Gigabyte MO27Q28G 27-inch 280 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Bright, colorful, and quick

Gigabyte leverages Tandem OLED tech to bring a huge color gamut to its MO27Q28G.

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While you won’t find any OLED gaming monitors in the value category just yet, there are a few screens that don’t cost an arm and a leg. The 27-inch QHD category is still the go-to for the most bang for the buck. And now, wider color gamuts and higher brightness are coming to the party.

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The Gigabyte MO27Q28G is a perfect example of what might be considered a new generation of OLEDs. Quantum Dots are great, and I’ll recommend them any day, but Tandem OLED is now bringing the same color volume with higher brightness and lower cost. I measured almost 110% DCI-P3 coverage and an SDR peak level of 582 nits. HDR was also higher than most, with whites around 580 nits for a 25% window. Only a couple of hard-driven OLEDs from ViewSonic and Asus are brighter, and only for HDR.

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If gaming is your primary focus, the MO27Q28G has few, if any, equals. It has one of the lowest input lag scores I’ve recorded, and that translates to real-world play. It’s super quick and responsive with perfect motion resolution over 200fps. That’s an easy frame rate to achieve in QHD. And if you pair it with a slower PC, there’s Ultra Clear for blur-free operation at 120 Hz.

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The Gigabyte MO27Q28G isn’t quite a budget screen, but it is a solid value. And it delivers with the very best for color, brightness and speed. If you have $600 to spend on a monitor, this OLED is definitely worth checking out.

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Christian Eberle
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Christian Eberle is a Contributing Editor for Tom's Hardware US. He's a veteran reviewer of A/V equipment, specializing in monitors. Christian began his obsession with tech when he built his first PC in 1991, a 286 running DOS 3.0 at a blazing 12MHz. In 2006, he undertook training from the Imaging Science Foundation in video calibration and testing and thus started a passion for precise imaging that persists to this day. He is also a professional musician with a degree from the New England Conservatory as a classical bassoonist which he used to good effect as a performer with the West Point Army Band from 1987 to 2013. He enjoys watching movies and listening to high-end audio in his custom-built home theater and can be seen riding trails near his home on a race-ready ICE VTX recumbent trike. Christian enjoys the endless summer in Florida where he lives with his wife and Chihuahua and plays with orchestras around the state.