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on hand today I have the new egg on AG 271 QX the latest and greatest gaming monitor from Chinese display manufacturer aoc earlier this year in Beijing AOC announced plans to release some seriously high-end gaming monitors under the brand name Aegon and this new 27-inch 144 Hertz display is keying things off being that this is a 144 Hertz display it targets the ever-popular 2560 by 1440 resolution better known as 1440p or quad HD alright so here's the deal guys right now I don't have all the required gear to provide scientific results so consider this as more of a hands-on preview rather than an in-depth review that said I have spent plenty of time playing with this monitor so I can certainly give you my thoughts and my feelings about it before jumping into the specs and all that good stuff let's take a look around the monitor the left right and top bezel measure just 12 millimeters thick while the bottom is 17 millimeters thick so a nice thin bezel all around underneath the bottom bezel on the right hand side of five small buttons one of which powers the monitor on the other four can be used to access the on-screen display options however to avoid having to fumble through the menu with these controls AFC has included their quick switch controller this remote control allows the user to switch effortlessly between modes adjust the brightness contrast and other useful features on the left hand side of the screen you won't find any inputs though the right side has a bit going on here you'll find a pair of USB 3 ports along with a separate headphone and microphone jack both USB ports are powered and there's even a dedicated charging port which spin marked yellow this can be used to charge your phone tablet or any other vibrating devices you might take to LAN parties giggity above the side panel connectivity is what looks like a small antenna this is in fact just a headset hanger pretty nifty eh around the back this area seemed wanted to get to be a flashy alcm monitors in the past I mean very much in no fields affair the AG 2 7 1 QX has been given some Flair in the form of a big red racing stripe this is a 144 Hertz monitor after all so a racing stripe for even more speed makes a lot of sense right embedded in the bottom of the go-fast Drive for another 2 USB 3 ports along with the type B USB in for connecting the hub to your PC meanwhile on the opposite side we find a gang of display inputs which includes VGA and dual link DVI neither of which I imagine anyone will use then we have hdmi 2.0 hdmi 1.4 and DisplayPort inputs ideally users will want to use these inputs to take full advantage of the monitor I should point out that the HDMI 1.4 port also supports MHL so it is possible to input your phone or tablet into this monitor to watch movies look at photos play games or do whatever else you do with your phone that will be enhanced on the big screen finally there are two three-and-a-half millimeter jacks for connecting your computer's audio to the monitor the audio out is useful for that side accessible headphone jack though it can also be utilized by the dual three watt speakers embedded in the screen as the model name suggests this is a 27-inch screen which provides an effective horizontal viewing area of 597 millimeters and a vertical viewing area of 336 millimeters the total area of the monitor measures 623 millimeters wide 368 millimeters tall and toward an 18 millimeters deep with the stand attached in total the screen and stand combo ways to 6.8 kilos so it's very easy to pick up with one hand in fact the top of the stand features a neat little handle which makes transporting it very easy when it comes to the stand AFC has the skims by going with a cheap plastic option with minimal adjustment instead an all-aluminium stand has been included the stand looks great it's very durable and highly adjustable in fact the AG 271 QX is so adjustable that it puts cheap desk chairs to shame firstly the stand can swivel left or right by up to 20 degrees and it does so quickly and smoothly while zeroing it back into place is also very easy it's also possible to tilt the screen from a three point five degree angle back to a twenty-one point five degree angle this can be quickly done by grabbing the screen and tilting into the desired position it's very easy to move but doesn't wobble around or tilt from the angle you adjusted to then there's the height adjust and like the tilt the user simply slides the screen up or down the stand to their desired height the screen can be raised as high as 198 millimeters from the desk while I can go as low as 65 millimeters it is possible to pivot the screen at up to a 90 degree angle as well so the Sam certainly is very versatile so what about the screen itself is 27-inch tear panel features an aspect ratio of 16 to 9 for resolution of 2560 by 1440 the response time is 1 millisecond graded gray which is plenty of snappy for fast-paced first-person shooters the typical brightness rating is 350 Candela per square meter while the typical contrast ratio is a thousand one so pretty typical stuff here the claim viewing angles are a decent 170 degrees for horizontal viewing and 160 degrees for vertical viewing the dell ultrasharp u3o for teens that I use for my editing rigor considerably better when it comes to the viewing angle and they rated 178 degrees for horizontal and vertical viewing still the viewing angles of the AG 271 QX is certainly acceptable the key features this monitor is that 1440p resolution coupled with the huge 144 her to refresh rate however it's well worth pointing out that the display also supports adaptive sync technology aka AMD is free sync there was some confusion as to what the maximum supported refresh rate for free sync was on this monitor as initially auc claimed compatibility range from 30 Hertz to 100 Hertz however free sync actually works at the maximum 144 hertz refresh rate allowing the AG to 7 1 QX to guarantee completely stutter and tearing free gameplay as I mentioned before this isn't much of a technical review as it's just me giving my thoughts and feelings about the monitor so with that let's get a little hands-on with the testing to see what it's like to game with the AG 2 7 1 QX prior to my hands-on testing with this monitor I have to admit I've spend very little time playing around with 144 Hertz freesync enable displays that being the case I was keen to check out what the AG to several mine QX could do at the moment whenever I get the chance I like to play overwatch so this was the first game I fired up and it's the perfect candidate to take advantage of that high refresh rate unfortunately with free sync enabled and the refresh rate set to 144 Hertz the game suffer from severe screen tearing which I wasn't able to get under control a quick google search revealed that heaps of 144 Hertz free sync users are suffering from the same problem I wasn't able to find a fix so I moved on next I fired up doom and having been so disappointed with my experience in overwatch I wasn't sure what to expect the second I loaded into the game and you right away this is the experience I was after the motion was incredibly fluent and again looked world's different what I've experienced previously on my 60 Hertz monitor I played a few other favorites such as rocket League and the experience on the AG 271 Q X was pretty incredible aside from the lack of freesync supporting games such as overwatch the only other issue I ran into was a strange flickering problem which happens when using both hdmi and displayport occasionally after exiting a game the Windows desktop would flicker like crazy in those considerable lag when dragging Windows around the fix was to reset the system this is an annoying issue and I'm not sure if it's a bug with the monitor or AMD as drivers pricing downunder sees the ad 2 7 1 QX selling for roughly six hundred ninety dollars I'm yet to see this gaming monitor go on sale in the u.s. that said a straight currency conversion would see itself roughly 530 u.s. dollars though I suspect it will sell for even less the Acer predator XG 278 you another 27-inch 1440p 144 Hertz freesync monitor is currently selling for 450 us that said here in Iceland that same asa monitor cost us $550 so it seems aoc aren't that competitive on pricing right now which is a shame as I really like this monitor but can't justify spending 25 percent more what should be a very similar screen when I was working the AOC Aegon AG 2 7 1 QX was incredibly impressive but lack of recent support in some games and the random flickering issue spot the experience for me pricing is also of concern especially given the issues just mentioned unfortunately I do only have this monitor online so I'll have to reacquire it in the few months time to see if the bugs of it ironed out what do you guys think using a high refresh rate monitor already let me know in the comments I'm your host Matt as 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