Iiyama G-Master Red Eagle GB2766HSU Monitor Review
Peter Donnell / 2 years ago
Performance
For work, it’s a good size panel. Sure, I prefer 1440 or 4K resolutions for the increased pixel density they provide. However, at Full HD and 27″ it’s hardly a monitor of compromise.
It’s a good size for viewing pretty much any popular software, as HD has been a standard for a long time now. Furthermore, it’s good enough to read two web pages side by side comfortably.
The gaming performance is a blast though, Full HD is a good enough resolution for most gaming, and it often allows even moderately powerful GPUs to max out the quality settings.
That being said, some modern games may have you dropping to High or Normal to max out that refresh rate, which I strongly suggest you do. The clarity of this monitor is not in pixel counts, but in its fast refresh rate, fast response time, and FreeSync technology.
Unfortunately, Iiyama don’t provide the colour targets they expect from this monitor, such as how many % of AdobeRGB, etc, so I’ve no way of knowing if we’re within their designed range. However, the Spyder monitor calibration tool tells us all we need to know. The fact they don’t tell us this specification is often an indication that it’s not particularly colour accurate, but so far throughout my testing, the colours actually look really good! But let’s get the calibration tester out anyway!
Panel Performance
The results are actually far better than I expected, with a good range of colours for a monitor in this price range. Clearly, there’s still a good life ahead for TN panels.
The Grey Ramp is surprisingly smooth, and only deviates about 500K overall, which isn’t really noticeable and looks very consistent.
Anything under 5 is regarded as good, anything under 3 is hard to tell by the human eye, so this colour accuracy is excellent overall. The blue looks strong here, but not in real life it does. Personally, I suggest putting the monitor on the Warm profile, as that makes colours even more accurate and pleasing to the eye.
The Gamma is spot on too, hitting right on the 2.2 mark throughout the whole test.
