Asus tuf gaming vg27aq review in Spanish (full analysis)

This Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ monitor was presented at Computex 2019, and we finally have it with us to analyze it thoroughly. We hope to confirm the good feelings that left us at the foot of sneak peak, with an impressive technical section in which its 155 Hz stand out, new generation refreshment technology ELMB SYNC, supports HDR10 in a 27-inch IPS panel at 2K with only 1 more than answer. In addition, it is full of Asus own gaming technology that, of course we will see during the review, and we will analyze how such is the calibration of this marvel of TUF seal.

Before we begin, we always appreciate the trust that Asus places in us as a partner, temporarily transferring its products to us for analysis.

Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ technical features

Unboxing

We start as usual by Unboxing our analysis product. Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ comes in a tiny box and quite manageable for being quite well adjusted to the dimensions of the screen. Being only 27 inches the transport and unpacking is a delight.

We then find a box that is completely painted in black, with a huge photograph of the monitor on the two main faces and a good amount of specifications in the rest of the space.

The purchase bundle must bring us the following items:

• Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ Monitor Stand Bracket External Power Supply and Cable (19V to 3.42A) HDMI Video Cable Video DisplayPort Cable Installation Guide and Features

In this case, we see that the item count is not too extensive, since it does not have USB connections and comes practically mounted, everything is simplified quite a bit.

Design

Asus has chosen this time to equip its monitor with a complete and rectangular foot instead of the typical legs that it uses in its larger models. It is just what you need a monitor of only 27 inches, a strong and secure support, while small and discreet. To install on the support arm, we will only have to manually join both elements with the screw pre-installed in the support itself. Incidentally, this foot is metallic with a plastic shell on top.

If we continue upwards, we find a support arm that fortunately comes pre-installed. It is made of metal, and the vertical movement system is, of course, hydraulic and of very good quality. The mechanism that holds the screen itself is the same as that used in other models, with sufficient width and rigidity to prevent the monitor from wobbling in the face of movement. The monitor mount is compatible with the VESA 100 × 100 mm standard, in fact, the clamp is a variant of it.

Extending in some details, both the arm and the foot are articulated to allow movement in the three axes of space as we will see later. We also have a small opening to pass cables through the arm, and you could not miss the OSD control panel on the far right. In this model we have not only the Navigation Joystick, but also three quick access buttons and one to turn off the equipment.

We do not have any kind of monitor curvature, nor an integrated RGB lighting system, it is only a hard plastic case that includes the screen frames. Frames that are really thin around the periphery, less than 1 cm on the sides and top, and just over 1.5 cm at the bottom. And it is that the Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ is prepared to be used by a multiscreen system, in fact, its GamePlus technology allows us to adjust and align several Asus monitors simultaneously.

Ergonomics

Well, as you can see in these screenshots, this Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ undoubtedly presents magnificent ergonomics in all axes of space. What's more, its 27-inch panel will allow us to rotate it at a 90 ° angle and place it in completely vertical reading mode.

Continuing with its support system, with a simple touch up or down we can move it a range of 130 mm. The highest position will reach 507 mm, while the lowest position will only be 307 mm high. Almost touching the ground and removing from our view any element that distracts us in the back.

With the base mechanism, we can rotate it to the right or left (Z axis) a maximum of 90 ° on both sides. This is much more than practically any monitor on the market. and finally we can modify its front orientation a maximum of + 33 ° up or -5 ° down. Not bad at all, is it? So great work from Asus.

Ports and connections

In the external aspect we only have to learn what are the connection ports of the Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ:

• Jack Power Jack 2x HDMI 2.01x DisplayPort 1.2 3.5mm Jack as audio output

In this case we do not have any USB connector, and, consequently, we will not have management applications in Windows or anything like that. Something important as always will be which port to use to connect our monitor to our equipment. The HDMI ports support a maximum frequency of 144Hz @ 2560 × 1440, while the DisplayPort supports those 155Hz fully, so the star option will be this.

Display and features

We now come to the most important section of the review, which could not be other than commenting in detail on all the specifications of this Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ monitor.

And we'll start with the basic characteristics of its panel, one that has a 27-inch diagonal, no curvature and a 16: 9 aspect ratio. In this model it is of WQHD resolution at 2560 × 1440 pixels, or what is the same 2K of a lifetime. Note that all manufacturers have recently presented their proposals for e-sports in this resolution and size, we are talking about MSI and AORUS mainly.

The technology used by the panel is IPS type, with a contrast ratio of 1, 000: 1 and a maximum brightness of 350 nits (cd / m ²). Not reaching therefore a DisplayHDR certification, however, it supports the HDR10 standard and also has several configurable modes from the OSD panel. It is striking that Asus opts for an IPS panel for an e-sport, but it is that its frequency has been raised to 155 Hz through overclocking, being 144 Hz in normal mode. It also features just a 1ms MPRT response rate, squeezing this panel to the max.

