ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ HDR Gaming Monitor – 27 Inch WQHD
ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ HDR Gaming Monitor – 27 Inch WQHD (2560 x 1440), IPS, 155Hz*, ELMB Sync, G-SYNC Compatible, Adaptive-sync, 1 ms (MPRT), HDR10, Black
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| Panel Size(diagonal) | 31.5″(80.1 cm) | 27.0″(68.47cm) | 27″ (68.5 cm) |
| Aspect Ratio | (16:9) | (16:9) | (16:9) |
| Display Viewing Area(HxV) | 697.344 x 392.256 mm | 596.74 x 335.66 mm | 595.303 x 336.312 mm |
| Curvature | Curved 1800R | – | Curved 1800R |
| True Resolution | 2560×1440 | 2560×1440 | 1920 x 1080 |
| Refresh Rate | 144Hz | 165Hz | 144Hz |
| Viewing Angle (CR≧10) | 178°(H)/178°(V) | 178°(H)/178°(V) | 178°(H) / 178°(V) |
| Response Time | 1ms MPRT | 1ms MPRT | 1ms(MPRT) |
| G-Sync or FreeSync | FreeSync | G-Sync | FreeSync |
| Connectivity | Signal Input : HDMI(v2.0) x2, DisplayPort 1.2 | Signal Input : HDMI(v2.0) x2, DisplayPort 1.2 | Signal Input : HDMI(v1.4), DisplayPort 1.2, Dual-link DVI-D Earphone jack : 3.5mm Mini-Jack |
| Weight: | 5.8 kg |
| Dimensions: | 8.27 x 24.41 x 19.69 cm; 5.8 Kilograms |
| Brand: | ASUS |
| Model: | VG27AQ |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 8.27 x 24.41 x 19.69 cm; 5.8 Kilograms |
Nice screen and still looking good in June 23 the colours are nice good for game play fast with no lagging. Nice stand which makes cool for adjusting and look nice on the desk even today. A good solid buy even today and was a good price well packed.
Everything is perfect, looking sharp.
There was a small hiccup with delivery but the seller was supportive and sort it out. Worth to wait for it.
works great, no issue what so ever and I game a lot, so not much else to say
Unfortunately, mine developed a strip of dead pixels, but the seller was very quick in getting back to me and despite it being outside of its return window (due to an error in delivery), agreed to offer a full refund.
Comes with a short DP cable so you may want to rebuy another longer one.
Colours are good and the GUI is very very easy to use – probably the easiest i’ve ever used. Sound on the monitor is okay but headphones or speakers are obviously better.
Frame is slim for those who need to know for aesthetic and its easy to mount and out together.
I’ve been lucky and received a screen with no back-light bleed when I’m sat in front. I feel the screen is better than my old rog swift but not as good as my 4k screen.
Love the size, the resolution and the oc 165hz. I have no complaints and my fears have been allayed. I believe my purchase was also brand new from manufacturer. All in all very pleased.
Everything is fine for the PC because the graphic settings can be adjusted, but I mostly use it for my PS5. I’m not sure why, but it feels dark, and I have to crank up the brightness in every game I play.
E.G. When I play God of War Rag, I can’t see the shaded area very well. The same is true when I play Battlefield 2042, though it is possible that I just have bad eye sight and suck at the game.
Its pretty fantastic especialy for the price however my only gripe is the speakers are on the back. everything you hear has already bounced off a wall at least once giving a muffled feel to the sound quality. It bothers me just enough to want to go by sperate speakers.
Having come from 1080p gaming this was a revelation out of the box its crap you need to download the icc profile from rtings.com and follow the instructions and WOW what a difference fantastic colours pin sharp detail and 170HZ.
1 dead pixel somewhat close to the center of the screen(within factory regulations but still sucks because it is distracting when gaming), some settings need a bit of research because it is unclear what it does and a lot of it leads to quality loss. Besides that it’s a great monitor and worth the price.
I was having issues with intermittent 2 second black screens while gaming on a Freesync compatible monitor (I have an nVidia gpu) so I went looking for a g sync compatible monitor with decent colour and this one has been the perfect solution. The colour isn’t perfect on this monitor out of the box, but once dialed in, the IPS panel blows me away. This is coming from TN and VA panels, washed out colours and horrible ghosting respectively. None of that on this one, its beautiful, crisp and accurate. Couple of things, while acceptable, are not as good as my previous monitors – the built in speakers are crap, and it’s fiddly changing inputs to different devices, but I’m accepting those issues thanks to the picture quality
I am 62 years old and do not game so you may wonder why I have bought a gaming monitor. After reading nearly all the reviews I discovered that a very high percentage of people who ordered this one received them with no dead pixels and a very low amount of ‘bleed’.
