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Asus
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2018, 07:29:13 pm »
Asus

Asus MG278Q

Matte 2560x1440 144hz TN panel with 30-144hz AMD Free-Sync.

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Asus MG279Q

Matte 2560x1440 144hz AHVA panel with 30-144hz AMD Free-Sync.

The Asus MG279Q uses a 27" 2560x1440 resolution 8 Bit AUO AHVA panel, a nearly grain free matte coating, has excellent colour presets when the Racing mode is selected, a high quality matte grey bezel which vastly increases the perceived black depth, fast pixel response times and a 144hz refresh rate.  Free-Sync (AMD GPU required) works from 30-90fps, eliminates tearing and lag, but the has >10ms delay when not set to 144hz.

Review by Daywalker
Review by =DEAD=
Review by Extrahardware CZ
Hardware Info Test Results
Review by Les Numeriques
Review by Playwares
Review by PRAD
Review by SWECLOCKERS
Review by TFT Central

List of cards which support Free-Sync.

Asus PG278Q

Matte 2560x1440 144hz TN panel with 30-144hz Nvidia G-Sync.

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Asus PG279Q

Matte 2560x1440 144hz AHVA panel with 30-144hz Nvidia G-Sync.

The Asus PG279Q uses a 27" 2560x1440 resolution 8 Bit AUO AHVA panel, a nearly grain free matte coating, has good colour presets aside from a preset green tint, a matte black bezel and an inner black bezel which decreases the perceived black depth, fast pixel response times and a 144hz refresh rate.  G-Sync (Nvivida GPU required) works from 30-165hz (144hz is the default maximum refresh rate but it can be overclocked to 165hz), eliminates tearing and lag, but Lightboost is limited to 120z.  It also has an HDMI input which allows it to work with external devices like consoles.

Review by =DEAD=
Review by Digital Versus
Review by Extrahardware CZ
Review by Hardware.Info
Review by NCX
Review by PC Lab PL
Review by PRAD
Review by Sweclockers
Review by TFT Central

Asus PG27VQ

Curved matte 2560x1440 144hz TN panel with 30-144hz Nvidia G-Sync.

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Asus PG279QZ

Review by Rtings

The Asus PG279QZ is an updated version of the PG279Q (2015), released in 2019, and with zero improvements.  The PG279QZ is fully adjustable, has Displayport (30-165hz Nvidia G-Sync), HDMI, G-Sync (Nvidia GPU required), ULMB (120hz back-light strobing), 2x USB 3.0 and the same fake-thin matte grey casing with an inner black bezel which decreases the perceived black depth.  The PG279QZ Rtings tested has excellent all-around performance, however, without more reviews available, it's impossible to know if it is consistently accurate unlike the PG279Q.


Asus VG27AQ

Review by Ashun
Review by =DEAD=
Review by Global HD Russia
Review by Les Numeriques
 Review by Playwares
Review by TECHSPOT
Review by TFT Central

The VG27AQ is a fully adjust-able, matte, 144hz (over-clocks to 165hz over Displayport), 2560x1440 AUO AHVA panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-165hz range), back-light strobing (ELMB) Displayport (over-clock-able to 165hz), 2x HDMI 2.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The VG27AQ has very accurate preset color accuracy (Racing Mode), and has very low or negligible input lag.  The VG27AQ needs to have the overdrive (Trace Free) reduced from 60 to 0 to get rid of excessive overshoot ghosting at 60hz and has slow pixel response times at 60hz, but performs well at 144, 155 and 165hz when the over drive (Trace Free) setting is kept to the default 60 setting.  TFT Central provides Trace Free 80 measurements which prove that the VG27AQ suffers from over 20ms of overshoot ghosting during many transitions which I find unacceptable which is why I recommend using Trace Free 60.


Asus XG32VQR

Review by PROHARDVER

Matte, fully adjust-able 31.5 inch, 144hz, 2560x1440 resolution Samsung SVA panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz range), Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The XG32VQR is preset to the Racing mode which is washed out due to the low (1.9 average) preset gamma, but can be improved by switching it to the sRGB mode which is very accurate.


