If you’re building a high-end gaming PC, you’re probably looking at a high refresh rate monitor, 4K, or both. But if you’re building a system on a budget and you’re going to struggle to hit 60 fps with your favorite games at 1080p, FreeSync or G-Sync could be a godsend. A variable refresh monitor, synced to your graphics card with one of these technologies, can keep your image from tearing when the frame rate dips below 60, without the associated lag of VSync.

Unfortunately, Nvidia’s G-Sync is an added cost for monitor manufacturers, and typically comes with a heavy premium, so the only true budget option is FreeSync, which is spearheaded by AMD and part of the DisplayPort spec.

Given these constraints, ASUS just hit the sweet spot with…

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