In this video I share gameplay footage from several games:
Along with the rapid growth and development of the gaming industry, monitors designed especially for gaming have become more and more prominent in the market in recent years, and many brands have launched their own lines of gaming monitors to meet this growing demand.
This article looks at ViewSonic's VX2758A-2K-PRO-3, a gaming monitor that boasts a 240Hz refresh rate combined with a 1ms MPRT (Motion Picture Response Time).
Overview of the contents:
The VX2758A-2K-PRO-3 unit itself, power cable, stand and base, HDMI cable, and DisplayPort cable. It comes with a full 3-year warranty, and one year of warranty against dead pixels.
Appearance after installing the stand and base:
Including the base, the overall dimensions are 61.4 x 36.6 x 4.7 cm, with a total weight of approximately 4.9 kg. The monitor boasts a 27-inch SuperClear IPS anti-glare panel with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 2K Quad HD resolution.
The 240Hz refresh rate and 1ms MPRT make it especially suitable for the rapid pace of gaming environments.
The IPS panel supports the HDR10 standard, with a brightness of 300cd/m², a 178-degree viewing angle, and 1.07 billion colors (10-bit: 8-bit + FRC). The static contrast ratio is 1000:1, and the dynamic contrast ratio is 8M:1. The surface has a 3H hard coating. The color gamut covers 92% of NTSC and 130% of sRGB, while Eye ProTech technology reduces blue light and ensures flicker-free performance. AMD FreeSync Premium technology synchronizes the monitor's refresh rate with the graphics card's output.
Full view of the rear:
The outer casing features a matte finish at the top and bottom, with a brushed metal texture at the centre. The button visible at the bottom quickly releases the monitor from its stand.
The ViewSonic logo appears in silver at the top. Long slots for ventilation appear to the left and right. At the centre are 100 x 100 mm holes for VESA-supported wall mountings.
The power button, which doubles up as an OSD joystick control, appears at the lower-left of the back. From left to right, the I/O configuration includes 2 HDMI 2.1 ports, DisplayPort 1.4, and a 3.5mm audio output.
HDMI ports are relatively common, and having two of them here makes it easy and convenient to switch between multiple devices such as desktop computers, laptops, and gaming consoles.
The power input appears at the lower right, and above that is a slot for a Kensington lock. Underneath is a long slot for ventilation.
The power consumption specs are 28W as standard, up to a maximum of 30W; and 24W and 19W when in power-saving mode and Eco Mode respectively.
The base is flat and level, making it convenient to place items on top of it, and quite stable overall.
The logo features three Gouldian finches and makes a colorful impression.
The stand can be tilted downwards by up to 5°. A power indicator light appears at the lower-right edge of the frame. The screen itself has a frameless design along the top, left, and right sides, giving it an enlarged appearance.
The monitor tilts up to 20° upwards. The rear has three sloped sides in a trapezoidal design.
With the base positioned flush against the wall as in this photo, the distance between the wall and the screen is approximately 14cm, and approximately 18cm to the furthermost edge of the base. This allows for more usable desktop space even on relatively shallow desks of 60cm or less.
OSD Menu:
Moiré patterns often appear when shooting an LCD screen with a digital camera, but the screen appears as normal to the naked eye.
The OSD has a quick setup mode, with up, down, left, and right direction buttons on the back of the monitor, making it easy to navigate.
The menu is divided into six pages. HDMI1, HDMI2, and DisplayPort can be selected as input sources.
The monitor has no inbuilt speakers, so the audio settings page is intended for use with 3.5mm headphones or external speakers.
View Mode: A total of 9 options, including Standard, FPS Game, RTS Game, MOBA Game, Movie, Web, Text, MAC, and Mono.
Color Adjust: Contrast/Brightness, 6-axis Color, Color Temp, Color Mode, Color Space, Color Range, HDR10.
The Color Mode menu offers sRGB, AdobeRGB, DCI-P3, Rec. 709, and Default options.
6-axis Color allows advanced adjustments to be made to reds, greens, blues, cyans, magentas, and yellows.
With Color Mode set to DCI-P3 when I shot this picture, some options have been grayed out. These can be tweaked when Color Mode is set to Native.
Manual Image Adjust: Sharpness, Blue Light Filter, Aspect Ratio, Overscan, Black Stabilization, Advanced DCR, Response Time.
Response Time can be set to Standard, Advanced, or Ultra Fast.
The Setup Menu has two pages of options. The first page includes the following: Language, AMD FreeSync Premium, 1ms Mode, Resolution Notice, Information, OSD Timeout, OSD Background, Power Indicator, Auto Power Off, Sleep, ECO Mode, and DisplayPort 1.1.
The Language menu offers 15 different languages to choose between.
