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#2,201 ·
Just purchased one of this monitors I got for kinda offer at a low price, waiting for it's arrive!. Is the health monitor issue a real eye issue that has been really checked? I mean, does someone had eyes problem after using this monitor? Or with proper adjustment will not be an issue?
 
#2,203 ·
I just got one yesterday and I'm liking it well so far.
 
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#2,204 ·
I'm considering buying either this, or the BenQ XL2411Z, from Amazon.com.

I'm in the Middle-east, inputs are 110v, unlike the U.S. which uses 220v, IIRC.

Looking at the specs of both monitors, the Asus has "Voltage:100-240V, 50/60Hz" listed under "Power Consumption", while the BenQ has a built-in power supply 90~264 AC.

Both should work fine out of the box, correct?
 
#2,205 ·
-VG248QE only has lightboost mode (although strobelight works to enable it on amd and NVidia).
+VG248QE has better, very rich (but sort of fake and saturated, almost feels cartoony) colors in Theater mode...definitely makes it feel like a nice shiny colorful CRT. No setting on the Benq can replicate what Asus' theater mode is capable of (I've tried)
-VG248QE seems to favor the reds more than other colors. Asus monitors are known for this (seems to happen on the Swift, too).
-VG248QE has drastically different gamma curves per refresh rate. 60hz looks spot on and everything is correct with proper colors. 144 hz washes out everything, gamma point rises to 1.8, requires a different ICC per refresh rate to keep thinks looking right.
+XL2720Z (don't know about the 24" models) keep EXACT same gamma and almost exactly the same color reproduction at 60hz or 144 hz. Does not require different ICC profiles for different refresh rates. Gamma does NOT change one bit when you up the hz, quite rare for TFT's to keep the gamma point correct at all refresh rates.
+Benq monitors have gamma settings in the OSD. Asus monitors do not.

XL2411Z has both lightboost and benq blur reduction mode (certain 2D side scrolling games may look better with the per-line overdrive of lightboost (less ghosting), but BBR mode doesn't trash the colors or contrast like lightboost does.
Benq BR can be used on consoles, does not require a PC. Lightboost can only be used on a PC

XL2411Z is end of life, according to Benq. XL2420Z, 2430T (blur reduction strobe settings can now be set through the OSD on 2430T; adds digital vibrance color settings) and 2720Z are still current models. The 2411Z does not have displayport; I'd definitely spend the extra $100 and get a 2420Z or 2430T (same price) vs the 2411Z.
 
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I currently have the VG248QE monitor and like it. I was looking to go with Nvidia surround, but either vendors are out of these or they have raised prices $50 or so. I picked mine up for $276... now I can't find any for less than $330 or higher. Since I only run a single GTX 970 and will not be getting a second (waiting until 4K gaming becomes a reality with 60fps on a single GPU, then I'll look into 4K again). This puts my FPS on most of my games at 60fps or so or less. Would pairing my current monitor with a 2 x VE248Q be bad? Should I go with BenQ RL2455HM for the side monitors?
 
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If GPU is averaging 80 FPS on games and monitor is 120/144hz. Is it affecting the gameplay or it doesn't matter?
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No it just mean you at 80fps, turn down some of the eye candy in your game settings and you will get more fps. i get around 100fps in bf4 miltiplayer and that is maxed out settings.
 
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If GPU is averaging 80 FPS on games and monitor is 120/144hz. Is it affecting the gameplay or it doesn't matter?
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I don't like playing stuff at "only" 80-100fps, it feels low and slow when i can play most stuff at higher FPS with a single 980, just requires turning down settings on the demanding games.

The loss is obvious (i get that hey i have some performance issues feel without looking at FPS meter, even if it only drops to ~120-100) but 80 on 144hz is still far better than 60 on 60hz. It's just - you're only getting a bit better, when it could be a lot better.

Does it affect your actual measured skill? Not really, unless you're playing an extremely twitchy game where some milliseconds and smoothness really matters.

