Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q Monitor Review

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.

The V-shaped stand has a futuristic design that looks great. It supports the monitor well, with little wobble, and doesn't take up too much space on a desk.

The Aorus FI27Q has good ergonomics. It allows for all manner of adjustments, with good tilt and swivel range, and it can be rotated to portrait mode.

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.

The borders are very thin, suitable for multi-monitor setups.

The display sticks out quite a bit from the stand, but when VESA-mounted, it's quite thin.

The FI27Q has a great build quality. It's a mix of metal and plastic construction, and the monitor feels solid without any glaring flaws.

Like most IPS monitors, the Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q has a mediocre contrast ratio, so blacks tend to look gray in a dark room.

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.

The FI27Q has remarkable gray uniformity. There's some vignetting around the top corners, but it's barely noticeable. The rest of the screen is very uniform, with no noticeable dirty screen effect.

Unfortunately, this monitor has bad black uniformity. Dark scenes are cloudy, and there's some noticeable backlight bleed along the bottom edge.

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.

The Aorus FI27Q has a decent HDR color volume. It can't produce dark colors well due to its low contrast ratio.

There are no signs of temporary image retention.

Outstanding gradient performance. There's virtually no noticeable banding in any shade.

Unfortunately, there's some vertical color bleed, but it shouldn't be noticeable in most content.

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.

Text is clear and sharp, but it's recommended to run the ClearType wizard if you're on a Windows PC, which significantly helps with diagonal lines in text, as you can see in the 'N'.

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.

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.

The backlight is completely flicker-free, which is great.

There's an optional black frame insertion feature, but, unfortunately, the strobe timing isn't very good, causing noticeable crosstalk, which can be distracting.

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.