Anyone used the Dell UltraSharp 27?

Hey everyone, has anyone here actually used the Dell UltraSharp 27? I picked one up last year at Best Buy (the receipt says 27G2U, but the box just says 27G2, which seems right since there aren't any USB ports), and honestly, night scenes in games look pretty terrible. This might just be me being picky since my eyesight isn't the best.
In Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Witcher 3, everything gets super dark and hard to see when it's nighttime. And don't even get me started on Cyberpunk 2077—you can barely see what's right in front of your face in those dark alleys. If I crank up the brightness or contrast, things look better, but then daytime scenes are blindingly bright. It’s such a pain having to tweak settings constantly depending on what I'm playing. For browsing or watching videos, I usually keep brightness at 70/100, contrast at 50/100, and colors on warm. But for gaming, I have to push brightness up to 90-100, and with Cyberpunk, I need more contrast too.
I used to have an Acer G257hl and it was awesome, but I ended up giving it to my nephew to help him build his first rig, so I treated myself to this 144 Hz AOC instead.
Thx

Turn off the DCR (dynamic contrast ratio) setting. From there, you can just tweak the brightness until it looks right to you. I guess the dark scenes might look a bit washed out, but honestly, only an OLED panel is going to fix that issue.
If you're playing at night, maybe try pointing a small 4W LED lamp at the ceiling if you play in total darkness. It might help keep those enemy flashbangs from being quite so blinding. 🙂

Even with DCR turned off, I can still toggle between three different gamma settings, but yeah, the image looks pretty washed out when I do. I usually just stick to using the G-Menu app—it’s super handy for this monitor, kind of like how everyone loves it for the more popular 24G2.
I caught this video yesterday about the 24G2 where they were claiming that they "secretly" swapped out the panels on the smaller model last year. Apparently, the brightness and contrast aren't quite as sharp as the original 2019 version. If that's true, maybe that's why I'm actually digging the panel on this bigger one, assuming they used the same tech.

They don't specify which gamma standard any of those three options use.
Basically, I just stick to the factory defaults on my monitor; keeping everything aligned with sRGB specs ensures color accuracy stays consistent with what developers intended for games and software.
From there, I might nudge the brightness up or down by maybe 10%, and that’s about it. That works fine for me. I don't mess with the color profiles since I don't own a colorimeter to actually calibrate anything properly.
By adjusting the brightness away from the factory settings, you're shifting the entire spectrum. I also make sure to turn off the light sensor and dynamic contrast.
Maybe give it a shot and see if you prefer the look.
As for that washed-out effect in dark scenes, it's pretty much unavoidable because you're dealing with backlight bleeding through the crystals. If you drop the brightness too low, you'll just end up losing all the detail in the shadows.

Morgan Murphy5 said:He doesn't mention which gamma setting is the standard out of those three options.
Anyway, my move is to just reset the monitor to factory defaults—basically sticking to sRGB specs so the colors stay consistent with what the devs intended for games and apps.
Then I just tweak the brightness by maybe 10% or so, and honestly, that’s it. That’s my sweet spot. I don't mess with color profiles because I don't own a colorimeter to actually calibrate anything properly.
By messing with the brightness outside of the factory settings, you're shifting the whole spectrum. Also, I always turn off light sensors and dynamic contrast.
Give it a shot that way and see if it works for you.
That milky look in dark scenes? Yeah, you can't really escape it because the backlight is still pushing through even when the crystals try to dim it down. If you drop the brightness too low, you just lose all the detail in the shadows.

So, do you have the exact same monitor or just some other AOC model?

I took a look at your manual. I’ve got two HP Ultrasharps myself. They have the same IPS panel as yours, I guess.