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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service what's up guys Eber here with hardware connects and while 21 by 9 curved monitors are sparking a little bit of attention these days the majority of PC gaming enthusiasts still prefer the 27-inch 2560 by 1440 resolution monitor because it's the perfect size for a wide range of consumers as it offers enough real estate for productive work and gaming since all modern titles support this resolution it should also be noted that g-sync is slowly starting to expand into most gaming monitors and gaming notebooks remember this wasn't popular a few years ago so today we're taking a look at the Del s 2716 DG 27-inch g-sync monitor priced at $800 the main issue with that price point is the existence of already established fantastic gaming panels for less cash like the Acer XV 270 hu but if you can catch the s 2716 during one of Dells numerous sales it could be a great value let's get the specs out of the way this is a 27-inch TN panel with a resolution of 2560 by 1440 with a greater gray response time of one millisecond and a color depth of sixteen point seven million colors that's a bit the main highlight is the 144 Hertz refresh rate with the G sync technology and we will talk about that in a moment from a physical standpoint Dell design the S 27:16 for users that prefer a simple and elegant looking monitor on their desk there's no doubt this can also be utilized as a work monitor I love the edge to edge glass design and the thin bezels plus the screen and the bezel are flushed with Dells excellent anti-glare coating that cuts the glare without making the images overly fuzzy The Stand comes in two parts inside the box the first one being the base plate and the second being a stand the assembly was very simple consisting of placing the stand on top of the plate and tightening them with the included screw on the bottom the stand offers 26 degrees of tilt swivel and even landscape to portrait modes 130 millimeter of height adjustment and the stand is everything we have come from Dell solid stable and the flat slightly angled top can serve to collect items off your desk input wise we have a four port USB 3.0 downstream ports two on the side of the monitor an audio line out hdmi 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 although I would have preferred an additional DisplayPort and HDMI for daisy-chaining the physical buttons to adjust the display settings are placed beneath the screen on the right side which when pressed reveals a small pop-up that contains a short list of most used features the on-screen display is a classic in a phrase from Dell there are eight main sections running along the left side starting with the brightness and contrast setting then moving over to the input source where you can switch between hdmi and displayport dow has been solved three different color presets with standard warm and cool with the custom option available as well the display section lets you set a response time and play around with the ultra-low motion blur abilities in case you do not own an NVIDIA GPU you can also adjust audio levels for the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack and the menu section lets you change the language set transparency off the on-screen display and how long it should stay on the screen with the timer option the personalise setting allows you to assign two shortcuts of any setting to your preference which is a very nice feature to have and the last others section has the option to enable or disable the monitor deep sleep now on to panel quality and well the screen itself is great for a TN panel picture uniformity is surprisingly good contrast ratio is fantastic power consumption is in line with other TN monitors but even still after a gaming match you can't feel but slightly disappointed with the very late 2015 release in 2014 this would have been a killer product but for now simply put the TN panel route was an unfortunate decision for Dell as viewing angles suffer when you're not directly in front of the screen as in you lose quite a lot of contrast and at $800 this monitor is not competitive at all as IPS 144 Hertz options having said that the faster one millisecond response time delivers a fantastic gaming experience compared to a slightly slower four millisecond of IPs competitors the combination of a higher refresh rate and gsync equates to a satisfactory time spent in first-person shooter games you just get used to smooth frame rate without screen tearing and it becomes very apparent how fitting this monitor is for competitive gameplay thanks to gsync the s27 16 is a great monitor in a wrong price bracket if it was around $500 then this would have been an amazing Buy so let us know your thoughts on this Dell monitor in the comments we have a more in-depth review on a website linked down below I'm a bear with hardware connects make sure to go IPS on that like button don't forget to subscribe for more similar content and we'll see you in the 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