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22.3.2015

This 28" monitor arrived in a strong box not as bulky as the 27" Samsungs. While putting the Asus monitor together, the plastic feels solid and of good quality. Once the stand connected (don't overtighten by hand, use a driver for final tightening) the monitor feels sturdy enough. No cellophane-sweet-wrapper crackles when adjusting the angle/tilt/height. Just a silent smooth movement with good friction in all axes. Wires plug in with a nice reassuring 'thud'.When connected and switched on: no wonder the pc pro guys mistook it for IPS. 10-bit colours are amazingly natural and needed very little adjustment. The monitor is gamma perfect and thus you are not allowed to adjust it. Only colour saturation,temp, skin tone, vivid-pixel, asus-splendid, and intensity are configurable. Photos are beautiful to look at even the old jpegs of my 10 year-old camera. Banding does appear in some dark areas on the screen (esp blue) but I believe this a limitation of the video card which can only output 8-bit per channel. Video suffers from LCD-syndrome (blocky and grainy in parts) but only when maximized. Windowed video looks perfect in its native format. Perhaps this 4k monitor needs a 4k source video to show its true worth. Text and icons on my computer desktop look really small and even when adjusted DPI to 150% some programs launch with tiny menus. Scrolling web pages and pdfs is still comfortable owing to the quick response of this monitor although I doubt it is a genuine 1ms. Rapidly scrolling text lags slightly in a very similar fashion to my old 5ms HP even when the Asus is overclocked (tracefree at 100% default is 60%).4k games are eye-watering even at 30Hz with my mediocre GTX 750ti (don't have DP yet), and trust me anti-aliasing is a NON-issue at 3840x2160. Switch AA off completely and you'll thank me for the bonus frame rate. Night gaming at 30Hz should have been enjoyable but for some reason looks choppy, a paradox because our eyes are supposed to smooth out frame rates in the dark (hence hollywood film shot at 24-25Hz). Turns out the culprit is Asus pulse width modulation (PWM) of backlight brightness: meaning the LEDs pulsate to reduce brightness, the last thing a gamer needs. As if Asus engineers have never seen the.. lets call it.. TV-behind-a-fan effect (hence loses 1 star). Later after much tweaking and tinkering I decided to run this monitor at 2560x1600 which still looks fabulous. The monitor is still well calibrated at this penultimate resolution and text and icons are easily visible even when windows DPI is 100% albeit very slightly fuzzy. This fuzziness you only notice when you have been using native resolution for some time. At 2560x1600 games now run at 60Hz and still don't need AA except maybe low-FXAA. The frame rates improve due to this lower res and the flickering due to PWM-LED is almost gone when gaming in the dark. Don't buy this monitor if you are thinking of utilizing the 1920x1080 since this resolution I found to be non-gamma-calibrated and blacks became light grey. Lastly although the viewable area stops a couple mm short of the rim, it does measure exactly 28".With the aggressive marketing strategies of the modern electronics industry, it is important to point out certain planned obsolescence features. In this monitor I could see very little PO. The buttons are accessed from behind and are relatively high, so have to be pinched with index and thumb to be pressed. This is feels awkward at first, and introduces some flexing and tilting of the panel which may wear the tilt friction joints. In contrast my old monitor buttons are underneath the panel allowing the weight of the panel to counteract all pressing force. On the PB287Q, the printed dots on the front will tell you when your thumb and hence finger are in the right place. These painted dots will eventually be rubbed out unless you refrain from using your thumb as guide. But the my main PO concern is the transformer (power supply) which is built into the main monitor body unlike some Samsung monitors. This means if the transformer ages or malfunctions and starts to whine, you have no option but replacing the whole monitor , rather than just the power supply (loses half a star)To sum up this is a brilliant investment for those wishing to upgrade their displays from the low 20" inch range. Its 10-bit IPS-like color reproduction is excellent and difficult ot distinguish from IPS with a bonus quicker response time. Blacks are nice and dark, whites are solid paper white. Games look fantastic. Bear in mind if you are upgrading from 23-24", then 28" 4k only just cuts it. Remember the pixel density is very high and tends to make everything look quite small for a 28" display. Some people don't want to see the pixels, and if you are like this then the pb287q is yours. If on the other hand you don't mind a slightly larger pixel grid maybe you should wait the extra 6 months or pay £100-150 more and get a 32" 4k.
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28.4.2016

