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As we mentioned earlier in the review, the menu interface is available from the panel bottom right. The main Menu button is centralised between three buttons on either side and requires a physical press underneath.
The colour modes cover a wide range of settings to suit a variety of environments and demands. Game mode did add a little vibrancy to the colours, albeit with a little loss of accuracy. Scenery mode seemed almost unusable to me as the colours became incredibly intense. The Standard setting seems the most useful as you can configure brightness, contrast and colour settings. Some of these were locked out in other preset modes. I also liked the sRGB setting.
The onboard speakers are not the most capable, but perfectly usable in an office style environment when bass response and ultimate volume are not that important.
The main menu screen is cleanly laid out with 5 main menu options available on the left. Sub menus and settings appear in the white section on the right.
The ‘Color' panel allows for adjustment over Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Temperature, Skin Tone, Smart View and Nvidia LightBoost. Some of these settings will be greyed out, depending on the preset you are using at the time.
The ‘Image' menu allows for adjustment to Sharpness, Trace Free, Aspect Control, ASCR, Position and Focus. Again some of these will be greyed out, depending on the preset.
The ‘Input Select' panel allows for selection between the input connectors at the back of the screen. There is also an input select button which can be used for speed, outside this menu interface.
The final ‘System Setup' panel has a demo mode available, ideal for a retail store environment. There is also an ECO mode to adjust power saving, volume controls and On Screen Setup (OSD). You can also reset all the settings at the bottom of this menu, if you have made a mess of things.
I found the menu system to be very responsive and well laid out, much like the other ASUS onscreen menu systems I have used this year.
Ive never been impressed with a 3D gaming monitor outside of 3D gaming. they always seem to have poor backlighting consistenty
3d monitors suck, I have yet to see one I would use for everything, not just gaming.
Yeah im not a big fan of 3D monitors either, waste of cash.
I wouldnt say they were a waste of cash, they just have to make a lot of compromises at times to get the 3D working well. Even the high end 3D televisions have many weaknesses, unless you opt for a full backlit version, rather than edge lit, but they cost twice as much. OLED will transform this industry when the price comes down.
OLED is still some time away in the mainstream – still expensive. I agree it would make the whole industry wake up to better quality screens.
A bit of confusion here. The “extra” processing is in the video card. 72 fps is easy to do and requires 144 Hz input to do 3D. GPUs can easily do over 60 fps in 2D and dropping down to 60 fps to sync with a limited refresh rate of 120 Hz is a bit of a trade off. The additional frames are not the extra 24 Hz of refresh bandwidth but the 16 frames that match the magic number for motion fusion. Hope this helps.
I’ve yet to see a reviewer (or gamer) apart from me and my friends that actually notice why else you would be a 120hz or 144hz monitor….. SMOOTHNESS.
I don’t use and I actually hate 3D but 120+ hz is smooth as silk, you notice the jerkyness of a 60hz monitor after using a 120hz monitor in 2d mode wow…. I would never go back. EVERYONE seems to miss that point?
First off, the monitor is not intended for Photo Editing. This is made obvious by all reviewers except for this one. 2nd, the audience for gaming is much bigger than you think. And most people buying this monitor are not going to use the 3d function. We are more interested in the FPS and lack of tracers when firing your weapon etc which is why it is a gaming Monitor. If you are doing photo editing then this is not the monitor for you. I love mine and it was worth the upgrade. I was using a 60hz 24″ Dell ultrasharp so i definitely saw an improvement since my Dell Monitor is about 8 years old.
for heavy gamers like myself and many others, this is a essential peace in improving your gameplay, because with a powerfull pc, and this monitor, you can turn V-sync on and be locked at 120FPS or 144FPS and for ppl that don’t know what that brings, its an incredible smooth/fluid movement tracking, and that means you can aim ALOT better, and all small movements will be more noticeable simply because, there will be no lost frames and no screen tear. if thats not apealing to you, then well, don’t buy this monitor, but I can leave without it.