Asus PG279QE

Review by =DEAD=

Fully adjustable, matte, 2560x1440, 165hz AUO AHVA panel with 30-165hz Nvidia G-Sync, Displayporty, HDMI 1.4 (no G-Sync nation), ULMB (120hz back-light strobing) and 2x USB 3.0.  The Asus PG279QE is an updated version of the PG279Q (2015), released in 2019, and an alternative to the PG279QZ which is also an updated version of the PG279Q with zero improvements and slightly different casing and stand material.  The PG279QE is very accurate, delay free and has excellent overdrive with minimal to no overshoot.


ASUS ROG Strix XG279Q

Review by PRAD

Fully adjust-able, matte, semi-wide gamut, 170hz, 2560x1440 IPS (probably AHVA) panel with AMD Free-Sync, ELMB (back-light strobing), Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The XG279Q has 1100:1 contrast, and is quite accurate DCI-P3 color space coverage (91%; it over-saturates SDR color by over 25% and does not have a good sRGB mode) and colors aside from a minor blue tint (6900k measured color temperature) and slightly too low and downward-sloping gamma which averages around 2.09.  The XG279Q has negligible input lag, great 60hz and 144-170hz overdrive with fast pixel response times and minimal overshoot when the Overdrive 3 setting is used.
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BenQ
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2018, 07:32:34 pm »
BenQ

BenQ EX3203R

Review by Belgium Hardware
Review by Trusted Reviews

Matte curved 120-144hz 2560x1440 VA panel with AMD Free-Sync (40-144hz range) and fake HDR which causes problems.  It supports 144hz over Displayport with AMD cards, 120hz with Nvidia cards and 100hz over HDMI for both AMD and Nvidia graphics cards.  It suffers from more ghosting (dark color smearing) at 144hz when using Displayport with Nvidia graphics cards.


BenQ EX2780Q

Review by =DEAD=
Review by Playwares
Review by Rtings

Matte 144hz, 2560x1440, wide gamut (DCI-P3/HDR coverage) IPS panel (unsure if AHVA or IPS) with AMD Free-Sync, Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, a remote control, USB-C and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The BenQ is preset to the M-Book mode which has very high, black crush inducing 2.6+ gamma and is not very accurate, but can be improved by switching to the vthe Standard Picture Mode which uses the native wide gamut which over-saturates SDR color (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) by 33%.   The REC 709 mode locks the color controls, has high, slight black crush inducing 2.4 gamma and is limited to 93.6% sRGB color space coverage which combined with the locked color controls, is below average.  The BenQ has negligible input lag (<4ms measured with the SMT Tool) and fast pixel response times when the preset AMA High Response Time setting is used, but it's not as fast as IPS competitors like the LG 27GL850 which Playwares measured a 3ms pixel response average time compared to the BenQ's 6-7ms average.
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Crossover
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2018, 07:33:14 pm »
Crossover

Crossover 27 Fast 144

Review by Playwares

The Crossover 27 Fast 144 uses a 27" 2560x1440 resolution 8 Bit AUO AHVA panel, a nearly grain free matte coating, has excellent colour presets, a matte black and silver bezel, fast pixel response times and a 144hz refresh rate. Free-Sync (AMD GPU required) works from 30-90fps, eliminates tearing and lag.
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Dell
« Reply #18 on: August 29, 2018, 07:33:46 pm »
Dell

Dell S2417DG

Review by Tom's Hardware (Low contrast but decent color accuracy)
Review by PC Monitors
Review by Rtings (low contrast and bad color accuracy)

The S2417DG suffers from less overshoot ghosting than the S2716DG and uses a less grainy matte coating than the original S2716DG revisions, but suffers from the same banding and panel quality (large contrast and color accuracy differences between multiple tested units) variances.

Quote from: PC Monitors
The monitor uses a light matte anti-glare screen surface with a relatively smooth surface texture. This is similar to the surface used on newer revisions of the S2716DG and provides superior clarity and vibrancy potential compared to stronger matte screen surfaces, such as that used on earlier S2716DG revisions and various other 144Hz+ monitors. The screen is free from obvious graininess, even when observing the brightest shades, whilst quite effective glare-handling characteristics are maintained.

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Dell S2716DG

Review by =DEAD=
Review by NCX (grainy matte coating)
Review by PC Monitors (low gamma)
Review by Rtings (low contrast and gamma; A07 revision)
Review by TFT Central (low gamma)

According to PC Monitors updated review revision of A01 and higher no longer have HDCP issues and have a much lighter matte coating.