One of the biggest novelties of this monitor comes in its dynamic refresh technology, since we do not have the two best-known technologies from Nvidia or AMD. This time it is typical of Asus, and combines Motion Blur Reduction with Adaptive Sync. This is how the Asus extreme Low Motion Blur Sync was born, for friends, ELMB-Sync, which combines the best of the elimination of blurry images at high speed with the dynamic refreshment typical of a Gaming monitor. In fact, the Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ is certified by Nvidia G-Sync, so we will have absolute compatibility. It is certainly the good thing about having an open VESA standard to work on, thus improving FreeSync.

In addition to this technology to make the Adaptive Sync image sharper, it has also been implemented:

• Blue light filter with up to 5 different levels to protect our view from the blue light generated by the LED panel. GamePlus, which are a series of options and modes oriented to gaming, such as crosshairs, timer, automatic alignment, etc. GameVisual is another option that allows us to select up to 7 different image modes. Shadow Boost allows you to intelligently lighten especially dark areas in games without overexposing the brightest areas.Of course Flicker-Free to reduce image flicker while playing, also with TÜVRheinland quality certification. Finally, GameFast Input, which is not more than a technology that avoids the Lag between the communication of the monitor and the GPU.

We haven't talked about the depth and color space of this Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ monitor yet. We did not find great news, since it uses an 8-bit color depth, or what is the same, the representation of 16.7 million colors. And the manufacturer records that it will comply with 99% in the sRGB space, something that we will see later in the calibration section. There is no pronunciation about specific Delta E calibration or about other color spaces. Finally, the viewing angles are simply 178 degrees both vertically and horizontally.

Let's quote that on both sides we have two internal 2W RMS speakers that sound decently well, at least to clearly hear voices. Obviously they are not designed for music, as they have very little bass and sound detail. The volume is more or less standard, similar to that of a normal laptop.

Calibration and color proofing

We continue with the calibration section for this Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ in which we will see the color characteristics of the monitor, evaluating the calibration available from the factory and the brightness capacity. To do this, we are going to use the X-Rite Colormunki Display colorimeter together with its own calibration software for its adjustment, and the free HCFR software to monitor color characteristics.

This time we are going to divide the process into two sections, one for evaluating the sRGB color space, the other for DCI-P3.

Brightness and Contrast

We have proceeded first of all to measure the monitor's actual brightness and contrast characteristics. Due to its large size we have divided the panel into a 3 × 3 grid to see its maximum brightness and with HDR activated.

Asus specifies in its data sheet a contrast of 1, 000: 1, but we are going to even exceed it, until reaching 1231: 1 which is not bad for an IPS panel. Similarly, we have raised the brightness to maximum and captured the values ​​in a 3 × 3 matrix. As before, in many of the cases we reached the promised 350 nits and even exceeded them, which is perfect, fully meeting expectations.

DCI-P3 color space

This time we have kept the factory settings, and we have only modified the brightness level until we reach the best possible value for Delta E. This value is 50%, while at the factory, the monitor comes to 80%, so keep that in mind.

As we see in the results, the comparative color palette shows an average Delta of 3.83, which is quite good and we are approaching some useful figures for graphic design, where a Delta E close to 2 would be ideal. In any case, it is not the objective of the monitor, nor does the manufacturer provide extra information about the calibration performed.

Similarly, the fit of all the graphs are pretty good except for the Gamma curve, which looks more like a roller coaster . The color temperature is correct and the color space is more than worthy for such a monitor.

SRGB color space

The conditions for the measurement of value in sRGB will be exactly the same. GameVisual has a specific mode for sRGB, but the results it gives us are quite bad compared to a simple brightness adjustment, so we discarded its usefulness.

The new reference curves fit mostly very well, with the variations we saw earlier in Gamma and in the black and white graph. In this case the Delta E has risen to 4.55, a bit far from the good results, even further than the DCI-P3.

As far as the CIE diagram is concerned, we find nothing else to observe that 99% sRGB that the manufacturer promises. Only the gap between blues and greens is just missing, while in the warm range it even exceeds the records of this space.

Calibration

To slightly improve the color contrast and fidelity of this panel, we have calibrated with our colorimeter. Contrast has been improved, showing better grays and also providing slightly less warm colors than the factory ones. So we leave you the ICC file so that you can download it if you are going to buy this monitor.

ICC file download link

User experience

After a few days intensively testing this monitor to play games and watch a few movies, we have a clear idea of ​​the experience it gives us.

Multimedia and cinema

The monitor itself has good features for content playback, such as HDR10 or 2K resolution that will create a good scaling image for both Full HD and 4K movies. The behavior is good, although not impressive for the simple fact of being a panel with a 27-inch diagonal and no ultra-wide or curved design, which would allow us more immersion.

