They may want to run at max refresh rate without VRR active, or even is VRR is active they may know they will be consistently at the upper end of the range. Information about the available connectivity ports, slots and interfaces such as USB, infrared port, SD card slot, audio/video and network interfaces, etc.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The LG 27GN950 input lag amounts to only ~4ms which makes for imperceptible delay between your actions and the result on the screen. There is no built-in speaker, but there is a headphone jack with Waves MaxxAudio to tailor the sound to your headphone-type through the OSD. Have a read about response time in our specs section if you need additional information about this measurement. At the lowest adjustment the bottom edge of the screen doesn’t sit that low, being 100mm above the desk edge.The table to the right then explains whether that overdrive control needs to be adjusted by the user depending on the refresh rate (not ideal), or whether adaptive overdrive is utilised to keep things simple. The on-screen reticle is the same as most monitors: great if you need it, but best avoided in online multiplayer to keep things fair. The brightness regulation is controlled without the need for the use of Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM), and so those who suffer from eye fatigue or headaches associated with flickering backlights need not worry. We separately measured the colour space using ChromaPure and thankfully confirmed that the sRGB gamut had been properly emulated, measuring 97. The grey line on the graph shows the refresh rate threshold, that being the average G2G response time that the panel needs to be able to achieve to keep up properly with the refresh rate and frame rate.

Through some visual tests we were able to determine that there was only small differences in motion clarity as you increased from Off > Normal > Fast mode, and in the Fast mode we saw no sign of any overshoot artefacts at this refresh rate. The brightness range of the screen was wide with the ability to offer a luminance between 465 and 90 cd/m 2. It does make life a bit more complicated than if you just ran at a native resolution, which is where the more common 2560 x 1440 res fits in to the 27″ display space. This slightly extended refresh rate gives you a little boost over 144Hz and seemed to work well, so why not use it if you can? It was also pleasing to see a decent IPS contrast ratio of 959:1 after calibration here, as previous Nano IPS screens we’ve tested have suffered a bit there like the 27GL850 at 848:1 and 38GL950G at 828:1 for instance.The ‘original’ mode will be useful for supporting non-native aspect ratios, although the 16:9 format here is very common so you might not need it much.

Today, I’m looking at the successor to the monitor on that list, last year’s 27GL850, with the 27GN950-B.PerformanceI spent a good amount of time with first-person shooters to get a good sense of the 27GN950-B’s responsiveness. PC gaming for instance will be much less of a system drain at 1440p than at 4K, allowing you to potentially push up to higher frame rates and use higher settings.

There is also a good range of adjustments offered from the stand which provided a stable and sturdy base, with smooth and easy adjustments. The light AG coating of the panel is welcome, and much better than the grainy and dirty appearance of older IPS AG coatings.We used the X-rite i1 Pro 2 Spectrophotometer combined with the LaCie Blue Eye Pro software package to achieve these results and reports.