Pros & Cons
Pros
This allows you to get 144hz and variable refresh rate in macos. Difference in clarity stepping up to 1440p is a great improvement. Vivid but not overly saturated, good brightness and contrast levels.
The monitor includes a usb type a cable to go to your pc which enables you to use the osd sidekick software. A usb c cable can be used to connect the monitor to an additional computer and a kvm switch button on the back to switch between them. Keyboar... Read More
Replaced a 32 odyssey g7 with this. Purchased as an upgrade from an acer 27 1080p monitor. The included stand has a reasonable amount of adjustment compared to its competitors in the price range which have fixed non adjustable stands.
It supports g-sync. The good thing is that you can download an osd app from the gigabyte website.
Highlights
Quality
Picture quality is great out of the box, and even better after i calibrated with a datacolor spyder5.
Easy on the eye…great quality… so happy.
Apparently it's possible with the osd sidekick, except that software doesn't work, and comes with a load of bloatware and backg... Read More
Lost faith in gigabyte panel quality, not sure what they playing at, whether they send qc rejects to amazon and ship the good o... Read More
Price
I feel this is comfortably the best i have seen, and the best available - not to mention the price is half of what you'd common... Read More
Nothing else is coming close at this price!
The next step up is the lg 34gn850 which is double the price.
Competitiveness
Combine that with a 1440p display and 170hz, this is a fantastic purchase.
The included stand has a reasonable amount of adjustment compared to its competitors in the price range which have fixed non ad... Read More
Its main competitor would be the samsung odyssey g5 but having tried that, i couldn't tolerate samsung's qa issues and the awfu... Read More
If you have a g-sync nvidia card, make sure to go into the nvidia control panel and enable it.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have this monitor for 2 months now and i have nothing negative to say about it ideal for gaming and also very good to watch movies but i dont recommend if you want to use it to work
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only remedy i have found is to turn one of the devices off and then magically it displays the other device
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also the monitor has an annoying feature where if you manually select an input like hdmi and there is no signal it switches to another input like displayport
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Really really annoying i am not an angry person but it made me shout abit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Whenever i tried to switch from my 4 monitors to this monitor i would just get black screens and would have to reboot my pc manually
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I never had this issue with my previous monitor which was a benq 1440p
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However my laptop couldn’t support 240hz without hdmi 2