AOC Gaming Q27G2E – 27 INch QHD Monitor, 155Hz, 1ms MPRT
AOC Gaming Q27G2E – 27 INch QHD Monitor, 155Hz, 1ms MPRT, VA, FreeSync Premium, Shadow control, Low Input lag (2560 x 1440 @ 155Hz, 250 cd/m², HDMI 2.0 x 2, DisplayPort 1.2×1)
FREESYNC PREMIUM
Enjoy the best quality visuals even in fast paced games. The AMD FreeSync Premium Technology ensures that the GPU’s and monitor’s refresh rates are synchronised, which provides a fluid, tear free gaming experience at highest performance. The AMD FreeSync Premium features a refresh rate of minimum 120Hz, decreasing blur and sharpening the picture for a more life-like experience. The LFC feature eliminates the risk of stutter in case the frame rate drops below the refresh rate
AOC GAME COLOR AND SHADOW CONTROL
Bring the battle out of the shadows with AOC Shadow Control and AOC Game Color! Adjust grey levels for better picture detail and brighten dark areas or sink them back into blackness on the fly, without affecting the rest of the display.
LOW INPUT LAG
Unleash your reflexes by switching to the AOC Low Input Lag mode. Forget graphical frills: this mode rewires the monitor in favour of raw response time, giving the ultimate edge in hair trigger stand offs.
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| Monitor size | 27 inch/ 68,58 cm | 27 inch/ 68,58 cm | 27 inch/ 68,58 cm | 27 inch/ 68,58 cm |
| Panel type | VA | IPS | VA | VA |
| Resolution | 2560×1440 | 2560×1440 | 2560×1440 | 2560×1440 |
| Refresh rate | 155Hz | 165Hz | 144Hz | 144Hz |
| Response time (mprt) | 1,0 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 1,0 |
| Brightness | 250 | 350 | 250 | 250 |
| Sync technology | FreeSync Premium | Adaptive Sync | FreeSync Premium | FreeSync Premium |
| Speakers | – | – | – | 2Wx2 |
| Stand | – | 130 mm | 130 mm | 130 mm |
| Ports | 2x 2.0 HDMI / 1x 1.2 DP | 2x 2.0 HDMI / 1x 1.2 DP | 2x 2.0 HDMI / 1x 1.2 DP / 1xUSB-B/4xUSB 3.0 | 2x 2.0 HDMI / 1x 1.2 DP / 1xUSB-B/4xUSB 3.0 |
| Weight: | 2 kg |
| Dimensions: | 50 x 25 x 40 cm; 2 Kilograms |
| Brand: | AOC |
| Model: | Q27G2E/BK |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | AOC International |
| Dimensions: | 50 x 25 x 40 cm; 2 Kilograms |
Bought this monitor for the refresh rate for playing my xbox games on my pc, and work really well, also bought as it was a QHD monitor and there is a big difference in picture quality, so all in all really happy with this monitor.
Perfect for a first gaming monitor especially when purchased on a deal. Visually this monitor is fantastic and does exactly what I needed an more. So many features and settings which can be very fiddily and tricky to navigate using the buttons on the bottom however with an online guide or video directions which you can find for whatever you desire or want, it can be done easily.
I would buy another one of these when I have the money. The picture quality is perfect! I use this on a PC and Xbox Series S and it is absolutely wonderful.
It is very easy to set up, I tweaked around with a few settings just to get it right (and to enable certain refresh rates) but other than that it is ready to use straight out the box!
This was bought for me as a Christmas present. I play World of Warcraft and wanted a bigger screen.
I’ve found that I can’t split screen WoW like I wanted to, despite downloading the AOC software and changing WoW into windowed mode – but I can split screen lots of other things. Ultimately I’m not too bothered because the screen itself is awesome. It’s a great size and the curve means that I can see everything in my peripheral vision. I’m really happy with it.
Bought this for my PS5, the colour and picture look really good considering the price, I’ve also had no issues with latency or ghosting which was an initial concern. The colours and quality doesn’t hold up as well in darker scenes of movies or areas in games however for the price overall you’re unlikely to get a better monitor.
