GIGABYTE – AORUS FO27Q3-27″ QD OLED Gaming Monitor – QHD 2560×1440-360Hz – 0.03ms GTG – AMD FreeSync Premium Pro – Type C KVM – HDMI, DP, Type C – Height Adjustable – Black Electronics

4.0 out of 5 stars

Great display. Make sure your VESA mounting screws are M4x8mm.

It is a beautiful display. The OSD is well organized. The brightness can be blinding.FYI, the VESA mounting holes do not fit M4x10mm machine screws that fit for most other displays. So you will need to get some M4x8mm machine screws.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Good monitor

I’m using it for general use. Some photo editing, some gaming, and work tasks. Colors are good, brightness is good, frame rate is good. I’m happy with it.

4.0 out of 5 stars

Quite possible the best color accurate gaming monitor for its price

After reading and watching RTings review of this model I knew it would be a great addition to my setup. It handles all the major requirements you might have and is really only missing a few QOL features.As you may already know this is a IPS 1440p gaming monitor with refresh up to 170hz & has high color accuracy. With it’s gaming related specs you would probably have to spend x2+ in order to get better refresh rates or other features without giving up something else.I have only found a couple of minor issues so far. The included stand isn’t that great so spend another $30+ to get yourself a monitor arm. The monitor has some glossy plastic on it so it doesn’t “feel” like a premium product. The monitor has DP1.2 & HDMI 2.0 which means you’re missing out on any DP1.4/H2.1 features. The image doesn’t take up the whole “Screen” portion of the monitor. What I mean is on the L/R & top sides there probably 1-2cm of unused screen real estate. You still get a 27″ picture in 1440p it’s just slightly weird that there’s these black bars are here. I haven’t used the KVM feature, but the PIP mode in large mode uses only ~7in of your 27″ screen so you can’t really drive a 2nd device using only PIP, but it’s nice that’s it’s there. But probably my main complaint is the use of a single directional button to change monitor settings. It’s placement it somewhat far from the bottom of the monitor, so I have to really stick my hand behind the monitor to use it. You’ll also have to learn what each direction triggers and it just generally doesn’t feel very good. The menu itself is great, just the single button controlling it fells cheap and isn’t place where it’s more easily reached. It would’ve been great if they included a remote control for it imo. If you plug in the USB B cable you can used a Gigabyte software package to change the monitor setting and create hotkeys to trigger different settings. But know that it’s only available for Windows OS.Minor problems aside this is one of the best budget gaming monitors I’ve owned and easily recommend it despite the few design hiccups.PS. RTings mentions is has a average text clarity. I don’t really notice any text clarity issues when I’m sitting in my usual 3ft away from the monitor, but apparently if you do have an issue with the text clarity you can flip the monitor 180 and that’ll fix it with the sacrifice of aesthetics and slight more input lag apparently.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

KVM is unbeatable for home workstations

The built in KVM is the best, and allows me to switch between my work computer to my home computer with ease. No more unplugging cables. Just set up your sources in the UI.For me I also plugged the mouse and keyboard into the switch so it goes with.Great brightness and the HDR is nice for those really dark scenes in movies.

4.0 out of 5 stars

Came with a dead pixel, but otherwise great.

I got this today and used it most of the day for work then switched to my gaming PC via the KVM. I ran through some CSGO matches and a bit of Doom 2016. I have it paired with a 5700XT. No issues with freesync, very happy with the image quality. This is far better than the 60hz 1400p IPS screen I had before it.The dead pixel was a little bit of a bummer but during use isn’t all that noticeable. I did knock off a star since it’s definitely not perfect, but I’m happy over all.I use this for both work and play. I didn’t buy it for the KVM but in the future that’s a feature I’d look for. My experience with KVMs and gaming has been mixed at best and I appreciate the lack of noticeable lag I get from this.I work in software so as long as the text is good and colors are fine, I’m happy. I do not have a very discerning eye for colors.All told, delighted with my purchase.

