This is the monitor you get when you want gaming smoothness without spending much. It refreshes 165 times per second, so fast games feel fluid instead of choppy, and pixels respond quick enough that you won't see trailing behind moving objects. The built-in speakers are surprisingly decent for a monitor — nothing fancy, but usable if you don't have headphones nearby.
The catch is it's 1080p stretched across 27 inches. That's the same pixel count as most 24-inch monitors, just spread wider, so text and details look a bit softer than you'd expect at this size. In games it's fine — you're moving too fast to notice — but reading text or editing documents feels fuzzier than a sharper screen.
BenQ calls it HDR, but it's not real HDR. The picture gets brighter in spots, which can help in dark games, but don't expect the punchy highlights you see on TVs or higher-end monitors.