I've had this monitor for the past 2 years. It has been the best experience and quality I could have asked for.
Aside from a tiny personal preference, I've had absolutely 0 issues with this monitor.
**** TL;DR at bottom****
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My personal interests at the time of buying this monitor were:
- school work
- occasional creative work
- mostly gaming in shooters (Valorant, CS, Fornite, etc.)
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Pros:
****FPS****
- 240hz
- this allows for very high fps (assuming your set up and gpu keeps up), and gaming for me was buttery smooth.
- even with setting it at the max hz, I (along with others I know) have had no issues regarding ghosting, screen tearing, backlighting, or motion blur at max settings.
****Color quality****
- I mentioned I did occasional creative work which was a bonus in buying this monitor because of how beautiful the color quality is. It really does pop.
- Even if the colors aren't suitable for you out the box, there is so much customization and options you can tinker with to get it to your exact preference.
- I actually eventually started gaining more interest in creative work and that's when I truly appreciated the color quality.
****Build quality****
- The monitor and the monitor stand both feel incredibly sturdy and high quality unlike some of their newer models that feel like they can't hold the weight properly.
- Bonus! The monitor stand has an actual built in mechanism for clean cable management... unlike some of their newer models that just have a band at the bottom. It actually hides it, and I loved that.
- I bought mine and got one without any issues my first attempt, so no scanlines, dead pixels, backlighting, etc. (can't say the same for some people I know though)
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Cons:
****Known issues****
- Specific issues I recall from people I know were most commonly dead pixel(s). Occasionally slight flickering with backlighting.
- I know no one personally with any major issues, so you may also consider this more as a pro than a con.
- potential FIXES to backlighting issues: play in full screen, set a custom resolution at custom hz in settings, cap fps in games, customize brightness levels.
- Not sure if custom hz also solves ghosting for this model, but it did on my Neo G7.
****Small personal dislike****
- The blue flashing light when your pc is off or sleeping (it literally flickers a bright blue light)
The fix is just to set Power LED On > Working in the monitor settings. It won't flicker and just stay blue.
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Neutral?:
****Curved screen****
- I know it's all personal preference when it comes to liking a curved screen but...
- I don't feel much of a difference at all. I don't hate it though. I honestly have no preference between a flat and curved monitor, both are fine imo.
- I got use to it within a day or two with the monitor.
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The Big Question:
****Would I recommend buying this monitor?****
- If it's like my initial interests where this monitor is primarily for high fps gaming (best of the best 1440p), absolutely. I couldn't ask for a better experience. Even now, where I occasionally play with friends, I swap to this monitor for the insane fps and quality. It's never let me down.
- If it's primarily for anything other than high fps gaming, I definitely think there are more suitable options.
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TL;DR
5 stars; BEST 1440p high-fps monitor I could have asked for.
+ insanely high fps (if your gpu can keep up)
+ very good color quality (gaming looks nice) PLUS very flexible to adjusting to personal liking
+ built very well, very sturdy
+ no issues at all in 2 years of nearly daily use.
+ monitor stand has very clean and slick cable management
+ rarely any major defects out of the box, if any issues at all (from personal experience and others I know)
**This was 2 years ago, so I can't really vouch for rates right now.**
- dead pixels are annoying that can happen with no fixes (but don't they happen for any other monitor?)
- personally dislike the blue flickering feature of the monitor (there is a slight fix though)
would I recommend this monitor?
>> If your primarily want high-fps for games such as shooters, 100% absolutely. I couldn't ask for a better experience in 1440p.
>> Otherwise, I believe there are better options.
>> ALSO, if I could go back, I'd opt for the 32-inch instead. This 27-inch is perfectly fine, but as I used this monitor for more than just gaming, more screen real estate would have been very convenient.
Hope this review helped. :)
| Standing screen display size | 27 Inches |
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| Screen Resolution | 2560x1440 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 2560 x 1440 Pixels |
