Standing screen display size | 27 Inches |
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Screen Resolution | 2560x1440 |
Max Screen Resolution | 2560 x 1440 Pixels |
Processor | 68000 |
Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 1 |
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ASUS MG278Q 27" QHD 1440p 144Hz 1ms Eye Care G-SYNC compatible FreeSync Gaming Monitor with dual HDMI DP DVI
Screen Size | 27 Inches |
Display Resolution Maximum | 2560 x 1440 Pixels |
Brand | ASUS |
Special Feature | Height Adjustment, Blue Light Filter, Flicker-Free |
Refresh Rate | 144 Hz |
About this item
- ASUS Eye care technology with TUV certified Flicker free and Blue Light Filter for less Eye fatigue; Ergonomically-designed stand with Tilt,Swivel,Pivot,Height adjustment plus wall-mount capability for comfortable viewing position
- Designed ergonomically to allow swivel and height adjustments for a comfortable viewing position
- Ultra-low Blue Light Technology, flicker-free, gamevisual Crosshair and provide a comfortable gaming experience
- Asus Eye Care technology makes marathons even easier, reducing eyestrain and other eye ailments with TUV Rhineland-certified Blue light filter and flicker-free backlighting
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For gaming | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Picture quality | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Screen quality | 4.5 | — | 3.7 | — | 4.1 | 4.1 |
Brightness | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | — | — |
Value for money | — | 4.5 | 4.1 | — | 4.0 | 4.0 |
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display size | 27 inches | 27 inches | 27 inches | 27 inches | 27 inches | 27 inches |
resolution | QHD Wide 1440p | QHD Ultra Wide 1440p | QHD Wide 1440p | FHD 1080p | QHD Wide 1440p | FHD 1080p |
display technology | LED | LCD | LCD | — | LCD | LCD |
hardware interface | hdmi | hdmi, displayport | hdmi | hdmi, displayport | hdmi, displayport, 3 5 mm audio | hdmi, displayport |
viewing angle | 170 degrees | 178 degrees | 178 degrees | — | — | — |
mounting type | VESA Compatibility - Mountable: 100 x 100 mm | Wall Mount | Wall Mount | Wall Mount | Wall Mount | Wall Mount |
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Technical Details
Brand | ASUS |
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Series | MG278Q |
Item model number | MG278Q |
Operating System | Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows 10 |
Item Weight | 16.87 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 8.9 x 29.7 x 17.8 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 8.9 x 29.7 x 17.8 inches |
Color | Black |
Number of Processors | 1 |
Hard Drive Interface | USB 3.0 |
Hard Drive Rotational Speed | 0.01 |
Voltage | 100240 Volts |
Manufacturer | ASUS Computer International Direct |
ASIN | B014X4U076 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | September 1, 2015 |
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Best Sellers Rank | #227,943 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #4,660 in Computer Monitors |
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ASUS MG278Q Gaming Monitor
ASUS MG278Q Gaming Monitor - 27" 2K WQHD (2560 x 1440), 1ms, up to 144Hz, G-Sync Compatible
27" 2560x1440 resolution display with 1ms response time and ultra-fast 144Hz refresh rate to eliminate smearing, tearing, and motion blur. ASUS Eye Care technology makes marathons even easier, reducing eyestrain and other eye ailments with a blue light filter and flicker-free backlighting
G-SYNC Compatible for a tear-free gaming experience with variable refresh rate
Flexible connectivity options with dual HDMI, DisplayPort 1.2 and DVI. Ergonomically-designed stand with full tilt, swivel, pivot, and height adjustment for comfortable viewing position
About The Display
The MG278Q Gaming Monitor is specially designed for long marathon gaming sessions. Its slim profile and super-narrow bezel makes it perfect for almost seamless multi-display setups. The MG278Q also has an ergonomically-designed stand with tilt, swivel, pivot and height adjustment so you can always find that ideal viewing position. A quick-release design lets you separate the monitor from its stand so it can be VESA wall-mounted.
