is a great 1440p monitor for the price – the only issue is that it blurs quite badly at times. You also can’t have ALMB on at the same time as Adaptive Sync, so you have to choose between slightly less motion blur and FreeSync/G-sync (Not G-Sync compatible but works anyway). Twiddling with the settings mitigates the problem a but but still, motion blur and ghosting are a bit of an issue. Other than that though it’s a pretty dang nice monitor – just be prepared to not quite reach the maximum framerate of 165hz in anything but older games unless you have a 2080ti at least.
So I’ve left this for a few months now before I wrote an actual review first things first
I originally had an Alienware monitor which was really good but I broke it so got this instead. I lost on fifa. 🙁
Really good points is that at 32 inch you’ll need ale decent room. I went from a 25 to a 27 inch and was amazed on how big it is for a monitor
For gaming. It’s top notch. Does all you expect it to do and much more. Shame there no RGB lighting like the ROG models but meh.
Picture quality was a hit or miss for me. I usually play at 4K on my pc but I use it for my ps4 instead of the pc. but… there is some really nice settings in the monitor menu which make this monitor a superb choice. Crosshair built in to 😉 u scrub at 1440p it’s acceptable as I’m waiting for the ps5 to release have to see what it looks like
Brightness…oh boy:(((((((. Description for this clearly states HDR 400 certified. WRONG. Kinda…
Brightness is so low in hdr mode that the whole image loooks washed out to death. It makes it look more realistic in a sort of way. In some games it’s okay. But on bright games it kinda lacks. Just use the scenery mode in the settings and do some tweaking and then hDR OFF. Hdr monitors cost a few so if you looking for that then try find a 600-1000 rated display as this is a VA panel it kinda shows
No pivot but the vesa is still very nice. Not metal but a hard plastic very nice feel.
So do i recommend this? Hell yeah. At 144hz OC 1440p u are not going to be disappointed. Ignore the HDR rubbish and just use the scenery mode. Games run crisp and NO DEAD PIXELS OUT THE BOX!! 😀
Bonus G-Sync works and 165hz
This monitor is gsync compatible. Set it through the Nividia control panel. I upgraded from a 200 1080p 27″. It was a good decision it as given my gpu 1070gtx a new lease of life. I’m based in the U.K. the monitor shipped with a 2 pin European plug. I just cut it off and put a U.K. 3 pin. It is not the usual kettlelead. It shipped witha display port cable. It as only hdmi and display port NO vga socket.
It’s awesome!
Love it. Curve isn’t too aggressive. Which is exactly what I was after. I’m so happy with this monitor. Display is on point. Variable refresh up to 165hz. 1440p. At this price point!? Can’t be beaten right now. Trust me I’ve hunted and hunted.
I have 2 small gripes with this monitor that barely affect usage at all.
1: has an external power brick, it’s small, but would have been nice to have been built into the monitor.
2: no built in USB hub. I wanted this feature but all
Other monitors with it had a very aggressive curve!
All in all, I love it and I’m so happy I upgraded.
Nice monitor; no UK plug
The monitor is great. The picture quality is very good and the overall build quality is excellent.
I have the 27″ Curved 165Hz model.
Mine is currently connected to my Xbox One S via HDMI. I imagine if you are using a display cable connected to a PC, with a high-end graphics card, you would really see where this monitor stands out.
The only annoying thing is that is doesn’t come with a UK plug. When ordering from the UK, delivered to a UK address, you’d expect a UK power supply.. Or at least state in the description that it only comes with a European plug.
BEWARE OF PLUG
Great monitor. I can’t fault anything about it. Build quality excellent, picture clear, crisp and vivid. Does 165hz with ease! Not full HDR but the option for HDR 400 is there if you want.
ONE COMPLAINT, is that only an EU plug was supplied and no UK plug was as stated. So be sure to maybe email beforehand or else get ready with an adapter lay about! Was annoying I had to steal the Mickey Mouse laptop charger from my laptop to plug into the monitors power brick. But other than that a great montio
A beautiful and amazing monitor.
The monitor has a crystal clear view and I like a lot that you can rotate it and adjust the high very easy.
The speakers are not too strong, but should be just enough for watching a movie (not the best if you want to listen music).
For the purpose that I bought this monitor, I will give 5 stars.
Great monito
Curved monitor for the gimmick. To be honest I was just looking for a reasonable 144Hz+ 1440p monitor and this is the best one at a reasonable price range. Absolutely beautiful. Very happy with the choice. Playing AC: Odyssey at the minute on 1440p, looks fantastic.
So I bought this monitor to replace my 24 inch AOC 144hz G-sync monitor. My previous monitor only had a display port connection and I needed a larger screen with HDMI port to work from home in lockdown. On the positives, the screen is large, curved and performs pretty well overall. On the negatives, I have spent HOURS changing the settings both on the monitor and my Nvidia control panel just to get a picture that I am happy(ISH) with for work and gaming. Out of the box the colours were all off, it was much too bright and the resolution just looked wrong no matter how you set it. I genuinely thought about returning it on more than one occasion because a good picture shouldn’t be so difficult to achieve when you’re spending this much on a monitor, but the hassle of returning something so large made me persist with it.
I can’t rate it too poorly because I am somewhat happy with it now that I’ve changed loads of settings based on other people’s comments, but I would advise on getting either a more high end monitor if you have the funds or just getting something cheaper and smaller that’s less of a headache if not. If you do buy this monitor and you’re looking for advice my main suggestion is do not use vivid pixel and try tweaking all of the settings until you find a balance that works for you.
Bit finnicky, but great for the price
Right so like what a lot of other people have experienced, the colour balance right out the box is bad. But once you set up the colours correctly (I changed a few settings in nvidea control panel), this thing is great. Games that supoort HDR like RDR2 look great on this thing and its so good to have both 1440p and high refresh rate. Biggest down side I can think of is that brightness isn’t that great with HDR on in games.
So besides a bit tuning of the settings here and there, its a great monitor for the price
It’s bright, has great vertical adjustment, high refresh rate, nice resolution – damn near perfect.
But I have had a couple of issues:
– in sRGB mode it had some trouble displaying red text on black – it looked like a sharpness filter issue possibly, but it was unreadable. In other modes it was fine. I ended up using “Racing” mode.
– it seems to flicker a bit when games switch display modes for full screen etc – it’s only brief and doesn’t really impact my enjoyment of the screen.
Notes:
– HDR and Freesync compatibility with nVidia graphics cards requires a 1000 series or above – my otherwise fantastic 980 Ti cannot run this screen in variable refresh mode or HDR400. I’ll have to wait until I upgrade my graphics card before I can fully enjoy this monitor’s capabilities, though I can at least run at a high refresh rate and 1440p.
Addendum:
I got a 3060 Ti and can now test the HDR and VRR functions. Both seem to work nicely over displayport – though it’s worth noting that 165Hz is pushing the limits of the displayport 1.2 port without HDR, if you want HDR enabled I recommend dropping the refresh rate slightly (120 Hz).
The HDMI 2.0 ports can’t manage 165Hz without chroma subsampling even with HDR off so I recommend 144 Hz over HDMI for non-HDR, and 100Hz or less in HDR mode.