Customer Ratings & Reviews

Setup: Unboxing and assembling the panel onto the stand is straightforward and tool-free. ASUS includes a factory color precalibration report in the box for added peace of mind, along with high-quality DisplayPort and HDMI cables so you do not need to purchase separate cords. Installing the ASUS OLED Care companion software is quick and provides full control over panel maintenance and display profiles. For ports, rear connections are easily accessible, though at this price point, sticking strictly with USB-A rather than including a modern USB-C port is a noticeable omission. The external power supply brick is also quite bulky and requires thoughtful cable routing to keep your desk area clean. Use: The visual presentation on this QHD panel is remarkable. The anti-glare treatment still has a somewhat glossy look to it, but the screen gets so bright that it completely negates reflection issues during active use. Another noticeable leap over earlier OLED technology is how it handles dark scenes. Previous displays often produced a distracting purplish tint under ambient light or bright highlights, but this screen holds pure, deep blacks with infinite contrast and zero haloing. Around back, the translucent casing adds a subtle, modern style that looks great on an open desk. When gaming at native resolution, the monitor delivered an awesome, fully immersive visual experience with virtually no display drawbacks, other than strongly incentivizing me to upgrade my graphics card. The anti-flicker feature worked exceptionally well during gameplay, eliminating distracting brightness shifts without having to disable variable refresh rate (VRR). In fast-paced FPS titles, tactical features like the AI crosshair and Dynamic Shadow Boost offered genuine utility, making it far easier to track targets in darker scenes. Pushing the limits of my system up to around 350 fps at 1440p provided buttery smooth motion with zero perceptible delay or input lag. However, hitting those numbers required dialing down visual detail and graphic presets strictly to favor performance. In practice, I did not feel any meaningful competitive advantage once climbing past 240 fps. For the investment, having a 4K resolution option would have provided a much more noticeable upgrade than pushing refresh rates into the stratosphere, especially since the jump beyond 240Hz was imperceptible in real-world play. Still, having that headroom ensures the display will not hold you back as your graphics hardware evolves over the next year or two. On the software side, the OLED Care tools are genuinely useful. The proximity sensor works reliably to put the display to sleep whenever you step away, providing effortless panel protection. The software also features an AI auto-tuning option that switches visual profiles on the fly between office, cinema, and gaming modes. While it is an impressive concept, the automatic shifts felt a bit too drastic during mixed desktop use, so leaving it disabled worked best for my setup. The main physical drawback remains the included stand, which features a very deep footprint that eats into valuable mouse space on shallower desks. Pros: • Deep blacks without purple tint • High brightness overcomes glare reflections • Effective anti-flicker with VRR enabled • Useful AI crosshair and shadow boost • Automated proximity sensor screen protection Cons: • QHD instead of 4K resolution • Bulky external power adapter brick • Stand footprint takes significant depth • Lacks modern USB-C port connectivity • Diminishing returns beyond 240 frames Summary: This improves upon what was already a great monitor, offering incredible contrast, top-tier motion clarity, and practical FPS tools with plenty of headroom so you will not have to replace your screen anytime soon. However, at this price tier, a 4K resolution upgrade would have delivered far more tangible visual value than chasing refresh rates beyond 240Hz.

Asus delivered an amazing monitor here, 1440p, blazingly high refresh rate capabilities, and a respectable size to work with. I've become far more used to using ultrawide monitors as of late so going back to normal wide screen took a moment to get used to again but paired up with a machine that can push high framerates this is an amazing experience. You do however need to remember to turn on performance mode to be able to get the full 500hz on this monitor, mine shipped in power saving mode which limits the refresh rate to 240hz. That said, it takes a trained eye to spot the difference and be able to reliably tell the difference between the two. So for most people you probably don't NEED a 500hz monitor. But the higher you can push your framerate the lower your latency will feel when you're trying to click heads and take home the win. There are plenty of controls in the built in settings and its ability to also be controlled with Asus's software on your machine give it a nice edge over other monitors weather it just be simple things like syncing up all your lighting together with Asus' Aura sync to make sure all your fancy RGB lighting works together, or just have it automatically switch display modes based on what apps or game you are running. I appreciate the fact that the monitor can fully rotate to put the display at 90 degrees on its included stand, this gives lot of options, I love me some older arcade games and this lets me flip the screen and desktop orientation to full screen those games and really enjoy them with the crisp OLED panel this thing has. They also included Vesa Mount, I will be putting this on my monitor arm soon to replace the old 23" Monitor I normally use as a secondary alongside my Ultrawide. It's an amazing monitor, and I will probably make this my new Primary monitor, but for productivity I still won't be getting rid of my ultrawide crazy high refresh rates just can't replace that extra screen space for me. I'd recommend this to a gamer who's really looking to start minimaxing their setup for those extra little advantages when it's come to the point where your setup is the part that's holding you back. It's not going to be the difference between being good or bad, your skill is whats really the most important, but it's enough to give you a little extra edge over your opponants running on120hz monitors.

This monitor is very solid and you are definitely getting what you paid for in a fantastic way. First of all, the build quality is very premium. The stand feels metallic and as far as I know, it is. It feels very sturdy. The monitor itself does have this plastic back panel that is transparent. It looks good but the plastic doesn't feel super sturdy. The monitor screen itself seems to be solidly built though. The visual quality of this monitor is fantastic and maybe one of the best I've ever used. The refresh rate is lightning fast and so is the response rate. I have a fast gaming PC and it's barely pushing the limits of this monitor. The colors are vibrant and the adaptive refresh rate and adaptive sync rates helps keep it looking smooth during fast gameplays. Watching movies on this looks amazing but playing fast, competitive games on this makes it feel like you have a competitive edge. Playing immersive single player games on this looks absolutely amazing. It doesn't really have true RGB lighting though, the ROG logo just glows red in the front and it illuminates the ROG logo downwards as well and some other accent lightings on the stand itself. You have the option to change what gets illuminated downwards though since ASUS provided a couple of options. The back of the monitor does have the ROG logo going through a rainbow LED setting. To allow for ease of customization, you will have to set it up through the ASUS DisplayWidget Center application otherwise, you'll have to mess with the tiny button behind the monitor sensor at the front.