I come from a Iiyama B2475HDS (60HZ TN panel) and of a bad experience with Dell U2713H (up to 3x increase returned). This Asus is at vnom ll areas a breath of fresh air. The colors are very good, and after calibration, to almost perfect values. No ghosting/overshoot/undershoot can be detected.
Pros
- 144Hz: noticeably smoother than 60Hz TN panels, regardless of Freesyc on/off
- IPS-very good viewing angles and nice colors
- No ghosting and/or over/undershoot is discernible, not even in fast shooters)
- My copy: very good uniformity (max 12% deviation of 120cd/m2 in the top center)
- After calibration, near-perfect value of 6502K, 120cd/m2, and high contrast ratio (average Delta E 0.69)
Cons
- My copy: joystick to navigate is not good to the left
- Foot is very deep (24cm)
- Connectors are awkwardly placed: you have to reach and search
Final conclusion
Score: 5Per criterion
Color reproduction
Score: 5
IntroIn this review I treat purely my own experiences with this monitor. I’m not a specs listing, nor screenshots of the items of the menu structure. I have no oscilloscopes, nor I have uitegebreide measuring instruments to reponsetimes/inputlag to measure. This is very nice to find it on tftcentral.co.uk.
However, I have an i1DisplayPro used for luminance measurement and calibration with the i1Profiler software from X-Rite.ReferentiekaderVoordat I start writing, I want the frame of reference sketches, so that a better picture can be of this relatively short review.
I used to be very fanatic gamer, now slightly less than before but I game on average about 2.5 hours per day, mainly first person shooters. For the rest, I do a lot of fotoediting in Lightroom and Photoshop, so an IPS screen, for me, was a pr lwa. In the winter game I what’s more, while I am in the spring and summer/autumn a lot more to photograph, so I would have my photo and gamingactiviteiten respectively assess on a 60%-40% distribution.
My whole life I have only TN panels. So my current panel the iiyama B2475HDS. Because electrolytics full he was to be replaced, somewhere sin, because he is of 2011.
In september 2015 I have a Dell U2713H bought that 99% adobeRGB, but smaller, but after 3x a broken instance to have had (1x unacceptable, even orange glow, 2x oncorrigeerbare shade of green), I have confidence in the Dell lost. Many read about it and got in touch with the well-known QC issues when reading user experiences of IPS users. Money recovered, and since then, wary of an IPS monitor to buy. The 99% adobeRGB requirement, I have to let go because there is nothing reliable to get under 700 euros, so I focused on a 100% sRGB screen, because my video card (GTX970) anyway, not a 10-bit/8-bit+FRC supports and, by definition, are already not that 99% adobeRGB can halen.De aankoopNa the Dell incident, I have several reviews to read and eventually doubt between:
– Eizo Foris FS2735 (best of the best in both colors when gaming)
– BenQ GW2765HT (more colors than 100% sRGB at a very affordable price (400 euro)
– Asus MG279Q (144Hz, IPS, fast response times and good inputlagwaardes, 100% sRGB coverage and fairly reasonably priced t.o.v. of other models with these specs)
My requirements were:
– Resolution of 2560×1440 for a larger workspace in photo editing
– IPS
– Not a high inputlag, since I still pretty much game
Having G-sync or Freesync, I’ve not really heavy let you know the decision, because “anything is better than 60Hz+TN”, plus the fact that 144Hz + antiflicker’ll be a lot smoother and quieter experience would have.
The Eizo fell down because of the high price, then I could just as well be a ColorEdige CS270 buy, then I would have a much greater chance to be a good panel out of the lottery. But when I really professional the market to go with my photography, then I will buy that Eizo ColorEdge.
The BenQ I wanted to go for it, until I saw that the Asus has a much faster response time and no overshoot/undershoot had a very good inputlagwaardes), and even 144Hz.
Then came the mediamarkt vat action and then I was to: Asus MG279Q it is!
