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Last Update=July 31st 2017 60-75hz recommendation update in progress.
Always purchase from retailers with hassle free return and exchange policies. Read retailers return and exchange policies before buying.
My recommendations are based off of testing many similar monitors and reading in-depth reviews. Many monitors not found in this thread likely perform well, but it makes more sense to buy well reviewed monitors, and I like having sources to refer to, even though I do not always agree with them.
If a monitor is not mentioned it is because it has not been reviewed properly, been reviewed at all or is mediocre. All monitors suffer from regular quality control issues: back-light bleeding and pixel issues (dead and stuck pixels).
Recommendations are PWM or Flicker Free:
I do not recommend monitors which use low LED PWM Dimming frequencies since they ruin motion clarity and cause some people to suffer from health issues like head aches and eyestrain. LED PWM Dimming Side Effects.
Only semi-glossy (light matte), glossy and Plasma Deposition coating plus LED PWM Dimming (Side Effects) Free/Super High Frequency using 2560x1440 monitors without really obvious overshoot ghosting, tons of quality control issues and good color presets will make my list.
144hz Abnormalities & Quality Control WarningsSpoiler (hover to show)
Warning: The 27" 1440p AHVA panels used by the 1440p AHVA G-Sync monitors tend to suffer from poor quality control including back-light bleed and brown or yellow stains, and may come with dust or dirt stuck under the matte coating which is non-remove-able.
I include Alexander Gryzhin/=DEAD='s (overclock.ru/3D News RU reviewer) photos since they are excellent and were taken with the same camera settings which makes it easy to compare the displays aesthetics.
NCX:
Acer
Acer BE270UA
Review by PC Mag
[URLprad.de/new/monitore/test/2017/test-acer-be270uabmipruzx.html]Review by PRAD[/URL]
Review by Toms Hardware
The B270HUA has a fully adjustable stand, a fake frame-less casing with a perceived black depth decreasing inner black bezel, and a 18ms delay (PRAD Displayport oscilloscope measurement) or <11ms PC Mag middle screen Leo Bodnar device measurement (I believe this more accurate), but it has fairly accurate color presets, fast pixel response times with minimal overshoot ghosting (overdrive Extreme is the best), a native 75hz refresh rate, and supports AMD Free-Sync.
Acer H277U
Review by Les Numeriques
The Acer H277HU uses a 60hz matte 8 bit 2560x1440 frame-less LG AH-IPS panel with good preset color accuracy, lots of inputs, fast pixel response times with minimal overshoot ghosting, but is not VESA compliant, and its frame-less casing has an inner black bezel which ruins its perceived black depth.
Acer RC271U
Review by PRAD
Acer XB270HU
The Acers main downside is the use of a glossy black bezel which ruins the perceived black depth (Microsoft Paint Example & Monitor Example).
Review by Daywalker
Review by =DEAD=
Review by PRAD
Review by Sweclockers
Review by TFT Central
[H]ard Forum Thread[/spoiler]
Acer XB271HU
Review by Alexander Gryzhin
Review by NCX (In Progress)
It's pretty much the same as the PG279Q. The Acer XB271HU uses a 27" 2560x1440 resolution 8 Bit AUO AHVA panel, a nearly grain free matte coating, has good color presets aside from a preset green tint, a frame-less casing with 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.
Acer XF270HU
List of cards which support Free-Sync.
Review by Trusted Reviews
Trusted Review's review is not very detailed, but their input lag colorimeter measurements are accurate; the XF270HU can be considered delay free and has accurate color presets like the other 27" 2560x1440 144hz AHVA panels.
The Acer XF270HU uses an essentially grain free matte coated 2560x1440 144hz AUO AHVA panel which is marketed as an IPS panel. It uses a nice dark matte black bezel (dark grey increases the perceived black depth significantly more but dark matte is preferable to glossy black), has a fully adjust-able stand (portrait mode, height adjustable, ect) and plenty of inputs.
Warning: A few XF270HU owners have claimed that its pixel response times slow down significantly when Free-Sync is enabled as a result of the overdrive setting be reduced. The XF270HU's overdrive setting is locked when Free-Sync is enabled; it is thought that the overdrive is changed from Normal to Off.
Acer XB271HU
Review by Alexander Gryzhin (=DEAD=)
Review by NCX (archived version)
NCX:
AOC
AOC AGON AG271QG
Review by Alexander Gryzhin (=DEAD=)
Review by Digital Versus
Review by PC Monitors
Review by Playwares
Review by PRAD (low preset gamma)
Review by Sweclockers
The AOC AGON AG271QG uses a 27" 2560x1440 essentially grain free matte AUO AHVA panel with 30-165hz Nvidia G-Sync range. It has a fully adjustable stand, lots of inputs and a matte black bezel. The AOC has superior 1080p scaling compared to the Asus PG279Q, and superior 60hz overdrive compared to the Acer XB271HU, Asus PG279Q and Viewsonic XG2703-GS, but suffers from more overshoot ghosting or slower pixel response times at 144hz compared to the Asus PG279Q and Viewsonic XG2703-GS, but its performance can still be deemed as excellent. The AOC AG271QC reviewed by PRAD came with low preset gamma while the rest of the tested units are great.
AOC Q2770PQU
The AOC Q2770PQU uses a semi-glossy (grain free matte) coating and a Samsung PLS panel. =DEAD= thinks (Use Google or Chrome to translate) it is the best matte (semi-glossy), multi-input 1440p monitor aside from the more expensive, glow free Eizo EV2736W.
