With the intent on growing their ecosystem, Gigabyte pushes their gaming monitor lines a little further by constantly launching game ready screens under their gaming line. This time around, they give us under the Gigabyte line.
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At a more affordable price, Gigabyte launches the Gigabyte G27FC equipped a VA display that has a 1080P resolution and 165Hz refresh rate. The screen can be adjusted via height adjustment and title from -5° to+20°.
The G27FC covers a 90% DCI-P3 and 120% of the sRGB colour spaces which reflects good colour accuracy for a VA panel. Although the G27FC isn’t HDR-ready, the maximum brightness is set at 250nits.
Upon unboxing, you are greeted with the base of the monitor and the stand. The stand looks a bit short. The rest of the cables in the box are power cables, HDMI cable, DisplayPort Cable, USB Cable, Quick Start Guide and Warranty Card.
Despite the panel being a VA display, it still shows clear legible content from all sides without brightness loss or ghosting.
The G27FC also gives a full layout of their OSD Sidekick. OSD Sidekick allows to create and save custom profiles on your desktop, set up picture-in-picture, update the monitor’s firmware and set up hotkeys to control your monitor in-game. This is aside from the settings that you can toggle using the rear joystick which is located on the right rear side of the monitor.
The OSD Sidekick allows ease of access on your settings depending on your game. In FPS situations, change of resolution profiles enables the sight of dark spaces more clearly or adding an aim stabilizer. While in an MMO game, this allows to throw times on the display assisting to make raid calls.
Final Thoughts
The Gigabyte G27FC is priced at ₱14,620 at PCHub and offers a feature-packed option with little compromise. If you are a no-nonsense type of gamer that does not prefer all the glamour of lights that RGB, this is a monitor worth the expense.
The one part that the G27FC lags behind is the HDR on the display.
The OSD Sidekick is a nifty tool that allows to easily change settings that have already been created and saved on the desktop.