ASUS MX299Q Monitor Review
by Chris Heinonen on September 23, 2013 12:00 AM ESTThere isn’t a good lag tester on the market that can do 2560x1080 natively. I’m sticking to using the Leo Bodnar lag tester at 1080p because it is a well-known, reliable test that is easy to duplicate. Most scalers also introduce very little delay now compared to color management and other display features.
The ASUS MX299Q helps make my point here in that even scaling the image, we see only 9ms of lag overall. No one should find fault with the performance of the MX299Q when it comes to response times. This shows companies can design displays with very little lag, even if a scaler is introduced into the signal path.
The MX299Q certainly conserves power. The most it pulls down is 38 watts, and normalized for screen size it winds up as one of the more efficient models that I have tested. Excellent results here from the ASUS MX299Q.
The gamut of the MX299Q also performs a bit over expectations at 75% of the AdobeRGB space. It isn’t close to enough of the AdobeRGB space to use it in that mode, but for sRGB material it will work very well.
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
44 Comments
View All Comments
idiot consumer - Monday, November 4, 2013 - link
Seems to be best so far. in $ termsMaariN - Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - link
Does anybody know if an Overscan-Mode is availible, so PS3, XBOX 360 games could be played in "full-screen" and not only in 1980x1080 which black edge? Thanks guys.cm5cm5 - Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - link
Any issue running a macbook air with this monitor. I have a gaming machine on the side, but use the Air for work. Won't need all the bells and whistles, just want to make sure the integrated crud 4000 will actually make the display work. ThanksAmadeusMozart - Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - link
Format: It all depends where you use it for but I use it daily for trading - I love it above the others. (also had a 24" 16:10 and have a 27" 16:9). Only issue I have with mine, a Lenovo U2913WM is that it does not sit exactly horizontal because one side is slightly heavier than the other... (hence me investigating others)It is also very handy to compare two documents next to each other or for very wide spreadsheets.