Much better graphics than my old 1080p TN. Product came with hdmi and dp cables although I bought a dp 1.4 cable to make sure, and 2 power cables, uk style and international, so the package is very nice. It was trivial to install as well, only 1 screw
On a white background such as a window the distant margins are slightly darker from half a meter, only looks uniform from a meter away, so now I understand why the curved displays – they fix this small issue I believe, although they would also feel weird to me
Weirdest setting buttons I ever pressed in my life
I bought this for productivity, not gaming. I expected a poorly backlit screen with at least one dead pixel at this price! However, I’m blown away by the sharpness, backlight and overall image quality. I use a lot of complex software that generally spans two to three screens. Lots of apps don’t like this. I’ve only used it for an afternoon and I love it. My apps are all docked in a single frame now, I’m not forever shuffling windows between monitors. I’d consider getting a second one if I didn’t use two portrait screens as well 🙂 It also looks nice and feels stable on the desk (it doesn’t wobble). Highly recommended.
Replaced a samsung 24″ curved display which I always found slightly blurry and left me with headaches if I used it too much. This monitor is excellent, great screen image right up to the edges and good brightness. So far, can’t rate it highly enough.
I’m not using it for gaming, so can’t comment on refresh rates but for multi-screen documents its amazing
I’ve been using a pair of 1080p Dell 23″ monitors for about 10 years. The setup has worked really well for my use case of software development. However, experiencing higher resolution panels and higher refresh rate panels made me interested to upgrade.
I got two of these AOC 24″ QHD 165hz panels. Not a common combination for sure. But I’ve been able to set them up nicely with pin sharp text, a comfortable size and higher refresh rate on both Mac and Ubuntu. Obviously for my use case, the 165hz refresh rate isn’t that important. But it certainly feels nice when things scroll or move around.
I was slightly concerned the red strip at the bottom would look too much, but I barely see it, and it’s actually quite nice. I’d never heard of AOC before, but am really placed with the quality.
These were available on a 7-10 day lead time from Amazon when I first checked. But they popped up with 3 in stock available next day.
I’m using a thunderbolt 4 dock and usb-c to displayport 1.4 cables. On Mac I did need to use the BetterDisplay app and had to explicitly enable smooth scaling. On Ubuntu I needed to enable “Large Text” to make things a comfortable size. 165hz on both no problem.
This is the cheapest 27 1440p Gsync IPS screen on Amazon and the quality is decent. I’m normally a sucka for buying best, decided that because this is for my laptop workstation I didn’t require buying the best this time. I was pleasantly surprised how decent this monitor is.
I found this monitor really good for gaming and running at such good definition and gaming is really
a good experience. I would recommend this AOC 34″ curved screen monitor. Another plus factor is there
has been a price drop since I purchased it over a year ago.
The only very slight niggle is the colour adjustments under bottom right of screen can be fiddly and confusing till you get used to them.
Bought this for my mum as she now works from home. Seems to be doing its job, definitely better than the screen her work gave her to use. Can’t beat ultrawide’s for productivity.
only bad thing is the osd is annoying to use but everything else is amzing and i hope more companies and aoc make more like these, 240hz ones and 24.5 maybe because for me thats the best size, but this is again just amazing if you want a 24 inch 1440p 165hz, amazing experience.
Omg the 144Hz is so much smoother than 100Hz you can really tell the difference try it yourself, go to Display Settings and set it to 100Hz then 144Hz you will notice a world of difference omg how did I even live without 144Hz for so many years
This monitor is great if you do not want to spend a ton for the most pricey ones out there. Had to get used with the curvature and my eye did strain a bit at start, now all is ok. What I dislike is lack of any support on how to make the most of this screen (not all of us are pros at screen settings – I think I have too many screen utilities downloaded that take from the processing speed and afraid to take any off as not sure which are needed and which aren’t as important). Great picture quality, I don’t mind the bad speakers as I have my own, separate ones,plugged in. Just wish Cust Support would guide people that never used these monitors and help them make the most out of these.
There’s just too much worry about ghosting on the monitor reviews. I took the plunge and got myself this monitor and I just love it. Yes there is a little bit of ghosting since it’s a VA panel. But honestly it’s not distracting at all and with gsync/freesync it’s no problem at all. The picture quality is amazing and the size is simply awesome. If you’re looking for something sizable and good for all around multimedia including gaming, and don’t want to spend over 300 pounds, this monitor is it.