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The MG278Q represents a new generation of displays, with a WQHD 2560 x 1440 panel with a pixel density of 109 pixels per inch. You get to enjoy greater image detail and more onscreen desktop space. These little details add up to help you better immerse yourself in the game. |
With a 1ms response time, ASUS MG278Q is the fastest in its class and eliminates smearing, and motion blur. This visual performance lets you react instantly to what you see onscreen, especially in fast paced games – allowing you to take corners like a pro race car driver, or get that headshot like a seasoned pro. |
With an astonishing 144Hz refresh rate, fast moving visuals pose no problem for the MG278Q, so you can say goodbye to motion blur and gain the upper hand in first person shooters, racers, real-time strategy and sports titles. MG278Q features G-SYNC Compatibility – it eliminates screen tearing and choppy frame rates to give you seamless visuals and smooth gameplay. |
ASUS MG278Q features the ASUS-exclusive GamePlus hotkey to give you in-game enhancements so you get more out of your game. The crosshair overlay with four different crosshair options lets you choose the one that best suits the game you're playing. There's also an onscreen timer you can position on the left of the display so you can keep track of the elapsed gaming time; while the FPS (frames per second) counter lets you know how smooth the game is running. |
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ASUS GameVisual Technology gives you six pre-set display modes tailored to suit different types of scenarios. This unique feature can be easily accessed through a hotkey or the On Screen Display (OSD) settings menu. |
The ASUS MG278Q has a wide selection of connectivity for WQHD output; including dual-link DVI, DisplayPort 1.2, and two HDMI ports for the high-speed gaming connectivity you expect and two USB 3.0 ports for quick battery charging for your mobile devices while gaming or even an alternative fast signal transmission for your gaming display. |
The MG278Q also comes with the ASUS Ultra Low Blue Light filters to protect you from harmful blue light. You can easily access and select four different filter settings onscreen through the OSD menu to fulfill your different scenarios. |
Flicker-Free technology reduces flicker to give you a comfortable gaming experience. This minimizes instances of eyestrain and other damaging effects when you're embroiled in long, drawn-out gaming sessions. |
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In gaming, The difference of milliseconds can mean life or death. The MG278Q allows players to focus purely on skill. A true competition level display, the MG278Q translates movements from mouse to screen flawlessly with 1ms response time and 144Hz refresh rate on a 27” Quad HD panel.
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Customers like the quality, color, and picture quality of the monitor. For example, they mention it's a great product for the price, has accurate colors, and has a smooth picture. Some appreciate the refresh rate and frame rate. That said, some complain about the brightness and backlight bleeding.
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Customers like the quality of the monitor. For example, they say it's a great all-around monitor, the best TN they've ever seen, and a nice monitor for serious gamers. The screen is fantastic and amazing, and it looks and functions like new. The base has a good height adjustment range, and is a useful monitor for gamers.
"...I also liked the design, which gave hints of a gaming computer in its design but kept it simple enough to be used in any situation...." Read more
"...Thanks to freesync at 144 hz, SC is very playable and scales nicely, but you definitely notice a fps drop when playing 2k...." Read more
"Received this monitor on Oct 1st 2015. So far it is performing very nice. I have an Asus PB278Q IPS 1440p monitor I have used up until now...." Read more
"...in USB 3.0 hub with two ports easily makes this monitor a great utility monitor for gamers that do everything at their desk and only need or can..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the color of the monitor. They mention that the colors still look fantastic, it's the best looking TN display they have owned, and it has a spectacular picture. The graphics are also great, and the racing mode has very accurate colors. The color accuracy for photography and video editing is stellar.
