ASUS VP28UQG 28 4K/UHD 3840x2160 1ms DP HDMI Adaptive Sync/FreeSync Eye Care Monitor

I had occasional lag but not too bad. Before this I played on a plasma TV and never had a bit of lag. I was surprised since free synch is supposed to be better than playing on a tv. I liked that my eyes never burned like they do with an LED monitor so blue light is treated and I could play games all day without apparent eye strain. The most irritating thing is where the port for the HDMI and other cables are located. I had to practically turn it upside down to get the HDMI cable in and it comes out easily too.

So I must disclose that Im brand new to gaming, but this monitor is absolutely up to the standards needed for any ordinary gamer. To step up to the 120 or 144hz monitors, the price of them goes up exponentially. Sure Id love a 144 or even 240, but I dont have $800 to drop on a monitor. The 1ms rate and amazing clear full HD display is so gorgeous and clear. I play PUBG with a 1080ti GPU and i7-7700k CPU. Sadly the monitor is the only thing stopping me from pushing that 144 to 240hz rate. This is an excellent monitor and the 27 screen is much larger than I realized when you sit just about 45 centimeters away! Its plenty large enough for gaming.

This monitor is great. Ive had it about 10 months now and just thought I would leave a review... When I first unboxed it I thought it was way to big for a monitor. I upgraded from a 22 and let me just say.. this is perfect! Not super massive, but definitely not small. Perfect for sitting a foot or so away.. you can see everything in shooter games. I play a lot of shooters (Destiny, PUBG, CoD), and I swear I can see the entire screen without moving my eyes at all. Works great with my PS4 Pro and PC. Only downside is the base. You can only move it up and down, no side to side. Still for the price, its amazing. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

The 4k quality is great. I use this monitor for gaming with my PS5 and it’s awesome

I bought this monitor to use at its native resolution (4K) with a 2019 16 Macbook Pro for my daily work monitor. This results in really small text for most people, but I love all the screen real estate. Right off the bat, I noticed that text was frustratingly fuzzy at 4K and went down the rabbit hole of tweaking macOS settings to get the text to look sharp. This was to no avail, even after HiDPI / retina mode where the OS renders an 8K framebuffer and then downsamples to 4K for output). And yes, I tried different cables including the provided HDMI (through a USB-C hub) and a USB-C to DisplayPort cable. I then started to notice that colors on the dock looked really off--yellow was almost indistinguishable from white, and everything seemed a bit faded. After a couple hours I realized that not only is the color reproduction poor, but this monitor has TERRIBLE viewing angles, so bad that even sitting at my desk about 24 from the screen, there is a massive color shift from the middle to the bottom of the screen. After doing some more research, I determined that the type of panel used (TN) is known to have these issues. The final straw was I noticed backlight bleed at the corners, and once its seen you cant unsee it... Since Im not interested in the fast response time for gaming, I realized this monitor is not for me. I returned it and ultimately bought a 4K 27 Samsung monitor with an IPS panel (was notably more expensive, around $400) and have no issues with color, viewing angles, or text sharpness.

Spectacular monitor for gaming. Bought it originally for the purpose of PS4 gaming. The refresh is way better than my TV. The picture quality is outstanding. The brightness is perfect. My eyes dont get as tired with it either. The setup needs a tad work out of box but it took only a day for me to figure what was best. Highly recommend this monitor. Tried it for PC as well and doesnt disappoint but especially amazing for console gaming if you want something smaller than a 45 4k TV.

I wasn’t a fan of the viewing angle being so slim. I still own these and use them everyday, so far they have worked well. I actually enjoy the joystick feature on these and really think it takes the guess work out of navigating the menus. BUT.... the viewing angle is very slim, you have to be positioned at the perfect angle to see the colors the way they are meant to be seen. Even then I think the colors seem a little washed out. I am a tad disappointed with these monitors, even though I give them 4 stars

This is a great monitor, dont get discouraged by the negative reviews! I encountered a lot of the problems mentioned in the negative reviews but got this thing running finely tuned with no flickering or image issues. ASUS gives you a lot of adjustments and settings on the OSD with the ability to save four profiles but none of the presets are that great out of the box and require some additional tweaking for the best picture. ASUS should have this more fine tuned when it leaves the factory for better plug and play compatibility...take note ASUS! The hardware you connect this to also makes a big difference, heres how my journey has gone since purchasing: I bought this (April 2020) to be a primary monitor that ran off a slightly older MSI gaming laptop with a nVidia GT 765M 2GB connected using the display port cable. This is where I encountered most of my problems with flickering and instability as the GT 765M was not able to handle the 3840 x 2160 resolution even with the laptop screen turned off. I gained the stability by turning the resolution down to 1920 x 1080 and by using the nVidia Recommended settings in the nVidia Control Panel. I found that tinkering with too many of these settings also resulted in flickering and blackouts. Not satisfied with this arrangement I recently decided to sell the MSI laptop and build a new micro atx tower (loved the laptop but always have been more a desktop fan because you have more upgrade options). My new tower has a Intel 10th Gen Core i3 chip with the built-in UHD Graphics 630 which has plenty of power to run this monitor at the full 3840 x 2160 resolution. UHD videos on Netflix and Disney+ look amazing and run smoothly. At the end of the day though its really dependent on the video or picture source, this also has a huge impact on the final quality (check out some of the 4K and 8K videos on YouTube while your adjusting and fine tuning the settings on the monitor). Colors look great and pop and the off viewing angles are great as well. After being on the two aforementioned systems, here are the monitor settings that I currently use: GameMode Blue Light Filter - Level 0 Brightness - 75 Contrast - 75 Saturation - 55 Color Temp - User Mode R-95 G-100 B-100 Skin Tone - Natural Smart View - OFF Sharpness - 50 (Already a high res monitor, too much decreases image quality) Trace Free - 60 (Already a high res monitor, too much decreases image quality) VividPixel - 25 (Already a high res monitor, too much decreases image quality) ASCR - ON Adaptive Sync/FreeSync - OFF (Graphics card on order, will update after install) GamePlus - OFF These are a good starting point for your initial setup (be sure to save your profile in one of the four available) or if your struggling to find a good combination. Obviously your system and personal tastes will vary and additional tweaking may be required. Cons: - The included stand has limited adjustment, it can only tilt the screen. Im assuming ASUS did this keep the cost low and most gamers will just mount on an arm anyways...I did and love it! - No USB connectors which I personally find convenient (bought a 4 port USB 3.0 hub for my desk) - Brightness could be better but most gamers probably wont mind, typically playing in darker environments. Hope this helps! (Updated 8/28/2020)

From the looks of the box packaging and no protective films on monitor and broken base stand notch to hold the monitor, i am pretty sure i received a monitor someone ordered tried and returned. I was on a call with amazon customer service with not much support to go for it.. no replacement offered . .guess out of stock .. choose another monitor and return was the option .. which i didnt have to be on the call for i guess.. duh.... !!! I am desperate as school year has started and i am in no mood to do the research in getting another monitor . call me lazy or impatience whatever.. but the fact is in the end its not helping me as a customer receiving items as hand me downs as even though it is for a day or a month.. I might as well like to claim a discount for it in that case. which i didnt claim or was offered .. I guess will stop my ranting at that for the amazon customer service as far as the product goes.. Core functionalities look good.. nice resolution. good presets . blue level filters. perfect dimensions for monitor .. have couple of ultra wide monitors ... i like this better instead.

I use it every day for gaming. I have had no issues with it. I connect with the display port and dont use HDMI with it. The only time I have difficulties are when I am creating, like with photoshop. the Photoshop app appears too teeny tiny, and I can hardly see the wording or icons.