Customer Ratings & Reviews

OK, I am struggling to do this on a Chromebook. LOL Monitor was well packed. Worked out of the box. Not dead or stuck on pixels. Picture filled the screen. Two adjustable angles for the stand. Tested all refresh rates and all worked. HDMI was truncated as usual for some refresh rates and resolutions. DP worked very well on 3 different machines. Used USB C on two of the test beds. As usual 60 was the max I could play some high end games like Flight Simulator. Everyday use I was able to go up to 165. Has the feel of a quality unit. Nice non UHD monitor. I will attempt to add photos and specs. ASUS specifications: Display Panel Size (inch) : 27 Aspect Ratio : 16:9 Display Viewing Area (H x V) : 597.888 x 336.312 mm Display Surface : Non-Glare Backlight Type : LED Panel Type : IPS Viewing Angle (CR≧10, H/V) : 178°/ 178° Pixel Pitch : 0.311mm Resolution : 1920x1080 Brightness (Typ.) : 250cd/㎡ Contrast Ratio (Typ.) : 1000:1 ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio (ASCR) : 100000000:1 Display Colors : 16.7M Response Time : 1ms MPRT Refresh Rate (Max) : 165Hz Flicker-free : Yes Video Feature Trace Free Technology : Yes GameVisual : Yes Color Temp. Selection : Yes(4 modes) Networking / IoT / Servers Accessories Support Register GamePlus : Yes HDCP : Yes Extreme Low Motion Blur : Yes VRR Technology : FreeSync™ Premium GameFast Input technology : Yes Low Blue Light : Yes Audio Feature Speaker : Yes(2Wx2) I/O Ports DisplayPort 1.2 x 1 HDMI(v1.4) x 2 Earphone Jack : Yes Signal Frequency Digital Signal Frequency : DisplayPort: 52~184KHz (H) / 48~165 Hz (V) HDMI: 52~184 KHz (H) / 48~144Hz (V) Power Consumption Power Consumption : <16W* Power Saving Mode : <0.5W Power Off Mode : <0.5W Voltage : 100-240V, 50/60Hz Mechanical Design Tilt : Yes (+20° ~ -5°) Swivel : Yes (+16° ~ -16°) Height Adjustment : No VESA Wall Mounting : 100x100mm Kensington Lock : Yes Tripod Socket : Yes Feedback Dimensions (Esti.) Phys. Dimension with Stand (W x H x D) : 614.9 x 454.34 x 213.79 mm Phys. Dimension without Stand (W x H x D) : 614.09 x 364 x 56.95 mm Box Dimension (W x H x D) : 680 x 525 x 171 mm Weight (Esti.) Net Weight with Stand : 4.4 Kg Net Weight without Stand : 3.4 Kg Gross Weight : 7.4 Kg Accessories (varies by region) DisplayPort cable HDMI cable Power adapter Quick start guide Warranty Card Certificate TÜV Flicker-free TÜV Low Blue Light

This was a huge upgrade from my samsung 24in wide monitor that was a hand me down. I love the quality, settings and the gaming mode along with the built in speakers which the BB salesguy told me it didnt have. I get easy 120fps. Got it on sale at a price i was happy with. I looked everywhere and did my research on about 50 monitors before i got this one. Did need a little tweaking out of box but nothing major. This was a great buy.

