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This is a warm slightly orange to golden-green glow that appears towards the edges, particularly near the bottom corners of the screen from a normal viewing position.
We’ve also included the refresh rate used in Windows and our preferred ‘Overdrive’ setting used for most of the review, just for reference. With ClearType enabled and correctly optimised we noticed some fringing issues in places, although due to the relatively tight pixel density the fringing was fortunately not as clear or bold as it could’ve been. The test is set to run at its default speed of 960 pixels per second, which is a practical speed for such photographs highlights weaknesses well. The M27Q X assembles easily with a captive bolt to join the base and upright, and a panel that snaps into place. The images below are pursuit photographs taken using the UFO Motion Test for ghosting, with the UFO moving across the screen from left to right at a frame rate matching the refresh rate of the display.
The terms HDMI, HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI Trade dress and the HDMI Logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc. com is a leading authority on technology, delivering lab-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services. This second text sample should look clearer (bolder) than the first when viewed in person on this monitor. The M27Q X is one of the few monitors I’ve seen where it’s necessary to reduce the default sharpness setting. The letters ‘PCM’ are typed out to help highlight any potential text rendering issues related to unusual subpixel structure, whilst the white space more clearly shows the actual subpixel layout alongside a rough indication of screen surface.
The SpyderX Elite was used to assess the uniformity of lighter shades, represented by 9 equally spaced white quadrants running from the top left to bottom right of the screen. Gray-to-gray or GTG measures how long it takes for a pixel to transition from one gray level to the next. The green channel is reduced somewhat and the blue channel is slightly stronger but significantly reduced compared to factory defaults. The M27Q’s OSD includes a wizard to easily assign video inputs and then switch between them with a dedicated button above the OSD joystick.The medium-light grey background of the Lagom text shows a more pronounced shift in colour temperature than you’d see on some IPS-type panels, becoming noticeably warmer as viewing angle increases. The display is connected to an adjustable (albeit noisy when in motion) stand that rises and drops about 5 inches. With the use of a layer of nano-particles, the display helps to create an expansion of the color gamut, producing significantly more vibrant in-game colors. Pressing the M27Q X’s joystick brings up a quick menu that can open the full OSD, the KVM controls and GameAssist functions. Further, the screen has a light matte anti-glare coating that prevents reflections without making the image too grainy.
Aside from our ‘Test Settings’, where various adjustments were made, assume factory defaults were used. The monitor also offers 95% Adobe RGB coverage, a colour gamut biased towards the green to cyan region of the gamut but similar to sRGB in the red and blue corners of this gamut representation. As a workaround to this, you can use AMD’s GPU drivers or the novideo_srgb third-party tool (if you have an NVIDIA GPU) instead of the sRGB mode. Instead of using this ‘sRGB’ setting and putting up with the associated restrictions, AMD users can activate a flexible sRGB emulation setting via the graphics driver.The bottom left corner exhibited some extra yellowing, but this was due to a slight uniformity issue on our sample rather than viewing angle related. The gamut in this case is particularly generous in the green region, so some shades containing green showcased particularly strong saturation and vibrancy. The consistency of the screen was strong without the sort of clear saturation shifts you’d observe on a VA or TN model depending on the on-screen shade position.
If the colour gamut of a screen extends beyond sRGB, as it does here, it imparts extra saturation – providing a vibrant look that some users enjoy, but not providing a faithful or accurate look to things.The deviation between each quadrant and the quadrant closest to the 6500K (D65) daylight white point target was analysed and a DeltaE value assigned. My work has appeared on iMore, Windows Central, Android Central, and TWICE, and I have a diverse portfolio of editing work under my belt from my time spent at Scholastic and Oxford University Press. Simplicity is always a plus when it comes to tech that makes PC gaming enjoyable, and the Gigabyte M27Q X delivers just that. This affected certain skin tones, tree trunks and wooden objects for example which didn’t look quite as neutral as intended and sometimes had a bit of an orange-red push. You should then ensure that the ‘Custom Color’ slider to the right is set to ‘Enabled’ and ‘Color Temperature Control’ set to ‘Disabled’.
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