Asus ROG Strix XG248Q 24 Inch FHD Gaming Monitor

Asus ROG Strix XG248Q 24 Inch FHD Gaming Monitor

Asus ROG Strix XG248Q 24 Inch FHD Gaming Monitor is built in 24-inch Full HD gaming monitor with a 240Hz native refresh rate for fluid gameplays which is Certified as G-SYNC Compatible, delivering a seamless, tear-free gaming experience by enabling VRR (variable refresh rate) by default. This gaming monitor has Ultra-fast 1ms response time and Adaptive-Sync to eliminate motion blur and tearing for super-smooth gameplay. the exclusive ROG Strix XG Series gaming monitors feature ASUS Aura Sync lighting on the back and a customizable light signature projection for gaming-inspired aesthetics. The VESA wall-mountable to save on desktop space plus ergonomically-designed stands with full tilt, swivel, pivot, and height adjustment. This gaming monitor is flexible connectivity options with Display Port 1.2, Dual HDMI 2.0 and USB 3.0. Game-grade ergonomics such as tilt, pivot, swivel and height adjustments allow you to play like a Pro in your comfort zone. The ROG Strix has astonishing 240Hz native refresh rate makes it twice as fast as conventional 120Hz monitors. You'll experience amazingly fluid gaming visuals, giving you the upper hand in first-person shooters, racing, real-time strategy and sports titles. It's all action and no breaks witrh amazing gaming experience.

Features:

• 60.45cms 23.8-inch Full HD gaming monitor with a 240Hz native refresh rate for fluid gameplays
• Certified as G-SYNC Compatible, delivering a seamless, tear-free gaming experience by enabling VRR (variable refresh rate) by default.
• Ultra-fast 1ms response time and Adaptive-Sync to eliminate motion blur and tearing for super-smooth gameplay
• ROG Strix XG Series gaming monitors feature ASUS Aura Sync lighting on the back and a customizable light signature projection for gaming-inspired aesthetics
• VESA wall-mountable to save on desktop space plus ergonomically-designed stands with full tilt, swivel, pivot, and height adjustment

Asus ROG Strix XG248Q Monitor Review

ASUS’s ROG Strix XG248Q is one of the few 240 Hz gaming monitors to sell in India. It’s got a 23.8-inch viewable area and supports both, FreeSync and G-Sync. Being an ROG Strix unit, the monitor features the signature red and black design language. Typically, excelling in one aspect always has its downsides in all the remaining aspects of a monitor and we’ll have to check whether the ROG Strix XG248Q suffers from the same issues. This particular model has been available in international markets for quite some time and has only recently come to the Indian market. It is currently available for Rs.37,000 on certain ecommerce websites with a 3-year manufacturing warranty. 

Performance

The panel in the XG248Q is by Innolux (M238HHJ0-K70) and is rated for 200 Hz refresh rate but the ASUS website states that the monitor has a native refresh rate of 240 Hz. Most panels that are capable of 240 Hz are currently TN panels and so is this one. There are IPS panels capable of hitting 240 Hz but they are quite expensive at this point and considering that the existing TN ones aren’t cheap, one can only imagine how much the IPS panels are going to cost.

The panel has a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and has a W-LED backlight. It’s also a 6-bit panel with FRC to simulate 8 bits. The minimum response time is 1ms but the average can be about 8ms. In our colour reproduction test prior to calibration, the maximum delta E observed from among all the patches was 19.09 and the average was 2.62. The average is a bit towards the higher side and anything above 3 can be visually identified by users. We then began calibrating the monitor and for that we had to drop the Red and Blue values by 3 each to get the colour values proper. Gamma was kept at 2.2. Post calibration, the average delta E came down to 2.1 which is still not great but it certainly is better off than earlier.

When we switched the background to a true black image, we noticed a lot of clouding. This is a very subjective element that might be irksome to some users. It can be quite prominently observed when you’re playing video games in which most of the visuals are dark such as the recently released Wolfenstein: Young Blood and the recent Resident Evil 2 remake.

Coming to the brightness, we clocked it at 380 nits which is close to spec and the contrast ratio was measured to be about 970:1 which is very close to spec as well. It’s not the highest we’ve seen from ASUS.

As for brightness uniformity, we measured an average Delta E of 1.45 which means the panel is very uniformly lit. Post calibration, the average power draw was about 31 Watts.