Performance
The panel has fantastic colours and contrast to it. In SDR there’s no noticeable backlight bleed or torching in the corners, which is good. Even with the backlight cranked up, the black levels are pretty damn impressive.
HDR
The HDR isn’t the brightness, at least compared to most high-end HDR TVs. However, when you’re sat this close to it, 400cdm is more than bright enough; especially on a night time when the lights are dimmed.
HDR support in Windows is still a dumpster fire, but watching HDR movies, NetFlix, YouTube and gaming is still a joy. Colours really pop and the picture is much richer and warmer than in SDR mode.
OSD Gallery
Sorry, this is my first time coming across this well defined article. I’ve found the CV27Q on sale, $100 off making it $359 USD! I currently have an Aorus GTX 1080 Ti and Intel i7 4790k/Z97X powering my system and they’re staying put for the meantime.
The question in particular I have, is there any noticeable color-banding with this monitor? I tried an Asus PG278QR (TN panel) a few years back and banding in the grey and black spectrum was a horror-show to be polite; sent it back for a refund.
I’m running an AOC Agon AG271QG (IPS) with the aforementioned setup and is a good monitor however… I am also looking for something with: more advanced feature-set(s), something that can provide a better gaming experience without compromising video playback quality (YT, BR DVD, etc.) and has an excellent price-to-performance ratio.
Thanks!
Love how you go over calibration results with no guide on…wtf you did.
Calibration was done with a professional calibration tool called the Spyder5Elite, so you can’t really share the settings as no two panels are really alike.
How did you calibrate it? Share your settings at least.
Calibration was done with a professional calibration tool called the Spyder5Elite, I’ll be sure to include a section detailing this in the future.
How about G-Sync, which does not work? Well, it works, but the image is flickering. I have tested it on 2 different PC’s, with GTX1060 and GTX3070. 3 Different DP cables, 2 different AORUS CV27Q. The image flickers and eventually turns black (like the screen lost the signal) and goes back on. Only with G-Sync ON, only in games which actually produce less than 165 fps.
that just literally sounds broken to be honest, I’d get in touch with their support.