The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q is an excellent gaming monitor that's packed with unique features. It follows along the same lines as the Gigabyte Aorus AD27QD, with support for FreeSync variable refresh rate, and is certified to be compatible with NVIDIA's G-SYNC. Its 165Hz IPS panel has good viewing angles, impressive color accuracy right out of the box, and outstanding motion handling. Some significant black uniformity issues may disappoint some users, but its overall performance and feature set should satisfy even the most hardcore gamers.
Note: We tested the FI27Q, but there's also a minor variant known as the FI27Q-P. We expect our results to be valid for both models, but the -P variant has a DisplayPort 1.4 port, allowing for a higher refresh rate when playing back 10-bit HDR content.
The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q is a great monitor for most uses. Despite its gamer-centric features and design, it works well in an office setting due to its IPS panel's wide viewing angles, great peak brightness, and decent reflection handling. Most gamers will appreciate the vast amount of features available, as well as the monitor's excellent motion handling and input lag. Its 1440p resolution delivers a sharp and detailed image, great for watching a movie or to immerse yourself in the latest RPG.
The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q is a great monitor for office use. The 1440p resolution and the large 27 inch screen real estate makes multitasking a breeze. It can get bright enough to combat glare, and it has wide viewing angles to let you share your work easily. Furthermore, it has great ergonomics so you can position the monitor any way you want.
The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q is an excellent gaming monitor. It has virtually everything that gamers ask for: fast response time, low input lag, support for variable refresh rate, and more. It has a dizzying amount of extra features that might be useful for some, but unfortunately, its bad black uniformity and mediocre contrast ratio makes it less suitable for dark room gaming.
The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q is an impressive monitor for multimedia consumption. Movies and videos look amazing thanks to its resolution and excellent color reproduction. It's not the best choice for dark room viewing due to its low contrast ratio and bad black uniformity, but for bright rooms, it has decent reflection handling and great peak brightness to combat glare. Additionally, it has wide viewing angles so you can easily share content with friends and family.
The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q is a great monitor for media creation. Its 1440p resolution delivers a picture that's crisp and clear, and its low input lag provides a responsive desktop experience. It's easy to adjust the monitor to your ideal viewing position thanks to its good ergonomics, and the IPS panel's good viewing angles ensure that the image stays accurate even if you're viewing from the side.
The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q is a decent monitor for HDR gaming. Although it has an incredible amount of gaming features, this monitor's HDR performance is limited by its low contrast ratio and HDR peak brightness. On the bright side, it has a remarkably low input lag and an outstanding response time, providing you smooth and responsive gaming experience.
The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q has a simple design, with a V-shaped stand that supports the display well, and slim bezels on three sides. It looks pretty much identical to the Gigabyte Aorus AD27QD.
There are three RGB lighting zones on the back of the monitor: two on the back panel, and one on the back of the stand. There's not much in the way of cable management, which is a bit disappointing.
There's no local dimming feature on this monitor. The video is for reference only.
Great peak brightness, this monitor can overcome glare easily. There's also no noticeable variation in brightness with different content.
Decent HDR peak brightness, but this monitor isn't bright enough to display HDR content the way it was intended to be seen.
This monitor has outstanding horizontal viewing angles. Most people won't notice any issues under normal viewing conditions.
Decent vertical viewing angles. Like most IPS monitors, the image washes out at wide angles, but this isn't an issue for most people.
Great accuracy out of the box. The white balance is nearly perfect, and most colors are displayed accurately. Gamma doesn't quite follow the sRGB target curve, though, so most scenes aren't displayed at the correct brightness.
Outstanding accuracy after calibration. Gamma is nearly perfect, and the white balance and colors are even better.
You can download our ICC profile calibration here. This is provided for reference only and shouldn't be used, as the calibration values vary per individual unit even for the same model, due to manufacturing tolerances.
This monitor has an outstanding SDR color gamut. It has almost full coverage of the sRGB space that is used in most content and has excellent coverage of Adobe RGB color space, which is used for professional photo editing.
This monitor has excellent SDR color volume. Its performance is nearly identical to the Gigabyte Aorus AD27QD, as it can't produce dark saturated colors due to its mediocre contrast ratio.
The Aorus FI27Q has a good HDR color gamut. Its coverage of the DCI P3 color space is great, which is used in most HDR content, while its coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 color space is decent.
This monitor has decent reflection handling and you shouldn't have any issues in bright rooms. It's very similar to the LG 27GL850-B and the Gigabyte Aorus AD27QD.
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Excellent response time at the maximum refresh rate. We recommend the 'Speed' overdrive setting, as it delivers clear motion, but there is a bit of noticeable overshoot in some scenes. If the ghosting bothers you, the 'Balance' setting has almost no overshoot, but is significantly slower, so there's more blur behind fast-moving objects.
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The Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q has a very good response time when gaming at 60Hz. The 'Balance' overdrive delivers the best overall experience, with the clearest motion and the least amount of overshoot. The 'Speed' setting has a faster rise/fall time, but significantly more overshoot, especially in dark scenes. If you want something with an even quicker response time, look into the ASUS ROG Strix XG279Q.
This monitor has outstanding low input lag, even at 60Hz, making it a great choice if you like to switch between gaming on a console and a PC.