GIGABYTE – GS27U – 27″ SS IPS Gaming Monitor – UHD 3840×2160-160Hz – 1ms MPRT – AMD FreeSync Premium – HDMI, DP – Black

1 review for GIGABYTE – GS27U – 27″ SS IPS Gaming Monitor – UHD 3840×2160-160Hz – 1ms MPRT – AMD FreeSync Premium – HDMI, DP – Black

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Jmod – January 15, 2025

   First review for some reason. Good monitor, I notice almost no difference in quality compared to the Gigabyte M27U which is $100 more just for speakers, 10-bit color (even though in Nvidia control panel you can make it 10-bit weirdly), and a non-adjustable stand (which I use a monitor arm anyway).

   If you want a good 4k 160hz IPS gaming monitor this is it, I don’t notice any real compromises and for the price of $350 it’s worth it if you have the GPU to run it. In ways it’s better than the m27u by having a better menu with a better button placement and slightly thinner bezels with a more faded logo. It’s also currently on sale of $300 as of reviewing this. Just make sure you double check for dead pixels and any issues, my 1st panel had dirt behind the screen, this 2nd one has a dead sub pixel in the corner that I don’t really notice or see unless I put my face an inch away and look for it on purpose in very certain scenarios.

   My only gripe with going 4k over 1440p is windows 11 scaling is pretty bad, use this at 150% scaling and even then some apps and icons will be blurry. I’d check everything you use to make sure it won’t be any kind of issue, that and older games have issues with their UI like Left 4 Dead 2 with it’s text chat (there’s a mod to mostly fix that).