4.0 out of 5 stars

Solid Monitor – However, Screw Hole threads too deep when using it with a multi monitor stand

As the title say’s, if you’re planning on using this with a monitor arm, or a monitor stand for a multiple monitor set up. The threads in the screw holes are too deep. Meaning that basic monitor screws won’t work with it. I had dig, and thankfully I had some normal screws that were the same thickness, but deeper screws.I don’t know how this was missed during the engineer phase. but it is a massive problem if you’re planning on using this monitor without the base stand. I hope they see this, and add custom back monitor screens that are long enough to hit the threads. That’s the least they can do.Other than that, The monitor is fantastic.

4.0 out of 5 stars

Great monitor, but was missing the AC Adapter

The monitor is great! The only downside was that the AC adapter was not in the box upon arrival. I’m fortunate to live near a Best Buy and was able to get an AC adapter quickly.

5.0 out of 5 stars

If you’re still using an old VG248QE.. this is the perfect upgrade. Best monitor I’ve ever owned.

Owner for 1 year.As part of an entire overhaul of my setup I went from an Asus VG248QE to the M27QX as my main monitor after almost a decade and I couldn’t be happier with it. I’m over 40yrs old.. my competitive days are long gone, but I still play shooters and other fast paced games and still value high fps / high refresh rate over high resolution. I spent a lot of time (months) deciding on a new monitor and the review on RTINGS for this sold me. I still wasn’t prepared for exactly how much of an upgrade it was in every single way. It’s almost like Gigabyte used the VG248QE as an inspiration to make the M27QX.The Gigabyte stand is almost identical to Asus, it’s sturdy and well made, there is height adjustment from 1-6 inches above your desk… this is great for accommodating different desk/chair setups and personal preference. The frame is sleek compared to Asus, of course the screen is not edge to edge but it’s still much nicer than a bulky plastic frame. I considered ultrawide for a long time but that would’ve meant having to get a different desk to make it work for me… and I would’ve had to settle with far less specs wise than this monitor where price is concerned, I still got a bump up in size from 24 to 27in and it’s welcomed. The panel came in perfect shape, no stuck/dead pixels.The RTINGS review mentioned this monitor had great color out of the box and it does, you don’t know what your missing if all you’ve ever used is TN panels like me. IPS is so crisp it’s unreal, the difference in color cannot be understated. This monitor also has backlight strobing which mimics the fluid motion of old CRT monitors and helps to reduce motion blur in fast paced games, on the Asus I had to use a 3rd party program to make it work with AMD GPU’s..not so on the M27QX. Even if you turn motion blur off in your competitive games (you should) there will still be blur on non-strobed monitors… this was a big selling point for me.I’m happy with 1440p as an upgrade, I am used to having games run high fps on 1080p even in single player games if allowable. Things are better than when 4k first came out but it is obviously still harder to run. I’ve seen 4k benchmarks for certain GPU’s/games under 60fps and that is a no go for me. If you’re buying 240hz refresh the goal should be as close to 240fps as you can get. I’m used to 120 and going to 240 is still very noticeable (in Rocket League for example). Once you see over 120 fps synced with your monitor in any game, you’ll never want to go back.Another huge upgrade is the joystick menu on this monitor, in all the years I had the Asus I struggled till the end to remember how to navigate the menu, and hated to access it. The menu on the M27QX is so intuitive you’ll have it down in no time, I find myself using it often to change between picture modes, adjust brightness/blackness levels ingame or late at night among other settings (there are many settings to fine tune if you are into that). Just like Asus they even included a built in OSD crosshair that you can apparently customize, I personally don’t use it much but it is a nice option to have to build aim in games/modes that don’t have a crosshair.Last but not least, the name M27QX is shorter and cooler, they really thought of everything! An expensive and hard to justify upgrade for me, but it paid off. 5*

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Gigabyte for the win!!