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The monitor uses a light matte anti-glare screen surface with a relatively smooth surface texture. This is similar to the surface used on newer revisions of the S2716DG and provides superior clarity and vibrancy potential compared to stronger matte screen surfaces, such as that used on earlier S2716DG revisions and various other 144Hz+ monitors. The screen is free from obvious graininess, even when observing the brightest shades, whilst quite effective glare-handling characteristics are maintained.

Like the S2417DG, the S2716DG suffers from horrific banding in dark scenes, suffers from significant contrast variance and tends to have low preset gamma.  I tested the original version with the grainy matte coating, but my unit had significantly better preset color and gamma accuracy, as well as >900:1 contrast.  The S2716DG also suffers from obvious overshoot ghosting which shows up even when scrolling text (black text on a white background), and is significantly more obvious at 60hz.

Dell S2719DGF

Review by NCX (low preset gamma)
Review by PC Monitors (low preset gamma)
Review by Rtings
Review by Tom's Hardware (review submitted by MagicalChicken)

Fully adjustable 155hz (overclocked; 144hz native) 2560x1440 AUO TN panel with a grainy and sparkle free matte coating, Displayport, HDMI 1.4, HDMI 2.0, 4x USB 3.0, and 2x 3.5mm Audio Out, of which one is amplified or has volume control while the other has fixed volume output for speakers.  The Dell has excellent preset color accuracy aside from the gamma which may be too low (<1.9 versus 2.2 target), resulting and dull and washed out image quality.
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Eizo
« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2018, 07:34:03 pm »
Eizo

Eizo FS2735

Review by Extra Hardware CZ
Review by Hardware Info
Review by PRAD
Review by TFT Central

The Eizo FS2735 uses a 27" 2560x1440 resolution 8 Bit AUO AHVA panel, a nearly grain free matte coating, excellent colour presets, a high quality matte black bezel which increases the perceived black depth*, fast pixel response times and a 144hz refresh rate. Free-Sync (AMD GPU required) works from 56-144hz/fps, eliminates tearing and lag, it is the only AHVA Free-Sync monitor with back-light strobing, and has excellent 1080p scaling which makes it the best all around 27" 1440p AHVA 144hz monitor for PC and console gaming, and watching 1080p content.

*Dark matte grey bezels increase the perceived black depth even more.
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Gigabyte
« Reply #20 on: August 29, 2018, 07:34:20 pm »
Gigabyte

Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD

Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware
Review by =DEAD=
Review by IT Hardware PL
Review by IBXT
Review by PC Monitors
Review by Rtings
Review by TFT Central

Very accurate and fully adjustable matte 2560x1440 144hz wide gamut Innolux IPS panel with Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, HDR support+, RGB Lighting, 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  The sRGB mode must be selected to prevent the 30% wide color gamut over-saturation of non-HDR sources and ensure maximum color accuracy.  The sRGB mode locks the brightness and color controls and leaves the monitor stuck at over 180cdm/2. 

The Balance overdrive setting is the best for 60hz while both Balance and Speed are useful with 144hz, however, the Speed setting adds quite a bit of overshoot ghosting which may disturb even casual gamers and display users who usually do not notice overdrive flaws.  I recommend using the Balance setting for all refresh rates, as well as can't recommend this monitor to those who are upgrading from fast LED PWM Dimming or Flicker Free 120hz+ monitors.  The Balance overdrive setting has significantly slower pixel response times than all five* of the 144-165hz 1440p AUO AHVA (marketed as IPS) panels with G-Sync, however, the Gigabyte is significantly more accurate than all of them aside from the ViewSonic XG2703-GS which was discontinued in summer of 2018.

+It can accept an HDR signal and dsiplay 95% DCI-P3 color, but is less (470cdm/2 with HDR on) than half as bright as the HDR standard brightness of 1000cdm/2, and lacks local dimming result greyish black and washed out dark content due to the 1100:1 contrast ratio.  Bright bias (light placed behind the display) or room lighting can help trick the eyes into perceiving greyish black as true black.

*Acer XB270HU, Acer XB271HU, AOC AG271QG, Asus PG279Q and the ViewSonic XG2703-GS.


