For those of you that wanted a 144 Hz/1ms delay monitor for a good price, this monitor does the job. Please keep in mind that out of the box it does not come with a display port/DVI-dual link cable, so you will need to buy those as well if you want to reach 144 refresh rate. As other reviews said the monitor does have washed out colors, I used the settings below (courtesy of Reddit) which helped it a lot.
Settings:
-Theater mode
-Contrast = 83
-Saturation = 42
-Color temp = user mode with all three set to 83
-Skin tone = natural
-Sharpness = 50
-Trace Free = 40
-ASCR = On
Getting 144 Hz on Windows 10:
Also note the monitor will default to 60 Hz out of the box, even with a new cable. To change this on Windows 10 (with creators update) go to display settings, click display adapter properties, and then click the monitor tab and select the refresh rate you want. (if you have more than 1 monitor make sure to have the right one selected before trying to change the settings).
Overall, for the price, its a good monitor, arrived quickly and in good condition. Will probably buy a second one to replace my other monitor, Overwatch looks great on it.
Okay, I have had this monitor for a while now. And it took a VERY LONG TIME to be able to get my settings right to make the screen look good. And my comparison was to my old off-brand tv that I also have connected. Out of the box, the monitor will look terrible. It will. The off-brand tv looked way better. I am going to post all of my settings so that it will hopefully help someone else.
The reason I am only giving the monitor 4 stars is the fact that the speakers are completely useless and that was the main reason I chose this monitor. Don't use the speakers on this monitor. They are some of the worst speakers I've ever heard. I bought a nice, THX rated, Logitech speaker set to fix that issue. If they would've decreased the price and took the speakers out, I would've given this monitor 5 stars.
It spins around on its stand for easy adjustment. You can also raise or lower the screen by holding down the base and push the display using its frame up or down as needed. It doesn't take much pressure to adjust, but it will hold firmly in position.
The build of the entire monitor screams pro gamer monitor. And I would agree. 144hz. If you haven't seen a monitor functioning at 144hz, you really need to see it. 59/60 hertz shows trails and seems to have its own motion blur. When I'm playing any game, this is distracting, I might try to predict the ball's movement in the game Rocket League and then I miss because the low hertz cause a lot of problems. If you are using a tv for any of your gaming(like I did until I got this monitor) It is an amazing jump. You will instantly see all of the movement without any trails or motion blur. Nice clear fast movement. It won't look like a low frame rate or anything.
The top review for this item gives advice before you buy about whether your computer can handle 144hz or not, I suggest that you read that review as well.
Most other screen types also have really high input lag shown while this monitor is only 1 ms. You are unable to see input lag at 1ms. It's awesome.
Now for my settings. I did not like the settings that were supposed to be the best. The screen looked foggy and the colors didn't look right.
Splendid > Theater Mode
Blue Light Filter > Level 0
Brightness > 60
Contrast > 83
Saturation > 50 (Don't worry, the colors are still very vibrant at this level)
Color Temp > User Mode
R > 89
G > 89
B > 90
Skin Tone > Natural
Smart View > Off
Image
Sharpness > 60
Trace Free > 80
ASCR > Off
Now whether you like these settings as they are is up to you. You may want to tweak them more. If you modify your settings afterward, post them here so I can try them as well. Sharpness is the only thing I can't decide on. 60 should be the max and you may want to lower it to either 40 or 50.
****7/13/17**** This monitor is amazing! If you have spent a lot of time researching this (or other) monitors, you may have heard a few people talking about the colors being washed out because it's a tn panel.. Well, in my experience, this is far from the truth! I had to do a double take because this thing is vibrant, colorful and so nice to look at! I have only been using it for 2 days so far, but my goodness this is a great looking screen! It even looks good from angles that you wouldn't even possibly look at it from. It's hard to tell that it's a tn panel. I'll come back and update this review as I use it over time, but right now, I'm really happy with this purchase!
I primarily play Overwatch and I may dabble in Guild Wars 2 or Aion from time to time and I have to say, these games look fantastic on this monitor. And having a 144hz refresh rate on such a fantastic looking display is just awesome. I'll try to attach some photos of this monitor from various angles, but for some reason my camera phone picks up lines in the screen that aren't really there when looking at it. I'm sure it has something to do with shutter speeds and all that, but I'm definitely no photographer.
I was on the fence buying a TN panel display. I mean come on, it's 2017... I can get the same 24" IPS display I bought 5 years ago for half the price I originally payed for it, and half the price of this TN panel.
