4k works great, I highly recommend this monitor to anyone.

El artículo llegó en excelentes condiciones y antes de lo programado.Excelente servicio.

Shipping faster and Working fine.

El monitor es muy estético y robusto, la calidad de los materiales se notan ,yo venía de un monitor con panel TN económico y sin duda con este Asus fue un gran salto de calidad en todos los sentidos ,no le encontré fugas de glow y los tiempo de respuesta son excelentes ,sin duda el mejor que eh tenido.

rog monitor never let me down, one thing need to notice is 175hz and gsync and emlb sync cannot open together, overall is nice!

Main Review:
I’m primarily a PC gamer but I liked the idea of having a Xbox Series X connected to the same monitor as a companion piece for original Xbox games, 360 games, multi-plats and games that I don’t need a lot of horsepower for. My current monitor is an Asus PG279Q which served me well for many years but is HDMI 1.4 which caps out at 1440p/60hz. With the Xbox Series S and X supporting 120hz over HDMI, I decided it was time to look into a new monitor that supported HDMI 2.0.

After doing a little research, I decided on going with the XG27AQ since it seemed to be basically an upgraded model of my previous monitor. It supports 1440p at 120h and has VRR, HDR and low latency modes. All of which the Xbox Series X can support.

So far, so good. Picture wise, it’s very similar to the PG279 but the colors do seem to pop a bit more. The blacks are black and the picture uniformity is very good. I also have no dead pixels out of the box.

Build wise, this is a great monitor. I was a little worried that the stand was going to take up too much room or be awkward but it’s great. Hefty, sturdy and while a little oddly shaped looks really nice on my desk. The monitor overall looks and feels high end, is well made and has a lot of attention to detail. I will note that the bezel is more grey than black but I think it looks nice and blends in well with my other components.

As for the Xbox Series X, it instantly detected that my monitor supported VRR and low latency modes and asked to enable them. I noticed that it said HDR wasn’t supported for gaming however. I had to go into the Xbox settings and enable the YCbCr mode and then it detected HDR. One interesting thing to note is that you have a few options for display. You can run the Xbox in 4K and 60hz and even though the monitor is 1440p, it accepts the signal and will allow you to run it this way. It simply downscales to 1440p and looks fine. You can also set it to 1440p and 60hz or what we are here for, 120hz. I saw a few people mention that HDR is locked to 4K but this is not the case. I was able to set it to 1440p, 120hz and was able to get HDR. I tested Assassin’s Creed Valhalla which runs at 60fps and everything ran and looked great with HDR enabled.

Speaking of HDR, since this is only HDR400, it’s not going to blow anyone away or look as good as a high end TV, I was honestly pretty impressed. The HDR is fairly bright and noticeably made Valhalla look rich and have more detail in the lighting and looked preferable to having it off. HDR on Windows is a bit of another story. There’s really no reason to run HDR on a desktop. You need apps, games or movies to take advantage of HDR, otherwise it’s kinda pointless. I recommend keeping it off for normal use and then you can enable it in-game if a game supports it.

And finally, a few minor nitpicks to point out:

– I do wish Asus would give a single button to change inputs. If you want to change inputs, you have to go into the monitor menu and fiddle through several sections. One good thing is unlike my previous monitor, it will automatically detect the input. So if I’m playing the Xbox and I power the system off, it will switch back to DisplayPort for my PC if you wait several seconds. I just wish there was a single button on the back of the monitor to switch inputs. Especially since you have 2 HDMI ports and DisplayPort. It’s not a huge hassle and it’s certainly better than my previous monitor but still more cumbersome than it needs to be.

– The inputs are a tight fit. There is a lip on the back of the monitor under the inputs and if you have a HDMI or DisplayPort cable that has a big connector, you might struggle to get it to fit. Thankfully, Asus does include cables but if you are using your own and they are oddly shaped, you might have some trouble.

I’m super happy with my purchase so far. If you are looking for a new 1440p 120hz monitor for your Xbox Series S or X, I would certainly add this to your list of options. Or, if you want a great gaming monitor for PC and want to upgrade from the classic PG279, it’s a worthy successor.

