LG’s been hard at work on its fourth generation OLED panels and the brand has just spilled the beans on one of the first gaming monitors to use one: UltraGear 27GX700A. This display will be brighter than those that came before, promising higher peak brightness as well as pushing the refresh rate ceiling higher, while retaining all the benefits the self-emissive technology offers gamers.
UltraGear 27GX700A features a 27in WOLED panel, with a native resolution of 2560×1440 (QHD) and a maximum refresh rate of 280Hz. This marks an improvement on the 240Hz maximum seen on prior generation screens aside from dual refresh rate panels that operate at 480Hz, albeit at 1920×1080 (FHD).
LG claims the monitor’s peak brightness clocks in at 1,500nits, marking a 15% improvement over the 1,300 maximum earlier panels could hit. This is thanks to the brand’s new Primary RGB Tandem structure, with four light emitting layers in place of the three seen on the prior generation.
Bright and bursting with colour, UltraGear 27GX700A should cover 99.5% of the DCI-P3 colour space. This isn’t a massive leap over older OLEDs, with LG’s prior flagships typically covering 98.5% of the gamut but all improvements are welcome.
UltraGear 27GX700A is also among the first monitors to boast VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack 500 certification. This essentially means that minimum peak luminance is a cut above older monitors, meeting the floor of 500nits without pushing black levels beyond 0.0005nits.
That’s not forgetting the monitor’s 0.03ms pixel response time and ClearMR 13,000 certification. Combine these accolades with those above and UltraGear 27GX700A is shaping up to be a sharp and responsive monitor.
As usual, LG won’t be the only manufacturer with a monitor on the market with this particular panel. Gigabyte already has one in the works, namely MO27Q28G. In the near future, expect alternatives from Asus and other companies.
Despite lifting the lid on UltraGear 27GX700A, LG hasn’t shared when the monitor will be available for purchase nor how much it will cost. The brand shared that mass production of these panels began in June, so the wait shouldn’t be too long for further information.
