LG UltraGear Ergo 27GN880-B

An ergo-armed work-play curiosity

- JEREMY LAIRD

A PC MONITOR that pleases both gamers and productivity peeps? Sounds like a stretch, but that’s the new LG UltraGear Ergo 27GN880-B’s basic proposition.

The gaming half of the equation is covered by 144Hz of Nano IPS panel tech. LG claims it’s good for 1ms response times. That’s courtesy of the gray-to-gray metric, not the tricksier MPRT measure, which can flatter to deceive regarding the subjective experience of pixel speed.

Support for both AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync flavors of adaptive refresh is also included. Combine all that with the popular 27-inch form factor and 1440p native resolution (2560x1440 pixels), and you have a solid base for a gaming panel. There are panels with more pixels. There are monitors with higher refresh. But that 144Hz, 27-inch, 1440p, 1ms combo from an IPS panel is a real-world sweet spot. Few gamers will truly need more.