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Viewing Angles
The GM27-CF has viewing angles like most VA monitors. Since it’s relatively small, it’s not well-suited for sharing. To the sides, you can see a red/green shift and a 50% reduction in light output. The top down view is much the same with a reduction in detail.
Screen Uniformity
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There were no visible uniformity flaws with our GM27-CF sample. All screen zones were within .012 nit of the center with no apparent bleed or glow when viewing the screen in a darkened room. Field patterns of all brightness levels showed no color variation or luminance artifacts.
Pixel Response and Input Lag
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Gaming is the GM27-CF’s design intent and for that it is ideally suited. We tested at 165 Hz as that was the most reliable speed our sample could achieve. It is possible to overclock to 200 Hz and that will probably reduce input lag a little. With a 6ms draw time, there is no visible motion blur at the highest frame rates. Control lag is also very low at just 26ms. This puts the Cooler Master in the competition-ready category. Only a 240 or 265Hz monitor can offer a significant speed increase. The GM27-CF is high on the price/performance ratio scale.
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