This monitor is amazing the refresh rate is absolutely worth it not only is the monitor 1440p it’s also 4K as well going from a 1080p to 1440p and 4K is absolutely worth it although yeah the human eye can’t see 200hz but it’s absolutely amazing the color is vibrant and everything definitely worth it and weight it’s not too heavy 10/10 monitor

5.0 out of 5 stars

Vivid beautiful colors, pitch black, awesome smoothness and fast pixel response

One of the best QD-OLED 360hz 1440p monitors currently on the market. Has USB B port for firmware updates if needed and released (big plus) and HDMI 2.1 full bandwidth.I wish Gigabyte released a Windows driver for it. It not nice to see “Generic Monitor” in device manager and some games/applications for an $800 dollar monitor. I also hope GBT will continue to refine and improve things in future FW updates. They already addressed an issue with Standby Pixel Cleanup through a FW update.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Quality

My son loves it

5.0 out of 5 stars

Calidad precio

Buena representación de colores, me llegó em perfecto estado, llegó antes del tiempo esperado, estoy muy conteto con la adquisición, sirve tanto para multimedia como para juegos, recomiend usar el cable Dp

5.0 out of 5 stars

Excellent

Very good, upgraded from 1080p ips

4.0 out of 5 stars

Great 240hz monitor for gaming!!

This monitor is pretty great for gaming, the 240hz makes everything snappy and with immediate response with gameplay being smooth as butter. Picture quality is also amazing everything is displayed accurately with great colors you won’t be disappointed. One minor negative is the quality control of the screen I have 2 tiny dead pixels at bottom of my screen so i hardly noticed it but it doesn’t bother me. Another minor inconvenience is when powering on the screen the boot up logo has flickering but goes away after a few seconds as it corrects itself. Even with the quality issues I definitely recommend this monitor if it’s on special/sale. 4/5 stars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Excellent Gaming Monitor, Beautiful Colors, Great Price

After a week of searching and contemplation, I settled on the Gigabyte M27Q as my next gaming monitor, and I have not been disappointed in the slightest so far. Out of the box, the colors look great, but they can be made even better with a bit of tuning. I love the configuration Hardware Unboxed provides in their review video. I switched to this monitor from a 1080p VA panel, which I hated due to copious amounts of unbearable ghosting and low pixel density. I switched to this monitor, and I cannot find any smearing, ghosting, or flickering at any of the modes I’ve tried, and I have done a lot of tinkering.As expected, G-Sync works great, without any sort of tearing or flickering. While you should NOT buy this monitor for HDR, the HDR gaming experience was a pleasant surprise. The monitor auto-switched to HDR mode when I first opened Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and I decided to leave it on to test it out. The claims of colors becoming washed out aren’t exaggerated, and the lack of any local dimming hurts a lot, but the high peak-brightness of this monitor is quite good, so I did not find the experience to be “bad” by any stretch of the imagination. One of the things that I was worried about when I bought this monitor was IPS Glow/Backlight Bleed, and upon first turning on the monitor, I noticed a hint of it in the top right corner, but unless I’m staring directly at it and the screen is displaying complete black, I don’t notice it at all, and I consider myself to be quite finicky with this sort of thing. Another feature of this monitor that I don’t see mentioned by anybody is the 10-bit color support. While you do have to turn the refresh rate down to 120hz to get it, and it’s NOT true 10-bit, (it’s 8-bit+FRC,) I find the experience to be completely worth it, as I do little extremely competitive gaming, and my RTX 2070 really can’t hit above 100 fps in games at high settings 1440p anyways. It’s also worth mentioning that NO gaming monitors in this price bracket have TRUE 10-bit color, so it’s not much of a downside that it is 8-bit+FRC. Another thing you’ll hear people mention about this monitor as a negative is the “BGR” subpixel layout compared to the traditional “RGB” layout. After setting up ClearType in windows, I can see absolutely no difference between text on this monitor and text on any other display I use daily. In fact, to my eye, which again, I consider to be astute, text is actually sharper than I expected. Overall, I think that this monitor is unbeatable at the price, and I’d recommend it to just about anybody.

