It's very neat software, one of the more complete software packages for monitor OSD control out there. ASUS has a more basic package called Display Widget which works with some of their displays (www.portrait.com/dtune/asu/enu/index.html), but I haven't tested it myself.
You need to connect the USB cable from your PC (downstream port) to monitor (upstream port). The upstream port is the weird shaped one, by the way, not a regular shaped (downstream) port like you'd see on your PC.
@@PCMonitors First impression is that it's far better than LG 850 in build quality and colors, but sRGB mode still feels a bit off. OSD sidekick is a very good option to adjust colors and brightness, but I'm starting to think that gaming monitors are not my cup of tea) especially after Dell U2414h. The bright colors are amazing, but dark and midtones feels a bit dirty and unbalanced out of the box.
Please tell me you're gonna do a review of the Gigabyte G32QC... I'm on the lookout for a new monitor and LOVES good contrast... but coming from TN panels... I'm scared of responstimes :(
Hey, thank you for this video! You said something about a USB cable, and the programm also demands it. Which cable is it and where do I find it? In my box there was no USB cable included
It's just a USB-A to USB-B cable. It's the type you'd connect to quite a few (non-wireless) printers so it is sometimes called a 'USB printer cable'. The squashed-looking end connects up to the monitor.
Hi, I want to buy this monitor but I'm reading that some people bricked their monitor when they updated the firmware to F04 version. Did you have any issues regarding firmware update? Thanks
None at all, obviously it would be mentioned in the review if I had. And I've updated the firmware on various Gigabyte models. Use the firmware update per instructions and if it's "bricked" due to no fault of your own you'd have to get Gigabyte to sort it out. Super inconvenient, but also very unlikely to happen. The only thing I can see causing it is if you disconnect the cable too early, the system crashes (avoid doing other tasks whilst updating firmware) or there's a power cut.
I just bought this monitors based on this excellent and detailed review (and some others ofc). Did you update your monitors to the f04 ? Did you have any issue after doing that ? I'm a bit scared to kill a nice monitor :/
I've updated the firmware on several Gigabyte monitors. As long as you don't cut power to the monitor during the update process, which is pretty quick, you've got nothing to worry about. And if something did go wrong during the update process that's what Gigabyte technical support is for. Not ideal of course, but you wouldn't 'break' a monitor and be stuck with it just because you used an official Gigabyte utility as designed.
@@MrArgurios I bought it because of this review as well. Just for security reasons, I left the firmware at F03. I haven't had any issues whatsoever since then, it's an awesome monitor.
@@PCMonitors Alright, Thank you for answering. When i'll get it, i'll do the update and test it. If everything is fine or if i get any issue, i'll report it here to inform people who still wondering.
got mine today and the picture settings are greyed out, cant change at all. Black EQ is greyed out. Im stuck with standerd picture mode 10 bit HDR mode.
Neither is technically correct. They're sent by PR companies who work on behalf of the companies, usually. That was the case here. They're sent back after we've reviewed them, so we don't receive direct monetary benefit by reviewing them.
I have a problem using the OSD Sidekick application - the USB cable disconnects me very often and that is the factory cable, what solution can they give me and it does not let me use the application
Do you mean physically disconnects or electronically? Does it reconnect after 'disconnecting' without you having to re-plug the cable in? You should try a different USB cable or different port on your system.
@@PCMonitors the cable is connected and disconnects by itself this message appears please check ig your usb is connect to be able to use osd sidedkick from aorus my monitor is an aorus fi27q
OSD Sidekick for that model (although the one for the FI27Q-P as linked in the description may also work) - www.gigabyte.com/uk/Monitor/AORUS-KD25F/support#support-dl-utility. You need to have USB connected to the USB-B (upstream) port of the monitor, yes.
So mine won’t show everything where it shows you cpu gpu frequency and temp and fans..I only care about the temp and only shows gpu temp but cpu stays at 0..how do I fix?
