How to Buy The Right Gaming Monitor (For Your Needs)

No rotate = no go...Shmup are the best and can't be left when it's come to gaming.

Looks very user friendly.

2:40 This comparison lacks. 120Hz to 240Hz reduces the frametime by 50%. 240Hz to 360Hz has the same delta of Hz, but at the same time only reduces frametime by 33%. That's a huge difference, so one can see why this jump doesn't feel so big. Instead you should've compared to 480Hz and I bet your conclusion would be entirely different. There's a reason why Microsoft added support for up to 1000Hz into Win11 and it's the same one why we now saw the first 1000Hz monitor on Computex. Diminishing returns are far from reached and there's science out there to confidently back this up.

Please review the X27U A1bmiiprx QD-Oled. Their old model was WO-Oled matte.

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The buying decision paralysis on gaming monitors is real because refresh rate, panel type, and resolution all interact in ways most guides skip over. This one actually breaks down how those trade-offs work at different price points instead of just listing specs, which is what makes it useful.

Ay thanks for that, really great refresher for this sort of stuff. I swear monitors see so damn hard to comprehend the stuff when you first learn it or forget it after a while, comparable to some of harder highschool exams except actually interesting lol

Just get the XG27UCDMG, literally perfect

All of these monitors are basically the same price in my country: 760-800 usd



* MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED 360Hz

* Dell Alienware AW2725DF 360Hz

* LG UltraGear 27GX790A-B 480Hz

* ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27ACDNG 360Hz

* ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDNG 360Hz



I’m upgrading from an ASUS VG259QM 24” 280Hz IPS.



My PC specs:

Ryzen 7 7800X3D + RX 9070 XT



Usage:



* ~70% FPS games

* ~40% movies/videos

* occasional story/single-player games if I enjoy OLED enough



My room is not always dark, but not very bright either. During daytime I usually use thick white curtains to reduce sunlight.



I want both:



* very high image quality

* excellent motion smoothness



Which monitor would you personally choose and why?

Also, would WOLED or QD-OLED be the better choice for my usage?

I just got a 32in Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED Monitor S3225QC for my Xbox series x. Best monitor for gaming I’ve had. Only 120hz works for console.

I think 4k is soo much more practical for a huge number of people now due to advances in upscaling and has never been so achievable by mid range and more budget pcs but people have been taught that native gameplay is the only way by purists who wont accept anything but pure rasterized power which i understand but unless you can shell out for a 4090 or 5090 pure raster wont save you in newer titles so might as well embrace the new features and man i got to say there getting scary good. The fact the a 60 class gpu from newer gens can game in 4k is nuts as long as you use the features. I mean why wouldnt you when your paying for them. The days of pure raster are dead unless your buying flagship gpus costing the price of a used vehicle. I do appreciate native for sure but if i had the choice between native ultra settings at 1080p vs medium/high settings with performance dlss which renders at 1080p internally. I'd choose the performance dlss on the 4k monitor any day vs a native 1080p maxed out. I also will always vouch for a multi monitor setup. Once I tried out having 2 monitors its very hard to only use 1. I have a 240hz 3440x1440p ultrawide, a 32inch 144hz 4k, and a 55inch 144hz 4k tv. I struggle to use my ultrawide 1440p over my 4k with the exception of racing games I do enjoy the UW more. Long story short even 9060xts and 5060s can do 4k with some upscaling, some settings optimizations, and maybe throw in a 2x frame gen here and there and its great. The tech has come so far and is not what it was a few years ago. DLSS 4.5 performance in 4k looks sooooo good its scary and with reflex 2x frame gen is almost unnoticeable now. Ill never own another 1080p monitor ever again unless its a dual res 4k/1080p monitor but in that case I think the holy grail once there are more options will be the dual res 5k/1440p monitors now coming around.