Xbox Update:
If you are buying this specifically for the Xbox, there are a few updates and things to note. The Xbox Series S/X both output natively at 1440p so everything looks sharp and great on the monitor. Also, despite being a 1440p monitor, it accepts a 4K/60hz signal so technically, you select 4K as your resolution on the Xbox and it will simply downscale to 1440p. One issue however is 120fps and HDR.

For 120fps to work, you have to uncheck the “Allow 4K” box in the Xbox settings. All of the games I have tested that have a 120fps option assume you are playing on a 4K TV so it sends a 4K/120fps signal. Since this is a 1440p monitor and can’t accept a 4K/120hz signal (This would require HDMI 2.1), it will convert it to 4K/60hz which the monitor can accept. In order to get 120fps, you have to disable the “Allow 4K” box in your Xbox settings. This will then force 1440p/120fps. One issue with this is that Microsoft for some reason doesn’t allow HDR in any resolution but 4K. If you uncheck “Allow 4K”, you lose HDR.

So in closing, it’s not perfect but it’s mostly a Microsoft issue. 1440p support is there but it does seem kind of an afterthought. What will have to happen is more games natively support 1440p/120fps instead of sending a 4K/120fps signal and Microsoft needs to allow HDR at other resolutions in a hopeful firmware update.

Lo compré dos veces y las dos veces llegó con pixeles muertos. Te paso que cuando gastes 3k en un monitor te venga con defectos pero al gastar 12k esperas algo de buena calidad. No se por que no le meten el empeño al panel en comparación con lo demás. Cuando haces el unboxing todo se siente premium, te da gusto, el problema viene cuando enciendes el panel y ves los defectos, BLB, pixeles muertos o defectuosos. Se me hacen extraños los comentarios que dicen que no tienen ningún defecto, o no saben revisar o les tocó la lotería.
Ten por seguro que te tocará uno defectuoso, busca otra marca y evita tiempo perdido.

 You want a good 1440p monitor? 2021 edition

So I have been doing research for about 3 days and it was so overwhelming at first. I literally was losing my mind and going cross-eyed, every monitor has bad reviews it seems, when I finally felt I had found the one it was back to the drawing board.

My goal 27inch (ish) and 1440p (because at 27inch 1440p is basically as tight as you can get pixel wise). 4k is overkill at this size and will ruin your fps in games. You are welcome.

After doing tons of comparisons I narrowed it down to 5 monitors, 2 of which had to go. Here we go.

1. Gigabyte M27Q – IPS Panel This was chosen because of its awesome specs, ratings, contrast, response, you name it, this checked all the boxes and hit 165hz at $300 dollars, I was like ok this one is definitely on the list, but it has one drawback which is mentioned in all reviews its a BGR panel, burn that one to your brain. Instead of standard RGB, no biggie right? Apparently it messes with fonts and how they look and all you gotta do is swap cleartype over via tuning. Well I did that, it helps, but it is so freaking bad it ruined the monitor. I dont know how these review sites can just say its really not that bad, its awful, even during gaming you can see this weird 3d glasses old school blue red to the side of pixels. I dont understand why they did that and why review companies would be ok with this. I boxed it up within an hour of testing, it was making my eyes freaking water it was so bad. How can people live with that?

2. Gigabyte AORUS FI27Q-X — $699 This was going to be the higher end choice, again ips. Due to it being BGR and me seeing the m27Q I stayed very far away. So thats a no, x’d right off the list.

3. Asus XG27AQ (this monitor) – $499 IPS panel, this monitor hits all the checkboxes, smooth, fast, great color out of the box, semi decent price, good stand, rgb lighting on the back, low ips glow, good contrast, the border around the monitor is good, its flat, 27inch, 1440p 170hz refresh rate. Quality control is good, menu is good, simple and easy. Im happy with it, it also beats all my previous gaming monitors ive ever tested and its top rating on rtings, and I can see why. This thing nails it, gaming is crisp, responsive, no ghosting, smearing or trails, colors pop and hit just right, off angles are great as well. This is why I kept this monitor.

4. MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD — IPS 165HZ $449 price, this monitor gets great reviews, posts essentially better specs and contrast than the XG27AQ (which btw is the best 2k monitor asus offers right now). The only thing I see about that one is there is hit and miss in reviews on getting bad panels, with the asus group they just dont have that issue, as well color out of the box not the best but can be made better than the XG27AQ, it also can do better hdr content and overall maybe the better monitor in the entire list of all IPS panels at 2k. Check the reviews on amazon its high rated for sure, but msi is just known for some quality issues and grey uniformity on rtings does show its better so Id say the quality of the panel is less (more dirty) but it does win on performance.

5. The samsung g7, its a va panel 240hz, its $699 so its top budget pricing and it apparently smokes. The only downside is the curve and its a curvy thing. As well the off angles arent that great (maybe why its curved). Some state it has dark vingetting in the corners, but all corners can be weird. Either way its a panel to highly consider especially if you got the budget and the power to push new titles to 240fps, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 or way lowered quality settings will get you there. Either way the g7 is definitely ready for a power house graphics card, RTX 4090ti in the future might get it there.

So overall run down here. These are my suggested top 3 monitors to look at.
Asus XG27AQ – great panel, price, performance, colors, quality control, less fuss, just buy and be happy.
MSI – also great, slightly better price, might come out with a winner might not, has better specs and contrast and such over the asus.
Samsung G7 – Darks are great, contrast blows these two away, curved if you like that go for it, there is also a 32inch model.

These are the kings right now, until for whatever reason oled gets it butt in gear and starts producing high refresh rate oled panels in 27-32 inch.

Also if you want a good monitor $299, I would go with the gigabyte g27q, that one is a RGB panel, 144hz its not as good as the m27q, but the m27Q is useless like I said due to the image text clarity issues that make you go blind.

Cons of this monitor: there are two. One this monitor qc can vary. Aka dirty panels. There maybe some yellowing on some panels on a white screen. You’ll see a variation or blotch of yellow very slightly almost hard to see but it’s there. You’ll only notice on a white white screen. You may have to do a return once or twice to get a good one. I bought 4 got 1 really good one. 2 decent. 1 kinda not so great.

2. This one is hard for some to see. When you scroll on a white page with black text and the color of the screen is warm or windows has turned on night light mode the words can kinda trail or ghost in red. I’ve never seen this before. Turning off night mode makes it go away. It could be a windows thing or a warm color issue.

Thats it folks! Hope this review helped I tried to make it as simple as possible and dont want you people to have to deal with cutting through so many reviews just to get it down to that. Definitely look at the rtings website and forget what they suggest just use their table tool and play with that to see whats at the top you can even narrow it down to resolution and such.

Until then this monitor gets all 5 stars from me, in reality its maybe more like all 4.5 stars, but since no other monitor is really out there that blows it away, maybe a flat G7 samsung panel or oled panel soon, either way im glad I got this monitor otherwise I would return it and it beat all my old gaming panels (144hz as well) aoc, benq monitors.

Also stay away from tn panels, those are crap and they dont even rank anymore in gaming, ips has taken its place, va is still iffy and not many panels yet, but they could do better soon.