It is worth remembering that we have a pair of speakers that at least to hear the voices will go well enough, at the end of a laptop, as we have already said. This allows versatility and not being forced to use headphones or external speakers, although of course, if we want a good BSO experience, these speakers do not measure up.

Gaming

Once again, this monitor is a pureblood made for gaming primarily. The technology behind its IPS panel is not just for decoration, it will be quite useful especially for professional gamers. We do not say that a normal user does not take advantage of it, but it is true that many options will never touch them, or will pass from them.

Once again, the HDR is appreciated, and above all the different image modes that we can load. GamePlus is perhaps more dedicated to those e-sports, where we will take advantage of the FPS counter or the crosshairs. Another positive aspect is that its resolution and panel are indicated for new generation gaming equipment, although those 155 Hz will only be used in Full HD resolution.

Technologies such as flickr free are noticeable when playing and even just working, since in dark tones that annoying flickering that some monitors have is avoided. In the same way, in certain games we can thank that intelligent clarification of the darkest areas, although it does not make a big difference either. From the factory, it is a monitor that come quite dark.

Design

The calibration values ​​are acceptable, and the panel is IPS, which gives much hope to obtain even better values ​​if we perform a calibration ourselves. Discarding the sRGB mode of GameVisual, and considering that its resolution is 2K, it could be a pretty decent monitor for non-professional users and not too demanding.

OSD panel

Asus monitors are typically characterized by having not only the navigation and selection joystick, but also three buttons for quick access to dedicated menus. This happened for example on the Asus ROG Swift PG35QV. I consider that only the joystick can cover the functions of these buttons, and a clear example is the OSD of the AORUS monitors, for me the best and most complete of all.

Well, the first button is responsible for turning the monitor on and off, while the fourth button starting at the bottom is used to cancel changes or close the OSD. A function that is already redundant because it can be done with the joystick. With the two central buttons we will bring out the GamePlus menu and the GameVisual menu. The former has crosshair, FPS counter, timer, automatic multi-screen alignment and a secondary crosshair functions. The second one we have already discussed, personalized image mode for each situation.

The main OSD menu has, as always, 7 configuration options and an octave to load profiles that we have previously saved. The menus are quite concise and easy to configure, and the most interesting options will be in the third section, such as ELMB SYNC, overclocking or HDR. During the capture of the images we were connected through an HDMI to a laptop with a double screen, and that is why some options are disabled. With normal use all this will be activated if we use DisplayPort, and with HDMI we will only be limited in overclocking.

Final words and conclusion about Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ

As a final assessment, we think that the main weapons of this monitor are in the excellent technical characteristics of its IPS panel. Manufacturers are increasingly betting on this technology, although Asus has brutal monitors with VA panel for gaming equipment.

And it is that we have only 1 ms of response at a frequency of 155 Hz in overclocking mode. Thanks to a 2K resolution, the Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ will work perfectly in e-sports, both in its native resolution and in 1080p, thus taking advantage of the full potential of its refreshment. We miss, yes, USB connectivity and some software management functionalities.

In addition, it has a lot of technology behind it, and a clear example is the innovative ELMB-Sync function, combining Motion Blur Reduction with Adaptive Sync. Let's say it is like the new generation FreeSync, although typical of Asus. The only small downside that we see is that it modifies the contrast of the monitor and becomes darker, but it is something that can be corrected by touching the calibration bars. We also have HDR10, GamePlus, anti-flicker technology, and smart exposure of dark areas.

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Regarding the factory calibration, we have obtained good records with a brightness of 50%, although we have contributed our grain of sand by performing a new calibration and leaving the file for download. The curves are generally correct, although the Delta E is not ideal. That 99% sRGB is met perfectly and both brightness and contrast have exceeded our expectations.

This monitor will appear on the market at a price that will be around 450 to 550 euros, which is not bad when we consider everything it offers. Definitely highly recommended for e-sports and competing with the AORUS AD27QD or MSI MPG27CQ2. Great quality / price and a well-worked panel, so, for our part, a highly recommended team for those who do not want to drop a fortune for e-sports.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ FAST AND HIGH PERFORMANCE IPS PANEL	- DOES NOT HAVE USB PORTS OR MANAGEMENT BY SOFTWARE
+ ELMB-SYNC SOFT TECHNOLOGY OF THE BRAND	- TO BE IPS, CALIBRATION COULD BE BETTER
+ QUALITY / PRICE RATIO	- THE PANEL IS SOMETHING DARK, SO WE MUST TOUCH THE CONFIGURATION
+ RECOMMENDED FOR E-SPORTS AT ENTHUSIASTIC LEVEL
+ VERY SUCCESSFUL DESIGN, AND GREAT ERGONOMICS

The Professional Review team gives you the gold medal and recommended product:

Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ

DESIGN - 85%

PANEL - 90%

CALIBRATION - 86%

BASE - 88%

MENU OSD - 84%

GAMES - 91%

PRICE - 91%

88%