ViewSonic XG271QG 27" Gaming Monitor (S&D)
$279.99
Condition: Refurbished
Color: Black
Model: XG271QG-R
Screen Size: 27"
Top positive review
1 people found this helpful
Excellent all around gaming / productivity display!
By E. Kelly on Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2023
First off I purchased this ViewSonic 1440p- 240HZ - GSYNC - Nano IPS monitor from NewEgg but nonetheless I’ve been totally satisfied with this product. I also have the prior 27” ViewSonic 144hz (165hz OC) model right beside it for a very clean dual monitor set-up. The input lag (lack thereof), response time, 240HZ refresh rate w/ GYSNC combined with fantastic color reproduction make for a phenomenal gaming experience and general purpose / entertainment monitor. Currently I’m not able to fully take advantage of this monitor’s enormous capabilities (2K@240hz) as I’m still rocking a 1080Ti - 8700K - 16GB DDR4@ 3600MHZ -etc but I’m still enjoying it. I can do OverWatch at a lock solid 240HZ @ 1440p “medium” however and it’s really nice. Destiny 2 at nearly max settings I’m generally averaging ~ 120fps but goes down quite a bit during really demanding stuff. Sometime next month I’ll have all may parts ready to build my RTX 4070Ti build - RYZEN 9 7800X3D - 32GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL30 - 2TB WD_Black SN850X NVMe - Etc. with this build this monitor should be absolutely phenomenal and I can’t wait! This set-up should easily DOUBLE my FPS over my aging GTX 1080Ti build. Update: Ended up with the following build: White Lain Li Dynamic EVO w/ Lain Li Fans Asus ROG STRIX X670E-F Motherboard Corsair RMx Shift Series RM1000x 80+ Gold PSU Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 4090 (+133MHz Core / + 200 mem stable via MSI curve editor) Ryzen 9 7900X CPU - 12core / 24 threads (-30) all cores except core 5@ (-15) via curve optimizer / PBO / +100MHz boost clock to 5.8GHz) DeepCool LT720 CPU Cooler, 360mm (Thermal Grizzly Paste) G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series - EXPO "Tweaked" DDR5 64GB (2X32GB) 6000MHZ / 30CL WD_Black SN850X NVMe M.2 2TB X 2 / 4TB Total M.2 NVMe + 1TB SATA Samsung 850 pro + 1TB external via USB-C Samsung 980 6TB Total Storage. * Couldn't be more pleased with this ViewSonic ELITE XG271QG 27 inch 1440p / 240Hz / IPS/ GSYNC monitor. Some suggest that the RTX 4090 is somehow "overkill" for anything below "4K" but I strongly disagree, I believe 1440p/ 240Hz is OPTIMAL for anything from say the RTX 4070 to 4090. Even older titles such as Cyberpunk 2077, Control, Halo Infinite are very arguably best experienced at 1440p for a solid 90+FPS experience. As time goes on 1440p will only continue to prove itself the OPTIMAL resolution for high end GPU's. I have a LG 4K OLED / 120Hz/ VRR display and the visual impact of going from 1440p > 4K isn't nearly as profound as going from 1080p > 1440p - Diminished returns has been my experience beyond 1440p when it comes to gaming. Now I just use my LG 4K OLED for watching the occasional movie. Never would I for example choose 4k/ 60fps over 1440p/ 90fps.
Top critical review
7 people found this helpful
not usable as a work monitor, horrible text blur
By Customer on Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2022
I really wanted to like this monitor, it checked all the boxes - high refresh rate, gsync, highend IPS panel. Unfortunately it's just not usable as a monitor for any kind of reading text. My setup is a late 2012 27" iMac (1440p resolution) with this viewsonic monitor as second monitor side by side, connected via iMac thunderbolt to viewsonic's HDMI. And a gaming laptop connected via DP. 1) Gaming via the laptop looks good, no issues everything is smooth. 2) However for work as a second monitor to the iMac it is absolutely horrible. Any sort of text in browser/email/word apps etc.. will look blurred and give me a bad eye strain. I will have the window with the text on iMac, a 10 years old display, it would look crystal clear / sharp, move it to ViewSonic and it looks blurred and horrible. I thought i was going crazy, spent hours calibrate the settings...without any luck- turning the blue light filter to 0 helped a little bit, but not by much. It's very difficult to describe the issues, but having the 2 monitor side by side, the difference is very significant. I am not a very picky video snob, but this viewsonic monitor is just not usable for work all day reading text. 3) Just to prove out it's not my cable or iMac connection, i purchased the latest dell ultra sharp 27" 1440p, plug in using the exact same connection / cable, and almost cried. It looked crystal clear, exactly like the iMac display for text. Moving the window with text between two monitors makes no difference - everything is crystal clear. So it's clear the issue is with this monitor. Maybe another way to describe the issue is in the old days, if you ever moved from a high end IPS panel monitor like dell ultra sharp to a cheap TN panel gaming monitor, and try to read text...it's almost the same type of issue. 4) So in the end, i have no choice but to return this viewsonic and using the dell ultra sharp. Sure it's only 60hz refresh and no gysnc, but guess what - games even high movement ones like fps / call of duty plays just as well. I can barely tell the difference. Yet the other way around for work, the viewsonic is not usable. In conclusion, for those of you like me who will use this as a secondary monitor for work, while plays some games on the weekend...do not get this monitor, get the dell. For those of you who play games all day long (miss those days), then maybe get the viewsonic. I am just stunned, how bad this high end monitor with almost all 5 star reviews across the board are at the basics. I guess all the reviews only focused on gaming performance.
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