Old Irrelevant Pre-TFT Central Review Analysis
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Gigabyte Aorus CV27Q

Review by=DEAD= (2,000:1 contrast)
Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware
Review by IBXT (2,200:1 contrast)
Review by Tom's Hardware (7,000:1 contrast)

Matte, curved (1500R), wide gamut, 2560x1440 165hz VA panel with a height adjustable stand, AMD Free-Sync, Displayport (48-165hz Free-Sync range), 2x HDMI 2.0 (48-165hz Free-Sync range). 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  The Gigabyte has 2,000:1 to 7,000:1 contrast, very accurate color presets (the only issue is a preset blue dominance) for DCI-P3, or HDR content.  The CV27Q has a wide gamut panel which over-saturates the color of SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) content significantly (30%), and its sRGB mode is quite inaccurate and not useful even though it does reduce the over-saturation.  The HDR mode suffers from a strong preset green tint which can not be reduced since the color controls are locked.  The CV27Q has low input lag and fast pixel response times for a VA panel.


Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q

The FI27Q supports 4K up-scaling over HDMI which is a great feature for those who also console game since the PS4 Pro only supports 1080p and 4K.

Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware
Review by=DEAD=
Review by IBXT
Review by It Hardware PL
Review by PC Lab PL
Review by PC Monitors
Review by Tom's Hardware (2.3-2.4 preset gamma average)

Fully adjust-able matte 2560x1440, 165hz wide gamut/HDR IPS panel with AMD Free-Sync, Displayport, 2x HDMI, 2x USB 2.0 and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  The FI27Q over-saturates the color of SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) out of the box by over 30% since it has a wide gamut panel which tries to cover the DCI-P3 (HDR) color space, but it is very accurate preset gamma and color (previous 3x hyperlink source=PC Lab PL), especially when the Color Temperature setting is switched to User Define.  The sRGB emulation mode of the unit IT Hardware and Tom's Hardware tested are quite accurate while the FI27Q's sRGB mode Belgium Hardware tested significantly reduces the gamma and RGB level color accuracy (Standard versus sRGB), as well as looks washed out since the sRGB mode's gamma is too low.  The FI27Q has negligible input lag and less (2.7%) overshoot ghosting than the AD27Q (20%), but slower pixel response times resulting in more color streaking or ghosting.
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HP
« Reply #21 on: August 29, 2018, 07:38:58 pm »
HP

HP 27 Omen

Matte 144-165hz AUO TN panel with Nvidia G-Sync (30-165hz range) and back-light strobing (ULMB up to 120hz)

Review by Review by =DEAD= (Proof of lighter matte coating vs non-Dell G-Sync TN panels)
Hardware Info Review and link to the colorimeter and oscilloscope measurement page.

No mention of banding or the matte coating.

It's quite accurate and vibrant (without over-saturation) since it has accurate preset gamma (2.19 average which is significantly superior to the S2716DG) and 96% sRGB color space coverage. The contrast ratio of the unit tested is under 900:1 which is slightly below average but normal for 27" 1440p TN panels. It can also output 410cmd/2 brightness when ULMB (back-light strobing) is enabled vs 120cdm/2 maximum a few years ago.

It has 13% average overshoot when the bet overdrive setting is used versus the overshoot ghosting plagued S2716DG which has 35%. A direct competitor, the PG27VQ has 3% along with the PG279Q.

The top screen 60hz Leo Bodnar (limited to 1080p @60hz) input lag measurement is half a frame (16.7ms) @8ms, similar to the 7-11.7ms of competing 1440p TN panels with G-Sync. The fastest monitors measure around 1.8-4ms. The 165hz lag value will be less, and 8ms is not something to fret about unless you are the Flash.

Review by Rtings

They state the color grey scale and color gradient banding is worse than that of the S2417DG and S2716DG, but they don't mention
from r/Monitors
. The HP has significantly better preset color accuracy than both Dell monitors they tested, but the contrast is still below average (800:1) at 755:1 (calibrated contrast).

Here are some comments I made about the Belgium Hardware review
from r/Monitors
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"It has 13% average overshoot when the bet overdrive setting is used versus the overshoot ghosting plagued S2716DG which has 35%. A direct competitor, the PG27VQ has 3% along with the PG279Q."

