New ASUS PB258Q With WQHD AH-IPS Display Being Released

[Geekazoid]

Source: https://pcmonitors.info/asus/asus-pb258q-with-a-wqhd-ah-ips-panel/

Hi guys,
I just thought I'd share with you that ASUS is going to be releasing a new 25" 2560x1440 AH-IPS monitor soon. I'll edit this post later, but I just wanted to let you guys know. I think it's rather awesome myself.

BTW, I used the site search box to see if this was already mentioned but it wasn't, so I posted it.

[the jolly roger]

those thin bezels 

[Syntaxvgm]

Professional series

amazingly thin bezel

And because of the ruler on the bottom, I bet this will be a professional photowork worthy monitor with great colors?

Hyped. 

[Victorious Secret]

This is really neat. I'm still waiting (hoping) to see a 27" or less 4K PA series monitor, but this is very nice. 

[snowComet]

It looks so similar to Dell's U2515H...

 

[Opcode]

Reminds me of my Acer.

[Guest Kloaked]

G-sync pl0x

[Sharkyx1]

I have a PA248Q right now, and the only upgrade id like to do would have to be a total upgrade to something like 120hz 1440 

 

I'm starting to grow weary of 16:10 because of how many games are Horizontal+ and im actually loosing screen space

[Homicidium]

[WelshDdraig]

Holy crap, do want. me to wallet: "please?" wallet to me:"no way!"

[LukaP]

I have a PA248Q right now, and the only upgrade id like to do would have to be a total upgrade to something like 120hz 1440 

 

I'm starting to grow weary of 16:10 because of how many games are Horizontal+ and im actually loosing screen space

With 16:10 you lose nothing with those types of games, they will still render the same resolution, you will just gain a little more of the black bar. but you also gain a TON in productivity.

 

On topic, interesting monitor, since its a PB, i expect it around 350€ with its PA equivalent at 500€

[CYaN_Bob]

I sense a disturbance in my wallet.

[ThreePinkApples]

Thin bezels are nice, but it looks quite weird when the bottom is much thicker than the rest, I think I prefer all of them being same thickness rather than having 3 super thin and one normal

[szomeret]

Thin bezels are nice, but it looks quite weird when the bottom is much thicker than the rest, I think I prefer all of them being same thickness rather than having 3 super thin and one normal

OK, but it's less useful that way. If you want to set them side by side it's best to have thin left/right bezels.

[BernardoSLR]

About time to make this a standard.

[Misanthrope]

There's 2 things to make me like this even more, one serious and one silly:

 

1) Make it freesync and gsync. Both if you basically wanna destroy all other monitor options

 

2) Give it a proper fucking name: ROG swift I can remember, pb258q I cant be bothered to.

[Sharkyx1]

With 16:10 you lose nothing with those types of games, they will still render the same resolution, you will just gain a little more of the black bar. but you also gain a TON in productivity.

 

On topic, interesting monitor, since its a PB, i expect it around 350€ with its PA equivalent at 500€

I know about the benefits of 16:10, ive been using them exclusively since i got my first LCD and 16:9 just looks so constricted

 

 

But most game engines use Hor+ which means they maintain vertical FOV and change Horizontal FOV depending on Aspect Ratio, so in those games you lose some FOV, and in cutscenes it really throws off the look because you loose about 107 pixels on each side effectively

Large images ahead

16:9

16:10

[TAK]

Too bad the Eizo FlexScan EV2450-GY look better, IMO.

[Sharkyx1]

There's 2 things to make me like this even more, one serious and one silly:

 

1) Make it freesync and gsync. Both if you basically wanna destroy all other monitor options

 

2) Give it a proper fucking name: ROG swift I can remember, pb258q I cant be bothered to.

I disagree, stick with childish zoom zoom names for maybe Gaming monitors, but give a real monitor a real name, the monitor you own you will probably know its name, PA248Q is simple but means something ROG Swift just means I GO FAST

[Misanthrope]

I disagree, stick with childish zoom zoom names for maybe Gaming monitors, but give a real monitor a real name, the monitor you own you will probably know its name, PA248Q is simple but means something ROG Swift just means I GO FAST

 

Why stop there, let's get a really sophisticated name like the Asus p200-ex7845MW9002A-FSYNC-9700G Rev 2.0

 

:rolleyes:

[zacRupnow]

This was posted sometime last month. Ill look for it, may have been deleted but BTW the search only finds exact tags

[Glenwing]

Make it freesync and gsync. Both if you basically wanna destroy all other monitor options

Not as simple as it sounds considering NVIDIA makes you replace basically the entire display controller with their custom one (the G-SYNC module), and there's no way NVIDIA's making that FreeSync capable.

The only way to do it would be to have the G-SYNC module in addition to another display controller which would increase the cost dramatically. You'd also have to have dedicated inputs for each one; i.e. one DisplayPort input which leads to the G-SYNC module, you can't use any other inputs for G-SYNC and you can't use that input for anything besides G-SYNC. And the same for the "FreeSync" side of the monitor. Altogether, much more expensive than either G-SYNC or FreeSync and not really an appealing solution, especially since any one customer isn't likely to use both. They'd rather just shop for a dedicated G-SYNC or FreeSync monitor, whichever one they need, rather than pay even more to get both when they will only use one.

[Glenwing]

I know about the benefits of 16:10, ive been using them exclusively since i got my first LCD and 16:9 just looks so constricted

 

 

But most game engines use Hor+ which means they maintain vertical FOV and change Horizontal FOV depending on Aspect Ratio, so in those games you lose some FOV, and in cutscenes it really throws off the look because you loose about 107 pixels on each side effectively

You realize 1920x1200 contains 1920x1080 inside it right? You can just set your ingame resolution to 1920x1080 and you'll be no worse off than with a ~23" 1080p monitor.

[Sharkyx1]

You realize 1920x1200 contains 1920x1080 inside it right? You can just set your ingame resolution to 1920x1080 and you'll be no worse off than with a ~23" 1080p monitor.

It seems a little silly to pay for extra pixels im not using, im not gonna throw away my PA, and i don't consider 16:10 a negative, i was just commenting that i doubt id buy another 16:10

[Glenwing]

It seems a little silly to pay for extra pixels im not using, im not gonna throw away my PA, and i don't consider 16:10 a negative, i was just commenting that i doubt id buy another 16:10

Well yeah, if you use it exclusively for games then you're better off with 16:9, no sense in wasting money if you're going to run in that mode anyway. But I'm talking about as an all-around monitor, I'm loathe to get anything other than 16:10. Outside games I use those extra pixels all the time, getting that extra vertical height which makes it much more comfortable browsing the web and working on spreadsheets and documents (not to mention CAD) and in games it can act as a 16:9 monitor. Really gives me the best of both worlds. I can use those extra pixels when they're useful, and not use them when they're not.