"...I tested 2k resolution, and it was beautiful. No dead pixels. Beautiful, brighter colors compared to my economic monitor...." Read more
"...This is the best looking TN display I have owned, but the IPS display definitely looks better when just browsing the internet and doing things on..." Read more
"...however for general gaming and media consumption, the colors are accurate enough with very little noticeable bias towards warm or cool..." Read more
"...The colors are so bright and vivid. Most times if I'm painting something random I just set it my canvas size to 2560 x 1440 and full screen it...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the picture quality of the monitor. They mention that it has an amazing picture quality and pixel density, and is excellent for gamers. The picture is smooth and clear, and has no issues or dead pixels.
"...The 1440p resolution gives a much crisper quality picture and the increased screen real estate is great when I'm working on music or need multiple..." Read more
"...I tested 2k resolution, and it was beautiful. No dead pixels. Beautiful, brighter colors compared to my economic monitor...." Read more
"...No dead pixels no bad panel quality. I'm very happy with the product quality...." Read more
"...Now as to the monitor: It's great. So far no dead pixels...." Read more
Customers like the value of the monitor. They say it's a great product for the price, a good budget monitor, and a premium product.
"...This has to be one of the best values for an IPS 1440 144 hz monitor, and it’s 27” inches...." Read more
"...Highly recommend this monitor, best option at this price range." Read more
"...These bring that and more. Totally worth it!" Read more
"What can I say about this monitor. Its expensive, especially for a monitor using a TN panel that was released four years ago...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the refresh rate of the monitor. They mention that it has a great response time, and the FPS and response time are good for gaming. The refresh rate makes any game they play very smooth, and it lets them see their cursor better as they draw and paint. The screen is extremely responsive when moving quickly.
"...Lastly but not least, the TN panel allows for a 1ms response time, reducing motion blur and ghosting to imperceptible levels...." Read more
"...MGSV phantom pain runs noticably smoother with the freesync, as do other games...." Read more
"...This is amazing or that as well. The refresh rate lets me see my cursor better as I draw and paint with the Wacom Intous tablet...." Read more
"...Almost no input lag and no stutter or tearing." Read more
Customers like the frame rate of the monitor. They say it has a response time of 4ms IPS, and 144Hz. Some say that the monitor is excellent for gaming at 1440p with freesync. They also mention that the 144hz is nice and smooth, and that it supports 1440P by 120Hz. Overall, most are happy with the performance and recommend it for 1440 gaming.
"...other thoughts:the 144hz is nice and smooth and adaptive sync seems to work fine...." Read more
"...time, movement is noticably much crisper over my 4ms ips, 144hz and freesync are amazing with my RX580...." Read more
"...Colors are amazing, 1440p is awesome but it does suck to receive such defects... This is my third Asus monitor...." Read more
"...monitor and smooth picture for gaming on Xbox One X. This supports 1440P by 120HZ...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the backlight bleeding of the monitor. Some mention that there is very little backlight bleed, while others say that there was a crazy amount of blacklight bled all around the edges. Some customers also reported that the monitor had a large oval pattern of light bleed on the left side.
"...TL:DR, If you can get past the absolutely terrible back light bleeding, and the not so good color of this VA panel then this monitor is amazing...." Read more
"...Now as to the monitor: It's great. So far no dead pixels. Very little backlight bleed (TN panels will always have some), but it's less than my other..." Read more
"...However, I had a lack luster experience with Freesync, bleeding light around the edges of the monitor and the LED glow in the center...." Read more
"pros:haven't found any dead pixels.light bleed around the edges is not bad imho...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the brightness of the monitor. They mention that it has back light bleeding, has a horrible color shift in the bottom right corner, and has tan tint. The TN panel makes the views dark and granny on some areas. They also mention that the monitor has dead pixels and a halo effect during dim lighting.
