Note that i'm talking about the VG279QM 27 inch, not the 25inch variant which call VG259QM
The magic panel story is only for the VG259QM, not the VG279QM, right ?
At least, mine from VG279QM is good for a 27 inch 1080p but I'm going crazy, yesterday I played in Ultra 1440p on the Acer XV272UX of my wife in Apex Legends ( my main game ) and I was able to play better because I could see my opponents better (yes it can be very stupid what I said but it's the truth, in ULTRA settings ! in 144hz lock !)
In fact, my *ss would be too bad to take a TN or a small 25 inch screen, because in fact I'm a big fan of the latest Rachet & Clank and Pokemon games, I play them a lot and when I have a 1440p or a 4K, it's just too good, there is a real advantage.
I don't know what I really want anymore, at times I'm going to play very badly on high hertz 1080p screen because the visibility is not the best and at times it's on the 1440p high graphics screen that I'm going to play badly, very strange, in 144hz I did not notice any overshoot even at OD (Overdrive) 80 ! that's good !
Anyway, sorry for off topic, It's only my personal opinion, don't pay attention , the VG279QM for now is good, for the price i think it's the best 1080p at the moment, i've noticed weird thing with the ELMB, on UFO Test the UFO are very blurry because of the crosstalk but in games weirdly i like it.
The XG259CM is good too but have for my taste a slower panel, it feel slower in terms of input lag and the 240hz feeling feels like 180/200hz in this panel, plus I heard someone say here that the XG259CM has the same panel as the Dell S2522HG so in the end I know why I don't like the feeling of this panel.
I will test some 27inch/28inch 4K 144hz screen for testing in some days, I am nearsighted and very strongly corrected astigmatism I may need better sharpness, in fact I feel that better overall visibility helps me better than just based on motion clarity, I'll see that.
The biggest negative point of the VG279QM is that you can't have two profiles to change like that quickly for games or Youtube / Twitter for evening, I always do that personally, a profile to play and a profile when I want to go on Youtube / Rtings etc, otherwise it burns the eyes
In addition it is not even compatible with Asus Widget Display...