But reading the reviews and studying up on higher framerates, on top of playing competitive pvp games led me to picking up one of these when I needed to replace my main display. I bought into the hype...
AND OMG was it worth it. WOW 144 Hz what a difference. IMMEDIATELY after setting the monitor refresh rate on my NVidia GTX 1060 to 144 Hz I knew I made the right choice. I sat there in awe moving my mouse around the screen so smoothly and crisply. You wouldn't think you'd pick up the difference but I can easily see it just by moving my mouse around on my new and old monitors side by side. Obviously gaming-wise the difference is just as well, Battlerite at 144Hz is perfection.
Color-wise, no doubt this panel competes with my old IPS ASUS displays (VE247H & an older VH236H). Side by side I don't even notice a difference after tuning the settings and colors, if anything the blacks look even better on the VG248QE. I'm stunned. Just know that, like all of the ASUS monitors I've used, the VG248QE needs some significant tuning to get the colors / levels set correctly.
The last thing I'll talk about is the stand. My older ASUS monitors have fixed stands with no height adjustment or rotation. The added advantage of the rotation and height adjustments are super nice and I didn't realize what I was missing. The base of the display has an integrated rotation feature, really high quality.
Great budget monitor, I can't BELIEVE the difference this made. Just 2 problems I've found; My Displayport, which is what u want to use to get the 144hz out of your GPU, was showing "no signal", I would plug in to HDMI and it worked fine, I figured it was the my DP cable so I bought a new one. The new cable did not fix the problem, I thought it was the GPU, unplugged and went to onboard DP port, still no signal. So now I'm thinking it's the port on the monitor!! In a last ditch effort before contacting ASUS product support, I unplugged the power cable and held the power button down for 15sec, I plugged it back in and turned it on on the DP source and lo and BEHOLD it's ALIVE! Take note of that process if you're contemplating a purchasing this item.
Second, I play games on both PC and console, the PC looks flawless in HD no matter what frequency I run at (60,120,144hz), my PS4 on the other other hand, looks great but I can see red specs or red pixels floating around. I don't know what the deal is with that, but it doesn't do it on my other HD monitor (an older ALIENWARE).
If you're buying this SOLELY to console game don't, If you're buying it to get more out of your GPU on PC it's GREAT! I suggest upgrading the monitor before upgrading the GPU.
Feature Product
- Ultra smooth action with 144Hz rapid refresh rate and 1ms (GTG) response time. Display Colors-16.7M. Color Temperature Selection- 4 Modes
- Ergonomically-designed stand with Tilt,Swivel,Pivot,Height adjustment plus wall-mount capability for comfortable viewing position
- A comfortable viewing experience with ergonomic tilt, swivel pivot, and height adjustment
- Built-in 2W stereo speakers for an immersive home entertainment experience. Compliance and Standards- BSMI, CB, CCC, CE, C-Tick, ErP, FCC, Gost-R, J-MOSS, PSE, RoHS, UL/cUL, VCCI, WEEE, WHQL (Windows 8, Windows 7)
- Featuring DisplayPort, Dual-link DVI-D, and HDMI ports for multi device connections
- Full HD 1920x1080, 80,000,000:1 ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio, and 350cd/m² of brightness for like-like visuals
Description
Ultra smooth action with 144Hz rapid refresh rate and 1ms (GTG) response time
I got to start with this. This is a great monitor. Read all other reviews for more details, not much I can comment about.
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#TL;DR: Around 2 years of owning the monitor, displayport randomly gives up after PC wakes up on sleeps or screensaver for my 4th time, other ports are not in use but still functional. Warranty service covered me for my last 3 times (2 replace, 1 repair). Great service, about to request the 4th if they allow.
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The only reason why I knocked a star off, is because from time to time, the display port of the monitor will just suddenly decide to stop working. I usually sleeps my computer, rarely shuts it off unless needed to. However, so far 3 times when I wake my computer up, the display simply won't turn on. This problem only occurs on display port because HDMI and DVI sill works as intended. I tested with different PC pots, monitors, and cable and sure is the monitor's issue.
My first 2 warranty services simply sent me new displays, with the 3rd repaired and sent back.
Now I'm about to request the 4th warranty service (if they allow). This time I kept my computer on when I left for dinner, came back in 40 minutes to wake screensaver, and found the pixels on this monitor all messy while the 2nd (different) monitor is all normal (connected via HDMI). Sure tried different ports and cable, still the display port issue on monitor.
For your information, my friend purchased an exact same monitor with me with almost identical PC setup, but he have not yet to experience this issue. Between each displayport failure, I assure that I did not plug/unplug the cable for more than 3 times, so it shouldn't be physically damaged.