@@PCMonitors it is Z390 gigabyte mother board everything is gigabyte I reset my pc before it worked and now it doesn’t show also it never showed all of it just the temps..and cpu fan isn’t on cpu it’s instead at fan 1
@@PCMonitors nothing seems to work..tried messing with it in the bios and still no go..tried msi burner and gygabyte control panel which i downloaded and nothing
It's just a feature related to DP 1.4, which some monitor port controllers have (such as this one. Any GPU with DP 1.4 supports this, including yours. Note that we used a GTX 1080 Ti for most of the review.
You can connect it to a laptop as well. Any device running a modern Windows PC-based OS. Or send it back to Gigabyte and they can do it for you, presumably.
You connect the monitor to the PC using USB (USB upstream on monitor, which is the tall and squashed-up looking one). The same cable you need to use if you want to use the USB ports of the monitor for data transfer, it's included with the monitor.
That should only happen if you've set it up to do that in OSD Sidekick or if it's detecting an HDR signal in the game (i.e. you've got HDR enabled in the game).
Not sure what you mean by "black balance"? If you mean the Black Equalizer, you set that according to preferences or for most accurate representation disable it. Our recommendations for how to set the monitors up and how we ran them during testing ('Test Settings') is included in the calibration section of the written reviews. Obviously FI27Q-P written review still to come.
I got the the FI27Q-P, updated the firmware installed the rgb fusion 2.0 and Osd sidekick, the monitor works beautifully but for reason osd sidekick I only can open it just 1 time after that it doesn’t want to open, I have to restart the computer to open it just one time, I have done everything i can think of installing the osd several time, updated the firmware, ect but nothing any ideas on what it could be, thank you in advance!
Not sure why that would be. Sounds like some driver or other program is causing a conflict and it doesn't load immediately when Windows starts. I know in general that audio drivers can cause conflicts of this sort - do you have a sound card or just use integrated sound? It might be worth seeing if those drivers are up to date. Also try switching the sound source in Windows to the monitor (if you don't already) before opening the program and see if that helps.
@@PCMonitors nope I updated the drivers, look in the application error logs to see if there were any conflicts, nothing I got no idea whats the deal maybe with a future update it will get fix.
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OSD Sidekick: 5:13
Main OSD: 17:10
RGB LED: 33:48
please tell me, can you see the total operating time of the monitor in the menu?
@@timurgorski You can't.
Thank you very much, very useful!
I wish I had something like that sidekick software for my Asus monitor.
It's very neat software, one of the more complete software packages for monitor OSD control out there. ASUS has a more basic package called Display Widget which works with some of their displays (www.portrait.com/dtune/asu/enu/index.html), but I haven't tested it myself.
It says check to see if usb is connected but I do have it connected or do I have to connect it to a specific hdmi port in my computer
You need to connect the USB cable from your PC (downstream port) to monitor (upstream port). The upstream port is the weird shaped one, by the way, not a regular shaped (downstream) port like you'd see on your PC.
Thank you for great review! Have they added an option to control some parameters in sRGB mode like in FI27Q-X ?
Not as far as I'm aware. Unless they stealth added that to one of the newer firmwares.
@@PCMonitors Just bought the FI27Q. I've got FO4 update and it have option to control brightness in sRGB mode only in OSD sidekick app.
Thanks for confirming. How are you finding the monitor so far?
@@PCMonitors First impression is that it's far better than LG 850 in build quality and colors, but sRGB mode still feels a bit off. OSD sidekick is a very good option to adjust colors and brightness, but I'm starting to think that gaming monitors are not my cup of tea) especially after Dell U2414h. The bright colors are amazing, but dark and midtones feels a bit dirty and unbalanced out of the box.
Please tell me you're gonna do a review of the Gigabyte G32QC...
I'm on the lookout for a new monitor and LOVES good contrast... but coming from TN panels... I'm scared of responstimes :(
We do intend to review it at some point, but quite a few models we'd like to look at so can't promise anything.
