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Review on AOC CQ27G1 DisplayPort Curved Screen Monitor, Zero Brightness Adjustment, 2560x1440 πŸ–₯️ Resolution, Blue Light Filter, Swivel and Frameless Design, G1 Series, HD, HDMI by Matt Combs

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Fantastic monitor, great for gaming or whatever

This review is dedicated to AOC CQ27G! 27 inch 1440p monitor, no 1080p version. Knowing it was a VA panel and after reading some very negative customer reviews I was skeptical about buying this monitor. BUT! Right from the start I have to say that I am very impressed. No issues with this monitor, no stuck pixels, no glare, very good gray balance (which was a big issue on the IPS display). replaced) and very good color and brightness. So, let's look at the details. Out of the box this monitor comes well packaged, even with some damage to the packaging, the contents were in perfect condition. In the box you get the monitor , stand (tool-less installation), power cord , DisplayPort cable and HDMI cable. The stand makes a very good impression. It's made entirely of metal, is a good weight, and snaps into place without tools. The screw on the bottom secures the base to the tripod pole. ides tilt, swivel and height adjustment, which is very unusual in this price range. The negative tilt is very small - 4 degrees I believe, but since I'm looking directly at the monitor it's not a problem. If you installed it high or raised the monitor, this could pose a problem, so take that into account. The stand itself is also very stable, even more so than the monitor arm I use for my ultra-wide IPS system. When I type this, the monitor shakes slightly just from my keystrokes. The AOC monitor is reliable. Very nice. The panel itself has a connection for 1 display port, 2x HDMI and an audio line-in jack if you use it for . for whatever reason. Maybe clean up the mess with the cable? What ever. The monitor's I/O cutout hangs too much over the inputs, which means I had to force the DP cable in. It connected with no problems, but the tolerances for this cutout seem to be a bit different here. The monitor is curved, but it's quite thin when you look at it. It's not more immersive or intrusive. The bezels are very small, so small that my Logitech Brio covers a few millimeters of the screen on top. It is very good. If you're not holding your webcam over a monitor, you won't even notice. But man. so thin! The monitor is configured using the 4 menu buttons located under the lower right side of the control panel. The fifth button toggles the display on and off. These buttons are a bit soft and there are many settings that can be adjusted on this display. Navigating the screens and making changes will take some time to get used to. Of course, you can download software from AOC to make changes to Windows, but that means running another peripheral's software at startup. I've tried it out a bit and while it works, there are some features that you can't access through the software, so I'll stick with manual controls. The display settings are correct in the state of delivery. I calibrated this on my IPS display, which has very accurate colors at the default settings, and was able to get them to look basically the same with just a few minutes of setup. The brightness in particular is amazing as I read online that this display doesn't get very bright. I suppose if you're playing like a caveman in very bright light you might not get enough brightness, but it was too bright for me on the default settings. I can't immediately remember what brightness is set and I can't go into the menu to check, but it's definitely less than 50% brightness. So no problem. Free sync is on by default, but you can check if you want to use this feature just in case. How does it work? In short, it's great. I went to NVIDIA Control Panel to check "Enable G-Sync, Gy-Sync Compatible" but it was already checked. I had to set the refresh rate to 144Hz, for some reason it was set to 90Hz, but once I did that I was done. Started several games and impressed again. League of Legends runs at 300-400 fps (you shouldn't be limited to freesync) and I've never noticed any tearing or noticeable input lag. It just works. It's the same with Overwatch: I stayed in the high hundreds and dropped into the 200s on Ultra settings with Render Scaling at its highest setting. Jedi Fallen Order and GTA V (my backup) benefited greatly from the increase in resolution (I went from 1080p) as well as the higher frame rate. The FPS in GTA are good but I can't give an exact number as this game scales very well with the hardware and can perform as well or as poorly as you like depending on the setting. I'm using the "Ultra" preset and have tweaked a few other settings and am mostly around 120s, although this game can drop to 80s depending on the scene. These fluctuations are completely imperceptible because freesync does its job perfectly. Jedi Fallen Order has a near-constant 90 fps (that's a bit more) on Ultra no matter what I'm doing. I've played around with the few settings available and disabled resolution scaling to ensure a consistent render size, nothing seems to affect fps. Looks great, but given how modest this game is when it comes to requirements, I'm surprised they aren't increasing. It seems to be some kind of internal frame rate limit, I haven't found a solution to unlock the frame rate in games, but I'm still happy with the performance. He is absolutely stable. I'm not a big esports fan, but I play some of these games. All of these games usually run at 144Hz or higher if you have decent hardware. Other games are much more demanding due to the higher resolution and refresh rate. So if you want high or maximum frame rates on this monitor, you need a pretty good system. I have an i79700k and an RTX2080super and am very happy with the performance. I'm not obsessed with beating/beaten a 144hz monitor as long as everything it does looks good. However, be aware that if you hook this up to a 5 year old machine that had average performance when it was made, you may not be happy with the results. 144Hz 1440p is pretty demanding, but if you've got the muscles, it looks amazing. Final Thoughts? I am really excited about this monitor. I put off writing the review until I really had time to check out his moves. I work and play on this monitor every day. I do most of my online shopping with this setup, I read long articles about this display. He excels in all these activities. If someone is bothered by negative reviews and you are not sure whether such a cheap monitor can do anything, calm down. It is great. I haven't had a single issue with it, Freesync works fine (with my hardware) and it's such a massive upgrade over the 21:9 256 x 1080@60Hz display that I haven't quite gotten used to it yet. Also note that if you receive a faulty, dead/stuck pixel or whatever, Revain will most likely replace it for free, but you will be left without this monitor while you await delivery. AOC now has an incredible warranty that covers just about everything, including a 3-year no stuck/dead pixel policy. They even replace your monitor in the event of accidental damage within the first year. So yes, knowing the reputation AOC has built, seeing rave reviews - and bad ones - and hearing about their unbeatable guarantee, I gave this monitor a try. He exceeded all of my expectations. It is great. If you can get it for a good price when it's back in stock or you can find it somewhere else for around 200, buy it. This is a crazy deal.

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Pros
  • β€Ž2560x1440
Cons
  • Color balancing: If the colors on the display are not precisely calibrated, the display may appear washed out or too bright.

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