Thee 1440p Gaming Monitor to Purchase. PREVIOUS MONITORSince 2016 I’ve used the Acer XB271HU 1440p, 165Hz, IPS, G-SYNC Module, 27″ monitor for everything I did. That includes gaming, 3D modeling (Rhino3D, Maya, ZBrush), 3D rendering (Maxwell, VRay), photo editing (Photoshop, Lightroom), 2D graphics (Illustrator), and it did great for everything. I never calibrated it and colors were still decently good (not perfect) when printing physical copies of my work. For gaming, it was great and I could not have chosen a better monitor when I did for the various things I needed it for.NEW MONITOR (ASUS XG27AQM)To preface this, I’ve also used the Acer XB273U GX and the ASUS TUF VG259QM for several months each and at separate times each. Purchased them at Micro Center just for testing purposes (to see which I liked more) and not for ownership. I know some people prefer 24″ monitors for gaming, but I personally can switch between 24″ and 27″ monitors just fine.It’s only been one day since I received ASUS XG27AQM in the mail, but listed below are my PROS and CONS. Personally, it’s worth the upgrade from my previous monitor (especially since I’ll be looking to sell my XB271HU now). The ability to feel and play at frames higher than 165fps (especially if sustained and with a crisp frame time graph) is very noticeable and makes fast paced games much more enjoyable. I have not overclocked it to 270Hz because there’s currently really no need to in my opinion (refer to CONS).SIDE NOTE (UPDATED)I’m also a bit cautious of the OC function because on my previous experience with the Acer XB273U GX and the ASUS TUF VG259QM. Both screens would go black for a few seconds and then the picture would come back. Granted, it also warns you when enabling the OC. I honestly didn’t mind it, but it’d happen in the middle of a game which was annoying at times. I purchased an iVANKY DP1.4 cable (since the reviews were great) and the black screen still happened even when trying different ports on the monitors and graphics card. The OC function on my Acer XB271HU never caused the screen the go black, ever. Update: Since writing the review, I’ve overclocked the XG27AQM to 270Hz, and at least for my unit, the screen does not flicker or go black for a few seconds. Keeping it overclocked for the foreseeable future.PROS- 1440p- 240Hz (270Hz OC)- Very Responsive (Slightly quicker input lag than my previous monitor, but that’s probably due to the increase Hz)- Good colors (Will most certainly calibrate this monitor though)- Arrived with zero dead pixels- No perceptible overshoot at Overdrive Setting 4 (I tried OD-5 as well, but I visually preferred OD-4)- Motion clarity at OD-4 with ELMB disabled is noticeably improved from my previous monitor- I have G-SYNC Compatible enabled and it works great (I personally don’t notice a difference from a physical G-SYNC Module, and many well documented reviews for monitors only show an input lag increase of <1ms when enabling a Variable Refresh Rate technology) so it's worth itCONS- When enabling ELMB, the brightness is too low for me even in a very dark room. Update: I've since enabled ELMB. What I did to combat the brightness drop is set it to 100% brightness first, then enabled ELMB, and finally set Shadow Boost to Level 2. It was plenty usable after that.- I don't have an RTX 3080 yet to push more frames haha :'( My RTX 2070 Super is great, but an upgrade is definitely needed for this type of monitor. Maybe I'll wait for an RTX 4080 to pair with my i9-10850K @ 5.0GHz.FINAL THOUGHTSIf you haven't purchased a monitor in several years and have been looking for a proper upgrade, here is your monitor, the ASUS XG27AQM. These specs will not become obsolete any time soon. The 1440p resolution provides improved visual clarity from 1080p, the increased refresh rate of 240Hz Native/270Hz OC from 165Hz is noticeable, and the motion clarity improvement is great for the enjoyment of fast paced video games.If I were asked, "Would you return your ASUS XG27AQM and instead purchase the Acer XB273U GX or ASUS TUF VG259QM?", my answer would be, "No."But if I were asked, "In hindsight, which would you purchase, the ASUS XG27AQM, Acer XB273U GX or ASUS TUF VG259QM?", my answer would be, "The ASUS TUF VG259QM is 100% out of the question because of the noticeable decrease in resolution and visual clarity. For the ASUS XG27AQM and Acer XB273U GX it would depend on availability. Both 1440p 270Hz monitors are great each with their own pros and cons. The Acer XB273U GX has two usable Black Frame Insertion modes (Off, Normal, and Extreme) vs the ASUS XG27AQM's (On and Off). Colors, motion clarity, and input lag are all comparable. Ultimately, I'd be hard pressed to say one is better than the other, so I'd be happy purchasing either the ASUS XG27AQM or the Acer XB273U GX. But from my own personal experience, there was some noticeable overshoot on my copy of the Acer XB273U GX which is why I did not repurchase it and instead went for the ASUS XG27AQM. No overshoot to be seen on my copy of the ASUS XG27AQM which is why I will be keeping this monitor and not returning it."Games I Play: Witcher 3, PUBG, Rocket League, Battlefield (4, V, 2042), Apex Legends, Risk of Rain 2, Dragon Quest XI, Ori Series, Trine Series, and Resident Evil 2 Remake.