Overall an excellent and budget-effective product. The refresh rate is perfect and gives a tiny bit extra over 144hz, but not too noticably different. Doesn’t show much glare thanks to the matte finish, and looks nice when off for a clean aesthetic. On black screens, there is some light bleeding – however it’s only minimal and doesn’t detract from the overall experience. The menu is okay, but as with most monitors it isn’t the most intuitive. Not much of an issue though, as you’re probably only going to tweak a few things and then leave it for the rest of its life. The speakers aren’t great, but are bearable – in the menu they’re set to 50% by default so definitely crank it up to 100% and adjust volume in your operating system instead.
When i was looking for a new main monitor for my set up, I when through many different brands, sizes, refresh rates, all the Important things for a Monitor, and for the price i landed on the AOC CQ27G2U Now for the Sweet price 230, i Love the quality of the monitor, I picked up the 27in curved 1440p Monitor,
Now this was my first step in to 1440p gaming experience, and i must say that after using the monitor for about a month, i love the experience, the colours are vibrant, and going from 60Hz to 144Hz is Night and day, the smoothness of the monitor, No longer do I deal with frame tearing or Stretched Images, The monitor with its overdrive Mode makes sure that every movement and action I perform it clear and smooth, really allowing me to make the most of the games that I Play, I was massively happy when testing out FPS games E.G escape from Tarkov, The improvement that i had with the increase frame rate and the colours was amazing, being able to correctly identify things at distance things which were near impossible with my old Monitor,
Overall Great monitor for the price, My only advice is if you dont have experience gaming with a 1440p monitor, you are going to have to mess around with the colour settings in the OSD to get the Image look right for you!
Makes really nice impression but there is a stark contrast between this and my other monitor Dell – white colour is not really white. Its creamy white.
Good side is that colours are very rich. Its nice to play computer games which are fairly static like strategies or Rpgs.
This is a great little monitor for the price .
Speakers are what you can expect from a 2w .
Tinny as ever haha
Overall it’s great value for money and works well
Received this monitor today. It took a while to figure out the settings. It is ok, but the sound is really bad. If you do purchase this monitor then you will need to purchase some speakers too, if you need good sound.
Update: It has taken a bit of research to work out why the screen was slightly blurry when connected to a laptop computer. I had to download an application called g-menu to make life easier and also play around with the graphics card settings to help improve the picture quality. It is still not perfect, but it is much better than it was previously.
What my partner likes :- the monitor is light but it now where a feel of cheap plastic,it has a sleek look, the picture is perfect with it the resolution awesome, he likes you can change the gaming specs by the screen, he loves the tilting and it goes quite high, no damage, no blemishes,it just arrived and he been on their for atleast a hour playing with the panel that best suits his gaming ways and eyes.
HIS DISLIKES:- THEIR NO SPEAKERS ON THE MONITOR, ( he asked them to be capital) their is a ear phone hole so you can attach speakers, or if you got Bluetooth you can Bluetooth it with your tower, ( which he has done ) he said the sound is crisp and clear is alot of bass, no static in background, he said you can play around with the equaliser through you speakers or headphones anyways,
He loves this and we’ll impressed, I even had to show him reciept as it wasn’t more than it feels, he would recommend this pc to anyone
I purchased the AOC Gaming 32 Inch QHD Curved Monitor when I was in need of a new display, and I’m absolutely thrilled with my purchase. This monitor is perfect for gaming, with its 165hz refresh rate and 1MS response time, it gives a smooth gaming experience even with the fast paced FPSs I enjoy. I’ve played several games on this monitor and noticed a significant improvement in performance and responsiveness compared to my old monitor which was 75hz one.
Setting up the monitor was very easy, couple of screws was all it was, and I appreciated the inclusion of a variety of connectivity options, including HDMI and DisplayPort. Options are always good!
If you’re in the market for a new gaming monitor, I would highly recommend considering this one.
After watching quite some reviews, I decided to go for the AOC 24G2. Since most of the videos were aimed to the US audiences and mostly refer to the older version, I had my fair share of doubts. However, those went away quickly. The image is very sharp, the ergonomics are awesome, speed s brilliant (specially for those wanna be pro FPS players). Absolutely recommended
As someone that is only just getting into gaming, this is a great gaming monitor, the image quality is amazing. However, the only small things I’m not a fan of are the red on it and the buttons on the bottom which are a bit hard to navigate – nothing major at all.
