ASUS TUF Gaming VG279QM5F 27" Full HD Gaming Monitor - 1920 x 1080 260Hz 0.3ms Fast IPS G-SYNC Compatible - Black - VG279QM5F

ASUS TUF Gaming VG279QM5F 27" Full HD Gaming Monitor - 1920 x 1080 260Hz 0.3ms Fast IPS G-SYNC Compatible - Black - VG279QM5F

The ASUS TUF Gaming VG279QM5F is a 27-inch Full HD gaming monitor running at 260Hz on a Fast IPS panel, with a 1ms grey-to-grey response and a 0.3ms minimum. NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible certification and AMD FreeSync Premium keep motion tear-free on either platform, while ELMB SYNC allows blur reduction and variable refresh rate to run together. Colour coverage reaches 99% sRGB with HDR10 support.

260Hz on a 27-inch Panel

A 260Hz refresh rate updates the image more than four times as often as a standard 60Hz display, and at 27 inches you get a noticeably larger playing field than the 24-inch panels that dominate competitive gaming. Full HD across 27 inches is less pixel-dense than a smaller screen, so this is a monitor chosen for size and speed rather than sharpness. The upside is that 1080p is far less demanding on your graphics card, making frame rates high enough to exploit 260Hz genuinely achievable on mid-range hardware.

Fast IPS and 0.3ms Response

ASUS quotes a 1ms grey-to-grey response with a 0.3ms minimum, and the distinction matters: the minimum figure describes the fastest pixel transitions rather than every transition on the panel. Fast IPS is engineered to speed up those transitions while keeping the wide 178-degree viewing angles and colour accuracy IPS is known for, so you no longer trade image quality for speed. Trace Free technology fine-tunes overdrive to suit the refresh rate in use.

ELMB SYNC and Adaptive Sync

ELMB SYNC is the feature worth understanding. Motion blur reduction normally works by strobing the backlight, and on most monitors that cannot operate at the same time as variable refresh rate, forcing a choice between blur reduction and tear-free output. ASUS Extreme Low Motion Blur Sync runs both together, removing ghosting without sacrificing smoothness. It is one of the clearer reasons to choose a TUF Gaming panel over a similarly specified rival.

Gaming AI and DisplayWidget Center

DisplayWidget Center lets you change monitor settings with a mouse from the desktop rather than navigating a joystick menu behind the panel, which is a real quality-of-life improvement. TUF Gaming AI adds Dynamic Crosshair, which shifts the crosshair colour to contrast with whatever is behind it, and Dynamic Shadow Boost, which lifts detail out of dark areas automatically. GameVisual presets cover FPS, MOBA, RTS and racing, and GamePlus provides timers and alignment guides.

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