With the high-performance 12th Generation Core platform in place, are you looking for an all-round esports monitor with high score, high refresh rate, rich features, and excellent color performance? It is best to have KVM functions, taking into account the mobile game experience and multi-scenario usage requirements. While meeting these requirements above, there won't be too many such gaming displays. The GIGABYTE M27Q tactical KVM Jr. esports monitor is one of them. Next, let's take a look at its specific performance!
Highlights: Display specifications
Gigabyte M27Q has a 27-inch IPS large screen, 2560x1440 2K resolution, up to 170Hz refresh rate, AMD FreeSync Premium advanced certification and compatible with NVIDIA G-Sync Compatible technology, 0.5ms MPRT (Dynamic Response Time) response time, esports attributes full. SS IPS panel, true 8bit color depth, with 92% DCI-P3 and 140% sRGB ultra-wide color gamut, support VESA Display HDR400, color performance is also unambiguous.
It is also specially equipped with KVM capabilities, and the GIGABYTE M27Q is also the world's first esports display with built-in KVM capabilities. With KVM, players can use a set of keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers or mobile devices at the same time. On the 27-inch large-screen monitor, playing mobile games such as "QQ Flying Car" and "Glory of the King" will be a different experience.
The appearance and details of the display:
The front design of the GIGABYTE M27Q monitor is minimalist, the main body is a traditional black tone, and there is not much bells and whistles. The three sides are narrow bezels, and the design of the base is relatively thick, which firmly supports the large 27-inch screen.
On the back of the display, a small area above is treated with piano paint to increase the sense of layering, which is easy to leave fingerprints. Directly above is the GIGABYTE LOGO and the model M27Q in the upper left.
The left, right and upper sides are designed with narrow borders, and the width is only about 1cm, creating a sense of visual immersion. When the group double screen, the feeling of separation can also be reduced.
The monitor stand and the base are also taking a calm route, which is not very delicate, but gives people a sense of strength.
Directly below the screen is the GIGABYTE LOGO.
There is a cable management port in the middle of the bracket, which is convenient for players to manage the thread and keep the desktop clean.
The stand is supporting -5° ~ 20 ° tilt adjustment and 130mm range up and down adjustment, convenient for players to adjust to a comfortable viewing angle. Unfortunately, it does not support vertical vertical screen adjustment of 90°.
The OSD control menu button of the display adopts a 5-way control stick design, which is located on the back of the display, which is easier to blindly operate than the physical single button. It has a KVM toggle button on top.
The interface of the display is rich, from left to right, it is 1 audio interface, 2 HDMI 2.0 interfaces, 1 DP interface, 1 Type-C interface, 1 USB Type-B upstream interface, 2 USB 3.0 interfaces and DC power interfaces.
OSD Menu:
Although the display product line is not GIGABYTE's traditional advantage, GIGABYTE's deep cultivation in hardware and software is not lost to traditional display manufacturers, especially at the software level.
Press and hold the joystick on the back of the monitor to call out the menu, and tap again to make the OSD main menu. Switching to the left is the KVM function; toggling to the right is the game tactical assist; above is the basic settings of the monitor, and below is the shutdown option.
Game Tactical Assist Features:
Gigabyte Esports Displays Come Standard: Tactical Assist features, a drop on the M27Q, including a specially designed aiming stabilizer, timer, counter, black balance, refresh rate adjustment, system information, and more.
Game Intelligence enables you to turn on the game timer, counters, update frequency, and location displayed on the screen.
In the crosshair assist, for games such as CS GO, it provides a crosshair function in the center of the screen, with different styles to choose from, and it is more convenient to aim.
By connecting a USB Type-B cable, the System Information window can display the working status of the system hardware.
Main Menu:
This is the main menu of the monitor, which is very feature-rich and has everything you need. The first column is the game feature, which provides stable aiming, Aim Magnifier, black balance, super resolution, display mode, reaction time, and AMD Freesync Premium.
The second column provides 6 kinds of screen presets and 3 user-defined setting bars for the image function, specific to brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, gamma value, color temperature and other adjustments.
Like the special FPS display mode, when playing shooting games, it will enhance the brightness of the screen and the contrast between light and dark, so that players can quickly find hidden enemies and win the enemy first.
Display functions, select video ports, adjust HDMI RGB signal range, etc.
