Asus TUF Gaming VG249Q 23.8” Monitor 144Hz Full HD (1920 x 1080) 1ms IPS ELMB FreeSync Eye Care DisplayPort HDMI D-Sub

I upgraded from my LED Backlit LCD Monitor to this ASUS IPS monitor and the difference is night and day. The color, brightness, and saturation all outperform my old monitor, delivering better color depth, true to color reproduction, and clearer, crisper visuals. Since the monitor came with a DisplayPort cable, I finally was able to take full advantage of the capabilities my NVIDIA GTX 1070 G1 video card. The DisplayPort on the monitor is also required to be used in order to enable G-SYNC with NVIDIA graphics cards (or FreeSync with AMD cards). Note that currently, the NVIDIA control panel will give you a “non-validated” compatibility warning when you go to enable G-SYNC with this monitor.The wide 178° viewing angle enables the screen to look sharp with accurate ... MoreI upgraded from my LED Backlit LCD Monitor to this ASUS IPS monitor and the difference is night and day. The color, brightness, and saturation all outperform my old monitor, delivering better color depth, true to color reproduction, and clearer, crisper visuals. Since the monitor came with a DisplayPort cable, I finally was able to take full advantage of the capabilities my NVIDIA GTX 1070 G1 video card. The DisplayPort on the monitor is also required to be used in order to enable G-SYNC with NVIDIA graphics cards (or FreeSync with AMD cards). Note that currently, the NVIDIA control panel will give you a “non-validated” compatibility warning when you go to enable G-SYNC with this monitor.The wide 178° viewing angle enables the screen to look sharp with accurate colors from about every angle and position and when paired with the super thin bezels at the top and sides makes this monitor a good candidate for having multiple displays. You can toggle built-in alignment screens, accessible from the menus, to help you level and line up several monitors to make a nearly seamless large display. The monitor can tilt, swivel, and rotate 90° from horizontal in either direction on its included stand or you can remove the stand and attach it to a VESA mount, giving you a wide range of positioning and arrangement options. I particularly like portrait orientation when working on large spreadsheets or editing portrait framed photos.There are seven pre-set color profiles you can choose from, my favorite ones are ‘Scenery’ and ‘RTS/RPG mode,’ or you can tweak individual parameters to suit your preference. The change in visuals compared to my 60Hz LCD is stark. I guess I had kind of gotten used to the graphics on my system during gaming being choppy at times and stuttering every so often. I also didn’t realize how blurry most fast motion looked, especially with fast-paced action games like FPS and racing titles, until I could see the difference the higher refresh rate made with the low motion blur (ELMB) enabled; just note that you can’t have both Adaptive-sync and ELMB enabled at the same time. In general, I thought having ELMB set to “standard” was sufficient since the improvement to “turbo” wasn’t as noticeable and tended to darken the screen too much. In general, I didn’t have any issues with tearing or ghosting.The clearest difference I saw was in the color depth as this Asus monitor display has 8-bit color support via 6-bit + frame rate control to achieve near the full range of color in the sRGB color space for more vivid colors with clearer contrast and deeper saturation. For me, this also makes this monitor great for creative work especially when color correcting photos and editing video.I wasn’t in love with the 6 menu control buttons adjacent to the power button though, because they’re unmarked and change functions depending on where in menu tree you are; so navigating through the options was a bit clunky, and it took me a few tries to get the hang of it. Unfortunately, this is the only way to adjust the max volume for the monitor which is buried several layers deep within the menus. Not that the built-in stereo speakers are that great, but I don’t have other external speakers for my gaming PC, so I’d previously only been using headphones for audio. This monitor gives me the option to output audio through its 2 Watt speakers and since the DisplayPort cable carries the audio signal, I didn’t even have to hook up an extra AUX cable (HDMI also transmits both audio and video). It’s nice too that there’s a VGA port for folks with older systems, but you really don’t get to take full advantage of all the monitor has to offer using VGA input, so there’s no point in spending the money for this monitor if you’re going to use VGA, in my opinion.I also appreciated the ability to turn off the power LED, even though it’s quite small to begin with. One neat feature is the blue light filter, though it takes a little getting used to. There are 4 levels of blue light removal to help protect your eyes from its potentially harmful effects. While it will change the color representation on the screen, giving everything a yellowish tinge, your eyes eventually adjust and the color offset is less noticeable. At the highest filter (level 4), though, I did feel that the brightness dropped off too much to be usable for gaming, though it did significantly reduce IPS glow in pitch black conditions. There are a couple interesting gaming specific features like being able to add a static crosshair to the center of the screen, live FPS counter, a countdown timer to help you track your gameplay time, and shadowboost.Overall, I think that this is a fantastic entry-level gaming IPS monitor that will be game changing for anyone who hasn’t experienced refresh rates over 100Hz. It also performs well as a general use monitor for creatives that work with visual media and is suitable for watching Full HD movies (though not 4K) for a good all-around value.

