hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and welcome back to another video and today we're looking
at the gp950 lg's 4k hdr gaming monitor with a one millisecond response time
so i've actually been looking for a new screen over the last few months or so something that had
hdmi 2.1 support for the ps5 and xbox series x and i think i found the ultimate gaming monitor it's
capable of 144hz and supports amd freesync g-sync and vrr it basically ticks all of the boxes when
it comes to a new monitor now i'm not sure if it's down to this monitor but since building my new
desk setup my gaming has noticeably improved this thing is absolutely rapid and it looks incredible
but it's not cheap the gp 950 is currently 800 pounds or 900 dollars and for a 27 inch screen
that's pretty expensive in my review today i will show you what it's like for gaming on both the ps5
and xbox series x as well as talking about the response time picture quality and things i would
actually change and if you've made it this far in today please drop a comment below telling me what
you currently game on are you xbox playstation or pc okay let's talk about the overall look of this
monitor i love the design the bezels around the edges are incredibly thin giving it an
almost frameless look the stand offers the usual adjustments that you would expect including height
adjustment pivot and rotate so you can use it in both landscape or portrait mode unfortunately the
screen cannot be angled or moved left and right without moving the entire stand i was also really
impressed with just how easy it was to put this monitor together as no tools are required at all
the screen just clips onto the stand and then the stand attaches to their legs using just two screws
and that's it there is some small branding on the feet including the lg logo on the right and the
g-sync logo on the left this green sticker can be removed if you don't like it it will just peel off
the stand feels really solid and sturdy there's no worries about being knocked or shaken during
gaming now the back of the stand is pretty thick and heavy duty looking and although it's got a
cable management hook that's all that it offers it would have been nice if it had some kind of
internal cable management trunk in like their ergo brackets but if you don't want to use the stand
that it comes with well it does have the vesa support as well so this screen can be wall mounted
or attached to a different bracket taking a look at the ports on this monitor it comes with two
hdmi 2.1 ports now this is the biggest addition to this year's monitor it brings out 4k 120hz support
for the ps5 and xbox series x there's also a displayport 1.4 2 usb downstream one usb upstream
and a headphone jack while we're here let me show you the led lights which are built into the back
this rgb color wheel named sphere lighting brings a nice glow behind the monitor you can adjust the
brightness and turn them on and off using a little scroll wheel across the bottom if you're using it
on a pc you're also able to have the monitor match the content on screen but if you're using it on
a console this option won't work there are some default colors to choose between like red green
and white or you can go for the full rainbow vibe instead i usually have lifx strips behind
my tvs and my monitors as it adds a nice glow and it usually helps with eye strain and fatigue
so these lights are a nice addition to have as standard although it would have been awesome if
the ambilight worked on the hdmi inputs so the gp950 is a 4k ips panel and it looks incredible
it's also incredibly sharp the colors are vibrant punchy and very accurate plus as it supports hdr
10 you've got the option to watch and play both sdr and hdr content while i'm gaming i always have
hdr switched on whether that's on my c1 oled or this monitor and this monitor does not disappoint
it's rated at hdr 600 so brightness is pretty good and far better than the hdr 400 monitors that i've
used over the last few weeks i've played loads of different games on it including call of duty
vanguard forza and a few others and these games have looked so nice on it now i'd normally play on
my tv so the colors and contrast don't really come close to an oled but for an led monitor it looks
awesome just look at the detail and the colors here this looks absolutely awesome plus as it's 4k
everything included in the text is super sharp talking about the lg oled well i'm currently
using the 77 inch c1 and it's as good as this ultra gear monitor in terms of response time
and input lag it's an incredible tv for gaming on i actually did a review about it a few months ago
well it's currently on sale and if you're interested in picking up this tv or the smaller 48
55 or 65 inch please click that link in the description to see the current offers
now the highlights and the shadows i have found to be perfectly balanced but there are some settings
you can tweak on the monitor if you wish to these are called gamer profiles and you can actually
change the overall contrast and the shadows of the game just by changing the profile option i
found profile gamer 1 the best option but there's other options including fps and rts to choose
from now as this is an ips panel there are limited dimming zones it makes some dark scenes look more
gray than black and if you're playing a dark game or at night there's a chance you will experience
some light bleed i'll try to demonstrate that here it's not really bothered me while gaming but it's
definitely something worth mentioning now here's a scene in gran turismo sport which i'm racing at
night it's not helping that it's during the day and i've got the lights on but it's also down to
that anti-glare coating which is on the screen that will impact it slightly as soon as you go
