I bought two of these monitors to replace my old 27" 60hz BenQ panels that I've had for years, because they didn't mesh well with my newer LG 34UM69G-B ultrawide. I game on these monitors, and I needed something that matched the same specs: IPS, 1ms response, FreeSync, Display Port, 75hz (mixing refresh rates can cause some weird things with Windows, like if you're watching a video on one monitor while gaming on another, it can cause the game to stutter and lose FPS regularly) as my ultrawide. The price is also a huge plus. Swapping to these has resolved my issues. Games on the ultrawide no longer stutter and drop FPS while watching a stream or YT video on another monitor, and the games that I span across all monitors are now fluid on all monitors with no weird hitching.
Height adjustable stand was also a must. My setup has different uses, normal gaming, and sim racing. I needed to be able to lower and raise all my monitors depending on what I'm doing at the time. I previously used a triple monitor VESA stand to hold all of my monitors, but it was bolted to it's height, and in order to change it I had to remove the monitors, unbolt it, adjust it, bolt it back together, put the monitors back on. That was just too much work, so in order to simplify things I decided having each monitor on it's own stand that they could easily be moved. These raise and lower very easily, and hold their height with no issue.
I've read a lot of reviews complaining about the screen door effect. That's something you're going to get with this resolution at this size. The individual pixels are larger than a 1440p or 4k panel, so if you look close enough you can see those individual pixels. I personally don't have a problem with this, sure I can see it if I get close enough to the monitor, but at a foot away or more, it disappears. If you're using your monitor that close, you may want to change how you do things.
Calibrating the monitors to match my ultrawide did take some work, out of the box the settings were pretty bad. I used a combination of getting it as close as I could with the monitor settings, then fine-tuned it in the Nvidia Control Panel. This would be easier to dial in with a screen calibration tool, but I was able to match them all pretty close just by eyeballing it. Both monitors match at the same settings, so that was nice, being able to adjust one and simply copying the settings to the other. No fussing around trying to fine-tune them individually.
The settings I settled on:
Brightness - 100
Contrast - 50
Black Boost - 0
Blue Light - Off
ACM - Off
Super Sharpness - Off
Gamma - 2.4
Color Temp - User
R Gain - 55
G Gain - 50
B Gain - 80 (I prefer a cooler, whiter image)
All Bias - 50
I have FreeSync enabled on all monitors, and it's working fine with a 2070 Super. I'm also using Display Port on all monitors.
Nvidia Color Settings:
Use Nvidia Settings - Enabled
Settings were done under All Channels, I didn't have the need to fine tune individual channels.
Brightness - 62%
Contrast - 0%
Gamma - 0.80
Digital Vibrance - 75%
Conclusion: These monitors are a steal for the price. It has great specs, and once you tune it, a pretty good picture (I can't speak for professional work, but if that's your goal you're probably looking for something more high-end than this with better color accuracy). Add to it that you get a good height adjustable stand, with the ability to go portrait, and this is a real winner. For a gaming/general use/media consumption monitor, you can't really go wrong with this one.
| Standing screen display size | 27 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
