ASUS ASUS Republic of Gamers Strix XG248QSG 24.1" HDR Review

The ASUS ROG Strix XG248QSG offers an elite 610Hz refresh rate (90th percentile performance) for the smoothest competitive gaming possible. However, it does this with a mediocre 1080p TN panel, landing its display quality in the dismal 10th percentile. You're paying over a grand for a single, spectacular trick.

The ASUS ROG Strix XG248QSG is a monitor that makes one thing perfectly clear: it's built for speed, not scenery. Its 610Hz refresh rate lands it in the 90th percentile for performance in our database, which is frankly absurd for a 24-inch screen. That's the kind of number that makes competitive gamers sit up straight. But there's a trade-off, and it's a big one. That blistering speed comes from a 1080p TN panel, which puts its display quality in just the 10th percentile. You're getting a race car engine in a go-kart body.

Beyond the raw refresh rate, this thing is a connectivity king, scoring in the 98th percentile with HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and a USB-C port. Its color gamut coverage is surprisingly decent for a TN panel, hitting the 91st percentile, and its ergonomic stand is solid at the 88th. It's a specialist tool, and it knows it.

Let's talk about that 610Hz number. In the world of monitors, that's basically science fiction for most people, and it puts this panel in the elite 90th percentile for performance. The 0.7ms GtG response time (with a 0.1ms minimum) and support for both FreeSync Premium and G-Sync mean motion blur is practically non-existent. For fast-paced esports titles like Valorant or Counter-Strike, this is the difference between seeing a pixel and seeing a blur. It's the kind of edge that matters when milliseconds decide the match.

The panel itself is the 'Super TN' variety, which is why it can hit these speeds. It trades the deep blacks and wide viewing angles of IPS or OLED for raw pixel transition speed. The 350 nits typical brightness (400 nits peak with HDR10) is fine for a dim room, but don't expect it to fight glare in a sunny window. This performance score is all about motion clarity, and on that single metric, it delivers.

With prices floating between $999 and $1,216 depending on the vendor, the value proposition here is razor-sharp and specific. You are paying a premium—often over a thousand dollars—for a 1080p monitor. That's a tough pill to swallow until you remember what you're actually buying: the highest refresh rate you can currently get. If your sole metric is frames-per-second clarity in competitive shooters, then this price per performance might make sense. For everyone else, it looks insane. Shop around, as that $217 spread is significant; you can find this for under a grand if you look.

This monitor exists in its own weird niche. Compared to the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 (57-inch, dual 4K) or the ASUS ROG Swift 32" 4K QD-OLED, you're giving up all visual fidelity, immersion, and resolution for pure speed. Those are all-rounders; this is a scalpel. A more direct competitor might be other 24-25 inch 360Hz or 500Hz esports monitors, but the XG248QSG pushes past them. Compared to the LG UltraGear 45" or MSI's 32" 4K 240Hz, you're trading screen real estate and pixel density for a refresh rate that's more than double. The Dell UltraSharp 27" 4K offers better colors and sharpness for creative work at 120Hz, but is a snail in comparison. This ASUS wins on one number and loses on almost every other.

Skip this monitor if you care at all about visual immersion, work in content creation, or play story-driven single-player games. Its display quality sits in the 10th percentile for a reason. The 1080p resolution will look soft, the TN panel's viewing angles are narrow, and the HDR is barely there. If your gaming isn't defined by leaderboards and reaction times measured in milliseconds, you're paying a huge premium for a feature you'll never use, while suffering through a subpar viewing experience. Look at high-refresh 1440p IPS or OLED panels instead.

We can only recommend the ASUS ROG Strix XG248QSG to a very specific person: a semi-pro or aspiring pro esports player for whom every single frame of latency is a potential career liability. Its 90th percentile performance score for refresh rate is legitimately impressive. For that person, the poor 10th percentile display quality and the high price for 1080p are acceptable sacrifices. For anyone else—streamers, content creators, casual gamers, or people who enjoy looking at pretty game worlds—this monitor's compromises make it a hard pass. There are better, more balanced tools for those jobs.