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Matte, fully-adjust-able, 1920x1080, 240hz IPS panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-240hz) Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, 4x USB 3.0 & 3.5mm Audio Out. The Acer
can fully cover the sRGB color space (with very minor over-saturation), has 1000-1100:1 contrast, is very accurate out-of-the-box aside from a very minor blue tine (6700k preset color temperature) and
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very fast pixel response times with only minor overshoot when the default Normal OD setting is used at 240hz; =DEAD= does not test input lag or 60hz overdrive performance.
The Acer has a
noticeably grain and sparkly matte coating when viewing light colors and whites.
Asus VG258QR
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Fully adjust-able, matte, 1920x1080, 165hz, TN panel with AMD Free-Sync, back-light strobing (ELMB), Displayport, Dual-Link DVI (120hz), HDMI 1.4, and 3.5mm Audio In & Out. The Asus has
up to 960:1 contrast which is , accurate but slightly too high (
2.35 average) preset gamma when using the default and most accurate Racing Mode, fairly accurate preset color (
64900k in the default Racing Mode), but fails to fully cover the sRGB color space (
94%) resulting in some color de-saturation. The VG258QR has negligible input lag (2-3ms measured by Playwares with the SMT Tool) and the fast and balanced overdrive is controlled by the Trace Free setting and performs best when set to the Trace Free 80 setting at 165hz.
Playwares does not test for
dark scene banding or test the 60hz overdrive so I can't recommend the VG258QR until this information is available.
Asus VG279QM
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Fully adjust-able, matte, 1920x1080, 280hz AHVA panel with back-light strobing (ELMB), Nvidia G-Sync (48-280hz), Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out. The VG279QM is preset to the Racing Game Visual Mode which is very accurate and almost properly covers the sRGB color space, but the unit PC Lab PL came with slightly too low gamma (
2.1-2.2) versus the nearly linear 2.2 gamma
Playwares and
TFT Central measured.
The VG279QM slightly over-saturates greens, oranges, reds and yellows by over 10% but is otherwise very accurate. The VG279Q supports HDR, but it is best lest off since it lacks almost all of the features required for true HDR, especially in regards to the DCI-P3 color space coverage since it peaks around 80%. The overdrive is preset to the Trace Free 60 setting which provides the best performance at 240hz while
Trace Free 80 speeds up the pixel response times without obvious overshoot at 280hz. Trace Free 60 causes
some obvious overshoot at 60hz; Trace Free 20 slows down the pixel response times and gets rid of most of the overshoot at 60hz, but is a bit slower than Trace Free 40 which TFT Central recommends.
Les Numeriques measured (middle screen) a 9.7ms delay with the Leo Bodnar device at 60hz which is nearly as low as possible.
PC Lab PL
measured a 27.5ms delay with a high speed camera. 27.5ms is very high for a gaming monitor. This is likely a 60hz measurement since
Ashun measured a 34ms delay at 60hz and a negligible 2ms at 280hz.
Asus VG289Q
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Fully adjust-able, matte, 3840x2160, 60hz IPS with 40-60hz AMD Free-Sync, Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, and 3.5mm Audio Out. The VG289Q has
1,000:1 contrast, is
nearly perfectly accurate preset gamma and color wise, and
covers 120% of the sRGB color space (it over-saturates some greens by 20%) with no under-saturation. The preset Trace Free 60 overdrive setting provides fast and overshoot free pixel response times, and the VG289Q has negligible input lag.
ASUS XG27UQ
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Full adjust-able, matte, wide-gamut (partial HDR support), 98hz (8 bit +FRC=10 bit with full 4:4:4 color) to 144hz (
8 bit with 4:2:0 color) 3840x2160 AHVA panel with Nvidia G-Sync, 2x Displayport 1.4 (G-Sync), 2x HDMI 2.0, 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out. The XG27UQ has 950-1150:1 contrast, 92% DCI-P3 coverage out-of-the-box, and over-saturates SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) color, as well as has a red tint (5827-6078k color temperature;
RGB measurements) unless set to the sRGB mode which is more accurate, and has high (200-220cdm/2), and locked brightness controls. The XG27UQ's HDR mode is fairly accurate,
but is also too red and lacks a true 10 bit signal and local dimming.
The XG27UQ has negligible input lag (2ms), and minimal overshoot, but slower than average pixel response times (5-12.6ms range versus 2-8ms) versus the fastest non-TN competitors.
BenQ EW2480U
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1400:1 contrast, is fairly accurate, but can not fully cover the sRGB color space like most budget oriented IPS panels. The EW2480 has negligible input lag (4-6ms measured with the SMT Tool), and fast pixel response times for a non-TN panel when the default AMA High overdrive setting is used.
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Matte, 3840x2160, wide gamut AHVA panel with partial HDR support, a remote, Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, USB-C. The EW3280
offers accurate DCI-P3 color space coverage, but over-saturates the SDR color spaces by over 40% unless set to the REC 709 mode which
has high (2.40) gamma and locks the color controls. The EW3280U
has good HDR accuracy but only partial support since it lacks local dimming, has low brightness and lacks a true 10 bit panel; the HDR mode is best left turned off. The EW3280U has negligible input lag (2-3ms measured with the SMT Tool) and
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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.
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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
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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.
LG 27GN750
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Fully adjust-able, matte, 1920x1080, 240hz IPS with AMD Free-Sync, Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0 and 2x USB 3.0. The LG
has low average gamma (2.05) resulting in some washed out colors and shades, and suffers from a slight pink tint, but covers 99% of the sRGB color space or does not suffer from color de-saturation (assuming correct gamma). The 27GN750 has
negligible input lag at both 60hz and 240hz, and has very fast pixel response times at both refresh rates which makes it great for both
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240hz PC gaming when the Faster Response Time setting is used.
Philips 325M8
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