Gigabyte M27Q P Review: Very Good, With Caveats
Our full Gigabyte M27Q P review after two weeks of testing: measured performance, battery figures, and whether it is worth £299.
Daniel Reyes
The short version
The Gigabyte M27Q P is Gigabyte's 2023 entry in a crowded monitors market, and at £299 it is competing against some of the strongest hardware we have tested. After a fortnight of daily use, the headline is straightforward: it delivers 165Hz and USB-C charging under £300, which nothing else manages.
Verdict in one line: Buy it for 165Hz and USB-C charging under £300, which nothing else manages. Think twice if this would bother you daily: the stand only tilts.
Build and materials
There is nothing experimental here, which is mostly to the Gigabyte M27Q P's credit. The detail worth calling out is that the KVM saved us swapping a keyboard and mouse for two weeks. Against the rest of the monitors category it feels considered rather than novel.
What it can do
Our testing runs the same suite on every device so figures stay comparable across years. The figure worth quoting is Response: 1ms MPRT. That places it comfortably above average for its price bracket.
| Specification | Gigabyte M27Q P |
|---|---|
| Panel | 27in IPS, 2560x1440 |
| Refresh | 165Hz |
| Brightness | 400 nits |
| Contrast | 1000:1 |
| Ports | USB-C 65W, 2x HDMI 2.0, DP |
| Coverage | 92% DCI-P3 |
| Response | 1ms MPRT |
How we tested
Every figure quoted above comes from the same protocol, run on every unit in this category. This one spent two weeks as the reviewer’s primary display, driven by both a laptop and a desktop. A calibrated X-Rite i1Display Pro, measurements taken after a thirty-minute warm-up in a room held at 120 lux.
| What we measure | How |
|---|---|
| Colour accuracy | Delta E across 24 ColorChecker patches, out of the box with no calibration, because that is how most panels are used. |
| Brightness uniformity | Nine-point grid, reported as the worst deviation from centre rather than the average. |
| Contrast | Full-screen black and white measured in a darkened room, with local dimming disabled. |
| Power delivery | A 16in laptop under sustained load, checking whether the panel holds charge or loses ground. |
| Text rendering | Subpixel inspection at 200% magnification, which is where OLED fringing shows. |
We deliberately do not report quoted contrast ratios that rely on local dimming, and any HDR400 badge.
The honest caveat: Panel lottery is real. Backlight bleed on our unit may not match yours.
What it does well
- 165Hz and USB-C charging under £300, which nothing else manages
- The KVM switch genuinely works between two machines
- 400 nits is brighter than most at this price
Taken together, those strengths make it a natural fit for a dual-purpose work and gaming desk on a budget.
Where it falls short
- The stand only tilts
- The OSD is awkward to navigate
- Some units ship with visible backlight bleed
None of these are dealbreakers on their own. Whether they matter depends entirely on how you intend to use it, which is why the section below matters more than the score.
How it compares
The closest alternatives on price are Asus ProArt PA279CRV and AOC 24G2SPU. All three have been through the same tests, so the figures below are directly comparable rather than collected from different reviews.
| Model | Price | Our score | Standout | Weak point |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte M27Q P (this review) | £299 | 4 / 5 | 165Hz and USB-C charging under £300, which nothing else manages | The stand only tilts |
| Asus ProArt PA279CRV | £429 | 4 / 5 | 99% Adobe RGB at this price is unmatched | 60Hz |
| AOC 24G2SPU | £149 | 3 / 5 | 165Hz and a full ergonomic stand for £149 | 1080p at 24in is coarse for text-heavy work |
Nothing at this price scored higher in our testing, which is the strongest argument for the Gigabyte M27Q P.
Is it worth the money?
At £299 the Gigabyte M27Q P undercuts the category average of £608 by £309, against an average score of 3.9 out of 5 across the monitors we have tested. Its own 4 works out at roughly £75 per point. That is the straightforward case: above-average result, below-average price.
If the budget is the binding constraint, the AOC 24G2SPU at £149 is the floor we would still recommend — below that the compromises stop being ones you can live with.
Two weeks in
Two weeks in, the figure that stopped mattering was panel — 27in IPS, 2560x1440 is more than adequate and you forget about it by the third day. What kept surfacing instead was that the stand only tilts, which is easy to shrug off in a spec comparison and harder to ignore at 6pm on a Friday. On the other side, the KVM saved us swapping a keyboard and mouse for two weeks turns out to be the sort of detail you only appreciate after living with the alternative.
Who should buy it
Buy the Gigabyte M27Q P if you are a dual-purpose work and gaming desk on a budget. Skip it if this is something you would notice every day: the stand only tilts.
Buy it if:
- A dual-purpose work and gaming desk on a budget
- You want 165Hz and USB-C charging under £300, which nothing else manages
- You value the KVM switch genuinely works between two machines
Skip it if:
- You need stand only tilts to be a solved problem
- The Asus ProArt PA279CRV at £429 already covers what you need
- You upgraded within the last two years — the gap is not worth the outlay
Verdict
Buy it for 165Hz and USB-C charging under £300, which nothing else manages. Think twice if this would bother you daily: the stand only tilts.
Score: 4 / 5 · £299 at the time of writing.
Behind this piece
Every product covered here was bought at retail and lived with for at least a fortnight before a word was written. Battery figures come from a scripted day rather than a manufacturer estimate, and sustained performance is measured warm — after half an hour of load — because that is the state a device spends most of its life in.
Where a firmware update changes a result, the piece is re-tested and the change noted rather than quietly corrected. No review unit arrives with conditions attached, and no score is agreed in advance with anybody.
Where to go next
If you are weighing this against the rest of the monitors we have covered, the category archive lists every review in date order. The closest comparisons we have published are Gigabyte M27Q P vs AOC 24G2SPU: Is the 2023 Model Worth the Change? and Gigabyte M27Q P vs Asus ProArt PA279CRV: Is the Asus ProArt PA279CRV Worth £130 More?.
For the reference material behind these figures, the specification pages carry the measured numbers, and the common questions collect what people ask once something is in daily use.