"...You may also be distracted by the slightly off color (mostly noticeable on white/light backgrounds) when coming from a more color correct IPS monitor..." Read more
"...I had the same issue with a horrendous color shift in the bottom right corner and very noticeable back light bleeding in the top left corner and..." Read more
"...No way with this thing. Absolutely beautiful color range, great brightness, outstanding picture quality, and a rock stolid mount/stand as well...." Read more
"...It also had one bright (light blue) pixel. None of the online techniques worked to fix the dead pixels which is why I instantly returned it...." Read more
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First off, gaming on this monitor is amazing. Selecting a monitor with 144hz and Freesync was the best decision I've ever made for improving my gaming experience. Being able to utilize extra FPS my new GPU provided made a huge difference to the fluidity and clarity of movement in games. The 1440p resolution gives a much crisper quality picture and the increased screen real estate is great when I'm working on music or need multiple browsers open. Lastly but not least, the TN panel allows for a 1ms response time, reducing motion blur and ghosting to imperceptible levels. I was originally put off by the color difference created by the TN panel, so I decided to order an IPS gaming monitor to see if it was really that big of a deal. While the IPS monitor's colors were more vibrant and accurate, the motion blur caused by the increased response time was unbearable. So while the games colors looked more accurate, the visual quality and gaming experienced was ruined. I returned it the next day and decided to stick it out with the Asus, and it was definitely the best choice
I have now been using this monitor for about a month and after tweaking the "Racing Mode" screen settings in the OSD and downloading a color calibration file from Tftcentral (google it), the colors do not bother me anymore and actually look great for a TN panel. I now have the monitor mounted on an aftermarket VESA mount but the stand that came with the monitor was well built, sturdy and very easy to adjust. I also liked the design, which gave hints of a gaming computer in its design but kept it simple enough to be used in any situation.
I highly recommend this monitor to anyone looking for a high quality gaming monitor. I especially recommend it to people who are sensitive to motion blur and ghosting effects. If all you want to do is photo/video editing, watching videos, browsing the web or just really need a monitor that display colors accurately, then you will not need nor want this monitor. Everyone else will find this monitor to be just what they are looking for.
I have a Radeon 295x2 that encourages freesync use, and this monitor delivers. Enabling freesync was easy and you notice it almost right away. MGSV phantom pain runs noticably smoother with the freesync, as do other games. The freesync calibrates nicely with games like star citizen, and you can notice it being smoother than my old 60 hz and no freesync (i still use this monitor in a dual setup, with no problems.
I tested 2k resolution, and it was beautiful. No dead pixels. Beautiful, brighter colors compared to my economic monitor. Very easy set up and the cord holder behind the monitor is great too.
The only thing i noticed is that some games dont like running 2k with freesync, like MGSV; the frame rate drops to stupid low levels, like 10 to 20, when you try to play it full screen on the 2k monitor. Going to windowed mode -- where it operates at 1920 -- makes it behave just fine though. However other games such as Diablo 3 and Star Citizen had no problems reconfiguring on load for the monitors max resolution.
I just want to make buyers beware about 2k: you will need a serious rig if you want to play games like Star Citizen (which uses crysis 3) at max settings for anything beyond one monitor. Thanks to freesync at 144 hz, SC is very playable and scales nicely, but you definitely notice a fps drop when playing 2k. This is just with one of these monitors and a single 295x2, with a smaller 60hz monitor sitting idle (nothing was running) while playing on one screen. But playing SC at standard resolution and 144hz freesync is AMAZING.
I would highly recommend this monitor to anyone wanting to usee freesync at 144 hz.
I'm not sure if the bad panel issue of the MG279Q will be the case with this model or not but the one I received had no issues at all, perfect out of the box. No dead pixels no bad panel quality. I'm very happy with the product quality. Now I have this monitor for gaming and when I need to work with photo editing I can use my PB278Q as my dual monitor with its quality IPS display.