BOTTOM LINE: The TUF adaptive-sync gaming monitor raises the value proposition for budget-savvy consumers by offering excellent PQ with fairly extensive image adjustment options, as well as a healthy array of gaming-related features including FreeSync Premium, G-Sync, ELMB, & console-friendly inputs with stereo speakers all on the same panel. Users should find out-of-the-box PQ excellent though color accuracy is just a tad off--I suspect most people will probably find something they like in one of the several available presets, but just a few small adjustments elevated image quality substantially. Style is a suitably "gamerish" yet still professional-looking aesthetic with sharp angles, limited bezels, & geometric control cutouts (on the back); however, the budget-oriented price means no additional gamer-centric flourishes like headphone hangers, RGB lighting, or built-in USB hubs. DESIGN & PRESENTATION: Unboxing was a bit more of a chore than I would have expected because the handhold cutout flaps in the sides of the box face downward into the foam rather than upwards--this means that trying to remove the shipping foam from the carton doesn't flatten the cardboard cutout flaps, it drives them deeper into the foam cushioning; I believe one person mentioned they had to destroy the sides of the box just to get the monitor out! However, once freed from its cardboard prison, the user is presented with fairly minimal assembly demands. The base features textured rubber feet w/rows of raised nubs--I thought maybe they were Velcro tabs, but they are rubberized, & in practice they keep the monitor from damaging & sliding around on my very slick office desktop. A single thumbscrew at the bottom of the base is all that is required to secure the wide V-shaped base into the support arm. The vertical support features a handy rectangular cutout for cable management. There is a power-brick, but it is mercifully small--about the size of a modern USB-C laptop charger. The bezel is fairly thin along the top & sides with just enough height in the bottom bezel for a tasteful "ASUS" logo; no other branding/printing is visible from the front making for a streamlined & uncluttered look. The stand offers side-to-side swivel & vertical tilt, but no height adjustment, nor does it rotate so you cannot use the TUF in portrait mode. There is no VESA mounting plate on the back to use with other desk or wall mounts. Tabletop real-estate is minimal; the entire stand is only 8.5" front to back; the legs extend beyond the front of the panel by only 3" while the rear extends about 4.5" beyond the back of the panel--this is a welcome change from the hugely over-engineered stand on my Alienware panel that requires nearly a foot of clearance from the back of the monitor. Connectivity includes a headphone jack, one DisplayPort, & two HDMI connections. Two incredibly small cutouts along the bottom edge mark the locations of the internal speakers while a single LED on the bottom lower-right of the monitor indicates power & signal status. Strangely, the controls are set back a bit from the right edge so that you have to reach around just slightly to the back of the monitor in order to hit one of the four large trapezoidal buttons (controlling Exit, GamePlus, GameVisual, & Power functions) & the irritatingly small 4-way joystick/menu button stalk. A few dimly printed button icons line the side of the monitor's frame to suggest which button/control does what, but in practice you can't see them from the front & kind of have to navigate by feel anyway. It doesn't work all that smoothly in practice because you can't really tell where you're reaching until you start finding some of the buttons & then hope you aren't accidentally pressing the wrong one (which happened to me A LOT)...thankfully, once you do hit one of the controls, an on-screen display pops up corresponding to the general location of the buttons behind the monitor's frame so you can adjust your finger position accordingly. OPERATION, PQ & PERFORMANCE My main monitor is a 35" curved ultrawide, but it's a monitor only--using the TUF made me remember just how nice it is to have a monitor with built-in speakers, especially for browsing webpages or accommodating some light background music. But don't plan on hearing anything from more than a foot away or playing games/movies with complex soundtracks or subtle sound cues because the speakers simply don't have any oomph at all. My Win11 PC recognized the max refresh rate & G-Sync compatibility right away--I was mousing in Windows at 165Hz & gaming was blissfully, buttery smooth. I was curious about ELMB as I had never used it before, so I turned off FreeSync at the panel & deactivated G-Sync in Windows, then activated ELMB from the panel's menu. Supposedly, the backlight will strobe between screen refreshes to reduce motion blur, but the panel immediately took a nose-dive in brightness once ELMB activated & the function apparently only works at fixed refresh rates. I much prefer a more brilliant picture & appreciate smoother motion even when framerates start to drop below fixed refresh (or vary wildly), so I kept this function turned off--YMMV. I found the little 4-way navigational joystick on the back a bit difficult to locate in the blind & to press inward as a menu "button" too (especially compared to the four other gigantic buttons on the back); but once you finally bring up the main OSD, the joystick does let you navigate intuitively (up/down/left/right) through sub-menus & adjustment options rather than limiting you to just two controls & then constantly having to press an enter, exit, or back button to move between functions. The main "Gaming" menu includes settings for panel overdrive, turning FreeSync & ELMB on & off, activating GamePlus features (onscreen crosshairs, timers, an FPS counter that seemed locked to screen refresh & nothing else, & DisplayAlignment for multi-monitor setup), GameVisual (color profiles), & a 3-level ShadowBoost function that progressively blows out contrast & shadow detail to help illuminate dark/hidden game objects/features. In addition to control over sharpness (VividPixel), a dynamic contrast setting that I ended up leaving alone (ASCR), and a Blue Light Filter that reduces emitted blue light emissions, ASUS offers 7 color presets, though none were quite ideal/hit near 6500K neutral right out of the box. Note that some PQ adjustments are unavailable depending on the profile. For example, ShadowBoost is unavailable in "Scenery" & "Cinema"; Saturation & ASCR are disabled in "Racing"; sRGB defeats Saturation, Skin Tone, Color Temp, Brightness, Contrast & ASCR, etc. NOTE--if you want to make color/PQ adjustments on this panel & still have the maximum number of picture controls & functions available, use either the "RTS/RPG" or "FPS" presets & customize/tweak from there. That said, only minor adjustments to color settings (my calibration was R-100, G-94, B-93) at the default 100% brightness & 80% contrast produced a PERFECT 6500K color temp at 154.6 cd/m^2--I have never before hit exactly 6500K in a consumer monitor & the results were definitely stellar! Of all the other presets, "sRGB" came closest to ideal at 6728K with just a slight cut in red & very slight boost in green, but brightness & contrast were locked & produced a significantly dimmer image overall. The other presets seemed pretty reasonable, with color temps ranging from 6750-6900K, and almost all featuring a slight cut in reds plus slight boosts in either blues or greens...I imagine most people will hang out in one of those presets. However, "Cinema" produced a DEEP cut in reds and a HUGE boost in blues producing a rather unnatural-looking picture with a color temp of 8726K. The "MOBA" preset actually removed all blue elements from the image entirely (I'm guessing that helps/makes sense to MOBA players???). There is probably just enough here to slightly intimidate anyone with a plug-and-play mentality or who just wants to set-it-and-forget-it without investing a bunch of time ambling through menus & sub-menus to achieve ideal PQ; but I appreciated the flexibility & deep customization options.