It can only be tilted upward and downward while it is fixed on the stand. If you want to move the screen sideways to the left and right then you you’ll need a vesa mount.
Beautiful monitor especially after messing around with some settings. The built-in speakers are really bad unfortunately so use other speakers or a headset.
This monitor is fantastic for any gaming set up. The option to go up to 144hz it’s fantastic and I haven’t experienced any ghosting or anything on it. The settings on the monitor are also great as you can really make the colours pop and make some games look even better without having to install graphical mods. Would honestly recommend this monitor for anyone who wants a great monitor for gaming that doesn’t break the bank.
One of the best features of this monitor is the ability to use it as a vertical monitor. This was a must-have for me as I often work with long documents and having the ability to view them in portrait mode is a game changer. The setup process was very easy and I was able to adjust the monitor to the perfect viewing angle without any hassle.
The only downside to these monitors is the speakers, which could be better. However, they are perfectly acceptable for someone who doesn’t have any other speakers. The sound quality is a bit tinny and lacks bass, but this is a minor issue in my opinion.
Overall, I highly recommend the AOC Gaming 27G2U monitor for anyone looking for a reliable, responsive, and versatile monitor that can be used in both landscape and portrait mode.
I looked at the competition and was almost tempted by a 300 gigabyte monitor with similarly good reviews, but at 250 and with a slight (and actually awesome) curved display, I went with this.
Right out of the box it looked…disappointing. So I fiddled with the display settings and very quickly had the brightness down and the contrast up and, well, it looks great. The blacks are deep and the colours rich (I am not into natural-looking colours) and my first game test was Crysis Warhead, a game that always felt washed-out on my old monitor). Looked great, very happy, so loaded up Firewatch, a game where the colours really pop and it too looked great. Finally, Dishonored 2, and yet again I was delighted…until I noticed some light/dark flickering. I jumped into the forums and there were a number of people complaining about this. Seems it’s par for the course for VA monitors. It was too noticeable to ignore and not fixed with a display driver update or the monitor’s own drivers installed via Device Manager. Seems it’s a g-sync thing, so I turned off DCR but still no difference.
This may be a deal-breaker for you, but as someone who doesn’t do any gaming that requires stupidly high FPS in order to be a twitchy-shooter god, the fix I found (and it has completely fixed the problem) was simply to change the display to 120hz, from 144hz. My eyes do not notice the difference; maybe some of you will but I do not. This monitor does have Overdrive settings that I may play around with at some point but one quick setting change and everything is fine.
For the money, no buyers regret. Can’t 5* because of the screen flicker at 144hz (it’s on the box, so disappointing that I probably won’t ever use it) but after only ever having used 60hz monitors, it’s still a joy to use. Oh, and the screen curve feels entirely natural and does add something to gaming that I didn’t expect it to.
Purchased this product last year and till this day has not let me down no issues with the monitor but few things could be adjusted to make the product even more better. One thing that could be improved is that when u go onto setting and choose the game setup it has a red crosshair right in the middle which may useful for some users but when it comes to removing the crosshair from your screen its an issue it does not go away with one button and for me to take it of the screen I have to either unplug the monitor or turn of the monitor. Another thing that could be fixed is that the display of the screen does not meet every corner there’s a thin black lane on the sides which could also be developed to meet each sides. Apart from that I am satisfied with the product!
My old monitor was 2k resolution and 144hz, but it was the 1st gen of those monitors so after 6+ years of heavy use it had been burnt in so badly at the top where my tabs are that it hindered me playing games. It was also flickering and the black was more like grey and super pixel-y.
I got this Aoc monitor in the NYE sale and I am SO happy with the value for money, really wasn’t expecting this kind of quality for the price.
It did take some tweaking and fiddling to get everything just right for me, felt like the red was so bleeding red it hurt my eyes when I first turned on HDR. Sad to say the software (G-menu) for the monitor is terrible, but in the end the monitor was calibrated and the picture quality is top. I went from saying “where?!?” all the time to “I see them”, amazing what some more colours and better contrast/depth can do. I also have a lot less eye strain, I never even considered the old monitor had that much impact on my eyes.
