Why ASUS? The Taiwan-founded tech brand has been producing a wide range of electronics since 1989 – PCs, laptops, components, peripherals and so on… But the company’s brilliant monitors have also furthered its international reputation. While the output is primarily designed for gaming, there are also models available at various price points which cover off home or office use.
In this article we’ll be taking a quick look at three key things you should consider when choosing a monitor. But first we’re recommending five great monitors from ASUS – whether you’re a regular office or home worker, a creative or a gamer…
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ASUS VZ279HE Eye Care 27″ Monitor
- 1920 x 1080 Full HD
- HDMI & VGA
- 60Hz / 5ms Response Time
- Panel Type: IPS
- Frameless design
The ultra-slim profile of the ASUS VZ279Q measures a mere 7mm at its thinnest point. The frameless design makes it perfect for almost-seamless multi-display setups that give you an even greater degree of immersion. An advanced high-performance IPS panel gives you an astonishing 80,000,000:1 contrast ratio and wide 178° viewing angles. In addition, ASUS Eye Care technology ensures a comfortable viewing experience, and you can easily access its four different blue light filters via a hotkey.
ASUS VG27VH1B 27″ Curved Full HD 165hz 1ms Gaming Monitor
- 1920 x 1080 Full HD
- HDMI & VGA
- 165Hz / 1ms Response Time
- Panel Type: VA
- FreeSync
With a Full HD display and ultrafast 165Hz refresh rate the ASUS VG27VH1B curved monitor is designed for professional gamers or those seeking truly immersive gameplay. The refresh rate ensures that even fast-paced games played at the highest visual settings look buttery smooth and lag free. The screen’s curve delivers stunning visuals from all angles up to 178°.
ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QN 24.5″ eSports NVIDIA G-SYNC Gaming Monitor
- 1920 x 1080 Full HD
- DisplayPort & HDMI
- 360hz / 1ms Response Time
- Panel Type: IPS
The ROG Swift PG259QN is the perfect gaming monitor for esports and high- octane action games. The Full HD display features a Fast IPS panel with an up to 360Hz refresh rate, 1ms gray-to-gray response time and NVIDIA G-SYNC processor for silky-smooth gameplay and ultra-realistic visuals.
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ASUS XG27AQM ROG Strix 27″ WQHD 270Hz G-SYNC Compatible 0.5ms Gaming Monitor
- 2560×1440 WQHD
- HDMI & DisplayPort
- 270Hz (OC Mode) / 0.5ms Response Time
- Panel Type: IPS
- Dying Light & Dying Light II Game Bundle
ASUS Fast IPS Display on the XG27AQM allows the display’s liquid crystal elements to switch up to 8x faster than conventional IPS panels for improved response. With a 0.5ms gray-to-gray response time, smearing and motion blur are virtually eliminated. The 270Hz refresh rate gives amazingly fluid gaming visuals.
ASUS ProArt PA148CTV 14” Full HD IPS Touchscreen Monitor
- 1920 x 1080 Full HD (1080p)
- Micro HDMI & 2 x USB-C
- 60 Hz / 5ms Response Time
- Panel Type: IPS
- Touchscreen
A specialist monitor for creatives, the ASUS ProArt PA148CTV is a 14-inch Full HD portable monitor with an anti-glare IPS panel enabling wide viewing angles with minimal colour shift, even when viewed from off-centre positions. The ASUS-exclusive ProArt presets provide multiple modes for quick colour-gamut adjustment – whether you’re grading colours, editing videos or manipulating photographs and digital imagery.
What to look for in a monitor
In terms of their monitors, ASUS are particularly known for those which are geared towards gaming. Although there are several models available which are perfect for ‘standard’ requirements such as the home or office, we’re going to focus briefly here on three key things you should look out for when choosing a gaming monitor. That’s the ‘Three Rs’: Resolution, Refresh Rate and Response Time…
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Resolution
More detail and clarity is what game developers have been engineering towards for years, striving to make sure that the action on screen is as good as it can be. There’s no doubting that today’s titles are incredible on all fronts – particularly visually – so it follows that there’s little point in playing them on an old monitor with no more than standard definition capability. You’d be doing yourself a disservice in terms of your enjoyment, and you really won’t get the best out of your potential gameplay. In some cases the games may not even run correctly as older monitors won’t be able to handle the required specifications.
The higher the resolution the better the image you see on the screen will be. Gaming monitors are available in resolutions of 1080p (Full HD), 1440p (QHD/2K) or 2160p (UHD/4K). It might be tempting to go straight for a 4K monitor, but it’s not always going to be the case that this will be suitable. You should consider the set-up of your PC’s components, and whether there are any configurations or limitations which might preclude opting for something as powerful as UHD – but it’s also important to note that scale is a factor. You won’t actually notice much difference between Full HD and 4K on small to mid-size monitors. 4K comes into its own on much larger monitors, where the huge increase in pixels is much more noticeable.
Refresh Rate
This is a very important spec as it indicates how many frames per second are displayed – in other words, the ‘refresh rate’ translates as how many times the monitor refreshes the on-screen image per second. It is measured in Hz (Hertz). It can have quite a bearing on your gameplay.
A monitor with a 60Hz refresh rate, for instance, means that the screen is refreshed 60 times per second. This is a decent enough refresh rate but for today’s high octane gaming titles with more demanding performance requirements, it may not be enough. You may need to go for something higher – 120Hz, 144Hz, 165Hz etc… Monitors with these levels of refresh rate will not only have reduced image blur but they should eliminate tearing (the monitor displaying sections of multiple frames in a single screen draw).
Response Time
Response time refers to how long a monitor needs to turn an individual pixel from one colour to another. The faster the better, as this means smoother display – so in terms of the specs, the lower the number the better. Pixel response time is measured in milliseconds (ms) and a 1ms response time is the best available, though you will find that the difference between that and, say, 5ms is barely noticeable to the human eye.
ASUS Monitors
As we said at the start, ASUS produce many different monitors, including an array of gaming monitors which are designed to enhance your entire gaming experience. Why not check out one of our recommendations (above) or explore many more at our website.