@@PCMonitors well... better than a "no"... thx for the quick reply and deep reviews :)
Hey, thank you for this video!
You said something about a USB cable, and the programm also demands it. Which cable is it and where do I find it? In my box there was no USB cable included
It's just a USB-A to USB-B cable. It's the type you'd connect to quite a few (non-wireless) printers so it is sometimes called a 'USB printer cable'. The squashed-looking end connects up to the monitor.
@@PCMonitors thank you very much for the fast reply 🤗
how did you set the rate to 165? and are you using DP or HDMI?
DP, as covered in the review.
Hi, I want to buy this monitor but I'm reading that some people bricked their monitor when they updated the firmware to F04 version. Did you have any issues regarding firmware update? Thanks
None at all, obviously it would be mentioned in the review if I had. And I've updated the firmware on various Gigabyte models. Use the firmware update per instructions and if it's "bricked" due to no fault of your own you'd have to get Gigabyte to sort it out. Super inconvenient, but also very unlikely to happen. The only thing I can see causing it is if you disconnect the cable too early, the system crashes (avoid doing other tasks whilst updating firmware) or there's a power cut.
I just bought this monitors based on this excellent and detailed review (and some others ofc). Did you update your monitors to the f04 ? Did you have any issue after doing that ? I'm a bit scared to kill a nice monitor :/
I've updated the firmware on several Gigabyte monitors. As long as you don't cut power to the monitor during the update process, which is pretty quick, you've got nothing to worry about. And if something did go wrong during the update process that's what Gigabyte technical support is for. Not ideal of course, but you wouldn't 'break' a monitor and be stuck with it just because you used an official Gigabyte utility as designed.
@@MrArgurios I bought it because of this review as well. Just for security reasons, I left the firmware at F03. I haven't had any issues whatsoever since then, it's an awesome monitor.
@@PCMonitors Alright, Thank you for answering. When i'll get it, i'll do the update and test it. If everything is fine or if i get any issue, i'll report it here to inform people who still wondering.
got mine today and the picture settings are greyed out, cant change at all. Black EQ is greyed out. Im stuck with standerd picture mode 10 bit HDR mode.
Per the review and as normal for a monitor under HDR, most settings are greyed out. You need to run it in SDR to tweak things like that.
Do you pay for these monitors to review or do the company's send you them?
Neither is technically correct. They're sent by PR companies who work on behalf of the companies, usually. That was the case here. They're sent back after we've reviewed them, so we don't receive direct monetary benefit by reviewing them.
I have a problem using the OSD Sidekick application - the USB cable disconnects me very often and that is the factory cable, what solution can they give me and it does not let me use the application
Do you mean physically disconnects or electronically? Does it reconnect after 'disconnecting' without you having to re-plug the cable in? You should try a different USB cable or different port on your system.
@@PCMonitors the cable is connected and disconnects by itself this message appears please check ig your usb is connect to be able to use osd sidedkick from aorus
my monitor is an aorus fi27q
Hey man I have a kd25f. And i wonder where i can download the software for it? Do i need to connect a usb from my screen to my pc?
OSD Sidekick for that model (although the one for the FI27Q-P as linked in the description may also work) - www.gigabyte.com/uk/Monitor/AORUS-KD25F/support#support-dl-utility. You need to have USB connected to the USB-B (upstream) port of the monitor, yes.
So mine won’t show everything where it shows you cpu gpu frequency and temp and fans..I only care about the temp and only shows gpu temp but cpu stays at 0..how do I fix?
Not sure, it can't always read things depending on the CPU or motherboard perhaps.
@@PCMonitors it is Z390 gigabyte mother board everything is gigabyte I reset my pc before it worked and now it doesn’t show also it never showed all of it just the temps..and cpu fan isn’t on cpu it’s instead at fan 1
Not sure why that would be. Try reinstalling Sidekick and also taking the USB cable out and and reconnecting it.