Very highly recommend this monitor as a fantastic value for money high quality monitor, even at full price.
The stand is awful. The long leg spikes will try to go under your mouse matt unless you angle them just right (which you will need to do to stop your mouse bumping into them in the heat of battleXD). And the OSD buttons are a clown show, but the part that counts is…
Frankly I can’t imagine any 240Hz monitor being faster or clearer for fps gaming. Even TN panels. I also can’t imagine the LMB on the 240Hz Zowies being any better for fps. I’m not an expert and have upgraded to this from a 144Hz TN panel, so my experience with various monitors is modest to say the least. But I am very good at fps games and play competitively. To my mind this is as good as a 240Hz gaming monitor can/needs to be. And being an IPS panel, movies/media looks really good too.
As far as someone commenting that it doesn’t come with a USB to USB B cable so you can’t connect the monitors USB HUB to your PC…I honestly can’t remember whether I got that cable in the box or whether I’m using the spare I had lying around. However the USB hub is super useful and the fast charge USB really is faster than PC USB charging. The speakers are there just for convenience, not for any serious listening, but they are there, unlike similar monitors from other manufacturers at higher prices.
Simply put: if the stand was a classic square/round unobtrusive foot and the monitor had a nipple at the back instead of the worst bottom mounted OSD buttons ever (though the OSD software provided by AOC does the job just fine) in my opinion this would probably be the best price/performance competitive gaming monitor in the world by a country mile.
As it stands, it is still deserving of that title, only (at least for me) not quite so emphatically…
EDIT;
In March 2022 I’ve had to RMA the monitor because it started developing a blurry picture when in BIOS of my motherboard and it had weird white trailing on the AOC logo even when not connected to any display output. The RMA process is done through Amazon for the first 2 years of the warranty and was frankly as easy as an RMA as I could imagine (by the way you get 3 years warranty in total, I think, but didn’t confirm that). The replacement monitor works fine so far.
Does this incident make me reconsider the 5 star review I gave the monitor originally? Not really, but there are caveats.
Firstly, the complaints I had with the original monitor regarding the menu buttons don’t apply to the replacement. The new buttons are a lot less stiff and thus infinitely more usable and no longer a nuisance. It didn’t occur to me at the time that this was the real issue with the original buttons, I thought they were a pain to use because of their placement. Anyway, that’s certainly a plus.
Secondly, it’s also worth noting that the replacement/perhaps new? monitor (and I mean new as in they changed some things, not as in “it was new in the box”, which of course it was, I wouldn’t have accepted a “refurbished”/used replacement) is noticeably heavier. I didn’t have scales at hand to weigh them both before I sent the old one back, but me and a few other friends could feel the difference just lifting it up, it was obvious to the average human touch. Makes me think they put in a more substantial PSU inside compared to the old version…this is the only reason I can think of for such a weight difference. From that I could make a whole bunch of other speculations, but don’t want to do that in a review. I’ll just say that for your consideration the original faulty monitor was made in 05/21 and the replacement was made in 09/21.
Having said all that I still feel a 5 star review is justified because I accept that a small percentage of faults will happen on mass produced products, that is a fact. In this case perhaps I just happen to be the unlucky one that got hit. I certainly don’t have evidence to the contrary at the moment. Also, considering they made the RMA process so effortless I wasn’t particularly inconvenienced.
However I hope the replacement will hold up because if it doesn’t, then I will certainly be changing the nature and rating of my review.
Well I’m happy to say that deciding on this display was one of the best purchasing decisions I have made for quite a while. Now anyone with any common sense would not expect a monitor that cost around the 200 mark to be on equal footing with a monitor costing 300 or more. HOWEVER I can assure you that this monitor punches well above it’s price point.
Firstly the overall build quality is excellent. The screen unit it’s self is of a robust & high quality standard, certainly far from the cheap and ‘plasticky’ unit I was expecting. Likewise the stand is sturdy, substantial, well made and perfectly stable, more so than some of the stands I have seen supplied with other well respected monitor brands. The mount is a doddle to fit to the screen and provides enough height and tilt adjustment for any type of use, and in addition the mount provides for full 180 degree pivot should you need it. Included with my monitor was a European 2-pin power lead, a 3-pin UK power lead, a Display Port lead and a HDMI lead. These are all of good quality and is a great touch that I think shows good customer consideration.