Box:
There is no Q on the box…strange 
FeaturesetHeb I 4 stars given. Well…what I expect from a features: the monitor itself and 1 (mini)displayport cable and the USB cable. That was also in, so no complaints here, 
The speakers in a monitor I use never, so here I would not get points for subtraction. An sich, there is something to say that they are not for each input 1 cable included, because you get a USB cable, a hdmi cable and a mini displayport-to-displayport cable. DriverCD…I don’t understand why it was still there.Design, build quality and afwerkingMet 4 stars just fine. The monitor is really solid and has a large, solid base. The base is very deep, so if you have a short desk you will get your keyboard may have on the foot. The monitor is height adjustable, a bit higher than my iiyama and you can get em in portrait mode. The monitor has a matte finish, both the bezel (which, incidentally, is pretty flimsy) as the screen itself, though it has an anti-glare display name: not glossy, but also not completely matt. The bezel is fairly clean without too loud merknaampjes or accents on it. Also, the power-on LED is almost invisible, hidden in the bottom right panel. Read: no annoying bright light is. Thick is great!
The joystick on the back to go through the OSD to scroll is very useful, but in my case, something is broken, so the joystick is not good to the left to navigate. Which is a pity.
What is also annoying is that the connectors bottom left of the screen best high sit so you don’t actually touch a cable in/off stitches. But yes, how often do you do that well…GhostingHier I can be brief and clear about that: that is simply not there, at least, not visible with the eye. As a photographer and former-gamer is pixelpeepen in my blood, but I really can’t ghosting perceive. By default the monitor to a trace (that the response times controls) at 60. I have from the review from tftcentral, the value 80 is taken over under the guise: not re-inventing the wheel. 
They have the measurements with oscilloscope is done and I go that is not in doubt. So, tftcentral: thanks!PixeldefectenOok short and sweet: 0Contrast and brightness and kleurweergaveZeer good! Out of the box is the monitor in the Racing mode (where RGB and contrast&brightness levels separately) supplied on the contrast to 80 and brightness to 90.
Using the X-Rite i1DisplayPro, I have the brightness measured and I came out on 278cd/m2. This I have so terugmoeten to value 29 to 120cd/m2 (the recommended standard for normal office use).
After calibration, I had a black level of 0.099 cd/m2 and contrast of 1220:1 Contrast=80 and Brightness=29.
Very nice values!
Color reproduction is also excellent! Out of the box (racing mode, brightness 90, contrast 80) gave the i1DisplayPro that there is a saturated shade of green.
After the RGB to values of 98, 92, 100, contrast 80 and brightness 29, I found the following in almost perfect results (images are clickable):
You can see that the monitor has trouble with patch23, but that is probably because this color is largely outside the range of the monitor is located.
At the very first calibration I had n lwa g perfectere values:
But I have 1 week later, re-calibrated with the values previously mentioned. I am anyway planning to make this a monthly to do to make the colour reproduction as accurate as possible.UniformityIk have the panel lottery won for the i1DisplayPro gave a maximum deviation of only 12% of t.o.v. 120cd/m2 in the middle above:
Check in this picture also the average colour deviation per measured area. That is also very comfortable t.o.v. the measured 6502K in the middle. The picture 6480K see in the middle…but if you only millimetertje slide with the xrite display on your screen, then, fluctuates the value. You see during calibration, anyway, that he sometimes “jumps” between different values. In my case, between 6480K-6508K when I have a bit of back and forth slide in the middle.Bleeding/IPS glowOok here I notice that I have the panel lottery have won, because it is practically not present:
I put em on a longer shutter speed, then:
AntiflickerHeel beautiful, looks very peaceful! Nice side-effect: now at last, a picture of your screen without the annoying moir lwa lines in the image 
Already apologize for the content in the photo; the neighbors had happened to be a nice review online, but I stay true to tweakers 
ConclusieBeseffend that I have the panel lottery I have won I have come to the conclusion that this monitor meets all my requirements: the monitor is with the help of calibration just almost perfect to get and not to large deviations. As a photographer, I am very happy with the workspace (WQHD vs fullHD) and I can now enjoy much better colors, and I can get my girlfriend to show how the photos of her products have become, without that I, with my chair to the side to slide, so that they may be right. Ghosting remains absent, and the 144Hz icm antiflicker makes for a quiet and smooth gaming experience, and all for a good price. Win-Win!
Because the colour reproduction, contrast and brightness for me, the allerzwaarst roads, get this monitor from me a 5-star judgment.