Nixeus - Nx-edg27s 270 2560x1440 144hz Monitor Review
[department label="Introduction"]
Best in Grade
Several years ago, Nixeus made a huge splash into the gaming monitor market with their Nixeus NX-VUE24, a relatively cheap 24-inch, 1080p monitor that was one of the first monitors to characteristic a 30Hz-144Hz FreeSync range. The monitor did utilise a TN panel, so color accurateness and viewing angles weren't as skilful as its VA or IPS panel competitors, but the 30Hz-144Hz FreeSync range was glorious compared to the 40Hz-144Hz or 50Hz-144Hz competitors on the market.
Before this twelvemonth at CES 2017, Nixeus was back at it again, this fourth dimension around with a the new Nixeus NX-EDG27, a 27-inch gaming monitor featuring a 1440p resolution, AHVA (IPS) brandish applied science, a 144Hz refresh rate, and one time once again it's the first monitor of its kind to exist offered with the 30Hz – 144Hz refresh rate.
Recently, we were given the opportunity to be one of the first to review the EDG27, so let'south go to it!
Nixeus NX-EDG27 Specifications
| Manufacturer | Nixeus |
|---|---|
| Model | NX-EDG27 |
| Size | 27-inch |
| Resolution | 2560 ten 1440 (WQHD) |
| Panel Type | AHVA (IPS) |
| Colors | sixteen.seven One thousand thousand (8-bit) |
| Effulgence | 300cd/m2 (Typical) |
| Backight | LED |
| Contrast Ratio | chiliad:one |
| Viewing Angles | 178° Horizontal/178° Vertical |
| Refresh Rate | 144Hz (AMD FreeSync Range 30Hz to 144Hz) |
| Response Time | 4ms (Gray to Gray) |
| Pixel Pitch | 0.233mm |
| I/O | DisplayPort 1.2a (up to 144Hz), HDMI ii.0 (upwards to 144Hz), HDMI one.4 (up to 60Hz), Dual-Link DVI (up to 60Hz) |
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Sound Input | 3.5mm Audio Jack (when using with VGA and DVI connections) |
| Sound Output | 3.5mm Audio Jack for use with external speakers or headphones. |
| Accessories |
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[section label="A Closer Look"]
A Closer Look
Here's a wait at the packaging for the Nixeus NX-EDG27 Gaming Monitor.
Accessories included in the packaging include documentation, a power supply, a 5ft DisplayPort cable, a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable, and the monitor stand along with included screws.
Here's a look at the EDG27. The monitor is a 27-inch monitor, so it's fairly big and the 1-inch or so bezels don't help it expect any more compact. The blueprint is adequately plain with simply a Nixeus logo at the bottom eye of the bezel.
At the bottom right corner of the EDG27 is seven buttons which include machine, menu, book up, volume down and ability. Pretty self explanatory even if you've never used a monitor.
I/O connectivity on the include DC-IN, DVI, HDMI 1.four, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort, iii.5mm in and a headphone jack. 144Hz functioning is only supported on the HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort connections.
The stand on the EDG27 is a fully adjustable stand with options to adjust height, tilt, swivel and rotate from portrait to landscape.
The stand could use an improvement in terms of quality as it's near as bones every bit a fully adjustable stand can go, but it does get the task done. Those who notice themselves frequently adjusting the display may want to purchase a new stand with the monitor. Luckily, the Nixeus NX-EDG27 is fully compatible with standard VESA mount stands and the panel itself is exceptionally light for a 27-inch monitor due to the external power supply.
Slap-up open the display housing, the get-go thing nosotros meet is the LCD panel. At the bottom left of the panel is an AUO Optronics logo.
Flipping the console over, nosotros can see that the Nixeus NX-EDG27 packs the AUO M270DAN02.three panel which is an AHVA (Avant-garde Hyper-Viewing Angle) console. The console is a true 8-bit panel which is capable of outputting sixteen.7 million colors. For those unfamiliar with AHVA, this is AUO's version of IPS, which is why nosotros've been referring to the panel as IPS over the course of the review.
Here's a expect at the controller board, inverter board, and the integrated speakers. Cipher too fancy to describe here.
[section label="OSD"]
OSD
The OSD menu on the Nixeus NX-EDG27 is split into v categories: film, colour, advance, OSD, and information. Control of the OSD is provided past the buttons on the lesser correct corner of the display.
