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Stuff.tv
20-05-2025
- Stuff.tv
This esports-grade monitor is absurdly fast, but comes with one big downside
These days, the top gaming monitors offer crazy fast refresh rates. After all, in lots of games, whether you win or lose can come down to how fast your reactions are – and a super fast monitor helps with that. Asus's latest esports-grade monitor is absurdly fast, unlike anything I've ever seen before. Asus's new ROG Strix Ace XG248QSG offers a 610 Hz refresh rate display. That's not a typo, it really is 610Hz. It marks the brand's latest entry into the great refresh rate arms race, with a name as ridiculous as the specs. It's got a native 600Hz refresh rate and can be overclocked to 610Hz, just in case your reflexes are faster than the speed of light. Asus is clearly aiming this thing at the esports crowd – the kind who twitch headshots into existence. But it comes with one really big downside, and that's the panel tech on the inside. Read more: Best gaming laptops in 2025 reviewed and ranked This kind of speed comes at the expense of panel quality, because Asus has decided to dust off TN technology for this monitor. Not just any TN panel, but a Super TN panel. That's marketing speak for 'it's still a TN panel, but we pinky promise it looks a bit less pants now.' You seen, TN panels are known for pretty poor colour accuracy (a tendency to yellow, to be precise) and viewing angles that don't tend to cooperate. So that's characters that look jaundiced that you can't see unless you're facing dead-on. Apparently, this Super TN panel offers better brightness at 370 nits, and covers 90% of DCI-P3. While that's impressive if true for a TN panel, it's a far cry from the best gaming monitors kicking around. Asus also packed in ELMB2 (Extreme Low Motion Blur 2), AI visual boosts, and dynamic crosshairs, to try and compensate for the lacklustre image. Now, don't get me wrong – there's clearly some proper engineering muscle behind this thing. A 0.1 ms response time, input lag under one millisecond, and support for both FreeSync Premium and G-Sync is nothing to scoff at. And the 24.1-inch FHD panel size is right in the sweet spot for serious competitive play. But still, it's hard to ignore that TN panel. A really fast one, sure, but TN nonetheless. The monitor's design is fairly muted – a matte black affair with no RGB nonsense. I'm a little surprised by that for something in the ROG line-up, but I guess the lights would have been too much to cram in. You do get decent ergonomics though: height, swivel, and tilt adjustments are all here. Connectivity is handled by two HDMI 2.1 ports, a DisplayPort 1.4, headphone jack, and a USB-C port. If you're eyeing up one of these beasts, Asus hasn't revealed details yet. We don't know how much it'll cost nor when you'll be able to order it. But it's safe to assume this won't be a bargain-bin special.
Tom's Guide
19-05-2025
- Tom's Guide
I pixel-peeped the world's fastest gaming monitor — after testing 610Hz, real-life feels laggy
A few months ago, I saw Zowie's 600Hz gaming monitor — the original world's fastest esports screen. Now at Computex 2025, Asus has narrowly beaten that record, and I'm not sure I can go back to the refresh rate of real life. The Asus ROG Strix Ace XG248QSG may not be the most colorful, sharpest or brightest monitor out there, but that's because it has placed a focus specifically on going so OTT on the Hz. To put just how fast that refresh rate is, it's 100 times quicker than the average human blink. You could quickly close your eyes and miss 164 frames of gameplay! Another monitor, another ridiculous name because…reasons, I guess. Anyway, as you can see from the specs, this is everything a pro gamer needs in one package. Screen Size 24.1 inches Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels Refresh rate Up to 610Hz DCI-P3 color gamut 90% Input lag 0.8ms Response time 0.1ms To see the refresh rate in action, we saw the classic UFO screen test — watching small spaceship icons fly from left to right to see how solid the edges look. And, well, it legitimately looked like somebody was moving a piece of paper from left to right. The 610Hz has a lot to do with it, but there's more magic Asus is applying to this. First, Extreme Low Motion Blur 2 technology is able to keep things razor sharp while also offering 65% better brightness compared to competitors. And second, 0.1ms response time and 0.8ms input latency guarantees near-immediate reactions to any movements you make. When you get into frame rates like this, you don't feel like you're using a screen anymore — you feel like you're using an extension of your own eyeballs. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Opening the slot at the back, you'll find a couple of HDMI ports and a DisplayPort for your connectivity needs. The screen itself is on a highly adjustable stand, of which the base doesn't take up much space at all. In fact, if you care more about frame rate than your own eyesight, you can lower the height and angle it upwards for the classic esports gaming perspective of getting up close and personal with the screen! Just like any monitor I test like this, it's worth noting that this is only for a particular niche group of gamers that will really reap the benefits of this. For all the DCI-P3 talk, the colors seem a little washed out, and the brightness is kind of low. But that's intentional, as Asus has specifically targeted taking that refresh rate up to ludicrous levels. If you want something that makes your games pretty, go with something OLED-loaded with a higher resolution like Alienware's AW2752Q. The one question, though, is price. And much like a lot of tech we're seeing at Computex, there's a big tariff-related shrug. We'll just have to see what the price is when it launches in July, but my bet is something in the vicinity of $1,200. That doesn't stop it from being one of the coolest monitors I've ever seen, which has now left me viewing the real world in 30 FPS.
