It’s attached to an all-metal stand that makes the whole monitor feel secure.
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The actual display is thick, with a more substantial body than monitors typically have. The Raptor is built quite well, feeling much sturdier than other monitors with similar specs. Ports: HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 1.4, USB-C, two USB 3.2 Razer Raptor 27 specs Display: 27-inch IPSĪdaptive sync: FreeSync, G-Sync Compatible It’s still capable of providing a great image with HDR disabled, but the Raptor’s HDR doesn’t deliver the improvement one would hope for. The HDR400 support doesn’t output enough nits of brightness to achieve the desired baseline of HDR10, making the HDR support less than desirable. The image quality and fast refresh rate combine to make for one of the better 1440p gaming monitor experiences out there today, though the display is not without its downsides. For example, this makes sniping that enemy who pops into view much easier, dropping them before they can duck back into cover. In addition to much smoother gameplay over your typical 60Hz, the Raptor’s 144Hz refresh rate contributes to quicker reactions to movement and better precision aiming on the screen. This provides a real advantage for competitive games like Rainbow Six Siege, Valorant, and Call of Duty: Warzone, where going from a low refresh rate monitor to a high one could make for a substantial improvement in your K/D ratio. The Razer Raptor boasts a 144Hz refresh rate and G-Sync compatibility via FreeSync, both of which help it run and perform wonderfully. While these black levels leave us wanting, with the right settings, the Raptor is still capable of producing a good-looking image. Testing with the most recent Resident Evil games, dark hallways can look more gray than black. Darker scenes, however, is where the Raptor struggles a little. Bright sunny days in games like Saints Row: The Third Remastered and Metro Exodus are exceptional-the sun peeking through an overpass or set of buildings in Saints Row looks beautiful. Games look sharp at the screen's native resolution of 1440p, and the change in color tone between Valorant and Call of Duty: Warzone demonstrates the Raptor’s adept range. Display and performanceĪdorned with an RGB-lit base, the Razer Raptor 27 provides a gorgeous, vivid image on its 27-inch IPS display, which looks doubly nice with its thin bezel. It might seem a little silly at first, but once you delve past the Raptor’s colorful gimmick and dive deeper into its specs, build, and performance, you’ll find that Razer’s first gaming monitor is another exceptional example of the company’s ability to deliver a quality product. Fair warning: this base takes up more space than your average monitor does, but then the functionality more than justifies it.If it doesn’t have RGB lighting, is it really a Razer product? Razer’s tendency to equip its products with rainbow LEDs has become the subject of jokes, though the company seems to take it with pride, even equipping its first-ever gaming monitor, the Razer Raptor 27, with an RGB stand.
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Reaching around and fumbling with USB ports (it has three) is a thing of the past with the way this baby tilts, and the design features cable channels and a foldable arm design. Perhaps the most notable aspect of the Raptor outside of its beautiful display however is its tilting stand.
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