The monitor was bought as the primary monitor for my 13ins MacBook Pro 2015 running El Capitan. The packaging was excellent and it arrived with a bundle of connection cables, HDMI to HDMI, HDMI to DisplayPort and DisplayPort to DisplayPort so ASUS should be applauded for covering most of the bases. Unfortunately the monitor came with an American power cable which would have been a non-starter if we didn't have another cable in the studio, It is thankfully a proper standard IEC kettle style power cable and not the transformer types that we had on the Acer monitors. I had bought a Thunderbolt to DisplayPort cable as well as I read that it would only run at 30hz and not 60hz without a displayPortcable but no matter which cable I used I could only get it to run at 30hz so just stick with the cables that come with the monitor.Essentially, it was plug and play but the finder menu, windows and icons come in at a tiny size when run at full resolution which, if you are buying a 4k screen is the primary reason for purchase. The only way that I could get the finder detail up in size was with the HDMI to HDMI cable. For some reason any other cable would not bring up the display preferences sub-menu on the Mac to increase the size of the finder elements.It took about 40mins to configure everything including running a colour calibration but once complete the quality of the display is outstanding and a revelation compared to my previous 1940 x 1080. It is not quite Apple quality and I am sure that there are 4K screens available at higher cost but this is fast, clear and an incredibly detailed monitor showing light graduation shadow details and clearly defined fine line rules, so for me running the Adobe Creative Suite, this is a high quality but affordable option at about a third of the cost of the Apple 27ins screens.Pros: Great screen quality, excellent heavy and stable stand, all the cables you need, 3 year warranty.Cons: American power cable, adjustment buttons around the back of the screen which can fiddly but are easy use after a few minutes, no contrast adjustment which is frustrating when calibrating the screen, Removing all the stickers attached to the monitor frame on delivery leaves a sticky residue which is a small thing but very annoying. The built-in monitor speakers running through the HDMI are so bad that I still use the internal speakers on the MacBook.It sounds like a lot of cons but the monitor itself, which was my primary reason for purchase, is very good indeed and well worth the small negatives.
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10.12.2014

Here's a screen that will give you a taste of the future.The result is BREATHTAKING.The following comments are those of a humble photographer and not one of a gamer. (Gamers will find countless reviews here and on the Internet forums and tests indicating this is an OUTSTANDING GAMERS' SCREEN).My PC runs on Windows 7 Ultimate, Intel Core i7-3820 @ 3,6Ghz, 20Gb RAM and a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760 AMP! Edition graphics card.The screen is connected with the DisplayPort, resolution is 3840x2160 @ 60Hz.The screen is WELL MADE and SOBER in DESIGN. So sober, in fact, that the control buttons are behind the screen. But don't worry, indications on the screen are logical, you'll only have to pinch with your thumb and index,and the index will naturally come and pinch the appropriate button. (Is that explicit? :-/)Height adjustment, tilting and rotation of the screen are all very easily done. The screen CAN be set perpendicular to the stand, it can even tilt slightly downwards!There is NO light leaking to be noticed. NO dead pixel.DEFINITION, FINESSE of characters, precision of colours are superb, sublime. ANGLE OF VISION is FINE, if not somewhat sensitive/narrow for precision touching up work.However : if one leaves Windows as is, everything will appear microscopic on this screen. One has to modify Windows' 7 parameters to display everything at 150% (Control panel/Appearance and Personalization/Display).Some software are not (yet) adapted to this screen's resolution and will appear small. Firefox handles things well but I have added the Zoom (+/-) in the toolbar, to help facilitate viewing certain websites at the click of a button.Photoshop CC 2014.2 (or later) is absolutely necessary to be able to work comfortably. Indeed this version of Photoshop has an option to double the size of the interface (Edit/Preferences/Experimental Features option 'Scale UI 200% for high-density displays (Windows only)'), a must if you wish to work comfortably with this screen.[EDIT: As a professional photographer, I have never come across a screen that allows such PRECISION in the touching up of a photograph. Consequently and as far as I am concerned, the IPS vs. TN argument becomes somewhat obsolete here.]In short, I think it is pretty clear, I am VERY SATISFIED with this acquisition.
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4.8.2017