The quality while watching 4k videos from the likes of Netflix and YouTube is amazing.
Yes, I am happy with my purchase and, from the unit I received, I can thoroughly recommend it.
I’m running this monitor an AMD R9 Fury X using DisplayPort 1.2 as the optimum connection for the moment. This means that I do not have access to HDR, the full 144hz (I’m capped at 60), and some other features just yet. Once the AMD RX7900XTX releases, I will be upgrading to that, and will try to remember to revise this review when I can to better cover the full featureset.
With that said, moving from a 27″ 2560×1440~144hz TN monitor has been great because the colours, the viewing angles, and the pixel density (visual clarity) is incredible. Despite being 1″ bigger than my old monitor, it provides approximately 1.5x the pixel density with 2.25x the resolution, and it’s noticed immediately.
The monitor is a true joy to look at and in my personal set-up, and the PPI x distance from my screen (30 inches away) means that it achieves greater than ‘retina’ effect. (for reference, this monitor at 28″ requires 22 inches of distance to be classified as ‘retina’ by Apple trademark standards).
One issue with this monitor is getting the Display Port connection to work properly. I managed to get it working, and then it stopped, and now it works again. Can I explain why this happened and how I fixed it? No, not really. I just had to keep attempting everything I could to get it to connect. Changing the cable, unplugging and replugging, changing the monitor feed to DP1.2 instead of 1.4, rebooting my PC many, many times…
In the end, something clicked and the monitor has worked flawlessly since. Googling it didn’t provide much help other than letting me know it’s not an unheard of issue, but it works now.
Because of this, I don’t turn it off using the power button on the back of the screen, but thankfully it does have an automatic sleep timer where it will go into standby mode if no signal activity is detected (and power up when there IS signal detected) – while also not having any indicator lights.
For some people, there lack of an indicator may be offputting, but for me, I think it’s a plus because it just looks cleaner.
Overall, I’m really loving it, and definitely recommend this monitor so far.
I bought this for work, and use it for general web browser, emails, documents etc.
I switched from an iMac to PC, so previously was on a mac ips screen. I find this screen has less glare to it, and im really happy with how sharp images/text is.
I notice some people mentioned the sturdiness, but I have it sitting on my desk, and I cant imagine it would move unless I moved it. There no vibration for example when Im typing.
The controls for contrast/brightness are hidden behind the unit, which is a bit cumbersome. However, once you have it setup, you never touch them again.
Really great screen for the money, and im more than comfortable using it 7.5 hours per day.
But if these are the specifications you are after then the ASUS VG249Q is perfect!
PROs
– High quality reliable product – as always from ASUS
– Cheap price
– IPS display – great colours and refresh rate
– 144Hz refresh rate – important for gaming
– 150mm Height Adjustable Stand (HAS) [515mm max. display height] – super important for tall people like me (other displays had a max. display height of 350mm)
– Built-in speakers – the speakers aren’t amazing quality, but I feel it’s a bit of a bonus just having them
– A DisplayPort (DP) and HDMI input
CONs
Not many CONs to report, but 3 niggly items might be:
– 250cd/m2 1000:1 low brightness and contrast ratios – (other displays had better ratios such as 300-400cd/m2 and 3000:1)
– No built-in headphone output
– “TUF” brand’s style is a little tacky – This is just my own taste, but the “TUF” brand has a slightly tacky appearance targeted towards gamers. I’d love to see this available with a professional, sleek look.
Now the bind. I had read about build quality. More exactly the very poor control of items leaving the factory. Dead pixels being the most common. Mine did not have that and it was several hours of use and testing that I noticed the fault. Once noticed it’s too bad to ignore so it’s been returned and replaced. More on the second later….
In the picture above you will hopefully see the fault, it was very tricky to take an accurate picture of it.
The frame around the screen which sits inside the case is warped, BADLY. Down the left hand side you will notice the strip bordering the screen is mostly silver sheen, except for the very middle, it’s darker, near black. This is the bulge, about 3mm+ outwards. This in turn you will see makes a lighter screen distortion reaching towards the middle of the screen. On dark or black frames it’s terrible and there is no way this should have left the factory in this condition. This must have been production damage as the packaging is, was, 100% unmarked even after delivery.
The right hand side bulges out in the exact same way by about 1mm but does not cause screen distortion.
I’ve always rated Asus products and have a still working 12 year old motherboard / GPU setup I loved so much it’s now a home hub. This has not dented my trust in Asus as I think they’re allowed one faulty product in what is now thirty plus buys.
But again, this should never have left the factory in this state so be aware. Worth buying every time but might be faulty.
EDIT : Second one arrived perfect. Amazon would not return and replace so I returned then rebought. All handled very quickly. Delivered on a Sunday.
Bumping this from 2 stars to 5 based on the performance of the second monitor.