Great IPS Monitor not just for gaming, but for overall content consumption. I’ll start by comparing this to the close second I almost ended up with:I was stuck between this and the Samsung Odyssey G7. Basically a high quality VA vs a high quality IPS. What the G7 has that the PG329Q doesn’t is 240hz, and better contrast, plus the curve if your into that. I ended up not going with a high end VA because of the QC issues Samsung has been having, plus the fact they only warranty their product for 1 year, vs Asus who has a 3 year (which includes a warranty of less than 3+ bright dots and 5+ for black dots, which I think is decent), along with the black smearing concerns and poor viewing angles. Samsung has mitigated the black smearing to some extent (its better than almost any other monitor with a VA panel on the market), but it is still present at 240hz. To eliminate the black smearing entirely on their G7, you must reduce the refresh rate to 165hz, which kind of defeats the selling point of that monitor. (There or more reviews online if you want to learn more about the specific pixel response times of the G7). I’ve tried VA and IPS panels before, and I consider black smearing to be really unpleasant, that specific thing ended up being more important to me than better contrast.About the PG329Q, my unit came great out of the box and I couldn’t find any dead pixels. Setup was easy and straightforward:REFRESH RATE: 9/10. The refresh rate of 165hz (oc’d to 175 in the OSD), at this price point is great. It won’t get up there in the 240 hz range with its TN and VA counterparts, but it provides a great experience overall. (There is a 240hz version of this monitor that will be released next year, though I am unsure of the penalties this will result in picture quality, price, etc…)PIXEL RESPONSE: 9/10. I settled on the 4/5 overdrive setting in the OSD. 5/5 resulted in overshoot and artifacts, and feels like that is only there so they can claim the 1ms response time. I do not have special tools to measure the response time, and am basing my opinion based off of my own experience in games and the UFO test. At 4/5 the transitions look very good, and I couldn’t notice any significant overshoot.ELMB w/ sync: 10/10. What Asus has done here is incredible with their ELMB (with gsync!). Double imaging was only present on very quick movements on the desktop, and it is so subtle I leave it on, even while I’m not gaming. The brightness was still very good for me with it on, as it does decrease brightness by maybe 25-35%. The benefits in game took me by surprise, it really does look quite good. It makes a 80 FPS experience feel like a 160 FPS experience.COLORS: 9/10. Absolutely fantastic colors, and the monitor comes pre calibrated from the factory. They even provide the calibration profile and the color space it covers. I am no professional, but I was very pleased with it. I was disappointed it doesn’t do true 10 bit. It does 8 bit color with +2 provided with GPU dithering. But the colors provided to the end user are great for a layman such as myself.CONTRAST: 7/10. It feels good for an IPS, not at VA levels of contrast however, and the blacks do feel a bit grey at times in dark scenes. So as I said before, good for an IPS panel, but its nothing to write home about.IPS GLOW/BACKLIGHT BLEED: 10/10. For my unit it was great. I had no issues with bleed, and the IPS glow is low.VIEWING ANGLES: 8/10. Good viewing angles, but at about 35-45 degrees they begin looking a little washed out.ERGONOMICS: 8/10. Height, tilt and swivel work great. I was disappointed it didn’t come with rotation as well.HDR: 6.5/10. This isn’t going to impress any HDR junkies out there but its nice to have. The peak brightness (for flashes and explosions was bright enough to make me flinch) was really great, but being edge lit it isn’t going to give an OLED HDR experience, so go into it understanding that. It’s a nice perk, and did surprise me with it’s capabilities, though limited.INPUT LAG: 10/10. From my love of playing twitch games, I can say that from the seat it felt incredibly responsive. No complaints here.CONNECTIVITY: 8/10. Only complaint is that the DisplayPort is 1.2a+ and not 1.4. Not a huge deal as it doesn’t really need more than that, but it’s worth mentioning.Given its price point, advertised performance and specs, I am really happy with it overall and plan on keeping it as my main monitor. 5/5 stars. The unboxing experience and materials provided were great, and the monitor and stand itself feels extremely solid. The “gamer” aesthetic on the back may be polarizing for some but it’s on the back so I don’t really mind.