After reading some positive reviews, even some negatives, I took the plunge and purchased. It arrived yesterday and I immediately impressed by its build quality and overall design. Easy assembly, despite some people saying it was fiddly.. if they actually looked how it it was supposed to be fixed together (the stand base) then they would've had an easier ride!I used the display port cable, as my PC had that option. All easy to plug in again.Showtime. Powered up the PC and the screen was immediately recognised and configured to 4K 60hz.. job done, as far as that bit was concerned.Test time. Youtube - 4K Ultra HD Videos.. found a suitable one - my one of choice was landscapes and glaciers (hey,I'm a photographer so why not).. and 'Boom' there I am immersed in a crystal clear world of imagery. No pixels to see, this is like the gorgeous retina screens that Apple do so well. Colour and clarity are superb. I'm mainly going to be using this for video and photographic / graphic work so a good display is paramount.Because of the higher resolution, tool palettes/windows are smaller giving way to larger working spaces.. in my case I went from being able to see 5 tracks of my video suite up to 12.. that's a massive improvement - especially for video work where the ability to see all clips at the same time on the timelines is pretty important.For applications that require vector imagery, curves and lines are non-jagged and fonts are visible clearly down to the lowest font sizes, something my previous 1080 screen refused to show well.I then gave DOOM a quick half hour bash.. which, on all the highest settings, turned what was a visually pleasing gaming experience to a showcase of CG masterdom (if that's a word). New details, reflections, contrast and clarity all pop out. Granted, my PC is new and built to be able to run high end 4K video, so why not have a decent screen to compliment it.I seriously cannot fault it. And the 28" size is super immersive without being overpowering.I can only imagine that the negative reviewers of this piece of kit possibly do not have a machine that's spec'ed up enough to make use of it fully.Buy one, and marvel in the glory of a lovely experience!
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17.8.2018

I bought this monitor to drag more usable life from my existing desktop machine which is getting a bit towards the end of it's useful life. I use it for games, streaming video, photo editing, and software development. For those 4 use cases combined it's great, particularly for games, it's by no means perfect, but is a massive improvement over my last monitor. For the price it's hard to get decent 4K on your PC much cheaper.Monitor is fantastic value, but you will need a fairly up-to-date graphics card to be able to drive it at it's proper 4k resolution and at 60fps. I ran it at 30 fps for a while as a test, and it wasn't very pleasant.I quickly upgraded to a Asus GTX 1050 TI for ~£150 as a cost effective way to drive it properly via a displayport cable,instead of my older MSI GeForce GTX 560, which was good, but straight up doesn't support 4k.It's not fair to judge it for this, but for photo editing, it's colour-accuracy isn't perfect (I did a print which looked more orange on screen, but came out more red from the printer), so not to be relied on in that respect. I won't mark it down at all for this though as that's not what its designed for, nor should it be expected to perform strongly in that area, especially at this price point. I'm just saying this for anyone who's considering it for that use. I imagine if i try and do some more earnest colour calibration on it, it may well perform better. The 4k resolution makes it much better to appreciate an images sharpness or details I have to say though. A workaround could be to buy a second low-res proper colour calibrated monitor for colour judgement, and use this screen for everything else.Cons: It sometimes needs a minute or two to warm-up it's back-light, the config menu buttons at the back are hard to correlate with the menu options on screen. Many websites don't render great on 4K, so you're constantly zooming in to pages to be able to see it properly, but this isn't an issue with the monitor, more just a current issue for 4K itself.Full disclosure: Got it from an Amazon Warehouse deal for a sizeable discount, apparently the packaging was damaged? To be honest the packaging was fine, and it was like new.
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24.10.2017