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4.0 out of 5 stars

Nice monitor, works with Macs, KVM works with USB-C only, no daisy chaining

I bought this almost entirely for the built-in KVM switch. I have two Macs: a newer laptop and an older Mini. The goal was to be able to have my monitor, mouse, and keyboard switch computers at the press of a button. I eventually succeeded, but there is basically only one configuration that works. So, make sure your computers have the necessary ports: * one computer can be connected through HDMI or Display Port (cables included). This computer will **additionally** require a USB to USB-B cable (also included) for the mouse and keyboard. So, this computer must have a free USB port and a free HDMI or DP. * the other computer **must** be connected through a USB-C cable. This must be a type-3.1 cable (not included); a type-2 cable (commonly used for phone charging) is not sufficient. So, this computer must have a free USB-C cable.If you don’t care about having the mouse and keyboard automatically follow the monitor, then you can use whichever cables you want and potentially have up to four machines connected (2xHDMI + DP + USB-C). But most people probably do want the mouse and keyboard to follow the monitor, in which case you are stuck with the above configuration.Still, this works fine for me. My only disappointment is that I cannot daisy-chain these displays. It would be nice if a second monitor could follow the first just as the keyboard and mouse do. In hindsight, I probably would have bought a monitor with this feature.The monitor itself is great: nice and large, reasonably bright, thin bezel. I don’t see any dead pixels or other problems that others have mentioned.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Great Monitor for the price

I looked at every 1440P monitor for my PS5 before purchasing this one. I watched countless YouTube reviews. The fact that this monitor sold for almost $500 2 years ago and I was able to pick it up for just over $200 is an amazing value.It has an excellent picture. Very easy to use control settings and menu. Assembly takes 30 seconds. It was packaged very well. I would absolutely purchase this again. I upgraded from a 1080p Sceptre Monitor that had zero problems I just wanted more pixels.

4.0 out of 5 stars

Really decent monitor for the price.

For the price i paid for this monitor I’m pretty happy with it, the colors are very nice, 170hrz on a 1440p monitor is amazing, build quality is decent, and it’s even gsync compatible, the resolution is perfect for this size of monitor, and coming from a VA panel which had terrible motion blur im happy to say i can’t detect any motion blur on this monitor, my viotek monitors motion blur was so bad i said screw it and locked games at 60hrz and kept my monitor at 120hrz, it seemed to lessen the motion blur but it was still quite noticable. the brightness is really good, not good enough for a good hdr experience but great for sdr, i compared the image quality of this with my viotek monitor, i would say this one has ever so slightly better colors, one really bad thing though is that this monitor has some pretty bad light bleed on the bottom left which is really noticeable in medium light to dark scenes, its not all that noticeable in brighter scenes, but this light bleed is the only reason I’m deducting a star, I’ve only ever had 3 monitors(2 va and 1 ips) and 2 tv’s but this light bleed its literally the worst ive ever seen, its a very orangy glow that looks terrible on a black scene, im guessing this is just a flaw with my monitor with how bad it is… i hope… i compared hdr content on youtube, it looked ever so slightly better, much better color range, though its definitely not bright enough for a good HDR experience, i wasn’t expecting much of any noticeable difference from sdr to hdr on a 400nit monitor so I’m happy its not a completely useless feature. So yeah, i think i paid like $340 on this monitor, it would be hard if not impossible to find a monitor as good as this in this price range, and if it wasn’t for that damn light bleed this monitor would be perfect.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Pricey but beautiful

The screen size is perfect for 1440p but at the time I purchased it, there were shortages so the pricing wasn’t great. If it’s under $275, it’s a great buy to this day

4.0 out of 5 stars

Its a good monitor but heres some things you should know

For $300 its a good 1440p monitor, but I highly recommend you try and get your hands on a quality $400 1440p monitor instead, this one comes with noticeable backlight bleed and subpar adjustment as well as noticeable ghosting. To put it simply after you buy this you’re going to want to buy an upgrade so just hold out and get a monitor you will be really happy with.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Beautiful pixels

Coming from 1080p I couldn’t believe the difference. Wish I had upgraded a long time ago. I wanted dual monitors because that’s what I’m used to. Bought 2 of these and both arrived in perfect condition and are working great so far. I love the sleek look and the robust stand and colors are perfect.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Amazing for a WFH + Gaming Setup

