Best 27inch Gaming Monitors 144Hz of 2017

Panel Size and Resolution

When it comes to the best gaming monitors, bigger is almost always better. But in this comparison, we focused only on 27-inch, this size screen provides plenty of real estate and offers the opportunity to go beyond full high definition, which offers a maximum resolution of 1,920 by 1,080. Many newer 27-inch models are Wide, Quad High-Definition (WQHD) monitors with maximum resolutions of 2,560 by 1,440 pixels. The higher pixel count provides much sharper imagery than full HD, but you’ll need a reasonably powerful graphics engine to play the latest games at the higher resolution, especially if you have all the effects enabled.

Panel Technology

There are several display technologies you may find in a gaming monitor, and each has its pluses and minuses. Twisted Nematic (TN) panels are the most affordable and are popular among gamers because they offer fast pixel response times and refresh rates, but they are prone to colour shifting when viewed from an angle.

Vertical Alignment (VA) screens are known for their high native-contrast ratio, robust colours, and ability to display deep blacks, but they are also known to produce noticeable ghosting effects, which can hurt gaming performance.

In-Plane Switching (IPS) panels provide the best all-around colour quality, strong grayscale performance, and wide viewing angles, but they can’t match the pixel response of TN panels and are subject to motion artefacts.

In 2017, we start to see the IPS panels match the refresh rates and response times of the TN monitors. This makes the perfect panel but they come with an overpriced tag.

Pixel Response and Refresh Rate

Gaming monitors should have a fast pixel response and a high refresh rate. The most commonly used pixel response spec is grey to grey, which is measured in milliseconds (ms) and signifies the time it takes a pixel to transition from one shade of grey to another (a few companies still use the older black-to-white measurement). A low pixel response will help eliminate the smearing of moving images and provide a smoother overall picture than a higher pixel response. A grey-to-grey response of 2ms or less is ideal. Today isn’t difficult to find monitors with 1ms response time.

A monitor’s refresh rate refers to the time (per second) it takes to redraw the entire screen and is measured in hertz (Hz). Most LCD monitors have a 60Hz refresh rate, which means the screen is refreshed 60 times per second, but fast-moving images may appear blurry at this refresh rate, or the panel may suffer from screen tearing, an artefact that occurs when the monitor displays pieces of two or more screen draws at the same time. Look for a display with a 120Hz or higher refresh rate, which not only helps reduce image blur and eliminate tearing but is a requirement for active 3D technology.

Today the highest natively achieve it refresh rate is 144MHz, you will find higher than that but those are achieved by software.

G-Sync and FreeSync

The latest gaming monitors use synchronization technology to help reduce tearing and other motion artefacts while lowering input lag. Displays equipped with Nvidia’s G-Sync or AMD’s FreeSync modules give control of the screen’s refresh rate to the GPU (instead of the monitor), which allows the display to operate with a variable refresh rate. The result is a very smooth gaming experience, with decreased input lag. Note, however, that G-Sync and FreeSync monitors require a compatible graphics card with a DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 2.0 output.

G-Sync monitors are often more pricey but if you have a NVIDIA GPU is the way to go.