1440p is the famous sweet spot for gaming the 75hz refresh rate goes with it well along with the low 1ms delay. Screen tearing, however, has been an issue for me as the monitor doesn't have GSync - but it never claimed to so as much as I'm not a fan the drawbacks of using VSync, it does fix the tearing. The colours are vibrant and intense for a TN panel, though the difference between IPS and TN is quite vivid. Though the speakers in the monitor are sub-par, they always are and anyone paying £300 for a monitor will most likely be using dedicated speakers and the integrated speakers will simply be a back up. The build quality is one thing I can't flaw,a sturdy and easily adjustable stand with zero screen wobble (usually a problem with heavier monitors). Whilst the energy rating is only a C I don't pay the electricity bills so not an issue for me ;)The killer problem, for me, was dead pixels. After a very brief test I've already found 6, whilst 4 of them aren't too noticeable due to the higher pixel density, 2 stick out like a sore thumb. While they aren't an incredulous deal breaker for me, it's a big problem if people have bought this monitor and not realised they're not getting what they actually paid for. I'd urge people to search for a dead pixel finder in browser and check their monitors ASAP and see if ASUS manufacturer warranty will fix them.Overall, this is a great monitor for the price. Obviously sacrifices such as an IPS panel have been made but haven't broken the deal. 1440p at 75hz is the perfect sweet spot between having a brilliant experience whilst avoiding the destruction of your graphics card like a 4k monitor upwards or 60hz would. As long as the many reviews before me have not had any issues with dead pixels and mine was a one off, I'd recommend this product to anyone looking for an improvement to their gaming experience :)
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14.7.2017

First impressions update ( Only 4 hours of use ) I will update over time.First of all I just want to say wow I love it ! I've wanted a 4K IPS monitor for a long time and since the prices have dropped a little I went for this slick daddy model as I believe the older model of this got fantastic reviews.I mainly got this monitor for gaming so well happy it supports 60 FPS max because that's all you need to get the best out of games and I currently run it on an MSI 1080 TIPositives :1 : No light bleed at all ( Well done Asus )2 : Game Mode ( This actually looks the best out of all the colour modes & is the one I am currently using )3 : Photos look stunning in 4K4: Games running in 4k look very sharp and colourful (You will need a top of the range Graphics card to get the best from this monitor. )5 : No dead Pixels ( Not that I have seen yet anyway. )4K Youtube Videos look awesome and vibrant and colourfulMy DJI Phantom 4 Raw 4k Footage looks lovely for the first time.At this moment in time I have nothing bad to say about this monitor and I have owned a few different Asus models over the years.Negatives : NONThe only thing I will mention but over time this will improve is how bad basic photos and media looks on this screen from websites ! If its not 4k or higher quality media or images can look bad because you can see all the low quality defects but I guess this is what you get when you have such a high resolution, but viewing 4k Photos and Videos and this monitor comes to life.If you want a new 4K IPS I can 100% Confirm you will not be disappointed in this model its a BEAUT
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6.12.2016

I'm using it for Gaming and regular PC use like internet browsing, YouTube etc. It is a great 2K (1440p) monitor and screen feel very large especially when you sitting close. Screen is very, very bright! High quality build and feels very solid. It looks almost identical to his 4K , 28" brother - PB287Q, but GTX1070 is enough to run it very smooth on high settings and at max refresh rate 75Hz ( PB287Q need much higher end graphic - at least GTX1080 - which is not even enough and cost 200GPB more, or even upcoming GTX1080Ti which will be about 1200GPB) I know that viewing angle isn't perfect, but if just one person using it at the time - the difference is only noticeable on full white screen.If that's not good enough go ahead and spend 2x the price for better monitor. No smallest problems with connecting it, all bunch of cables and you also have UK and EU plug so you could buy it as a gift for someone from EU. Would I buy again? - YYYEEESSS! Please look at attached photos so you can see by yourself. Photos made at the day time but the screen is so bright my camera went crazy ;-) One more thing - use Display Port cable if you can, and make sure you press button on both plugs to fix it so it will lock perfect in the sockets and before removing the cable PRESS SIDE BUTTON on plug before removing! so you won't damage the socket and it will never come off itself (as I have seen on one of reviews for this monitor)! this is a perfect, budget, large, quality monitor for gamers and everyday, non professional use."It does what it says on the tin" ;-)
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27.6.2016