PIP and PBP are split-screen functions, PIP is picture-in-picture, and PBP is a side-of-picture, which is convenient for office and multi-window processing. The remaining system functions, language settings, etc. are more conventional settings.
KVM function experience:
KVM is a unique feature, K stands for keyboard, V stands for image, and M stands for mouse, which allows players to control multiple computers with just one set of keyboards and mice. Specific to the actual application scenario, how to use it?
Take me as an example, I have a main desktop for playing games, video editing, live broadcasting, etc.; and a thin and light notebook for traveling to the office, communicating with colleagues, occasionally chasing dramas and so on. Two systems, via the KVM function of the GIGABYTE M27Q display, can share the same set of keyboards and mice.
The specific steps are as follows:
1. USB Type B interface, connected through the USB interface of the data cable and the main machine A (desktop);
2. Keyboard and mouse, respectively, connected to the two USB3.0 interfaces of the monitor;
3. Host A (desktop) is connected to the display through DP or HDMI interface;
4. Host B (notebook) connects the display through the Type-C interface.
After the wire is connected in this way, press the KVM switch key, you can switch the display screen and the key rat at will in the two hosts. A set of keyboards and mice can control two hosts, which is very convenient and makes the desktop more concise.
If the mobile phone or tablet is connected through the Type-C interface (which needs to support DisplayPort Alt mode), such as the Samsung S20 series, the OnePlus 9 series and the Apple iPad Pro, the mobile phone screen will be projected to the display, and the mobile phone can also be controlled through the keyboard and mouse.
The phone screen is projected onto the GIGABYTE M27Q monitor.
"QQ Flying Car" is perfectly adapted to high refresh rate and keyboard and mouse operation. Compared with playing on the phone, not only the picture is larger and more comfortable to look at, the display originally supports a refresh rate of 170Hz, and playing QQ Flying Car is very smooth.
Color representation of the screen:
Use the Spyder X Elite color calibrator to test the gamut and color accuracy of gigabyte's M27Q display. The monitor was factory reset and warmed up for one hour prior to testing.
Judging from the test, gigabyte M27Q esports display has 100% sRGB color gamut coverage, 95% Adobe RGB color gamut coverage, 94% DCI P3 color gamut coverage, for an e-sports display, such color performance is still relatively surprising.
Testing the common 48 groups of colors, the average ΔE of the GIGABYTE M27Q esports display is only 0.95, less than 1, so that the color accuracy performance is not only suitable for gaming, but also very suitable for professional users who are sensitive to color performance.
Real shot of screen color:
▲ The color of gigabyte M27Q esports monitor is real-life
After more than two weeks of experience, this esports monitor, I took it to play games, while bringing P-maps, editing videos, color reproduction I think is OK. The display of the color picture is more transparent, affinity, and has a sense of layering. When displaying a picture with bright colors, the saturation is sufficient and there is no distortion. When the characters are displayed, the skin color is natural and delicate, and what you see is what you get. In the darker night scene, it is not a patch, the contrast between light and shade is clear, the details of the dark part are not lost, and even the font at the far end can be seen clearly.
170Hz Silky Experience:
Running at a 60Hz refresh rate, you can see obvious screen smearing and delay.
Gigabyte's M27Q esports monitor runs at a 170Hz refresh rate, making it almost impossible to see the phenomenon of smearing and delay.
It not only has a high refresh rate of 170Hz, but also further reduces the latency to 0.5ms (MPRT), plus AMD FreeSync Premium premium certification and NVIDIA G-Sync god assist. In CS GO, the high-speed switching of the game screen, as silky as Dove, greatly improves the reaction speed of the operation. With it, the steel gun is no longer afraid!
summary:
2K resolution + IPS screen + 170Hz refresh rate + 0.5ms response time + AMD FreeSync Premium advanced certification and compatible with NVIDIA G-Sync, in the mainstream esports display of 2,000 yuan, such a configuration is the ceiling, both taking into account the picture quality and ensuring fluency. And this IPS screen, with ultra-wide color gamut coverage and accurate color reproduction, whether it is playing games, or watching movies and offices, or even productivity, it can be very competent.
Finally, there is the KVM function, which allows players with multiple machines to share a set of keyboard and mouse, which is more convenient and efficient to operate. Access to the mobile phone through the Type-C port, play mobile games on the 27-inch large screen, and realize the One For All e-sports display experience. How about, do you want to try one too?