Asus’ new curved monitor offers smoother gaming on a budget
Asus has a new gaming monitor out, the ROG Strix XG27VQ, a name that I’m not even going to bother commenting on. In a world where most of these monitors try to be the biggest and best around, the new Strix XG27VQ takes a bit of a different approach, via AnandTech.
At 27 inches, it’s smaller than most of Asus’ curved monitor lineup, which tends to be in the 32-inch and up range. It comes in at a mere 1080p resolution instead of the more pixel dense offerings on the high end of the market. The payoff for those weaker specs, though is the price: the Strix XG27VQ costs $349.99, which puts it on the entry-level side of the gaming monitor market.
That said, you’re still getting a fairly…