The second page includes Auto Detect, DCC/CI, and Memory Recall.
Auto Detect assists with rapid source input switches when multiple devices are connected. The OSD menu is quite comprehensive for gaming purposes, and even provides enough options and adjustments to meet the requirements of creative work such as graphic design or video production.
The UFO Test webpage tests a monitor's refresh rate. The differences may be indistinguishable when captured by a Windows screenshot, so this article uses frame grabs from video footage of the monitor. Please see the video referred to in the article for the detailed high-speed tests.
With Pixels Per Sec set to 960, when watching in real time, the white horizontal bar that appears along the center of the UFO icon appears clearest at 240 fps, while at 120 fps it is relatively blurred. Distinguishable differences start to appear when Pixels Per Sec is set to 480 or higher, and the higher the speed, the more noticeable the difference.
The website also compares different scenarios, such as the Phantom Array Effect – Mouse Arrow, which illustrates the differences when moving the mouse pointer at various refresh rates.
The G-Sync Pendulum Demo test can be found on the NVIDIA website. FreeSync and G-Sync are both technologies designed to reduce screen tearing and stutters.
The VX2758A-2K-PRO-3 comes with AMD FreeSync Premium tech, which can be enabled with both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
With V-Sync enabled, no tearing can be seen in the pendulum test, and the motion appears smooth. But without V-Sync enabled, the pendulum shows tearing and lag.
Further testing with refresh rates from 60Hz to 240Hz revealed that the lower the refresh rate, the more noticeable the tearing or stuttering in No V-Sync mode. When the refresh rate is increased to 240Hz, instances of tearing are rare and much less pronounced.
With more and more monitors with HDR technology appearing on the market, models with HDR tend to be priced higher than others with similar specs.
HDR is designed to enhance the display by showing more details in both the bright and dark areas of an image, making colors appear more vibrant.
Here's a comparison of the difference when HDR is turned on and off, with the same OSD settings. With HDR turned off:
With HDR10 enabled:
Some image quality is lost when the screen is photographed with a camera, as here. The actual difference in visual quality is even more noticeable when seen in person. Games and videos with HDR enabled do indeed have a better appearance.
When using a Spyder color calibrator to compare color accuracy against the factory settings, the default settings tend to be warmer in tone.
Colors tend to be cooler after calibration with a Spyder3 Pro, but will still depend on individual users' preferences.
For those who like to fine-tune their color settings themselves, the built-in OSD offers a wide range of options with a high degree of flexibility. For those who prefer calibrated settings but are unfamiliar with adjusting the OSD, a calibration file can be found on the windwithme fan page.
Moving on to the gaming experience, as 2K resolution doesn’t increase the 3D workload significantly compared to 1080p, if the graphics card is powerful enough, it allows more games to run at higher frame rates. Additionally, 2K offers better clarity than 1080p, making it relatively suitable for use on a 27-inch monitor.
The following uses the nVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER to enhance the frame rates of these 3D games under high graphics settings.
When it comes to fast-paced racing games, high frame rates, response time, and Sync technologies are all crucial. The VX2758A-2K-PRO-3 delivers smoother gameplay for FPS games, racing games, and other games with quick movements and motions.
I play Diablo 4 a fair bit, and I'm pretty familiar with its graphics. The recent release of Season 6 and the new expansion have sparked a lot of discussion online.
Swarms of monsters appear during the Infernal Hordes mode. While the 3D effects appearing on the screen can be visually overwhelming, the gameplay still remains extremely smooth.
Besides playing these games, I also ran several in-game tests to check the smoothness of the 3D visuals at high frame rates and refresh rates.
The IPS panel's color saturation is more vivid and vibrant, and its viewing angle is superior, compared to the VA gaming monitor I've been using for years.
The monitor is advertised as fully compatible with both PS5 and Xbox, supporting these consoles' maximum refresh rate of 120Hz.
The actual power consumption during use was about 18.3W when in default mode with HDR enabled and brightness set to 30, and about 24.4W after the brightness was increased to 60.
Before now I had believed that a refresh rate of about 170Hz was more than enough, but after comparing various high-speed moving images I now feel that to be somewhat lacking. It's no wonder that gaming monitors have been evolving towards refresh rates of 200Hz to 300Hz or more in recent years.
To summarize the features of the ViewSonic VX2758A-2K-PRO-3 gaming monitor: it features an IPS panel with a 240Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, AMD FreeSync Premium, HDR10, and Eye ProTech eye-care technology. It delivers a solid performance in both image quality and gaming experience.
That's all from me on the VX2758A-2K-PRO-3. If you're looking for a mid-range 27-inch gaming monitor that would also serve well for watching videos or for work, this model is definitely worth your consideration.