I am always pretty lucky with how long products last me. Even previous Asus products. My last Asus monitor lasted me 7 years! In 2019 I decided to upgrade my PC that was using an Asus motherboard from 2010, just because I wanted an upgrade and not because it was broken. This is the first product in a long time that has seen a failure so quickly. I bought it on Nov 26 2020 for a pretty good price for the specs. A few days ago I started to see an inch thick row of pixels along the bottom of the monitor. The rest of the monitor seems to work fine. Although, now when it turns on and it does not detect a connection, the screen behind the detect connection message is bright blue, rather than black (how it used to be) with some pink pixels in various places. Tried some ... MoreI am always pretty lucky with how long products last me. Even previous Asus products. My last Asus monitor lasted me 7 years! In 2019 I decided to upgrade my PC that was using an Asus motherboard from 2010, just because I wanted an upgrade and not because it was broken. This is the first product in a long time that has seen a failure so quickly. I bought it on Nov 26 2020 for a pretty good price for the specs. A few days ago I started to see an inch thick row of pixels along the bottom of the monitor. The rest of the monitor seems to work fine. Although, now when it turns on and it does not detect a connection, the screen behind the detect connection message is bright blue, rather than black (how it used to be) with some pink pixels in various places. Tried some basic things, and then verified it was the monitor and not my GPU. Did not want to void its warranty with some DIY fixes, so I decided to start the warranty process. When I would attempt to input the s/n in the Online RMA process, a message would pop up noting that Best Buy/Geek Squad services this product. I thought that was kind of weird, but after various attempts I was l decided to contact Best Buy. After chatting with Best Buy through online chat and the phone, they gave me an appointment to take the monitor in to be repaired. I even asked if this is normal, as in would I have to pay anything, as I do not have a Geek Squad warranty etc. They said if my monitor was indeed broken then they could contact Asus to honor the warranty or something like that. The day of, I lugged the monitor to Best Buy and a guy at the Geek Squad area tells they don't fulfill Asus monitor warranties (insert clown face emoji here). Not really Best Buy's fault (although I had explained my situation thoroughly to them on the phone and they still set me up with an appointment that led me to go there). Asus needs to check out that misleading message popping up when certain non desktop/laptop serial numbers are input into the Online RMA process. They told me to attempt to return it, which I knew was silly as I purchased it like 9 months ago, and that failed. So I lugged it back home and call Asus. Now I am learning I will have to pay to ship it to them for them to fix it. I am tempted to just open it up myself and attempt to fix it. Good luck!

This monitor delivers for its price. The colors are better than acceptable and the refresh rate is that sweet spot for modern games. You can get faster but the price goes up and the Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in.1080p is a great spot if you’re running anything from an Nvidia 10 series to a 3060. In Warzone on medium high settings my girlfriends Asus Zephyrus G14 3060 laptop is hitting 130 FPS average with no screen tear or artifacts. The 24” size is also perfect for 1080p as this size seems to be the sweet spot for pixel density. Most 1080p monitors I’ve seen bigger than this lose their sharpness as there are too few pixels for the screen size.There is a tiny bit of motion blur on small far away dark objects on a light background but I’ve come to suspect ... MoreThis monitor delivers for its price. The colors are better than acceptable and the refresh rate is that sweet spot for modern games. You can get faster but the price goes up and the Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in.1080p is a great spot if you’re running anything from an Nvidia 10 series to a 3060. In Warzone on medium high settings my girlfriends Asus Zephyrus G14 3060 laptop is hitting 130 FPS average with no screen tear or artifacts. The 24” size is also perfect for 1080p as this size seems to be the sweet spot for pixel density. Most 1080p monitors I’ve seen bigger than this lose their sharpness as there are too few pixels for the screen size.There is a tiny bit of motion blur on small far away dark objects on a light background but I’ve come to suspect that is more the laptop as it does the same thing on my $700 Acer Predator XB273U GX 27” 240hz 1440p monitor that I use for my much more powerful desktop.This monitor is FreeSync compatible but Nvidia will not detect it automatically as it was not tested and certified to work with G-Sync. You just need to go into the setting on the monitor and turn on Variable Refresh Rate and then the “Enable G-Sync” will appear in Nvidia Control Panel.Now for the only major downside: the User Interface is a total pain to use. Instead of giving you a joystick nipple to navigate the menu, you have 5 buttons that aren’t always clearly labeled on screen. Add on top of that Asus’ TERRIBLE naming of monitor features (to be fair most brands seem to use proprietary names for everything from VRR to Backlight Adjust instead of calling them what they are) I eventually gave up and went to YouTube and found a review that explains the important settings and I haven’t touched it since.If you’re in the market for a really good 1080p 144hz gaming monitor, I really think you should add this to your monitor comparison list.