off center which you won't really do while gaming you can see the colors are washed out
and the contrast is lost on a tv this might be an issue but on a monitor it's not really of concern
now this monitor is a 27 inch and actually did have a concern before i got it if it would be
too small but having used it for the last three or four weeks i would say it's the perfect size
i have also got a 32-inch monitor on my other desk setup the un880 but that feels a little too
big for gaming but it's perfect for productivity overall the picture quality and color accuracy
as well as the sharpness is very impressive this is by far the best looking monitor that
i've ever used now as i mentioned i also have the un880 and i use that for working on but i think
the gp 950 could easily be used for both gaming and productivity although a 27-inch screen for
productivity might be slightly too small now let's talk about the response time and the input lag
this monitor is an absolute beast i've got nothing bad to say about it at all it's fast in fact it's
rapid now i'm not sure if it's down to the monitor and the slightly lower input lag over
my oled but my gameplay has noticeably improved since getting it now this could be down to the
fact that i'm now sitting at a desk or the chair that i'm using but i feel a lot more focused and
combined it just feels so much better but yeah this monitor is fast it's got a one millisecond
response time when you're using it in the fastest option and an incredibly low input lag i couldn't
find the exact figure on the lg website but i believe it's around four milliseconds and
the fact it can run at 120 hertz for the ps5 and xbox series x is a game changer literally
everything runs so smoothly and there's no issues with screen tearing or dropped frames
switching the 120 mode on in vanguard makes a nice difference to the whole experience of the game and
if you're gaming on a pc though you can run this at 144hz or overclock it to 160 when using the
displayport it also supports vrr which means if you're using the xbox series x for example you can
take advantage of that variable refresh rate now i won't be using the xbox on this monitor as it
is currently plugged into my tv but having tested that out over the last week it does look and run
incredibly well you can actually adjust the response time by going into the settings on the
monitor just choose game adjust and then response time i have mine set too fast as when i enabled
faster it added loads of artifacts to the screen and looks pretty bad but fast works perfectly well
for me and every game i've tested on runs really really smoothly so i have briefly shown you this
throughout the video and that's the fact that the monitor does have its own settings or menu overlay
all you need to do is press the little button on the bottom of the monitor and it will display it
here you can change the input settings or the game mode and if you choose the game mode on the right
hand side it will then show you the current frame rate or freesync and hdr settings that you've got
then in the main menu you've got the game mode which we've already covered you've
got game adjust where you can turn on overclock or freesync black stabilizer and response time
you can even add a crosshair overlay if you'd like and there's an fps counter on screen
now this is useful if you want to track the fps of a game that you're currently playing then
under picture adjusts things like brightness and contrast and sharpness and various other settings
you can also adjust a few extra settings in here as well along with the rgb lighting
but now let's talk about any issues or downsides to this monitor now nothing in
my opinion is a deal breaker but it's definitely worth mentioning so when you turn the monitor on
each time it displays a kind of an led light show behind and i can't find any way to turn this off
it's not really a massive issue but it seems a little bit unnecessary there's the light bleed
that i've mentioned earlier it's not terrible but in dark scenes and in the dark room you will
definitely notice it i have read that some users have experienced issues while using this monitor
on a pc but as i don't have a pc i cannot test or verify it it's something to do with a graphics
card and switching between a black screen and the content on screen so if you are interested in this
monitor just make sure that it's compatible with your current pc or your graphics card
but for console gaming i can say it works perfectly well on the ps5 and the xbox series x
and then there's this last one which is almost irrelevant as most of us will be using headphones
or external speakers but there are no built-in speakers with this monitor so the ultimate
question is is it worth it is the ultra gear gp 950 worth the price well the gn 950 and even the
gp850 are cheaper but they are lacking the hdmi 2.1 port if you can grab one of those and you
don't need that support i would probably go for those instead as they are practically the same
but saying that if you want that hdmi 2.1 option and you want an ultra fast monitor with 4k hdr
144hz capability this is really hard to beat it looks good it's rapid and the picture quality is
incredible it's an easy recommendation from me and i will be using this for a long time
now i'm also aware these are very difficult to get hold of at the moment i actually ordered
this back in july but i didn't receive it until september and my only advice is make sure you're
signed up to stock notifications everywhere i had them switched on for lg's own website curries and
even now in stock but if you've got any questions about this monitor or my setup please drop those
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