ASUS 27-inch 144Hz WQHD FreeSync Gaming Monitor [MG279Q] IPS, 4ms Response Time, HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.0

FreeSync is AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s G-Sync anti-tearing and smoothing technology. Both take control of the monitor’s refresh rates to eliminate screen tearing, an artifact that occurs when a monitor with a fixed refresh rate tries to keep up with the graphics card. Tearing causes a split screen effect as the monitor displays portions of two frames at the same time. Both corrective technologies also reduce motion chop and input lag (the time it takes for the monitor to react to a controller command). Whereas G-Sync monitors contain a proprietary module that allows the GPU to handle refresh rates, FreeSync monitors utilize DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync, an industry standard method of controlling a monitor’s refresh rate via the DisplayPort 1.2 input. In order to take advantage of FreeSync, you’ need a monitor that supports DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync, an AMD Radeon graphics card in your PC that supports FreeSync, and AMD’s Catalyst Control Center software and drivers.

In addition to the GameVisual settings, the MG279Q features Asus’s GamePlus technology which offers four different crosshair aiming overlays and an in-game timer for keeping track of things like re-spawn times and overall gameplay times. Other settings include TraceFree (speeds up pixel response), VividPixel (enhances standard definition images), and ASCR (dynamic contrast).