ASUS TUF Gaming 27 2K HDR Gaming Monitor (VG27AQ) - QHD (2560 x 1440), 165Hz (Supports 144Hz), 1ms, Extreme Low Motion Blur, Speaker, G-SYNC Compatible, VESA Mountable, DisplayPort, HDMI ,Black

This has solid colors and good viewing angles for a TN panel. I would definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a 2K HDR monitor on a budget. My one complaint is that the included DisplayPort cable is very cheap and flimsy. It died on me within a week.

I just received this VG27AQL1A monitor yesterday along with the VG27WQ. Normally i fiddle with monitors for at least a week before writing a review. I just read the rtings review and I am shocked. They state that this monitor VG27AQL1A is color accurate?!. They should say in “racing mode it is quite color accurate compared to other gaming monitors, but is not nearly as accurate as a professional monitor”. It’s true their icc profile did help somewhat. Some colors are accurate whilst others are not. This monitor has an sRGB mode, but it’s not accurate, and there’s no way to change any settings. You either agree with the Asus factory imposed preset color, or you don’t. There are other color modes on this monitor, but they are a saturated mess of psychedelic garbage. To see anything remotely similar, you would have to take a long hike in the woods in search of spiritual discovery and consume large quantities of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Or take a vacation to Texas in search of extreme visual images provoked by ingesting by a cactus. I do not have fancy calibration equipment, but I do have a few weapons in my arsenal. 1. On the right and left of this monitor are two 32” professional monitors, the Asus pro art series. Both these are perfectly calibrated, show real-life color, perfect blacks. They are however only 75hz. A tad choppy in Pubg. 2. I have a high-end top-notch photography studio. I import RAW files into photoshop. Been using photoshop since 1990, and have been using all forms of Pantone reference color libraries way before that. 3. I have luxury fashion items, bags specifically, they are mainly made of leather and PU leathers. They vary widely in color. From Black to white, and any color in between. 4. The studio uses daylight mode, and all photos are taken with strobe lights. Both Asus pro art monitors show the bag color exactly as it is seen in real life, same exact color. I may tweak the brightness ever so slightly, and apply a light sharpening, but that is it. I then, pull up the bag image on all three monitors including the VG27AQL1A, and some of the colors are not the same. Some of the red tones, blue to purple tones and light lime green colors are not the same, somewhat close, but not the same as Srgb. Most of the brownish colors including blacks are accurate. I did try both the Dell monitors Dell S3220DGF and DELL S2721DGF, and kept them for 2 weeks trying to tweak colors as close to Srgb as possible but gave up. I did enjoy playing with the 32”, as smooth as butter, a huge improvement over 75hz. I look forward to playing with this VG27AQL1A, but have to get color right first. I’m totally anal when it comes to color. Colors are like numbers; they do not lie. I will update this review when I have played a few hours. I have not yet watched a movie with this monitor but I suspect dark scenes will be a problem. I have not checked the HDR quality yet, both the Dells were very good with HDR. I have not yet tried to calibrate the VG27WQ. Will do this over the weekend so as to compare. Update 10/21. I maintain that some of the colors are slightly off compared to a professional monitor. Most of the colors are accurate. This thing is a pleasure to play on. I mainly play FPS games and use both 1440p and 1080p (1080p is windowed). I have a 2070 GTX which is hugely overclockable up to 2100hz. Very smooth monitor, but not very immersive for a 27. Hdr is quite pathetic, but thats not Asus fault. Hdr 400 in general is pathetic. 1000 times better on a tv. When are they going to make a proper color monitor at 144hz, that we can both do production work and game at the same time? The Oled 48 is my next target...but then I have to buy a 3080...Its a never ending battle. I have still not seen movies on this monitor and shall update soon. This is one of the best 27 I have seen to date!