Along with the rapid growth and development of the gaming industry, monitors designed especially for gaming have become more and more prominent in the market in recent years, and many brands have launched their own lines of gaming monitors to meet this growing demand.
This article looks at ViewSonic's VX2758A-2K-PRO-3, a gaming monitor that boasts a 240Hz refresh rate combined with a 1ms MPRT (Motion Picture Response Time).
Overview of the contents:
The VX2758A-2K-PRO-3 unit itself, power cable, stand and base, HDMI cable, and DisplayPort cable. It comes with a full 3-year warranty, and one year of warranty against dead pixels.
Appearance after installing the stand and base:
Including the base, the overall dimensions are 61.4 x 36.6 x 4.7 cm, with a total weight of approximately 4.9 kg. The monitor boasts a 27-inch SuperClear IPS anti-glare panel with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 2K Quad HD resolution.
The 240Hz refresh rate and 1ms MPRT make it especially suitable for the rapid pace of gaming environments.
The IPS panel supports the HDR10 standard, with a brightness of 300cd/m², a 178-degree viewing angle, and 1.07 billion colors (10-bit: 8-bit + FRC). The static contrast ratio is 1000:1, and the dynamic contrast ratio is 8M:1. The surface has a 3H hard coating. The color gamut covers 92% of NTSC and 130% of sRGB, while Eye ProTech technology reduces blue light and ensures flicker-free performance. AMD FreeSync Premium technology synchronizes the monitor's refresh rate with the graphics card's output.
Full view of the rear:
The outer casing features a matte finish at the top and bottom, with a brushed metal texture at the centre. The button visible at the bottom quickly releases the monitor from its stand.
The ViewSonic logo appears in silver at the top. Long slots for ventilation appear to the left and right. At the centre are 100 x 100 mm holes for VESA-supported wall mountings.
The power button, which doubles up as an OSD joystick control, appears at the lower-left of the back. From left to right, the I/O configuration includes 2 HDMI 2.1 ports, DisplayPort 1.4, and a 3.5mm audio output.
HDMI ports are relatively common, and having two of them here makes it easy and convenient to switch between multiple devices such as desktop computers, laptops, and gaming consoles.
The power input appears at the lower right, and above that is a slot for a Kensington lock. Underneath is a long slot for ventilation.
The power consumption specs are 28W as standard, up to a maximum of 30W; and 24W and 19W when in power-saving mode and Eco Mode respectively.
The base is flat and level, making it convenient to place items on top of it, and quite stable overall.
The logo features three Gouldian finches and makes a colorful impression.
The stand can be tilted downwards by up to 5°. A power indicator light appears at the lower-right edge of the frame. The screen itself has a frameless design along the top, left, and right sides, giving it an enlarged appearance.
The monitor tilts up to 20° upwards. The rear has three sloped sides in a trapezoidal design.
With the base positioned flush against the wall as in this photo, the distance between the wall and the screen is approximately 14cm, and approximately 18cm to the furthermost edge of the base. This allows for more usable desktop space even on relatively shallow desks of 60cm or less.
OSD Menu:
Moiré patterns often appear when shooting an LCD screen with a digital camera, but the screen appears as normal to the naked eye.
The OSD has a quick setup mode, with up, down, left, and right direction buttons on the back of the monitor, making it easy to navigate.
The menu is divided into six pages. HDMI1, HDMI2, and DisplayPort can be selected as input sources.
The monitor has no inbuilt speakers, so the audio settings page is intended for use with 3.5mm headphones or external speakers.
View Mode: A total of 9 options, including Standard, FPS Game, RTS Game, MOBA Game, Movie, Web, Text, MAC, and Mono.
Color Adjust: Contrast/Brightness, 6-axis Color, Color Temp, Color Mode, Color Space, Color Range, HDR10.
The Color Mode menu offers sRGB, AdobeRGB, DCI-P3, Rec. 709, and Default options.
6-axis Color allows advanced adjustments to be made to reds, greens, blues, cyans, magentas, and yellows.
With Color Mode set to DCI-P3 when I shot this picture, some options have been grayed out. These can be tweaked when Color Mode is set to Native.
Manual Image Adjust: Sharpness, Blue Light Filter, Aspect Ratio, Overscan, Black Stabilization, Advanced DCR, Response Time.
Response Time can be set to Standard, Advanced, or Ultra Fast.
The Setup Menu has two pages of options. The first page includes the following: Language, AMD FreeSync Premium, 1ms Mode, Resolution Notice, Information, OSD Timeout, OSD Background, Power Indicator, Auto Power Off, Sleep, ECO Mode, and DisplayPort 1.1.
The Language menu offers 15 different languages to choose between.