The only affair strange near Nixeus'south implementation of the buttons is that the volume up is on the left side and the volume downward is on the right, and so when adjusting settings on the OSD, the left push button moves the sliders to the right and the right button moves the sliders to the left. Slightly confusing, but setting upwardly the OSD is usually a 1 fourth dimension bargain for most, and so non a dealbreaker.
Here's a wait at the picture show menu. We take brightness, contrast, sharpness, attribute ratio, ultra bright, and DCR. Ultra vivid which as far as I can tell doesn't do anything. DCR volition automatically alter effulgence/contrast for y'all based on ambient light.
Nether the colour carte is the color result, saturation, gamma, and temperature. The temperature tin also be user gear up by changing to the user setting.
Under accelerate is strangely enough book and sound source. These options are for adjusting the onboard speakers. Additionally, there's also DP choice, overdrive and low blue ray. DP selection allows changing from DP1.2 to DP i.1 if needed, overdrive is for reducing ghosting which we'll cover a bit later and low blue ray is an option to reduce the bluish light in the display for more than comfortable use at dark.
Nether OSD, there are options to alter the language, carte du jour time, OSD position, transparency and rotate.
Finally, the information tab shows which interface you lot're connected on, the refresh rate, horizontal scan frequency and pixel clock. At the bottom right of the corner is also a status display which shows the connection information including a real-time display of the refresh rate.
[department label="Performance"]
Performance
Colour
Color testing is conducted using the [easyazon_link identifier="B0055MBQOW" locale="United states of america" tag="cupcre06-20″]Ten-Rite i1Display Pro[/easyazon_link] forth with the included i1Profiler testing software.
Fresh Out of Box
Out of the box, the Nixeus NX-EDG27 is gear up at a color temperature of 7054K, luminance of 166 cd/g², a gamma of 2.13, and a contrast ratio of 1234:i.
Calibration
In club to calibrate the display, we gear up the scale target to a white balance of 6500K, a gamma of two.2, and a luminance of 120 cd/m².
Once calibrated, the Nixeus NX-EDG27 was able to achieve a white point of 6524K, luminance of 120 cd/m², a gamma of 2.17 and a contrast ratio of 1280:1. This is accomplished by setting the OSD settings of brightness to 33, gamma to 2.2, and RGB values to 128, 127, and 124 respectively.
Color accurateness measurements were fairly good with an average ΔE of 0.89 and a maximum ΔE of 5.69.
Gamut Coverage
Testing the colour gamut coverage of the NX-EDG27, the panel was able to display 108% of the sRGB color gamut and 74% of the AdobeRGB colour gamut. This is expected considering we're dealing with an AHVA panel and will be more than enough for the average user.
Display Uniformity
Display uniformity testing is conducted using the [easyazon_link identifier="B0055MBQOW" locale="U.s.a." tag="cupcre06-20″]X-Rite i1Display Pro[/easyazon_link] along with the included i1Profiler testing software.
Here's a look at the display uniformity test at the calibrated settings. The Nixeus NX-EDG27 was able to reach a maximum brightnesss of 121 cd/m² at its center which is perfectly in line with our target of 120 cd/thou². The biggest deviation from the center is the top 1/three of the monitor with the top center of the screen showing about 17% deviance from center. In contrast, the bottom i/3 and middle 1/3 of the display is relatively uniform with under x% deviance from center.
During display uniformity testing, we as well scanned for any expressionless pixels and detected none.
Backlight Drain
Here'southward a look at the screen with a black image in a room with minimal lighting. We can run across that there's some backlight bleed coming from each of the four corners with the most apparent coming from the acme correct and the lesser right of the screen.
During backlight bleed testing, we also scanned for the presence of stuck pixels and detected none.
Viewing Angles
Viewing angles are very good as can exist expected of a monitor using IPS panel technology. There was little to no washing out of the prototype when viewed at an bending.
Overdrive
Overdrive is a characteristic on many newer monitors which increases the voltage of pixels in society to increment the speed at which the pixel'south colors modify. The Nixeus NX-EDG27 has four settings for overdrive: off, low, medium and high.
Interestingly enough, with overdrive gear up to off, medium or high, the resulting image has visible ghosting.