When it comes to the all important question of picture quality this monitor certainly doesn’t fail to deliver excellent results which go way beyond what I expected for the price. The colours are rich and accurate, blacks deep & uniform and the whites crisp and clean with no hint of colour cast or muddiness. The contrast ratio is likewise excellent and, in combination with the high scan frequencies, produce a beautifully steady image that has punch and vitality. Finally being an IPS screen the viewing angle and colour rendition is a big improvement over my admittedly rather old TN display. Naturally there is always a bit of tweaking to carry out whenever a display is connected for the first time but with the unit I purchased this amounted to no more than a slight alteration to the brightness and contrast to get a truly beautiful quality image. An unexpected bonus was the fact that this monitor is Nvidia G-Sync compatible which my Nvidia graphics card recognised and configured as soon as it was connected.
Aesthetically I think that the whole unit is very pleasing to the eye. The red accents to the stand and screen look good without being garishly over the top and the incredibly thin (about 1mm) top and side bezel gives the screen a clean and elegant appearance. When the screen is up and running there is a very slight black border to the top and sides of the screen but this is only about 4mm wide so even when running the screen keeps it’s sleek spacious look. I was also happy to note that the size of the black border does not vary with the scan frequency. With some cheaper monitors I have seen the black border increase in size quite noticeably as the scan frequency is raised, but this is not he case with this monitor.
I was surprised to see that one of the reviews written here has given this display a bit of a slating but, based on my own experience, I have to disagree. One complaint was that there was a strong red colour cast that could not be tuned out and another that the scan frequency would keep dropping back to a lower setting. I have my monitor connected to a Nvidia GTX1660 Super via the Display Port input and can honestly say that I have experienced neither of these problems whatsoever, whether I’m gaming (though I’m only a casual gamer), or whether I’m using productivity software and the like.
Another complaint (in the same review) was that the monitor disconnects it’s self when switched off but again I have found this not to be the case with my purchase. I can switch off my monitor and it remains fully connected and synced to my PC as expected, there are no problems with remote connecting and any items connected to the very useful USB hub on the back of the monitor remain connected and fully functional. I can only guess that the reviewer was unlucky enough to receive a faulty unit which sounds like it should be returned for replacement or refund.
While on the subject of faults I’m glad to report that my display has no dead or stuck pixels and shows no light or dark patches or uneven brightness or colouration which can sometimes be a bit of an issue with less expensive monitors, particularly those with 27″ screens.
Now not everything in the garden is rosy and I do have a couple of criticisms but these are pretty minor and certainly not deal breakers. One is that the speakers are pretty under- whelming, something which is pretty much standard for slim-line monitors and TVs these days. For general use I have the sound coming out of the monitor via the DP port and have to say that the quality is pretty poor and is definitely on the quiet side. I would say that it’s fine for the burbles and tinkles Windows produces and for listening to the odd video stream but for anything else I find the speakers very much lacking. However, as most users will undoubtedly have speaker and/or headphone set-ups anyway I don’t see this as a big problem.
Secondly the on/off and function buttons at the bottom of the screen are small and very low profile which I find makes them fiddly to use. This is not helped by the fact that the legends for these buttons are merely engraved into the lower bezel which makes things very difficult to see. Ideally I would have liked to have seen slightly larger and higher profile buttons and to have some degree of infill to the button legends to make things less fiddly and more visible. But this is probably just me being a bit nit-picky as by now I have got pretty used to using them.
In summary I would say that overall this really is an excellent full HD monitor that represents incredible value for money, indeed, based on my own experience so far I would still be just as happy had I paid a fair amount more. I have only had my monitor for a little over a month so cannot comment on long term reliability. However I have used it pretty heavily during this time and, so far, things have been fine, hopefully this will remain the case over time. Naturally if things do take a turn for the worse then I shall update my review and rating accordingly but for now I’m more than happy to give this terrific monitor a definite 5 star rating. Would I recommend this monitor to other’s considering a purchase ? Absolutely !!
Best regards
Ade.