The AOC Q2770PQU I reviewed had slightly worse color presets and more corner glow (left side) than the BL2710PT I reviewed, as well as slightly less balanced overdrive. The AOC's Medium overdrive setting has slightly faster pixel response times than the BL2710PT's AMA High setting, but also suffers from minor overshoot ghosting.
The AOC Q2770PQU TFT Central Reviewed was glow free like the Eizo EV2736W when viewed head on which proves that AOC is using at least 2 different Samsung PLS panels. The different panels perform almost identically aside from the glow.
20ms delay
=DEAD='s Review (Use Google or Chrome to translate)
Digital Versus Review
PC Monitor's Review
Pure PC Review (Use Google or Chrome to translate)
NCX's Review
TFT Central's Review
[H]ard Forum Thread with owner reports.
AOC Q2775PQU
Review by Nl Hardware
It's pretty much the same as the Q2770PQU image quality wise and offers slightly faster pixel response times, but it too has a 20ms delay.
AOC Q2781PQ
Review by Tom'ss Hardware
AOC Q2790PQU
Review by Belgium Hardware & Measurements
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Asus
Asus MG279Q
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 Playwares
[URL=sweclockers.com/test/20675-asus-mg279q-gaming-med-ips-panel-144-hz-och-amd-freesync]Review by SWECLOCKERS
Review by TFT Central
List of cards which support Free-Sync.
Asus MX27AQ
The Asus MX27AQ uses a 27" 2560x1440 resolution 8 Bit AUO AHVA panel. It's quite similar to the Dell U2715H, uses a frame-less casing which has an inner black bezel which ruins the perceived black depth, and like the U2715H, is not as good as the similarly priced LG 27MB85R-B (Example: notice how light the black letter box bars look compared to the monitors inner black bezel). It tends to come with high preset gamma which causes minor black crush and dulls the colors.
Review by Constantine Shorohov
Review by =DEAD=
Review by PRAD
Asus PB278Q
The PB278QR is the same as the PB278Q from 2014 which now uses an AUO AHVA panel and a matte black bezel. The PB278QR and new PB278Q have worse colour presets and lower contrast than the original PLS version, but do not use LED PWM Dimming (Side Effects) unlike the original, are delay free unlike the majority of multi-input 1440p monitors and have faster pixel response times than the original.
The AOC Q2770PQU and BenQ BL2710PT have better preset colours and perceived black depth, but higher input lag and slightly slower pixel response times.
NCX's Review
=DEAD='s Review
Asus PG279Q
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 (In Progress)
Review by PC Lab PL
Review by PRAD
Review by Sweclockers
Review by TFT Central
Asus PA27AC
Review by Alexander Gryzhin (=DEAD=)
NCX:
BenQ
BenQ BL2710PT
Discontinued 2013 monitor.
Spoiler (hover to show)
PRAD's Oscilloscope Measurements
The BenQ BL2710PT uses a semi-glossy (grain free matte) coating and an 8 bit+FRC AHVA (AUO's version of IPS/PLS panel. The color presets are slightly worse than the Asus PB278Q, Eizo EV2736W and Viewsonic VP2770's but it is the fastest along with the Crossover 2720MDP Viewsonic VP2770 (Advanced) which are all free from overshoot ghosting.
PRAD measured a 1ms signal delay but everyone else measured around 20ms...
=DEAD='s Review (Use Google or Chrome to Translate)
NCX's Review (archived version)
PC Monitors Review
PRAD's Review (Use Google or Chrome to Translate)
Review by Sweclockers
TFT Central Review
[H]ard Forum thread with owner reports.
BenQ GW2765HT
The GW2765HT uses a semi-glossy or nearly grain free matte coated 8 Bit +FRC (10 Bit) AHVA panel. It has decent colour presets and overdrive (AMA High), but it can't match the AOC Q2770PQU and BenQ BL2710PT's (once the gamma is changed from mode 4 to mode 2) colour preset accuracy. It also has slightly slower pixel response times and a tiny bit of overshoot compared to the BL2710PT as well as the typical frame of input lag. When not placed in very bright rooms, the glossy black bezel ruins the perceived black depth and makes black look greyish and washed out by comparison.
=DEAD= Review (Russian)
TFT Central Review
Playwares Review (Korean)[/spoiler]
BenQ PD2700Q
Review by Alexander Gryzhin
Review by PRAD (2016)
Review by PRAD (2018; low input lag)
Review by Tom's Hardware
The BenQ PD2700Q uses a matte 2560x1440 8 Bit +FRC AUO AHVA panel encased in a nice sparkly and coarsely surfaced matte grey plastic casing which has a fully adjust-able stand. The PD2700Q has excellent preset color accuracy, fast pixel response times with minimal overshoot ghosting, negligible input lag and excellent resolution scaling which is good for those who play or watch both 720p (Xbox 360 & PS3) and 1080p content.
BenQ PD2710Q
Review by Les Numeriques
Review by Tom's Hardware
BenQ SW2700PT
Review by Alexander Gryzhin
Review by Extra Hardware CZ
Review by Hardware Info
BenQ SW2700PT is wide gamut monitor created for those who calibrated their monitors use programs which support color management.
BenQ PV2720
Review by Alexander Gryzhin
Review by IBXT
Review by PRAD
The BenQ PV270 is wide gamut monitor created for those who calibrated their monitors use programs which support color management. It has a 14 bit 3d LUT, color compensation, better color presets and overdrive (less overshoot ghosting) than the SW2700T, and BenQ's hardware calibration program, Palette Master works better with the PV270.
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