Will you be a lot more comfortable at 150fps with a 20ms lag, compared to 80fps and a 28ms lag? Well, some people don't even claim to notice the difference but for others it means the world
 
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I got three of them late last year and have been happy with them so far. One of them had three or four stuck or dead pixels when I got them but it is now down to only one. Pity Asus considers up to five dead or stuck pixels to be acceptable and won't replace a monitor for only that many. I'm running all three off HDMI since I needed to use an HDMI splitter to clone my TV to the primary monitor. Since I'm not a gamer, HDMI works just fine for me. I went online to find suggestions for setting the colors, etc. and tried two or three of them before deciding on one of them. Even then, I had to reduce the brightness considerably. I see a lot of complaints about the colors for these monitors but they look just fine to me now that I changed the settings. I have the volume on the built-in speakers set to 0; my Corsair SP2500 sound way better.
 
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No it just mean you at 80fps, turn down some of the eye candy in your game settings and you will get more fps. i get around 100fps in bf4 miltiplayer and that is maxed out settings.
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I don't like playing stuff at "only" 80-100fps, it feels low and slow when i can play most stuff at higher FPS with a single 980, just requires turning down settings on the demanding games.

The loss is obvious (i get that hey i have some performance issues feel without looking at FPS meter, even if it only drops to ~120-100) but 80 on 144hz is still far better than 60 on 60hz. It's just - you're only getting a bit better, when it could be a lot better.

Does it affect your actual measured skill? Not really, unless you're playing an extremely twitchy game where some milliseconds and smoothness really matters.

Will you be a lot more comfortable at 150fps with a 20ms lag, compared to 80fps and a 28ms lag? Well, some people don't even claim to notice the difference but for others it means the world
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Thanks for the incite on this REP+ to both

Used to have an OG Titan but gave up on video editing so downgraded to a 750ti. Most Shooting games I turn everything to low settings to try to maximize the frams. On BF4 I still get 80's - 120 but on Hardline it goes from 80's -115 ish. Debating if I should get a 960 but I dont' know, maybe a Ti version will come out soon.
 
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does the vg248qe support freesync? any updates released for it or anythng to make it support freesync?
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If Asus chooses to do so, they could theoretically release a firmware update to support it, but I have a sneaky suspicion since it was the first gsync capable screen(with board replacement) that they won't, so it doesn't alienate nVidia at all. Which sucks.
 
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does the vg248qe support freesync? any updates released for it or anythng to make it support freesync?
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No, it never will (unless they make a new version with a Free-Sync PCB and DP board) and there's no point since it uses 240hz PWM, and sync tech does not work with back-light strobing/Lightboost. PWM ruins motion clarity and its side effects can cause people to suffer from headaches and/or eyestrain:

 
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Thanks for the incite on this REP+ to both

Used to have an OG Titan but gave up on video editing so downgraded to a 750ti. Most Shooting games I turn everything to low settings to try to maximize the frams. On BF4 I still get 80's - 120 but on Hardline it goes from 80's -115 ish. Debating if I should get a 960 but I dont' know, maybe a Ti version will come out soon.
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No problem, here to help, try this link, I know it has been posted before on here

https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/asus-vg248qe/
 
#2,219 ·
These are great monitors.
I've been running 3 of them in surround of 2x 780 Ti, generally got good frame rates.
Only problem is they are all @ 60hz.
One is plugged in by Display Port, 2 are plugged in with HDMI.
Anyone know how to force them to 120hz/144hz?
I have a few games that run at 120+ hz @ 5860x1080 and want to make use of the high refresh rate, but even with the driver installed (in device manager shows up as Asus VG248(HDMI)) i cant set above 60hz
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anyone else got a similar setup?
 
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Originally Posted by anti-clockwize View Post

These are great monitors.
I've been running 3 of them in surround of 2x 780 Ti, generally got good frame rates.
Only problem is they are all @ 60hz.
One is plugged in by Display Port, 2 are plugged in with HDMI.
Anyone know how to force them to 120hz/144hz?
I have a few games that run at 120+ hz @ 5860x1080 and want to make use of the high refresh rate, but even with the driver installed (in device manager shows up as Asus VG248(HDMI)) i cant set above 60hz
frown.gif

anyone else got a similar setup?
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If I recall correctly, HDMI is limited to 60Hz so if just one monitor is running HDMI in an extended desktop setup, then all will run at 60Hz.
 
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