The Asus VG248QE is THE best gaming monitor for the price due to its affordability, features, and build quality.
This monitor is, in my opinion, the perfect size to meet the needs of someone who plays multiple genres of games. I play a MOBA, an MMORPG, and various other titles of different genres off and on and the monitor is the perfect size for all of the gaming that I do. The screen itself is incredibly sharp and offers great viewing from most angles. As is the case with TN panels, you really need to be sitting in front of the monitor for the best experience. If your situation differs, you need to consider paying up for an IPS panel - the cost is significantly higher but viewing angle problems will no longer be present. As a side note... to confirm my theory that this monitor is the perfect gaming monitor at the right size, I have seen it all over professional gaming events on Twitch.
The 144hz difference, in my opinion, was incredible and well worth the cost over a traditional PC monitor. You will notice from the moment you set the refresh rate in Windows that your mouse moves more smoothly like butter and you gain so many more frames of vision that you were losing before! One thing that is not explained well out of the box is that you must use the included dual-link DVI cable to achieve the maximum refresh rate of 144hz and a setting in Windows needs to be set as it will default to 30hz or 60hz. I can't recommend this monitor enough to all PC gamers requiring quick reaction times (any game online).
Note: I performed independent research and asked gamer friends for their advice before purchasing and was not provided a review copy. I have no involvement with Asus though I am very impressed with them now.
I had trouble connecting the monitor to my PC via display port at first.
To start off, I had another Asus monitor from the begining, and I bought this VG248QE monitor as my secondary monitor. I pluged the displayport cable into the port on my Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti. I didn't expect it to show "Displayport no signal". After checking no connections were loose, I decided to give up and try an HDMI cable instead. To my surprise, my HDMI cable actually worked, but my refresh rate was limited to 60Hz.
Then I used VG248QE monitor alone with HDMI for one day and decided to give my displayport cable another try. This time, it magically turns on!
I don't know why this happen but I have a suggestion to other people with the same problem of "displaytport no signal". Shut down the power, disconnect all other monitors and use this monitor alone and then try your displayport cable.
Brightness/Contrast - wow, its greats for the movies and games that you might enjoy the contrast and brightness ratios that it offers.
Stand - pivots and rotates for those who like the option to flip their screen
144 HZ - Amazing for gaming and you need some decent gpu setup to even make use of the 144 hz. Its only the downside, but you can always pickup a cheaper 60 hz monitor.
Sound - Not too many monitors do the whole integrated speakers too often, which works great for consoles that you plug into the monitor and it has a headphone so you don't bother others.
3d support - Granted it works should you have the right 3d glasses to work for games and movies, but it when it does; its great.
Settings - take a bit of time to adjust the screen, so it doesn't bother your eyes that much. Just wished you could set your own predefined settings that you could switch easily. Like the game/night view, standard, and rgb modes.
The monitor is seeming to fail, and it has been flashing white constantly lately. Not really sure whats going on here. Had the monitor for at least 6 months and now it seems to do this while gaming or watching a movie. Looked up to see if anyone else is having this issue. Not really much on it. Probably going to need to get a replacement soon. Well, the screen acts up and in which there is alot of flickering going on and then seemingly just stops.
Update: 1/29
The warranty - is so slow. Like one to two weeks to get a replacement sent out after you send in your old monitor. Advanced replacement can be sent out on your behalf; well if you want a 250 charge on your card. Advanced replacement still takes one to weeks; irregardless of sending in the monitor and then waiting the one to weeks out. Any who, rma process is supposed to take two to three day, then you use the fedex shipping that asus gives you. Of course asus covers shipping fees, which is nice not too worry about. Wish there was an expedited shipping on the advanced replacement or returning process. Probably at least a month without a monitor sucks, but at least the warranty will cover this.
This monitor is really great for the price. I've never gamed on a 144hz refresh rate and you can see the difference between 60hz. It is a lot more smoother and the colors are good. The adjustable stand is really neat. It is a good gaming monitor to those looking for one. I'm also using a display port attached from my graphics card to the monitor.
I'm not really fond of the speakers on the monitor. In my opinion, it doesn't sound that great and would of been better left out.
I also did have an issue where the display port cable wouldn't be recognized. I found a fix where you have to power cycle the monitor in order to get it working again to which I find odd.
Overall, I think it's a great gaming monitor to invest in, if you don't want to get too spendy with monitors. I've only had it for a week and all seems well so far. Will post updates if something comes up.
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