At CES 2020, LG showed off a lot of tech geared towards gamers. While the 48-inch LG CX OLED TV is what gamers are looking forward to the most, those looking for a more up-close experience have the LG UltraGear 27GN950 to look forward to. The monitor brings with it an impressive set of features and specifications. It has a Nano IPS display and boasts of support for NVIDIA G-SYNC along with a 1MS response time. It also boasts of VESA DisplayHDR 600 letting users enjoy HDR content on the monitor. It has a refresh rate of 144Hz. Let’s take a look at the specifications of the monitor in detail
The LG UltraGear 27GN950 has a 27-inch Nano IPS display with a 4K resolution and support for VESA DisplayHDR 600. It has a typical brightness of 400 nits but with HDR content can go up to 600 nits. The monitor can cover 98 percent of the DCI-P3 colour space. For your reflex needs the monitor has a refresh rate of 144Hz with a 1ms response time.
The monitor supports NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible along with Radeon FreeSync2. To give you a comfortable gaming experience the monitor’s stand is height adjustable along with support for pivot and tilt.
When it comes to connectivity options, the monitor comes with 2 HDMI ports, 1 DP, a USB 3.0 and audio out. At CES 2020 we spent some time with the LG UltraGear 27GN950 4K gaming monitor and you can check out our impressions in the video below.
“We are excited to bring NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible support to LG’s most advanced UltraGear model yet,” said Kaustubh Sanghani, vice president and general manager, GeForce OEM at NVIDIA. “Gamers will be blown away by the responsiveness and the lifelike visuals when playing the latest PC games that feature real-time ray-tracing powered by GeForce technology.”
“Our latest gaming monitor delivers the unrivalled performance consumers have come to expect from LG UltraGear,” said Jang Ik-hwan, senior vice president and head of the IT business unit of LG Electronics Business Solutions Company. “UltraGear monitors will continue to push the boundaries of monitor technology, leveraging our advanced IPS 1ms GTG display technology to take gaming to even greater heights.”
The LG UltraGear 27GN950 4K gaming monitor is listed as coming soon on the LG India website and there is no information on a concrete launch date. In the US the LG UltraGear 27GN950 4K gaming monitor has a price tag of $800 which translates to roughly Rs 60,000. With the taxes and duties in India, it looks like this monitor will cater to the elite gamers when it launches.