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A 4K monitor might be an elusive purchase for some budgets, but more choices appear all the time. Titan Army caters to the value-conscious market with its products and consistently delivers a lot of bang for the buck. It’s also challenging to pair 4K with mid-level gaming systems because to push 8.3 million pixels at 100 fps, you need to spend a bit of money on a good video card. Dual-mode displays provide a nice alternative: you can switch to FHD for gameplay and high frame rates, then back to 4K for productivity and video.
The P2712V isn’t the first dual-mode monitor I’ve seen, but it is one of the least expensive. At $325, it provides everything needed for high-performance gaming and then some. The only things left out here are USB ports and internal speakers. And dynamic contrast for HDR. That’s my only real complaint. It provides the saturated color needed for good HDR but not a backlight dimming option. That would take the P2712V to another level, especially at its current price point.
On the upside, SDR color accuracy is superb. Calibration is completely unnecessary, and I found that I could not improve upon the factory settings. Titan Army has done a superb job there. And SDR contrast is solid with more than enough brightness and decent black levels.
The P2712V’s biggest draw is its flexibility. You can have a high pixel density monitor for productivity and video, and a super-fast screen for gaming that runs at 320 Hz. And you get accurate color too, and it’s all just $325. I can remember when 4K enterprise screens cost 10 times that.
If you are longing for high pixel density and high frame rates but don’t have a high bank balance, the Titan Army P2712V is well worth checking out.
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