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Messages - Jbennett360

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It's good to see the AD27QD still getting FW updates, the latest being FW09 yesterday.

It's a shame the reviewers will never go back and revisit the changes.

For the average user, we have no idea if things are better or worse!

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Looks worse when i've calibrated it. I've tried my best to grab some images of it here: https://imgur.com/a/gLJFfR9

Looks fine for a cheap panel.  If you want better uniformity you're going to have to forgo 144hz and buy a professionally oriented monitor (Eizo CG & CX, NEC P or Viewsonic VP series), or exchange it and hope to get lucky, besides, how often are you viewing full screen colors and shades, especially grey?

I am super confused which one is better. Since I am worrying if a cheap IPS panel is as good as the Va on the AOC . Can you give your opinion on this? My use will mostly be gaming , browsing and bit of content streaming.

There are no reviews for that Acer yet, so I can't determine if it is better or worse, but I would choose it over a curved VA panel any day since I neither like curved panels or VA panels for gaming.

I sent it back and got a replacement from a different retailer.

Same build date of May 2019. Panel looks slot better in terms of uniformity, a little cooler towards the bottom left but I've only had it up and running for an hour or so.

Only issue I have come across is the OSD application. Updated to FW07 from FW02, (Which I know it's running because sRGB emulation mode is there) however it's showing as FW02 on the OSD app.

Tried a reflash but still showing it. Hopefully when 8 appears it'll sort itself out. I've dropped Gigabyte a message to question this too.


It's an OSD Application error. Confirmed by a few users.

Will give this one a week or so to bed in and see how the uniformity goes.

I think i'm just going to have to realise that a 'Perfect' panel at this resolution and Hz doesn't exist and probably won't anytime in the near future.

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Looks worse when i've calibrated it. I've tried my best to grab some images of it here: https://imgur.com/a/gLJFfR9

Looks fine for a cheap panel.  If you want better uniformity you're going to have to forgo 144hz and buy a professionally oriented monitor (Eizo CG & CX, NEC P or Viewsonic VP series), or exchange it and hope to get lucky, besides, how often are you viewing full screen colors and shades, especially grey?

I am super confused which one is better. Since I am worrying if a cheap IPS panel is as good as the Va on the AOC . Can you give your opinion on this? My use will mostly be gaming , browsing and bit of content streaming.

There are no reviews for that Acer yet, so I can't determine if it is better or worse, but I would choose it over a curved VA panel any day since I neither like curved panels or VA panels for gaming.

I sent it back and got a replacement from a different retailer.

Same build date of May 2019. Panel looks slot better in terms of uniformity, a little cooler towards the bottom left but I've only had it up and running for an hour or so.

Only issue I have come across is the OSD application. Updated to FW07 from FW02, (Which I know it's running because sRGB emulation mode is there) however it's showing as FW02 on the OSD app.

Tried a reflash but still showing it. Hopefully when 8 appears it'll sort itself out. I've dropped Gigabyte a message to question this too.

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The only minor thing i have noticed is that the top left/right corner is cooler than the rest of the screen.

Not sure if this is a common/widespread issue or if it's something i'll naturally get use to?

Cool-to-warm or vice versa panel tinting is normal, but I can't make a precise judgement of the severity without seeing the panel myself.  I have measured the black, color temperature and white uniformity of dozens of panels and tend to not notice sub 20% variations which is why I don't provide uniformity measurements anymore unless I can instantly see dis-uniformity when visually assessing panel uniformity, or lack of.

Looks worse when i've calibrated it. I've tried my best to grab some images of it here: https://imgur.com/a/gLJFfR9

tends to be top right and left and quite cool.

If there's a better way to get a photo, let me know!

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The only minor thing i have noticed is that the top left/right corner is cooler than the rest of the screen.

Not sure if this is a common/widespread issue or if it's something i'll naturally get use to?

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AGON AG271QG

If similarly priced get the AG271QG since it offers equal or superior (depending on panel lottery) image quality to the PG279Q (it may also come with low gamma and lacks gamma settings while the AG271QG does not) once the gamma is set to Mode 3, and offers equal gaming performance.  I did not mention it before since it was discontinued in many countries a few months ago.

Cheers for your input.

I've settled with the AD27QD. Panel seem fine, no obvious glow to it.

I've calibrated it too with a displaymunki/DisplayCal and the results are fantastic! I couldn't be happier.

Wasn't the cheapest at £529. But the ability to update the FW myself is a bonus after the fiasco with the MSI. I just wish the changelogs were a bit more detailed!

I've left it running at 120hz 10 bit for the time being. I'm not pushing that 144fps just yet with my current card (60-110) on average.

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The XB271HU is available for around £500.

The XB271HU is significantly less accurate than the PG279Q and XV272, as well has has inferior overdrive with more overshoot than the PG279Q.  If an owner of a G-Sync compatible card G-Sync>G-Sync compatible, and all of the AHVA panels have faster pixel response times than the Innolux IPS.  Sadly none of the true G-Sync AHVA panels aside from the discontinued ViewSonic XG2703-GS came close to matching the preset color accuracy of the best Free-Sync AHVA/Innolux IPS, and and all but the PG279QZ are 3-4 years old and due for unannounced replacements.

So the LG won't be here in the UK until September so that pretty much rules that one out.

The XV272U has gone back up in price. So it's a toss up between

XV272U
AD27QD
AGON AG271QG

I don't think there's much else really

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XV272U. It's currently the same price as the VG270 or the VG271.

Best 144hz 1440p Monitors with Free-Sync

The XV272 is more accurate than the Innolux IPS panels in the Gigabyte, VG270 (AHVA version no longer available AFAIK), and the VG271 which does not come with a height adjustable stand or offer as much faux-HDR support as the XV272.  Beware of potential signal loss/flickering Innolux IPS panel issues which I recommend researching first, and consider looking for the Acer XF270HUA which is as accurate as the XV272, but has a faster AUO AHVA panel.

Thanks for this. I've read through the link you provided but still wanted a bit of advice!

Will have a look at the XF270 and see what the pricing/availability is like in the UK.

Looks like the XF270 is discontinued in the UK. No mention of it on the acer site and retailers don't tend to stock it.

The XB271HU is available for around £500.

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So.

I grabbed myself a MSI MAG271CQR and all I can say it's been a nightmare. Colour banding is horrendous as is the black to white banding.  Flickering in game menus and OSD locksups.

I sent it off for the FW to be updated as apparently this should have fixed it. It didn't. I've now returned the monitor to the seller as 'Not fit for purpose'

I'm back on the hunt.

Im looking for something along the lines of

27"
2560x1440
G-Sync compatible/GSync/Freesync
Gaming and Web Development friendly
Non Grainy coating

Been looking at the XV272U. It's currently the same price as the VG270 or the VG271.

The Gigabyte looks nice too, I know it's the same panel but the extras and ability to update the FW myself is quite a cool feature.

The new LG looks quite interesting too but the release date just seems to keep getting pushed back and obviously it's new, there's new reviews etc etc.

Currently using my Dell 2515H.  I do love the coating on this one!

I've also got a colormunki so calibration shouldn't be an issue

Has anyone got any advice for me?


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