Philips evnia 27m2N3800a Gaming Monitor Review

Do you want good news in the world of computer games equipment? Do not look further than in general game monitors and a specific example of Philips evnia 27m2n3800a. This is a humorous amount of money monitor.

Let’s release several attractions. We are talking about a full 4K reaction, IPS panel, 160 Hz and 0.5 ms response, as well as an alternative 1080p mode that works at 320 Hz. You get all this for less than $ 300 /300 £. Oh, and from the Premium brand, not a random outfit you have never heard of. Boom.

In fact, this monitor has such great value that in fact it exacerbates the growing problem of mismatch between the GPU and monitors. 4K game monitors have now reached the status of mainstream availability, really not so much 4K graphics cards. But we will come back to this problem and whether technologies such as the growth and generation of frames, not to mention the “double” mode of this 1080p monitor, the bridge this gap in a moment.

First, cover the rest of the speed, channels and functions. It is a 27-inch model with HDR400 certified. This means that there is no local darkening and narrow actual HDR capabilities.

Personally, I think it’s okay. Local dimming is at best Kludgy Technology, and this panel is capable of 450 rivets. So it is better to see it as a basically forceful SDR monitor that can decod HDR media than a real HDR display. As we see, in this context it definitely has some advantages, say, the OLED monitor.

One of the areas where you can detect the orientation of the Philips Evnia 27m2N3800A values is the chassis. This is quite inexpensive and artist. But, damn it still has a full adjustable stand, including a move in a portrait, so I don’t have actual complaints. You will not often massage the plastic when you have a configuration.

The connectivity was also caused by cut corners. There is a pair of HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort ports. But you can forget about USB-C and even a USB center. There is at least 3.5 mm Jack Audio.

In any case, I played with many OLED monitors recently and after the first fire, two things really stand out by Philips. The first is fragility and details. This is not the first 27-inch 4K panel with a high DPI I’ve ever seen. But this serves as a refreshment regarding the advantages of LCD panels with a conventional RGB pixel tag when it comes to rendering acute fonts. This panel looks very crunchy.

It is also very forceful. If you like a lot of pop for a day, you can’t overcome LCD with a decent backlight. OLED Tech is still fighting when it comes to the brightness of the full screen.

As for the calibration of the panel, it is quite good. The OSD menu offers SRGB and DCI-P3 modes, along with a litany of stupid so-called game modes and basic configuration, including color accuracy, gamma, etc., is essentially indistinguishable from much more costly displays.

Speaking of the OSD menu, you will find three levels of Pixel Overdrive. The most aggressive mode introduces a little more exceeding and reverse spirits than I would prefer. But the middle setting is a great compromise. There is little perceptible exceeding and is very brisk for an IPS display. As a reminder, there is also a low delay option, which is essential with 1080p mode.

So as a 4K SDR game panel is quite sweet. There is a lot of pop, lots of image details, plus a refreshing 160 Hz, if you have a graphic processor that can fully apply this refresh rate with a full 4K. In brief, you give up basically nothing compared to similar game monitors, which until recently cost 400 USD and more.

This is a similar story when it comes to HDR performance, although these options worth USD 400 actually had little to give up when it comes to HDR possibilities. As I said, there is no local dimmer, so HDR experience is narrow. However, SDR calibration is quite good in HDR mode, so you can simply start this item in HDR mode all the time.

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In any case, in glowing stages outside, this thing is Zings. It is much more striking than any OLED panel for this type of image thanks to the brightness of the Peak 450 Nit panel. This is at least 150 rivets more than any current OLED monitor can manage brightness in the full screen and shows.

What is not good at all is glowing attractions on mainly a shadowy background, with Starfield the most obvious example. There is a lot of backlight in these scenarios and destitute black levels. It is not worse than any comparable IPS display, it is clear. But the contrast is simply not something that this type of LCD is doing well.

It just so happens that the matte paint coating of this screen does not matter. Where a shiny coating can have a huge impact on the OLED panel, because the IPS display with so much Matte backlight bleeding is probably the road.

But what about the very stuffy “double” mode? First, Philips does not apply the scaling of integers to reach 1080p on this 4K panel. The scaling of integers is carried out when you apply exactly four pixels from the 4K mesh in the quadrant formation to act as a single pixel in 1080p grid.

To be forthright, most of the novel generation of double mode monitors do not apply strict scaling of integers to achieve the 1080p output, the reasons why I am not clear at the moment. The consequence is that the 1080p image is a bit supple on the Windows desktop. It is still better than conventional GPU interpolation to obtain 1080p on the 4K panel. But this is not a clear definition of pixels that you will get on a real 27-inch 1080p panel.

Having said, in the game actually looks quite good and much more comparable with a real native 1080p display. Of course, you also get 320 Hz, and the overall result is impressive at this price. If you want an inexpensive option that makes the latest AAA graphic festivals look stunning in full 4K glory, and at the same time you can tear dust 2 in Counter-Strike 2 at 320 Hz, this is an extremely attractive monitor. In fact, it largely provides the world’s best in the world.

Of course, part of this assumption is 4K games and this is my only significant reservation. GPUs remain painfully costly, so the question is how much you have to spend to get a graphics card that connects well with this extremely accessible monitor.

There is no basic answer. I would throw the RTX 5060 GPU, they are neither raw GPU power nor memory capacity. However, RTX 5070 will work quite well.

Speaking in this way, you will get over 60 FPS with quite high settings, and tracking of the rays is enabled in something like Cyberpunk 2077 thanks to DLSS and the production of frames. I am talking about the original frame that only puts on a single generated frame between each fully rendered frame, and not the latest 3x gene frame in DLSS 4, which is probably problematic.

Yes, there is a bit of delay, but it is very playable. In brief, the RTX 5070 Ti definitely helps delay. But then you combine a display below USD 300 with a graphic processor of about USD 800 and this is problematic.

Is this a good problem? Mainly. It is certainly great to have such a high quality 4K option at such a low price. It is a pity that you cannot get a sufficiently capable GPU for a similar price. But aside, it is a fairly great display as a very great price.

To add the last reservation, when we publish this review, availability looks narrow and it is Listed in Great Britain Amazon each 330 £Honest distance above 279 GBP IAS. It seems that he sold out at several other points, which reflects the value offered. Meanwhile, American prices have not yet appeared. All this means that you will probably have to surround the scanners and wait a bit for the early rush to serene down and the prices are settled.

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