The screen remains very stable when making adjustments with no wobble at all thanks to the sturdy stand and design. For HDR (High Dynamic Range) content, the LG 27GN950 monitor also gets a boost in peak brightness to over 600-nits for more intense and vivid highlights thus earning VESA’s DisplayHDR 600 certification. Dimensions, weight and color Information about the dimensions and the weight of the specific model with and without stand as well as the colors, in which it is offered to the market. This also applies at non-native resolutions like 1440p and 1080p, 95Hz appears to be the maximum allowed, at least with native screen timings. Ideally you’d want to be able to stick with a single mode for all refresh rates especially when you consider how these will vary during VRR.

Performance at fixed refresh rates including maximum – this is important for those who have a powerful enough system to consistently output a frame rate to meet the max refresh rate capability of the screen. Never content to rest on its laurels, LG has upped the ante on that display with a full 4K, 144Hz IPS panel, DisplayHDR 600 certification, Nvidia G-Sync Compatibility, and more. There are also no other extras like ambient light sensors, motion sensors or card readers on this screen which are sometimes useful for office-type uses. Have a read of our response time measurement article for a full explanation of the testing methodology and reported data. Obviously you get much larger fonts and a reduced desktop space at 1080p, but the text still looked clear and sharp and the scaling was handled well.The storage temperature shows the range from a minimum to a maximum temperature, within which storing of the display is considered to be safe. Some people may find this problematic if they are playing a lot of darker games or watching darker movies. here (11% deviance from our target) and without the access to the gamma control in the OSD in this mode, you can’t change it either. Keep this in mind if you’re selecting any super high resolution display as it could be an important factor. PC gaming for instance will be much less of a system drain at 1440p than at 4K, allowing you to potentially push up to higher frame rates and use higher settings.

ViewSonic had added it to their XG270QG display which used the same Nano IPS panel as the 27GL850 and we had seen some issues with the blur reduction because of the backlight in that review. It should be noted that for these tests we disabled the ‘Smart Energy Saving’ function in the OSD menu and also turned Local Dimming off. There was no sign of any colour banding at default settings when testing gradients which was good news, and smooth gradation across the range. The availability of hardware calibration was very welcome, allowing you to calibrate and control your screen with high levels of accuracy, storing the results on the screen itself to ensure this is retained for all uses, not just those ICC-profile aware applications and colour managed workflows.Luminance at the default 80% brightness level was recorded at 404 cd/m 2 which was too high for prolonged general use, you will want to turn that down a lot to something more comfortable. We used the X-rite i1 Pro 2 Spectrophotometer combined with the LaCie Blue Eye Pro software package to achieve these results and reports. Now, if we compare the LG 27GN950 to the Samsung 27G7, the difference in detail clarity in video games won’t be that noticeable as the 108 PPI density of 1440p resolution on a 27″ monitor still has very crisp details. An X-rite i1 Display Pro Plus colorimeter was used to validate the black depth and contrast ratios due to lower end limitations of the i1 Pro device. For PC connectivity the DisplayPort is the most common option and required to support the maximum resolution and refresh rate of the screen, with HDMI being available then for connecting external games consoles or Blu-ray players potentially.