Lenovo G27C-10 Review: Cheap 27 Inch Full HD 165 Hz Monitor

The Lenovo G27C-10 has a very high quality design that goes everywhere. It plays with a good quality matte black plastic.

As before, the back of the monitor is not weird. There is a matte black plastic, ventilated grid on the top and the widely visible Lenovo logo.

The Y-leg is wide enough to secure the screen. Lenovo has also considered a basic cable management system with a clip on the back of the leg, but this – failing to completely cover the connections – would be useful in bringing all the cables back to the base. The monitor is compatible with 100 x 100mm Vesa mounts by removing the original stand.

In terms of settings, the Lenovo monitor is satisfied with the essentials, i.e. a 13 cm height adjustment and a slope between -5 ° and + 22. The manufacturer ignores page-to-page rotation and portrait orientation, but that is not really necessary on a dedicated video game monitor.

Connections include display port 1.4 input, HTMLI input and headphone output. With the exception of the Lenovo USB hub, integrated speakers are more practical and can sometimes help.

To go through the menus of OSD (On Screen Display), the manufacturer uses a single joystick. Pressing it activates the monitor, while access to the systems is through different directions. For us, this is a very efficient system for quickly setting up a monitor.

Like all 27-inch monitors, this model is very comfortable on our 140 x 60 cm desk. The foot is still 23.5 cm deep, but its Y design eventually frees up a lot of space on the table. The full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 px is perfect for gaming, especially 165 Hz, but it is limited to other tasks and you can get out of the workplace quickly.

By lowering the brightness to 52 to get white at 150 cd / m², this monitor uses about 17 W, which is relatively low consumption of only 85 W / m², which is lower than the average of the tested screens (100 W / m²). At minimum brightness (73 cd / m²), the monitor uses 12 W and at maximum brightness (279 cd / m²) it rises to 28 W.

On the outside of the box, the Lenovo G27C-10 shows colors that can be considered accurate. Since the average delta power is less than 3 (2.2), the difference between the expected colors and the displayed colors is then invisible. The color temperature is slightly warmer (5950 K), resulting in a rendering going red. Fortunately, the curve is constant across the spectrum. The gamma curve is not exactly constant, the dark gray is slightly blocked, but is close to the reference value (measured at 2.3) (2.2). By lowering the brightness to 52 to obtain white at 150 cd / m கை and manually setting the temperature to “normal”, the average color temperature rises to 6440 K, close to the 6500 K mark, without affecting gamma or colors. Finally, the calibration of the monitor for analysis makes it possible to smooth out the gamma and temperature curves at target values ​​and to reproduce colors more faithfully (mean delta e 1.5). Color profile available This link.

The VA panel can show the best native variant of 2460: 1, with a black going to the best 0.06 cd / m². In the picture, it produces dark enough dark even in a dark room. This monitor is still behind the best VA monitors with an aspect ratio of over 4000: 1AOC Q3279VWF Where Philips Momentum 436 M6, But it performs much better than IPS monitors, with its best representatives content at 1200: 1 (Asus TUF VG27AQ).

The average difference in luminosity integrity is measured at 6% over a 27-inch slap; An excellent value that ensures good integrity of the slab. The model we tested was not affected in any event Cloudy. The VA panel offers slightly narrower angles than the IPS model, and you can see the difference in brightness and color at 45 at.

This screen does not use pulse width modulation (PWM or “pulse width modulation”) to manage the lights of the backlight system, which helps to reduce the brightness without risking an illuminating effect that is tiring and responsible for the eyes. Can cause headaches in those who are very sensitive. This feature is commonly referred to as Flickr-free. It embeds the blue light reduction mode via software adjustment, thus reducing the hot (red) rendering color temperature.

Compatible with G27c-10 Freezing Pro technology and with G-Sync (not certified) extension, it adjusts the screen refresh rate variable with the number of frames per second produced by the graphics card, tearing the image to avoid eventTearing) And micro-recessions (Stuttering). The supported frequency range is very wide as Freesink operates from 48 to 165 Hz. You still need an intermediate graphics card to support 165 Hz frame rate with more details (GeForce RTX3060 Or Radeon RX6700 XD).

For a model dedicated to gaming, this monitor doesn’t really shine with its response. The continuous time of 10 ms is equal to the time of some office supervisors. Monitors dedicated to gaming – especially VA. Fitted with panel – can be dropped below 7 ms, ie MSI Optix MAG272CQR. This value is obtained with an adjustmentOverdrive In “Extreme”, with very little effect The reverse ghost. The Lenovo monitor is far behind its direct competitors such as the AOC 27G2U with an IPS panel of 7.5MS and the AOC 27G1 with a VA panel.

We measured the scene delay (Input regression) 11 M.S. So there is no delay between sending the image through the graphics card and displaying it on the screen.