I tested the original S2716DG with the very grainy matte coating (slow loading archive review link) and, better preset color accuracy and 900:1 contrast, as well as did not see obvious banding in dark scenes, but I did not view the Dawn Engine loading screen typically used to show the banding on the S2716DG. The Acer XF240H and Viewsonic XG2402 I tested both suffered from the same banding in the Dawn Engine image, but not in any of the other dozens of photos (The Order 1886 example) and screen shots I displayed on both. My 8 bit overclock-able glossy 1440p H-IPS (2011 panel tech) and PLS (worse since it requires more corrections by the ICC profile) also suffer from noticeable banding in the bright light source in the center of the crescent, my 32" 4K 8 bit UHD32DR (AHVA panel) has a tiny bit, and my VP2780-4K (AH-IPS) has even less since it has a 14 bit 3D LUT. I think the source has banding natively since it is of low quality, but the bad FRC of the AUO TN panels definitely makes it far worse.


HP 27x

Review by Les Numeriques

Fully adjustable matte 2560x1440 144hz AUO TN panel with Nvidia G-Sync, Displayport, HDMI 2.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  I don't know what type of matte coating it uses or if it suffers from the same dark scene banding as the Dell S2417DG or S2716DG, and it has very poor preset color accuracy and washed out colors thanks to the average 1.8 preset gamma.
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Lenovo
« Reply #22 on: August 29, 2018, 07:39:23 pm »
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LG
« Reply #23 on: August 29, 2018, 07:39:52 pm »
LG

LG 32GK850G

Matte 2560X1440 144hz VA panel with Nvidia G-Sync and back-light strobing.

Review by Hardware Info
Review (Video) by Lims Cave
Review by Playwares

It's pretty accurate, but needs to have the Gamma set to 3, has good color space coverage (up to 98% out of the box vs 105% for the best 1440p AHVA panel the Viewsonic XG2703-GS), negligible input lag on par with 144-240hz competitors (3-6ms measured by the SMT Tool vs CRT) and has fast pixel response times similar to the 144hz 1440p AHVA panels marketed as IPS. While their oscilloscope pixel response time measurements indicate that some of the LG VA panels pixel response times are faster versus the AHVA XG2703-GS, it is obvious that then blue-green transitions suffer from some obvious ghosting in Playwares own slow-motion+high frame rate videos:

LG 32GK850G vs Viewsonic XG2703-GS
LG 32GK650F

Review and Measurements by Belgium Hardware
Review by TECHSPOT

Matte 2560x1440 144hz VA panel with a fully adjustable stand, Displayport, 2x HDMI and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The unit Belgium Hardware tested suffers from black crush caused by slightly too (2.35-2.4) gamma in the 10-40% white range.  Both the units tested by Belgium Hardware and TECHSPOT have mediocre preset RGB Level accuracy and suffer from an obvious preset blue tint, but the unit TECHSPOT tested has significantly more accurate preset gamma which does not cause black crush.


LG 27GL850

Review by =DEAD=
Review by Les Numeriques
Measurements and Review by NL Hardware
Review by Playwares
Review by PRAD
Review by PROHARDVER
Review by Rtings
Review by TECHSPOT
Review by TFT Central

Very accurate and fully adjustable matte 2560x1440 144hz wide gamut LG IPS with G-Sync compatible AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz over Displayport and 48-100hz over HDMI) Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0. RGB Lighting, 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out. To prevent the wide gamut (DCI-P3/HDR) panel from over-saturating the color of SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) content, the 27GL850 needs to be set to the sRGB mode (which is fairly accurate and has adjustable brightness, but has a preset pink tint and locked color controls.  The 27GL850 has quite accurate and nearly full DCI-P3/HDR color space coverage, but has a slight, though easily reduce-able preset blue tint.  The 27GL850 has negligible or very low input lag and very fast pixel response times with minimal overshoot, but the overdrive needs to be set from Normal to Fast at 144hz to provide the fastest pixel response times, and to Normal at 60hz to prevent obvious overshoot ghosting.


LG 27GL83A-B

Review by Rtings

Fully adjust-able matte 2560x1440, 144hz IPS panel with AMD Free-Sync, Displayport, 2x HDMI, and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The 27GL83A-B does not over-saturate the color of SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) content since it has a standard, or non-wide gamut panel which tries to cover the HDTV/REC 709 and sRGB (SDR) color spaces.  The preset Gamer 1 Picture mode is quite accurate, but not as accurate as some competitors, especially since the 27GL83A-B can not fully cover the sRGB color space while the more accurate, and more expensive 27GL850 can, even when set to the sRGB mode.  The 27GL83A-B has negligible input lag and extremely fast pixel response times which are faster than many competitors.
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Monoprice
« Reply #24 on: August 29, 2018, 07:40:11 pm »
Monoprice

Monoprice MP27 Zero-G

Review by Tom's Hardware

Matte 2560x1440 144hz AUO TN panel with AMD Free-Sync (40-144hz range), Displayport (144hz with Free-Sync), Dual-Link DVI (144hz no Free-Sync), HDMI 1.4, HDMI 2.0 (144hz with Free-Sync) and a perceived black depth increasing inner matte grey bezel.  It has below average contrast (700:1) and passable preset color accuracy since it suffers from a preset red tint and has low-ish gamma which averages around 2.1.

