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The Gigabyte Aorus FO27Q3 is another very competent gaming monitor from the Taiwanese giant. It would be hard for it not to be, considering it uses Samsung's highly impressive 3rd Generation QD-OLED panel, a technology that I have been highly impressed with since its introduction earlier this year.
Gigabyte still had to get other areas ship-shape however, such as factory calibration, general feature-set, the OSD – and by and large, I think they have succeeded. The factory calibration is solid, we did find colour balance to be slightly warm but nothing major, and this was improved to negligible levels when using the sRGB emulation mode.
The OSD is fully stocked too, and there's a whole heap of anti-burn in features present – alongside a three-year warranty that also offers burn-in protection, so I'd have no worries about that if I were picking up one of these screens myself.
On top of that, the 360Hz refresh offers incredibly good motion clarity, you get effectively infinite contrast ratios from the OLED technology, and I like the relatively stripped-back stand design. There are no major weaknesses here, and that's a very good thing for any gaming monitor.
That said, there are just a couple of minor quibbles – gamma being just a touch low for instance, averaging 2.14 instead of 2.2, and USB-C power delivery is only rated for 18W when MSI's MPG 271QRX offers 90W.
Those are very small issues in the grand scheme of things, and ultimately whether or not you should buy the Aorus FO27Q3 comes down to price. I say that, as Alienware's AW2725DF (which uses the same QD-OLED panel) continues to retail at a lower price here in the UK, currently listed at £700. I've not reviewed that screen so I can't recommend it outright, but you know overall performance will be very similar as they are using the exact same QD-OLED panel from Samsung.
Still, depending how things shake out, I am more than happy to recommend the Gigabyte Aorus FO27Q3 as it's a great screen that does very little wrong. Just keep a close eye on the pricing situation if you want to get the best deal possible.
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Pros
- Very wide gamut.
- Effectively infinite contrast ratio.
- Very fast response times.
- 360Hz refresh rate offers incredibly good motion clarity.
- HDR hits 1000 nits and is accurate.
- Very good sRGB emulation mode.
- 2x HDMI 2.1.
- Clean overall design,
Cons
- Alienware's competing model (which uses the same panel) is about £100 cheaper at the time of publication.
- Gamma is ever so slightly low.
- USB-C power delivery is only rated for 18W.
KitGuru says: The Aorus FO27Q3 is another great implementation of Samsung's 3rd Generation QD-OLED panel.