At the price point you can not ask for a better product. The speakers are great the screen does not flicker the refresh rate is awesome. I have had a great time using this.

Best gaming monitor for the price ! This 165 hz monitor is perfect for beginners , built in speakers and comes with hdmi and display port ! Highly recommend

Worth the Price for 165hz, beats most competitors for the same price at only 120hz although the stands stick out a bit long.

Amazing picture and options for display inputs, also the refresh rate is the best for your money

i love this monitor which has such a good refresh rate!!

Great looking monitor with a great refresh rate. Not too bad for the price. ‘Nuff said.

I bought this monitor with the intention of using it for gaming, but I also wanted to see if it would handle my design programs: it could not. If gaming is what you'd be using this monitor for primarily, then this monitor does very well. It has a very good refresh rate, has good connection between consoles (with many ports), and I love the crosshairs they have. If gaming is just a side hobby, and you also do a lot of design, you'd be better off going with a different monitor. One of the only hangups I have with this monitor is how green heavy this monitor is, even after calibration. The monitor is also dimmer than my laptop at the highest brightness. #ffec30 is a golden yellow color on my laptop, while it is almost a pure yellow (#fcff30) on my Asus. While most people will not be bothered by the minute inaccuracies in color, it adds a lot of extra time when I'm constantly switching between two monitors that are running the same color profile but have wildly different expressions in color. If you're not interested in design or color accuracy, do get this monitor, it's really good! My partner now uses it for his gaming, and he has no complaints.

Fast and clear!! Great monitor for gaming. With the super fast refresh rate this thing helps my pc run smoothly

Image quality and refresh rate are superb. The ips really brings out the magic in the picture, especially for gaming!

Perfect for my gaming setup! Great refresh rate. Love bezel. Love it! Beautiful!

Bought this for my son and he likes the brightness and refresh rate compared to a large screen tv.

amazing display and very fast refresh rate, got this as a second monitor and works great

Great monitor even though it's only 1080p. Refresh rate is great for motion (games, etc), but you need to use Display Port to get the most out of it.

Great monitor! Super fast refresh rate. No motion blur at all.

It’s a very good monitor. And I really like it it’s perfect size for gaming and the 165 hz is fast and smooth

This Monitor has great crystal clear image, and its refresh right is amazing.

The picture is amazing, so may modes to put it at 165hz is really nice overall great monitor!