Monoprice 33822 QHD

Review by Tom's Hardware

Matte 2560x1440 144hz (48-144hz AMD Free-Sync range) VA panel with a height adjustable stand, 2x Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  It uses a semi-wide gamut panel with minor over and under-saturation, as well as suffers from a preset blue tint and has slightly too low preset gamma resulting in slightly washed out colors and shades, but still still preset color accuracy for a budget panel.
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MSI
« Reply #25 on: August 29, 2018, 07:40:33 pm »
MSI

MSI MPG27CQ

Review by Alexander Gryzhin (=DEAD=)
Review by PC Lab PL
Review by Playwares (very accurate)
Review by Rtings (very inaccurate)
Review by Techspot
Review by Tom's Hardware

Curved semi-wide gamut matte 2560x1440 144hz VA panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz range) 2x USB 3.0, Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, 2x USB 3.0, a height adjustable stand and a fake frame-less casing with a perceived black depth reducing inner black bezel.  The preset color accuracy can very significantly, so read the reviews before buying.


MSI MAG27CQ

Review by Techspot

Fully adjustable, curved, matte 144hz 2560x1440 VA panel with Dual-Link DVI, Displayport, HDMI 2.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The MAG27CQ has a strong preset blue dominance, and very low preset gamma (1.89 average) resulting in very washed out and awful image quality.


MSI MAG271CQR

Global Hardware HD (sub 1.95 average gamma)
Review by IT Hardware PL
Review by Playwares (2.06 gamma)
Review by Rtings (high & very skewed gamma)
Review by Tom's Hardware (low, 2.01 average preset gamma)

Matte, curved (1800R), semi-wide gamut, 2560x1440 144hz VA panel with a height adjustable stand, AMD Free-Sync, Displayport (48-144hz Free-Sync range), 2x HDMI 2.0 (48-120hz Free-Sync range) and 2x USB 3.0.  The MSI has skewed preset gamma which varies significantly between the tested units, a slight blue tint and over-saturates the color of SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) content by 20% since it has a semi-wide gamut panel which is also not capable of fully covering the DCI-P3 (HDR) color space, though MSI only claims it can cover 90% (IT Hardware PL measured 85%). 


MSI MAG321CQR

Review by Playwares

Matte, curved (1800R), semi-wide gamut, 2560x1440 144hz VA panel with a height adjustable stand, AMD Free-Sync, Displayport (48-144hz Free-Sync range), 2x HDMI 2.0 (48-120hz Free-Sync range) and 2x USB 2.0.  The MAG321CQR has low (1.99) preset gamma and over-saturates the color of SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB content), but has negligible input lag, good overdrive for a VA panel and back-light strobing.


MSI Optix MAG272CQR

Review by Global HD Russia

Matte, curved (1500R), semi-wide gamut, 2560x1440 165hz VA panel with a height adjustable stand, AMD Free-Sync, Displayport (48-165hz Free-Sync range), 2x HDMI 2.0 (48-120hz Free-Sync range), USB-C, 2x USB 3.2 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The MSI is uses a semi-wide gamut (it over-saturates SDR color by >25%)  but is fairly accurate when set to the Custom Pro mode which also unlocks the color controls and increases the preset gamma and RGB level accuracy.  Unfortunately the contrast ratio is limited to around 2,200:1 (versus 3,000:1 spec) when using the most accurate preset modes, and when calibrated.  Global HD does not measure input lag and the PixerPixAn photo of the overdrive indicates quiet slow pixel response times.
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« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2018, 07:41:09 pm »
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Nixeus NX-EDG27S v2 & NX-EDG27v2