As a quick test of Freesync. I setup my 2 monitors to duplicate my display and I ran the AMD Windmill Freesync demo on them. I can very easily see the side by side comparison of Freesync compared to no Freesync. I set the demo so sweep framerates I can watch them go up and down between 45 to 65 FPS and see where my PB278Q is having screen tearing over and over while my new MG278Q stays in perfect sync with a smooth display. I have played a few games where I used to see screen tearing a lot like SWTOR , BF4 and Dragon Age Inquisition, they are now smooth as butter. The onscreen OSD FPS that you can turn on with the monitor also helps a lot with seeing when Freesync is working and when its not for specific games. When it is not working you will see the monitors FPS display stuck at the refresh rate you set the game to. When it is working you can see it scale up and down in sync with your games FPS by also having Fraps on or an in game FPS tool showing your actual game fps.
In conclusion I am very happy with this monitor, it has taken some getting used to looking at a TN display again. This is the best looking TN display I have owned, but the IPS display definitely looks better when just browsing the internet and doing things on the desktop. I bought this for gaming through and in games you can't really tell the difference between the TN and IPS as far as how the picture looks. The 1ms GTG pixel refresh rate and Freesync from 40Hz-144Hz totally makes up for not having the IPS screen while gaming. By keeping my PB278Q I have the best of both worlds.
Update:
Recent driver improvements from AMD have added more Freesync support for DX9,DX10 now to include DX11 and DX12. I can verify the support now for Freesync is pretty good running Crossfire as well. I recently upgraded to 2x Fury X Cards which work great in Crossfire and Freesync now with latest driver releases.
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Es un monitor perfecto para combinar con una RTX2070 super
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I have 2 issues about this monitor. And debating whether to return it for another one or just stick to this one. Advice from anybody would be appreaciated please.
CON #1 - (SOLVED) Screen flickers like crazy at 144Hz, whether I have FreeSync enabled or not. When I reduce to 120Hz, flickering is greatly minimized. But still occers. 100Hz completely eliminates flickering. Here is what I did, completely Un-Installed the AMD Radeon drivers, restarted, installed the newest radeon drivers, restart. Flickering was reduced somewhat. But still present at 144Hz. Then I switched the Display Port v1.2 from my GPU's input 1 and plugged it into input 2. Restarted the PC once again, at 144Hz the monitor was about 95% flicker free. I suppose the combination fixed the flicker issues. Though something like this should never happen regardless.
CON #1 UPDATE: Screen still flickers here and there. Not all that annoying. Usually a PC restart eliminates the flickering. Though ultimately, I am hoping a AMD resovles this with a driver update.
CON #2 - This is a major CON, and I am not very happy about this one. Bottom left, but toward the centre of the screen, there's a pixel that is brighter than the actual screen. But it's ONLY visible when you have a white background. You cannot see this in dark scenes at all. This is somewhat of an annoyance because of the hefty price tag I paid for this Gaming Monitor.
My question is should I have the monitor replaced? It's not entirely bothersome, when PC Gaming or watching HD movies via Netflix for example, but it's still there, and quite noticeable in white scenes. Like for example, using Excel and Word. It looks like there's a light behind you flashing on the screen for example.
CON #2 UPDATE: Contacted Amazon, and they will send me a Brand New Monitor once they are in stock with RMA instructions. Once again, Thank You Amazon for your superior customer service. Now just waiting for them to be in stock...
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The reason I got a bigger screen is games like Pubg where everything appears soo tiny this monitor really blows it up and makes it clear where everyone is. Not only that games like counter strike are clearer and smoother more pixels to hit that HS on.
Will be writing more about this monitor soon. Sill have to enjoy a few movies just to see how this panel holds up.
Pros:
Small bezels
Quick Response
Amazing build quality
Tilt, rasing and lowering the monitor is feather touch :)
Joystick behind the monitor is really intuitive. For controlling the functions.
Lots of display options
Cons: Price as we all know the huge duty that is levied on imported monitor this is the same with this one.
USB 3.0 on the sides would be more accessible currently their only in the back
Nice features like fps counter, quick menus and freesync help ease the pain of blowing 40k on this monitor
Images do exaggerate the light blee
Reviewed in India on May 18, 2018
Nice features like fps counter, quick menus and freesync help ease the pain of blowing 40k on this monitor
Images do exaggerate the light blee