LG UltraGear 27GP850

The best all-rounder — a 27-inch 1440p IPS panel at 165Hz with a genuinely fast 1ms response, excellent IPS colour and wide angles, and adaptive sync (G-Sync compatible/FreeSync). The ideal 1440p high-refresh sweet spot balancing speed, sharpness, image quality, and value; needs a capable GPU and isn't 4K, but the benchmark for most.

The LG UltraGear 27GP850 balances the things that matter — fast refresh, sharp resolution, excellent response, and great image quality — at a sensible price. It's a 27-inch 1440p IPS panel at 165Hz (overclockable) with a genuinely fast 1ms IPS response, so motion is smooth and crisp with minimal blur, and the IPS panel delivers excellent colour and wide angles (better than typical VA gaming panels), with adaptive sync (G-Sync compatible/FreeSync) to kill tearing. 27-inch 1440p high-refresh is the ideal gaming balance — sharper than 1080p but far easier to drive than 4K, so a mid-to-high-end GPU can hit high frame rates — and the fast IPS gives competitive speed plus beautiful colours VA/TN panels sacrifice. It needs a capable GPU to fully exploit and isn't 4K, and IPS blacks aren't as deep as VA, but for the all-round sweet spot of speed, sharpness, quality, and value, it's the benchmark.

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LG 27GP850-B Ultragear 27 Inch Gaming Monitor Review