Aorus AD27QD 27" 144Hz 1440P FreeSync Gaming Monitor, Exclusive Built-In ANC, 2560x1440 QHD Display

First i want to start by saying that overall i think this monitor is absolutely gorgeous build quality wise and image wise. But there are some serious issues currently with the HDR and the title for the monitor is a bit miss leading. First you cannot use 10 bit and 144hz as you have to lower the FPS to 120 to enable 10bit color. Also if you enable HDR in the display setting of windows with freesync turned on you will get blank black screens and crashing in alot of games. Gysnc works pretty OK on this monitor but the experience in windowed mode isnt the best. Also the Display port cable they include is far to short and i ended up just buying a new one. Now that the Cons are out of the way i have to say the image quality on this monitor is so far beyond anything i have ever seen. Colors on this monitor absolutely pop especially in games like overwatch, which is honestly on of the most impressive games visual just because of the art style. Also the OSD sidekick program is a really nice feature but make sure to connect the included USB cable or you cant use it. As far as HDR goes if you leave the monitor on 144hz 8bit mode in the display port + HDR mode on the monitor you can get gsync + HDR to work in games like Mass Effect, Dragon dogma, BF5, Tomb Raider, Assassin Creed and Destiny 2. I would recommend a couple settings, first in Geforce control panel in the adjust screen have it set to GPU and override, on the OSD of the monitor not he program display the input notification, and the setting right below it "cant remember what it is right now" Just anything that would create a notification on the monitor as i have seen this crash some games. So all in all i would definitely recommend this monitor but you should know what you are getting into. I have hopes that with driver updates and maybe some firmware updates the overall experience gets a bit better and less stressful. ***Side note after you are done playing a HDR game like Assassin Creed i would check the display settings in windows to make sure HDR didnt get turned on as the next game you launch will most likely crash. Also HDR in fullscreen mode is completely broken in Ni No Kuni 2 but that is an issue with nvidia and the drivers not the monitor.

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I wanted this monitor for so long after reading the reviews. The colors are really good and the brightness is amazing. Compared to my alienware 34" which is very dim even at 100 brightness. The aorus had bad blb and also a blue stuck pixel near the center of the screen. I mostly play division, destiny and rpg games. They all have dark scenes and with the blb this monitor had it, was very annoying.

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I purchased this monitor due to all the features and I may say there are a lot. The fast refresh rate and ips panel are amazing. The issue I had was the HDR400 feature which has so much problems like super brightness that produces a glaring effect forcing me to turn it off and never using it. I previously owned the Asus pg279q minus the hdr400 feature its a better display in my opinion. I hope this review helps because I ended up returning the monitor. Best of luck.

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