LG UltraGear 27GP850-B
27-inch QHD Nano IPS at 165 Hz, my second screen next to the Odyssey
| Maker | LG |
|---|---|
| Model | UltraGear 27GP850-B |
| Type | 27-inch 2560 x 1440 gaming monitor, runs at 165 Hz on my setup |
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| Store | Price | Checked |
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| Owned | — | 2026-09-27 |
Description
This is my second monitor, right next to the big Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED on my desk. It's a 27-inch screen, smaller and lower resolution than the Samsung, but still fast enough for games. Even though I am not really using it for games.
I bought it because back then I had a monitor that Klarna had given me, and I used the same setup for both gaming and work. For work that monitor was fantastic, no problems at all, but it had very few outputs for other things. So I ended up putting a USB hub on it and connecting everything to the hub, except some things somehow didn't work through the hub and only worked plugged straight into the monitor, so I was constantly juggling cables. On top of that I wanted a monitor with at least 144 Hz, because the one the company gave me was a normal 75 Hz one. A game at 60 FPS looked fine on it, but not as good as a game at 120 or 144.
I got lucky, because a friend of mine was moving from Sweden to London and selling a bunch of things he had, one of them this 27-inch LG that he'd bought on a discount. At first I made the LG my main monitor in landscape and moved the Klarna one to the side as the secondary, which I usually keep in portrait, at 90 degrees. I liked this monitor so much that I then bought a second identical one to replace both, and I ran two of these LGs for years, until one of them was eventually replaced by the Odyssey.
Impressions
The big advantage of this monitor for me is that it's 100% aimed at games, so the graphics are very good. The screen is very beautiful even without being OLED, and the gaming features are very good. It does variable refresh rate up to 165 Hz, 180 Hz if you overclock it over DisplayPort, and it's G-Sync compatible and FreeSync Premium, though some of those things I've never used.
It also has a row of outputs on the back that pretty much beats the number my own hub had. So I thought, this is the ideal monitor, because having two of them I'd have double the outputs and could plug double the things into my setup, which by then was a single setup, so I had two computers connected to it.
The main downside is that it's bulky. Not big in size, but wide, so it isn't as thin as other monitors, and that makes setting it up in a relatively small room, like the one I had back then, very difficult. You can't put two of them side by side without one bumping into the other. And if you have small quirks like I do, I don't like having monitors that aren't aligned, it was very hard to line the two up, because the bezels around this monitor ended up touching each other and it didn't look good. The border is also very thick, so one monitor didn't sit right next to the other and it ended up doubled up.
In general I still use it and I think it's an excellent monitor. I think I'm actually underutilizing it, because I use it as the second monitor, so basically what runs there is the messaging app and secondary things, Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, that kind of stuff. I could be using it for a lot more, but given that my other monitor is much better than this one, that one took the front.
Final thoughts
It's a great monitor, a really good one, especially for anyone who wants a nice gaming setup at a nice price. But that's what it is, it isn't stunning, it's just nice.