@@PCMonitors nothing seems to work..tried messing with it in the bios and still no go..tried msi burner and gygabyte control panel which i downloaded and nothing
Hi, I clicked on reset and my monitor isn't the same any longer. Can someone help me with the calibration?
Any reason you posted on the AD27QD video and when I replied you didn't acknowledge that? The answer here it the same.
hey i got the monitor but the overdrive option is grey and i cant change it ?
That means you've got a preset active or another setting that has disabled it. If unsure, perform a factory reset in the OSD as shown in the video.
@@PCMonitors alright thx
do you know anything about HBR3? i have msi 1080ti gaming x. i dont know if my gpu has HBR3,
It's just a feature related to DP 1.4, which some monitor port controllers have (such as this one. Any GPU with DP 1.4 supports this, including yours. Note that we used a GTX 1080 Ti for most of the review.
I cant find where i can download this software. Please Help
A link is given in the video description.
Hi , got this monitor but use it more on my Xbox , is there way of updating firmware without having a tower to connect it too
You can connect it to a laptop as well. Any device running a modern Windows PC-based OS. Or send it back to Gigabyte and they can do it for you, presumably.
Thank you, what wire do I need to use
You connect the monitor to the PC using USB (USB upstream on monitor, which is the tall and squashed-up looking one). The same cable you need to use if you want to use the USB ports of the monitor for data transfer, it's included with the monitor.
My monitor keeps changing profiles whenever I open a game, do you know some way to fix it ?
That should only happen if you've set it up to do that in OSD Sidekick or if it's detecting an HDR signal in the game (i.e. you've got HDR enabled in the game).
@@PCMonitors Yes I'm using, the only thing that worked for me was using my games in windows mode and with g-sync on.
how do you enable hdr? i see no options
As covered in the review it's enabled automatically when an HDR signal is detected.
@@PCMonitors thanks for the response. i figured it out. Hdr dont like it , rather not have hdr on.colors dont pop out with enabled.
Which black balance is good for FI27Q-P and EX2780Q?
Not sure what you mean by "black balance"? If you mean the Black Equalizer, you set that according to preferences or for most accurate representation disable it. Our recommendations for how to set the monitors up and how we ran them during testing ('Test Settings') is included in the calibration section of the written reviews. Obviously FI27Q-P written review still to come.
@@PCMonitors That's wrong, it's Black Equalizer
You mean to say you were referring to the 'Black Equalizer' setting (covered by my reply)?
@@PCMonitors Which Black Equalizer correction is best?
Read my intitial reply, I've covered this.
I got the the FI27Q-P, updated the firmware installed the rgb fusion 2.0 and Osd sidekick, the monitor works beautifully but for reason osd sidekick I only can open it just 1 time after that it doesn’t want to open, I have to restart the computer to open it just one time, I have done everything i can think of installing the osd several time, updated the firmware, ect but nothing any ideas on what it could be, thank you in advance!
Not sure why that would be. Sounds like some driver or other program is causing a conflict and it doesn't load immediately when Windows starts. I know in general that audio drivers can cause conflicts of this sort - do you have a sound card or just use integrated sound? It might be worth seeing if those drivers are up to date. Also try switching the sound source in Windows to the monitor (if you don't already) before opening the program and see if that helps.
@@PCMonitors thank you for answering, I'll do that and let you know!
@@PCMonitors nope I updated the drivers, look in the application error logs to see if there were any conflicts, nothing I got no idea whats the deal maybe with a future update it will get fix.
PC Monitors Aorus or the lg27gn850. Need help deciding.
You should find this thread helpful - forum.pcmonitors.info/topic/aorus-fi27q-p-vs-viewsonic-xg270qg-27-1440p-ips-showdown/.
I need the calibration settings, please (:
Refer to the 'Test Settings' - pcmonitors.info/reviews/gigabyte-aorus-fi27q-p/#Calibration.