The second page includes Auto Detect, DCC/CI, and Memory Recall.
Auto Detect assists with rapid source input switches when multiple devices are connected. The OSD menu is quite comprehensive for gaming purposes, and even provides enough options and adjustments to meet the requirements of creative work such as graphic design or video production.
The UFO Test webpage tests a monitor's refresh rate. The differences may be indistinguishable when captured by a Windows screenshot, so this article uses frame grabs from video footage of the monitor. Please see the video referred to in the article for the detailed high-speed tests.
With Pixels Per Sec set to 960, when watching in real time, the white horizontal bar that appears along the center of the UFO icon appears clearest at 240 fps, while at 120 fps it is relatively blurred. Distinguishable differences start to appear when Pixels Per Sec is set to 480 or higher, and the higher the speed, the more noticeable the difference.
The website also compares different scenarios, such as the Phantom Array Effect – Mouse Arrow, which illustrates the differences when moving the mouse pointer at various refresh rates.
The G-Sync Pendulum Demo test can be found on the NVIDIA website. FreeSync and G-Sync are both technologies designed to reduce screen tearing and stutters.
The VX2758A-2K-PRO-3 comes with AMD FreeSync Premium tech, which can be enabled with both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
With V-Sync enabled, no tearing can be seen in the pendulum test, and the motion appears smooth. But without V-Sync enabled, the pendulum shows tearing and lag.
Further testing with refresh rates from 60Hz to 240Hz revealed that the lower the refresh rate, the more noticeable the tearing or stuttering in No V-Sync mode. When the refresh rate is increased to 240Hz, instances of tearing are rare and much less pronounced.
With more and more monitors with HDR technology appearing on the market, models with HDR tend to be priced higher than others with similar specs.
HDR is designed to enhance the display by showing more details in both the bright and dark areas of an image, making colors appear more vibrant.
Here's a comparison of the difference when HDR is turned on and off, with the same OSD settings. With HDR turned off:
With HDR10 enabled:
Some image quality is lost when the screen is photographed with a camera, as here. The actual difference in visual quality is even more noticeable when seen in person. Games and videos with HDR enabled do indeed have a better appearance.
When using a Spyder color calibrator to compare color accuracy against the factory settings, the default settings tend to be warmer in tone.
Colors tend to be cooler after calibration with a Spyder3 Pro, but will still depend on individual users' preferences.
For those who like to fine-tune their color settings themselves, the built-in OSD offers a wide range of options with a high degree of flexibility. For those who prefer calibrated settings but are unfamiliar with adjusting the OSD, a calibration file can be found on the windwithme fan page.
Moving on to the gaming experience, as 2K resolution doesn’t increase the 3D workload significantly compared to 1080p, if the graphics card is powerful enough, it allows more games to run at higher frame rates. Additionally, 2K offers better clarity than 1080p, making it relatively suitable for use on a 27-inch monitor.
The following uses the nVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER to enhance the frame rates of these 3D games under high graphics settings.
When it comes to fast-paced racing games, high frame rates, response time, and Sync technologies are all crucial. The VX2758A-2K-PRO-3 delivers smoother gameplay for FPS games, racing games, and other games with quick movements and motions.
I play Diablo 4 a fair bit, and I'm pretty familiar with its graphics. The recent release of Season 6 and the new expansion have sparked a lot of discussion online.
Swarms of monsters appear during the Infernal Hordes mode. While the 3D effects appearing on the screen can be visually overwhelming, the gameplay still remains extremely smooth.
Besides playing these games, I also ran several in-game tests to check the smoothness of the 3D visuals at high frame rates and refresh rates.
The IPS panel's color saturation is more vivid and vibrant, and its viewing angle is superior, compared to the VA gaming monitor I've been using for years.
The monitor is advertised as fully compatible with both PS5 and Xbox, supporting these consoles' maximum refresh rate of 120Hz.
The actual power consumption during use was about 18.3W when in default mode with HDR enabled and brightness set to 30, and about 24.4W after the brightness was increased to 60.
Before now I had believed that a refresh rate of about 170Hz was more than enough, but after comparing various high-speed moving images I now feel that to be somewhat lacking. It's no wonder that gaming monitors have been evolving towards refresh rates of 200Hz to 300Hz or more in recent years.
To summarize the features of the ViewSonic VX2758A-2K-PRO-3 gaming monitor: it features an IPS panel with a 240Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, AMD FreeSync Premium, HDR10, and Eye ProTech eye-care technology. It delivers a solid performance in both image quality and gaming experience.
That's all from me on the VX2758A-2K-PRO-3. If you're looking for a mid-range 27-inch gaming monitor that would also serve well for watching videos or for work, this model is definitely worth your consideration.