Review by TFT Central

Matte 2560x1440 144hz AUO AHVA panel with AMD Free-Sync (30-144hz over Displayport and HDMI), 2x Displayport, 2x HDMI2.0.  The non-S version, the NX-EDG27v2 does not come with a height adjustable stand.  The Nixues is very accurate, but is a bit too warm (5800k color temperature) or has a minor preset orange or red dominance.  It can be considered to be display free or to have negligible input lag (TFT Central measured <5ms with the SMT Tool), but has significantly slower pixel response times than some AHVA panel using competitors, however, it is important to remember that the Nixeus is one of the cheapest 144hz 1440p non-TN panels, and that the Innolux IPS panels are also slower than the best AHVA panels such as the Acer XF270HUA bmiidprzx.
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Philips
« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2018, 07:42:02 pm »
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Philips 328M6

Review by Playwares

Curved, matte, semi-wide gamut 2560x1440 144hz VA panel with height adjustable stand, AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz), 2x Displayport, HDMI 1.4, HDMI 2.0, VGA and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  The 328M6 is very accurate, has high contrast for a VA panel (4,000:1 versus 2,300-3,000:1 for most VA monitors), can display an HDR signal (not properly since it lacks all of the features required for true HDR), and has fast pixel response times and negligible input lag.  While not mentioned in Playwares review, expect typical VA smearing of black, browns and greys due to VA panels slower pixel response times. The Response Time setting needs to be switched from the preset Off setting to Faster for the best performance and fastest pixel response times without overshoot ghosting.


Philips 325M7

Review by Playwares

Curved, matte, semi-wide gamut (122% sRGB or 22% over-saturation of non-HDR content) 2560x1440 144hz VA panel with height adjustable stand, AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz), back-light strobing (MPRT), Displayport, HDMI 1.4, VGA and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The 325M7 is very accurate once set to the Gamer 2 mode, has above average contrast for a curved VA panel (3,000:1 versus 1800-2800:1), and has fast pixel response times and negligible input lag.  While not mentioned in the Playwares review, expect typical VA smearing of black, browns and greys due to VA panels slower pixel response times. The Response Time setting needs to be switched from the preset Off setting to Faster for the best performance and fastest pixel response times (Faster Smart Response or overdrive setting) without overshoot ghosting.

Philips 325M8

Review by Playwares

Curved, matte, semi-wide gamut (123% sRGB mode or 25% over-saturation in the Gamer 2 mode for non-HDR content) 2560x1440 144hz VA panel with height adjustable stand, AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz), back-light strobing (MPRT), Displayport, 2x HDMI and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The 325M8 is very accurate when set to the Gamer 2 or sRGB mode which also provide remarkably high 6800:1 contrast, and very accurate colors, but with around 25% over-saturation of SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) since the 325M8 uses a semi-wide gamut panel.  The Philips has negligible input lag (4-5ms measured by Playwares with the SMT Tool), but below average pixel response times at 144hz even when the best (Fast) Smart Response overdrive setting is used.
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Pixio
« Reply #28 on: October 17, 2018, 02:52:18 am »
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Pixio PX7 Prime

Review by Rtings

Fully adjust-able, matte 2560x1440, 165hz IPS panel with AMD Free-Sync (20-165hz), 2x Displayport, HDMI 2.0, 1x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The PX7 Prime is quite accurate, and can fully cover the SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) color spaces.  The PX7 Prime has neligible input lag and very fast pixel response times when the Middle overdrive setting is used, but it's not as fast as a fastest AHVA/IPS/PLS competitors, those being the the LG 27GL83 and 27GL850 which are faster and almost overshoot free unlike the Gigabyte AD27Q.
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Razer
« Reply #29 on: October 25, 2018, 07:25:10 pm »
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Razer Raptor 27

Review by Rtings (inaccurate)
Review by Tom's Hardware

Matte, fully adjust-able, 144hz, HDR/wide gamut, 2560x1440 resolution IPS* panel with AMd Free-Sync and G-Sync compatibility.  The Razer Raptor has Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, USB-C and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The Razer Rtings tested is quite inaccurate RGB balance wise (4.8/10 rating for over-saturation of red and under-saturation of blue's in the RGB balance measurements) while the Razer Tom's Hardware tested is very accurate, but has a slight preset red tint.  The Razer also over-saturates the color of non DCI-P3 content (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) by 36% since it uses a wide gamut and HDR capable panel without a properly functioning sRGB emulation mode.  The HDR mode is more accurate than the SDR modes, and the Razer has negligible input lag and fast pixel response times for a non-TN panel, but it's a bit slower than some of the fastest panels.
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