At the low overdrive setting yet, in that location is very faint to no visible ghosting. Unless Nixeus adjusts the overdrive settings in future models, the depression setting should exist used as the optimal overdrive setting for the NX-EDG27.
Input Lag:
Input lag is tested using the Leo Bodnar input lag testing tool over the HDMI input.The results for the Nixeus NX-EDG27 are as follows:
| Acme | ane.7ms |
| Middle | 9.5ms |
| Bottom | 16.8ms |
The middle of the screen, typically where all the action happens, measured 9.5ms, which is a relatively low input lag time making this display well suited for gaming. Farther, as DisplayPort is more efficient than HDMI, input lag time should exist fifty-fifty lower than the number measured.
Variable Refresh Rate
Every bit advertised, the Nixeus NX-EDG27 had no problems dynamically adjusting itself from 30Hz to 144Hz using FreeSync. Having such a wide range is of import as framerates that drib beneath the minimum range of a FreeSync monitor may exhibit juddering or trigger-happy.
AMD has introduced the LFC (Low Framerate Compensation) characteristic to FreeSync which is now a required characteristic in FreeSync's two.0 implementation. When framerates drop below what'south supported by the monitor, LFC will kick in and insert additional frames to increment the framerate to ensure FreeSync continues to operate normally. That said, a lower minimum refresh rate is all the same superior.
Overclocking
Every bit the display already runs at 144Hz, non much was expected in terms of overclockability nonetheless, nosotros were able to reach a stable 148Hz with the NX-EDG27.
Power Draw
Nixeus doesn't take a specification for the NX-EDG27's power depict other than <50w which is listed on the sticker attached to the rear of the display. In use, the NX-EDG27 drew 0.3w at idle, 23.9w at the 33% brightness (calibrated), and 31.9w at 100% effulgence.
[section label="Decision"]
Determination
When Nixeus first revealed their NX-VUE24, it was a major gamechanger as it was i of the first AMD FreeSync monitors that was capable of showing off the full range of capabilities of FreeSync. Following in its predecessor'due south footsteps, the NX-EDG27 is changing the game again with the aforementioned 30Hz-144Hz FreeSync range as its predecessor, but now also packs in IPS panel technology and, different many other IPS engineering science based monitors, packs an input lag under 10ms.
In testing, the NX-EDG27 actually did exceed expectations. Although a slight amount of scale was required to get the monitor to its optimal output, the result is an excellent monitor that accurately displays color while besides existence capable of playing games with low latency and little to no studder.
With all these features, you might exist thinking yous're looking at a $700 monitor however, the [easyazon_link keywords="Nixeus NX-EDG27″ locale="US" tag="cupcre06-xx″]Nixeus NX-EDG27[/easyazon_link] is expected to be priced at simply $499 which is very competitive despite being a production really in its own league. Of grade, to reach that pricepoint Nixeus has cut a few corners such every bit the relatively boring looking monitor blueprint, the external power brick, and the relatively cheap stand, but let's exist honest, nearly of u.s.a. don't go out to buy a monitor to await at the casing or to adjust the tilt of the monitor every five minutes. We buy a monitor to play games, scan the spider web, and edit photos on occasion. For that purpose, the Nixeus NX-EDG27 is an splendid selection. Highly recommended!
Sample provided past: Nixeus
Available at: Currently unavailable at this time. According to Nixeus, a new shipment of monitors is currently on its way and we'll be updating this article as before long as information technology'south available.
**Update 07/03/2017**
As promised, Nixeus reached out to united states of america to provide some more information on availability and pricing for the EDG27. Nixeus besides revealed to us a previously undisclosed SKU of the monitor, the NX-EDG27S.
Nixeus NX-EDG27 – The Nixeus NX-EDG27 will be bachelor at Amazon and Newegg at a MSRP of $499.99.
Nixeus NX-EDG27S – The Nixeus NX-EDG27S will be available at Amazon at a MSRP of $449.99. This model will be an Amazon exclusive. The deviation with the NX-EDG27S is that this model volition feature a basic tilt stand rather than a tilt, swivel and rotate. However, it will still feature a standard 100×100 VESA mountain for compatibility with third political party monitor mounts.
Source: https://www.custompcreview.com/reviews/nixeus-nx-edg27-27-inch-2560x1440-ips-144hz-freesync-gaming-monitor-review/
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