Got this to replace an ultra wide LG monitor which broke while mounting it on a monitor stand. So far I like it, the picture is nice and clear and the performances are pretty good. Tried it with console and with computer games and it perform great. One caveat: be sure if you use windows, to go in the control panel and then set the output of the video card to the correct resolution (1440p, not 1080p), since if you set the monitor to a different resolution from the native one, the graphics will look quite bad. And you have to change the frequency of refresh by hand too; otherwise the monitor is used in 60Hz mode, which is quite bad. You can push it up to 144Hz refresh rate, and you will notice the difference immediately. As far as negatives; there are a couple: first of all the horrible Asus monitor interface; there are different buttons and not a dedicate button for switching port; you need to go in the menu to switch port (which is something you could do on the LG in a single touch), and there are no dedicated volume and mute options, which on my old LG would be performed by touching the nipple left and right for volume and down for mute the monitor. Sadly all Asus monitors use this very restrictive interface (I have 3 asus monitors of different price range and they all use the same interface). Last but not least, the ports are at an angle; not a big deal but if you try to reach them from the front; you have to get used to the fact that they are not facing down but at an angle.

Love it, wish I went with larger or even 2nd one. Only cons are Do Not even consider the speaker existent. The speaker is butt.

Great 1440p Monitor, perfect 165hz for Next Gen Consoles and PC gaming, 1ms refresh rate, and Free-Sync and G-sync compatible. Horrible Speakers Though.

I do NOT use g-sync, elmb sync, ASCR, or any other fancy stuff on this monitor. They all drop your frame rate and feel slow. I play Insurgency, Arma 3, and warzone maxed out graphic settings. Warzone still looks like garb, but its not the monitors fault. This monitor is crazy nice. Buy this or the 4k one. The 165hz refresh rate DOES work at 2K. The actual DP input is only 1.2. Displayport and hdmi cord included but I ended up getting a DP 1.4 13 footer (accell). I have a decent 3080 setup, and Ive been using a 60hz tv or Valve index for displays. This monitor changed everything. I sucked before now Im cracked at fortnite (no cap)

TL;DR: If you are using both DisplayPort + HDMI cables at the same time, please check if you are getting the highest 170Hz for the DisplayPort if you care about that -- you might not be, mine was capped at 120Hz instead. Turning off the HDMI source worked for me. There seems to be a MAJOR bug with display switching/refresh rates: I am using this for both my PC (DisplayPort cable) and the PS5 (the HDMI cable provided with it which should be a upscaled 1080p/60Hz output). For a couple of days, I had a feeling something was off with CSGO -- but was not sure exactly what. It turns out that the refresh rate for my PCs screen had been capped at 120 Hz probably due to the HDMI/PS5 plugged in. When I turned off the PS5, it resets back to 170Hz for the PC as advertised. In game, this wasnt something I noticed immediately -- but I DID think something was off and I was slower in some clutch situations... This is not as easy to notice as e.g. 60Hz to 120Hz -- but I think it affects gameplay. This is a good monitor otherwise, just be aware it might have these limitations/quirks... updated my rating to 4 stars instead of 5. Original monitor review: Received the monitor the following day, no issues/dead pixels here (knock on wood). Its true, 170/144+Hz changes everything! I am upgrading from a 60 Hz TN panel, so this feels great to me and it was exactly what I was looking for in a new monitor. If the price gets discounted by $50-ish at any point, I think this would be an amazing deal. If youre getting this for CSGO, this bad boy reduced my reaction time from 200-220ms on human benchmark site down to 180ms consistently. Delivery review: The item was marked as delivered, even though it wasnt. I checked the delivery areas for the apartment a few times in a panic, worried that someone else had collected it before I could (even though I checked within <10mins of the status update). Customer support was very helpful when I called them, and said there has been a delivery error/issue, and that the package is still to be delivered (although my order history still says it has been delivered, I am told they cannot update this). I have never had any issues with Amazon deliveries in the past, so this has been a pretty bad experience. I am told it will be delivered within the next couple of days, I will update this review if/when I receive it.

Had 2 asus monitors. Had this one and the 28 inch 4k 60hz version. This monitor performed and looked better in some games than the 4k did. The 4k did beat this monitor in streaming quality and color matching in some games and streaming services. At the end of the day this monitor is still amazing and I still mainly use it on console cause you cant beat the quality and performance of it.

I had an Acer 32 curved gaming monitor before this one. This flat panel is 32 inches. So Im not sure how I feel about it yet. The ELMB mode is pretty cool (less motion blur). I would give it an 8/10!

Visual quality is great. My main gripe is that the audio from this monitor has to be the absolute quietest I have ever experienced. I dont recommend getting this without also getting a secondary audio device.