The one drawback here: Unlike on many other gaming monitors, you can't control the OSD settings via the Razer Synapse 3 software. The monitor also supports both picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture functionality, just in case you're doubling the Raptor 27 as a business or productivity display and want to hook up multiple PCs or other video sources to it at the same time. Using this joystick, you can change the many settings on offer, including brightness and contrast adjustments switching between different color modes and turning on the overdrive response-time booster and the motion-blur reduction feature. With so many solid choices made in the design of the Raptor 27 chassis, I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see Razer opted for the best way of navigating through the onscreen display (OSD) menus: a five-way joystick. No headphone-jack passthroughs here, which is a small disappointment but not enough to ding the Raptor 27 much.
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That allows for all the ports to face directly outward and makes it easier than ever to plug in every port you need.Īs for that port mix? The Raptor 27 supports just enough, with DisplayPort 1.4b and HDMI 2.0 inputs (one of each), one USB Type-C input (it supports DisplayPort 1.4 and USB upstream capabilities), and two USB 3.0 ports. Razer's solution for this problem? Let the display tilt fully flat, perpendicular to your desk. More often than not, you might find yourself manhandling a monitor or positioning it screen-down just to get everything slotted in its right spot. This can make it mighty tricky to get cables plugged in, naturally. (Every other monitor maker, please pay attention.)īecause of where monitors need to place their circuit boards internally, on most monitor chassis the majority of the video inputs and USB ports are positioned underneath the monitor, facing downward. Why so far? Well, this is where one of the best design aspects of the monitor comes in: simplified port access. The monitor is vertically adjustable, up to a maximum distance of 5.25 inches from the bottom of the display to the desk, and the stand supports a huge tilt range: up to 90 degrees.
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You can program it to any customizable pattern you want it's controlled through the Razer Synapse 3 software suite. A single, subtle RGB LED strip wraps around the base of the stand, and it reflects softly off your desk.
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There's just an ineffable elegance to it, something that needs to be seen (and felt) to be understood.įinally, though I'm normally not a fan of RGB lighting on gaming monitors due to its tendency to be too bright and wash out the images on screen, I'm impressed with the restraint that Razer has shown in this department. Also, the monitor's rear panel is wrapped in fabric-another first in gaming displays-and although it takes some getting used to, I'm a big fan of the materials choice. The rear portion of the stand enables you to thread the (admittedly very neon green) cables that Razer provides with the monitor from the bottom of the screen, down the stand through precut channels, and out to your PC. Next, there's the utterly unique back of this unit, where the stand also doubles as a cable manager. The one catch? The rectangular base is set in lockstep with the horizontal plane of the monitor, which means any ergonomically fussy gamers like myself who need to keep their keyboards at an off-angle to play effectively, will be forced to scoot the monitor back on their desks a little to set themselves up for multiplayer domination. As long as you have a stable enough desk, you won't catch this panel wobbling during intense gaming sessions anytime soon. That's not a bad thing, however, and it only adds to the overall sturdiness and solid profile of this 25.4-pound monitor. (It also features a peak 144Hz refresh rate.)įirst, there's the stand, which is both wider and heavier than any other display I've tested in this category. On the design side of things, everything about this IPS-based, 2,560-by-1,440-pixel panel stands out from anything I've seen in the gaming monitor space before.