The stand offers a 5.1-inch height adjustment with 30° swivel to both sides and 5/23° of tilt. There is no portrait mode, not unusual for a curved monitor. Movements are firm and have a quality feel; there is no play or wobble here.

The Q27G2U also comes with a good amount of connectivity, including two HDMI 1.4 inputs, a DisplayPort 1.2 input, four USB 3.0 inputs including a fast-charging port, a VGA port and a headphone output. 144Hz options are available (depending on device) through HDMI and DisplayPort. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it should be more than enough for almost any user.

Using FreeSync with compatible NVIDIA cards will have varying results depending on your particular unit of the monitor, your GPU, and your GPU drivers. If you’re looking for the aiming point, press the third button from the left. You get a single choice, a red circle with a crosshair inside. AOC CQ27G2 Calibration Settings We’ve now tested a wide range of curved monitors of different sizes and curvature. The CQ27G2U (CQ27G2) offers a 27” screen size and 1500R (moderate) curve. We didn’t find the curve difficult to adapt to and found it perfectly natural when using the monitor. It slightly draws you into the image a bit, but it doesn’t give the sort of distortion or ‘alien’ experience you might expect if you view images or videos of the monitor. These exaggerate the curve and give a poor idea of what to expect when you’re sitting in front of the monitor. The curve can potentially enhance viewing comfort as well. If you require geometric perfection or frequently sit to the side of the monitor rather than centrally, a flat monitor may make more sense. Otherwise, it’s not something you should be afraid of. The stand is again the same aggressive styled stand we have seen on previous AOC monitors. Made of the same plastic as the monitor with a red satin ring around the base to match the accents on the monitor, it looks fantastic. The two large pointed legs that come toward the front of the monitor keep everything extremely well planted and secure. The Q27G2U is AOC’s latest flat screen model that comes with a fast 144 Hz refresh rate. Its 1ms reaction time and FreeSync Premium technology deliver smooth, beautiful images that even make games with high-end requirements more enjoyable and ensure you keep your competitive edge in multiplayer.

Information about the maximum horizontal viewing angle, within which the image on the screen is of acceptable quality. To learn more about monitors and ensure you’re getting the model most suited for your personal preference, visit our comprehensive and always up-to-date best gaming monitor buyer’s guide. ConclusionThe storage humidity shows the lower and upper humidity limit, which ensures safe storage of the display. Storing it outside these limits might damage the display. At first I thought it was because I enabled G-SYNC to work with Windowed games so I have tried Fullscreen games(such as GTAV) and the issue remains. With 2560 x 1440 resolution, Quad HD (QHD) offers superior picture quality and sharp imagery that reveals the finest details. The widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio provides plenty of space to spread out and work, plus allows you to enjoy games or movies in their original size. Game Setting has more picture modes though we found the best image with Game Mode turned off. You can adjust Shadow Control for more visible dark detail and color saturation. There’s a low blue light mode for reading here too. Video processing options include a three-level overdrive, Adaptive-Sync toggle and motion blur reduction. It’s grayed out in the photo but when you turn off Adaptive-Sync, it comes on with a 20-level slider control. Higher settings reduce what little blur there is but also reduce brightness. The image below is a macro photograph taken on Notepad with ClearType disabled. 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. This model employs a light matte anti-glare screen surface with reasonably light surface texture. This offers decent glare handling whilst better maintaining clarity and vibrancy potential than stronger matte screen surfaces. The light screen surface keeps the image free from an obvious ‘layered’ appearance. Meanwhile, the reasonably light surface texture keeps things free from obvious ‘smeary’ graininess. There is a slight graininess and mild patchiness from the screen surface when observing lighter content, a slight sandy quality if you like. But most users won’t find this obnoxious.