Acer Nitro VG0 VG270UPbmiipx, 27" (UM.HV0EE.P01 / UM.HV0EE.P06)

The VG270U P provides a modestly priced option in the 1440p IPS 144Hz gaming monitor market and is available in several regions from Amazon (affiliate link). It provides some solid all round performance thanks to the IPS panel, including a decent factory setup and strong contrast ratio for this technology. The 1440p resolution is obviously very welcome compared to 1080p models in this size bracket. Its high refresh rate, low lag and support for FreeSync and G-sync makes it well suited to gaming on the most part although it struggles a little in terms of response times in some cases. You really have to push the Over Drive setting up to the maximum Extreme mode to get the best response times, but that's only really practical at the upper refresh rate range. Any drop below and you get too much overshoot, necessitating a switch to the Normal mode and some slower response times. The screen was a little lacking in other areas with only a basic tilt function from the stand, and it only offers a standard sRGB colour space as well so lacks the punch of some wider gamut screens for gaming and multimedia vividness. However, it was nice to see a few additional extras in the menu for gaming and overall the performance was pretty decent. The VRB mode performed quite well, but we felt it was far too dark to make it practical for most people sadly.