M27Q Review:This monitor has been a game changer for me. The picture quality and high refresh rate are great and all, but the real reason I bought this monitor was for the KVM feature, and boy does it deliver. I’m able to connect my mechanical keyboard and mouse to the monitor, and with a press of a button on the back of the monitor, swap between my Macbook for work and my PC for gaming. Having just one USB-C connection to my laptop is a huge bonus, plus it charges! The setup was really easy and straightforward, didn’t even have to read the manual, just plugged everything in. It also worked with my current dual monitor mount and since the monitor is relatively lightweight (at least compared to my old one), there isn’t any noticeable tilt or strain on my mount.My only complaint, and this is a macOS specific complaint, is that I can’t do dynamic scaling like in Windows, so text is a bit smaller than I’m use to. Seems like MacOS only supports dynamic scaling on their own retina displays. Lowering the resolution makes things bigger, but fuzzy. Not a huge deal, plus this isn’t the monitor’s fault anyway, just something I’ll need to get used to.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Excellent Gaming Monitor, Beautiful Colors, Great Price

After a week of searching and contemplation, I settled on the Gigabyte M27Q as my next gaming monitor, and I have not been disappointed in the slightest so far. Out of the box, the colors look great, but they can be made even better with a bit of tuning. I love the configuration Hardware Unboxed provides in their review video. I switched to this monitor from a 1080p VA panel, which I hated due to copious amounts of unbearable ghosting and low pixel density. I switched to this monitor, and I cannot find any smearing, ghosting, or flickering at any of the modes I’ve tried, and I have done a lot of tinkering.As expected, G-Sync works great, without any sort of tearing or flickering. While you should NOT buy this monitor for HDR, the HDR gaming experience was a pleasant surprise. The monitor auto-switched to HDR mode when I first opened Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and I decided to leave it on to test it out. The claims of colors becoming washed out aren’t exaggerated, and the lack of any local dimming hurts a lot, but the high peak-brightness of this monitor is quite good, so I did not find the experience to be “bad” by any stretch of the imagination. One of the things that I was worried about when I bought this monitor was IPS Glow/Backlight Bleed, and upon first turning on the monitor, I noticed a hint of it in the top right corner, but unless I’m staring directly at it and the screen is displaying complete black, I don’t notice it at all, and I consider myself to be quite finicky with this sort of thing. Another feature of this monitor that I don’t see mentioned by anybody is the 10-bit color support. While you do have to turn the refresh rate down to 120hz to get it, and it’s NOT true 10-bit, (it’s 8-bit+FRC,) I find the experience to be completely worth it, as I do little extremely competitive gaming, and my RTX 2070 really can’t hit above 100 fps in games at high settings 1440p anyways. It’s also worth mentioning that NO gaming monitors in this price bracket have TRUE 10-bit color, so it’s not much of a downside that it is 8-bit+FRC. Another thing you’ll hear people mention about this monitor as a negative is the “BGR” subpixel layout compared to the traditional “RGB” layout. After setting up ClearType in windows, I can see absolutely no difference between text on this monitor and text on any other display I use daily. In fact, to my eye, which again, I consider to be astute, text is actually sharper than I expected. Overall, I think that this monitor is unbeatable at the price, and I’d recommend it to just about anybody.

8 people found this helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars

Nice monitor, works with Macs, KVM works with USB-C only, no daisy chaining

I bought this almost entirely for the built-in KVM switch. I have two Macs: a newer laptop and an older Mini. The goal was to be able to have my monitor, mouse, and keyboard switch computers at the press of a button. I eventually succeeded, but there is basically only one configuration that works. So, make sure your computers have the necessary ports: * one computer can be connected through HDMI or Display Port (cables included). This computer will **additionally** require a USB to USB-B cable (also included) for the mouse and keyboard. So, this computer must have a free USB port and a free HDMI or DP. * the other computer **must** be connected through a USB-C cable. This must be a type-3.1 cable (not included); a type-2 cable (commonly used for phone charging) is not sufficient. So, this computer must have a free USB-C cable.If you don’t care about having the mouse and keyboard automatically follow the monitor, then you can use whichever cables you want and potentially have up to four machines connected (2xHDMI + DP + USB-C). But most people probably do want the mouse and keyboard to follow the monitor, in which case you are stuck with the above configuration.Still, this works fine for me. My only disappointment is that I cannot daisy-chain these displays. It would be nice if a second monitor could follow the first just as the keyboard and mouse do. In hindsight, I probably would have bought a monitor with this feature.The monitor itself is great: nice and large, reasonably bright, thin bezel. I don’t see any dead pixels or other problems that others have mentioned.

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