Today I received two PB287Q 28" Asus 4k, which I bought with an Asus Geforce GTX 960 OC 4GB. The graphic card has 3 display port 1.2 which allows to run 3x4k monitors for desktop applications and runs casual games very well, either in 1080p in max settings or in medium/low in 4K. I personally prefer to play in 2K or 1080p with max settings.The 60hz is really a requirement, don't waste your time on 30Hz monitors or on a 4K monitor if you do not have a DisplayPort capable graphic card, because you WILL be locked at 30Hz (except if you have HDMI2 but I haven't seen any cards with it yet).The setup of the monitors took around 30 minutes (watch youtube video to know how to run @ 60hz,because by default it will be 30Hz, even when plugging in DP1.2).I was hesitating between this monitor and the AOC 28" 4K, which was cheaper (280£ instead of 350£), but the stance is just perfect, you can pivot the screen anyway you like and it just works, no need for an extra monitor arm. You can also pivot it 90° to vertical mode - which is what I used to do. However, I wouldn't advice doing it: as its a 28", the vertical setup makes it go fairly high and because it's a TN panel, you will have some glare.Sure, you can always go for IPS panels and 8K etc. but for a developer who is writing code all the time, browsing the Internet and playing long-hours of casual games (at better resolution and quality than a PS4 or XBOX), I believe that this is the perfect price/quality ratio and a great choice! Highly recommend it.
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4.2.2017

What an amazing monitor. This is my first 4K monitor and the difference to my old 26" monitor is astounding. I had to bump the icon size up in Microsoft Windows (right click the desktop, choose 'Screen Resolution' and then click the 'Make text and other items larger or smaller' link) so that I could read the time on the system tray at 3840x2160 and still view the monitor at a good distance.4K makes me so much more productive. It is better than the two side-by-side standard monitor screen setup I run at work.I can get a full size browser open next to Visual Studio or Microsoft Word, or have a few VMware hosts running side by side. Marvellous.I don't play fast twitch games any more,but I fired up World of Warcraft and it runs fine over the HDMI input. The monitor has a 60Hz DisplayPort input though if the 30Hz HDMI standard is too choppy for you First Person Shooter types.There are two HDMI inputs and the monitor has a picture-in-picture option (not sure what I'd use that for though), and the buttons on the rear line up with the white dots on the front (I read someone found it hard to operate the monitor controls, but I found it intuitive).No dead pixels. Colour is stunning. Everything is sharp. I will never go back to standard definition if I have a choice.This is probably a luxury/expensive upgrade, but just like my SSD upgrade, I can't imagine going back to what I had before. It'd be like milk after cream.
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8.8.2014

This is an updated review as I first purchased this item back in 2014 and had to send it back as I had a really bad light bleed issue running down the centre of the screen , Anyway Today May the 10th 2016 I went a head and purchased another one and Boy I'm so glad I did .Obviously the first thing I did was check for light bleed on a fall white background and this one is PERFECT with no defects :)A few things you need to do when you get this monitor is SET IT UP CORRECTLY1 : Make sure you use the Display port cable for 60 FPS at 4K & NOT THE HDMI LEAD ! ( You can not get 60 FPS from a HDMI Cable on this monitor )2 : Use the standard colour preset for the best colour setting.3.Make sure you go in the the monitor settings and change the DP Setting from 1.1 to 1.2 ! Again if you don't do this you wont get 60FPS at 4K ( A lot people don't realise this but you need to change this yourself !4: If you are using windows 10 go in too the display settings and turn of TEXT SCALING ! it will be set at 150% - The text will look blurred and horrid so turn if off !You should now have an awesome monitor once you have done all the above.Don't expect IPS quality , the monitor is a little washed out compared to this type of monitor but if you want a great 4K monitor for 60 FPS Gaming then this is the one to get.
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11.7.2014

