The ViewSonic Elite XG270 is an excellent gaming monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate and a fast response time, delivering images with incredible smoothness and clarity. Its FreeSync support helps to minimize screen tearing, and its remarkably low input lag provides a responsive gaming and desktop experience. Peak brightness and viewing angles are great; however, it's not the most ideal monitor for dark rooms, as its IPS panel has a low contrast ratio, and its black uniformity is rather poor. HDR support is present, and there's even some RGB bling to set the mood. Its 1080p resolution might feel a bit inadequate, but most gamers should be content with its overall performance.
The ViewSonic Elite XG270 is a good monitor for most uses. It excels as a gaming monitor due to its high refresh rate, fast response time, and low input lag. Although it has a 1080p resolution, it has good text clarity for productivity tasks, and its 27 inch screen provides plenty of room for multitasking. It has good coverage of the Adobe RGB color space, but it may need calibration if you want to do some photo editing.
The ViewSonic Elite XG270 is a good monitor for use in an office setting. Its screen size allows you to have many windows opened simultaneously, but the 1080p resolution is a bit low. Viewing angles are great, so you can share your work with colleagues, and the monitor is can be easily adjusted to your optimal viewing position. Text looks clear and the monitor has very good reflection handling if you work in a bright environment.
The ViewSonic Elite XG270 is an excellent gaming monitor. It has outstanding response time and input lag, and most gamers would appreciate its incredibly high refresh rate. Its 27 inch screen provides a good amount of immersion when gaming, but the 1080p resolution isn't the best for atmospheric or RPG games. It isn't the most ideal monitor for dark room gaming either, as its contrast ratio is low and black uniformity is bad.
The ViewSonic Elite XG270 is a good monitor for media consumption. It has great viewing angles for sharing content, and it has impressive ergonomics, allowing you to adjust it for better visibility. There's plenty of screen real estate to sit back and enjoy a few videos, but its resolution may be too low for some.
The ViewSonic Elite XG270 is a good monitor for media creation. Its 1080p resolution is a bit low, but its 27 inch screen is good for multitasking. It has great viewing angles and good ergonomics, and the monitor is well-suited for well-lit rooms due to its impressive peak brightness and impressive reflection handling.
The ViewSonic Elite XG270 is okay for HDR gaming. Although this monitor has a wide color gamut, it isn't able to produce dark saturated colors due to its low contrast ratio. Its HDR performance is also limited by the monitor's peak brightness in HDR mode, but on the upside, it has a low response time, fast refresh rate, and low input lag.
The ViewSonic XG270's design is fairly understated. It has thin bezels on three sides and a thicker bottom bezel. The stand lays flat on the table, so you can still use that space for other things, and the whole monitor has a matte black finish. The anti-glare panels are included with the monitor if you want to use them and there's RGB lighting on the back of the monitor.
The back of the monitor is rather plain. There's RGB lighting in the form of a hexagon, and there's basic cable management built into the stand.
Build quality is good. The stand is sturdy and the monitor doesn't wobble when nudged. However, there's a bit of flex on the back. If you want a similar monitor with a better build quality, take a look at the Dell Alienware AW2720HF.
This monitor doesn't have a local dimming feature. The video above is provided for reference only.
The ViewSonic XG270 has great SDR peak brightness. There's no variation in brightness when displaying different content and it's bright enough to combat glare in a well-lit room. Our peak brightness measurements were taken after calibration in 'Standard' mode and at maximum brightness.
HDR peak brightness is decent. Again, there's almost no variation in brightness. It's decently bright for most HDR games, but it's not bright enough to make a big difference in HDR movies. Peak brightness was measured after calibration in 'Standard' mode, at maximum brightness, and with HDR10 set to 'Auto'.
The ViewSonic XG270 has impressive horizontal viewing angles. Images should remain accurate when viewed from the side, which is great for co-op gaming or for sharing content.
This monitor has mediocre vertical viewing angles. This can affect the top and bottom of the screen if you tend to sit very close.
Before calibration, the ViewSonic Elite XG270 has decent color accuracy. There are inaccuracies with most colors and shades of gray. The color temperature is on the warm side and the gamma follows the curve well for the most part, though some dark scenes may appear darker than they should.
After calibration, color accuracy is outstanding. Any remaining inaccuracies shouldn't be visible to the naked eye.
You can download our ICC profile calibration here. This is provided for reference only and should not be used, as the calibration values vary per individual unit even for the same model due to manufacturing tolerances.
The ViewSonic XG270 has an excellent SDR color gamut. It can cover almost all of the commonly used sRGB color space, and it has good coverage of the Adobe RGB color space, which is used for professional photo editing.
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The ViewSonic XG270 has an excellent response time when playing at maximum refresh rate, resulting in clear images with very little motion blur. We recommend using the 'Faster' overdrive setting, as it provides the best performance with no overshoot. If you're looking for a 240Hz monitor with an even better response time, check out the LG 27GN750-B, or the 280Hz ASUS VG279QM.
When playing at maximum refresh rate, the different overdrive settings don't seem to affect the performance by much, which is why most of the charts look nearly identical. However, this doesn't apply if you play at 60Hz.
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Response time when playing at 60Hz is excellent, even slightly better than playing at maximum refresh rate. The recommended overdrive setting is 'Fast', as the faster, ultra fast, and fastest settings result in the appearance of artifacts.
Update 12/11/2020: We updated the monitor's firmware and retested the BFI range. It can flicker as low as 75Hz when you set a custom resolution and use a 75Hz signal.
This monitor has a Black Frame Insertion feature called PureXP. It can't be used when VRR is enabled. We also took a photo of the BFI at 120Hz, which is quite a bit clearer, but there's still noticeable crosstalk.
The ViewSonic Elite XG270 has an exceptional refresh rate. It has native FreeSync supoport and it's G-SYNC compatible as well, although it requires a DisplayPort connection for G-SYNC to work. If you want a monitor with a higher refresh rate, check out the ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QN.
Outstanding input lag. It's slightly higher when playing at 60Hz or when VRR is enabled, but it shouldn't be noticeable for most people. Since this monitor has an 8-bit panel, we weren't able to test it with 10-bit HDR. Input lag with 8-bit HDR at 60Hz was 14.2ms.