Asus Republic of Gamers Strix XG438Q 43" 16:9 FreeSync 2 4K VA Gaming Monitor

If a TV or an Nvidia BFGD is too big for your gaming, but a regular monitor is too small, the 43-inch Asus ROG Strix XG438Q is a lustworthy alternative for serious players. It's not cheap, but its panel is nimble and eye-popping.

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  Gaming performance is top-notch., Larger screen size makes seeing enemies easier., Display Widget software is highly customizable., Future-proof for next-gen consoles.

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  Display Stream Compression feature not integrated., Big enough to make some users motion-sick., Not ideal for pro content creators., BGR profile might make text a little fuzzy.

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Strix XG438Q, the world's biggest and fastest 4K UHD FreeSync 2 HDR gaming monitor, offering the perfect balance of smooth visuals and high contrast HDR performance for incredibly immersive gameplay.

Despite those caveats, though, the Asus ROG Strix XG438Q is the only way to get a screen at this size with 120Hz syncing, HDR and a 4K resolution – and so it ticks more gaming boxes than almost anything else around.

ASUS ROG Strix XG438Q - 43-inch 4K 120Hz, the best fun I've had on a gaming monitor EVER!

Today we're checking out the latest large format gaming monitor from Asus, the ROG Strix XG438Q. We've seen 43-

The Asus ROG Strix XG438Q is more expensive than almost any other gaming monitor on the market – and with good reason. This screen combines a vast 43in diagonal with HDR, AMD FreeSync 2 and a 4K resolution, and it’s designed to sate both PC and console players – no surprise when it’s the size of a...

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  Huge, immersive 43in 4K screen, Great core image quality, Punchy, powerful speakers, Good set of features

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  Looks a little dated, Size could not suit some situations, Not big enough for some living rooms, Middling HDR options

FALD is really annoying. 512zones is not enough. You end up seeing glowing "white ish light circles". If that annoys you, make sure to turn off hdr in windows ( windows 10, haven't tested win11 though that is supposed to be better). Outside of that issue its a great monitor and hdr looks fantastic.

Pretty good and much better colors than va panels but not great compared to contrast ratio. Only complaint is it’s DisplayPort 1.2, and expensive for its features, you can get a monitor with similar performance only difference is their isn’t any in the 32” range that’s why you see a price mark up.

TRUE HDR1000 with 512 local dimming zones. 3 Games... If you try 3 games, you will be ruined for life and understand the magnificence of this display. nothing else compares, including OLED. Sea of Thieves Cyberpunk2077 Immortal Fenix Rising Have fun looking at anything else after..

Pros: Bright good blacks for an IPS Gsync solid gaming performance as far as response times and smooth on screen action Cons: Overpriced Competition offers better product on the same panel (Acer Predator) 8-bit Only DP 1.2 * DEALBREAKER - Monitor doesn't sleep it literally shuts down and when it...

The monitor I received would randomly dim even though I had turned off the auto dimming in the in-screen monitor setup. In game or not, it would just randomly dim itself. I was running it at native resolution at recommended refresh, not the overclocked refresh, on Display Port.

The monitor will dim if you have it on "too long". From the official support: Q1. After using the HDR function for a while, why does the brightness of the display become darker ? A1: This is the normal situation.

Pros - 144hz looks great - G-Sync works perfectly even though it says FreeSync - Beautiful colors - Extremely bright HDR - ELMB SYNC is amazing technology for reducing blur at high fps Cons - Worst ghosting I've ever seen for a VA panel. Some RPGs are unplayable.

Looked nice out of the box,though mostly plastic low quality feel to it. The real issue is the screen, when the system booted into windows 10, the image looks concave, very hard to overlook. Tried it with an old Titan x and a RXT 3090, same problem.

It’s all about ghosting and smearing, it’s just fine if you’re doing your chores but when it comes to gaming, it’s not definitely for that purpose. This is the worst panel I’ve ever seen and the monitor setting wouldn’t do anything to make it better. hdr is also unusable and needs to be turned off.

LG - 48" Class CX Series OLED 4K UHD Smart webOS TV is as good or better and you get a smart TV. I have no idea how Asus thinks they can charge the prices they do. Oh sure they go on and on about their Japanese 10k capacitors, build quality and so on but Military spec components are still extremely...