4k need to be seen to be believed. It is not the same as 1080p with high levels of Anti aliasing or super-sampling. That argument is just stupid. The same way that a 480p video with MSAA or SSAA wont look anything like 1080p. This leaves reviewers with the problem of how to get across how nice the monitor looks when most people have 1080p screens so cant see 4K content. All i can say is that the monitor looks great, Bezel and all. The stand can be set any which way with full swivel and tilt with portrait mode supported. If that still isn't good enough for you, it has the option of VESA mounting so you can buy your own stand. As far as the TN panel goes, its amazing. Contrast isn't going to match an IPS panel,but colours (10bit panel), vibrancy the 1ms refresh time make up for this. Could not recommend this enough.NOTE: you really do need a good GPU or 2 to run games on this monitor at 2160p (4k) I have Xfire R9 290s. Xfire averages 60fps with single GPU averages 30fps. You DO NOT need Anti-Aliasing at 4K unless your pixel peeping. If you can afford the extra performance, then knock yourself out (up until 2x or 4x MSAA) but don't waste performance on AA if it means losing out somewhere else.
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18.9.2016

Bought a pair of these to flank an Asus PG278Q ROG swift central monitor, all currently powered by a single gtx 980ti. The styling is almost identical to the ROG (except for the bases, but they've all been swapped out for a triple monitor stand) and the bezel is only marginally thicker and barely noticeable unless you're looking for differences. The screen is decent for a TN panel (but naturally not as eyepopping as IPS) and the viewing angle debate is never an issue to me....when was the last time you used your monitor at a tight angle instead of looking at it head on?!?, the 75hz refresh means I can lock 75fps across all 3 screens which is more than enough above the magical 60fps mark.The 1ms reflects the ROG too meaning no lag from the flanking PB277Qs. Build quality is decent enough too for a relatively cheap monitor. 1440p is deffo the sweet spot for gaming at the mo and joining a few of these together also gives a huge amount of real estate for productivity as well. All in all very happy with these (as usual) well built Asus monitors. They'll last a good few years until 4k is viable and relatively affordable in a triple monitor set up
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22.12.2014

Its like upgrading from old analogue TV format to HD 1080. Remember when that was back in the day? It was like ooh wow, everything looks real! Well multiply that by 4!OK, so if your not buying this for 4k gaming then if your old graphics card supports the resolution at 30hz then this monitor will run perfectly for:Excel - multiple workbooks on the screen at a time. No problem easy to viewWordOutlookInternet BrowsingNote, your mouse at 30 hz will look a feel a bit laggy, but its not really an issue.Gaming.I bought guild wars 2. Couldn't play it. The fps were about 1-3.Upgraded to AMD 290 DD Black Edition. In the settings make sure DP1.2 at 60hz is on. On the graphics options,in my case Catalyst Control Center "make sure you download the latest drivers" and also set to 60hzWindows mouse lost its lag :)Guild wars 2 with all the settings on max, averages about 50fps. When fighting and having fast moving scenery it can drop to 25 fps briefly. Overall not really noticeable.I certainly would buy this monitor again, it looks better than a Apple retina display by far.Now now 1080 TV looks really blocky now for some strange reason :)
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17.4.2019

The ASUS PB277Q 27" 2560x1440p (2K) TN 75Hz Gaming Monitor is just simply superb!Some people say that the controls are fiddly to work with but I for one found the controls very easy to navigate. It has got all the buttons just at the back of the bottom right hand side including a small joystick to navigate the menus, so there is nothing fiddly about the monitor controls!The screen has a fantastic display! At 2560x1440 resolution, the viewing experience is crisp, clean and sharp and I find it works the smoothest using the display port that comes with the monitor, giving you that over average feel at 75Hz refresh rate than standard 60Hz monitorsColour is also good and it is at it's best if you select the vivid colour option then adjust to your liking,this is where the colours really stand out.The design, durability and function of this monitor is very good! Quality build is superb as is expected from ASUS.If you'd like a top end budget monitor at an affordable price then look no further, this monitor will have you covered for all your gaming and working needs!Games and browsing look really good on this monitor, straight up!
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