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Gaming monitors are in such a good spot right now. Despite many other PC gaming components getting driven up in price by the memory crisis, we are steadily getting cheaper and cheaper monitors with richer, more detailed and punchier panels.
If you're in the market for an upgrade, we gave the Gigabyte M027Q28GR a 90% just a few months ago, and it's already down to $480 at Amazon. That's a discount of $120, and a mighty fine price for a mighty fine monitor.
To start from the top, this Gigabyte panel uses LG's upgraded WOLED technology, which means it's brighter and punchier than its predecessors, and it's hurtling fast at 280 Hz. That means it's perfect for gaming, and it even has a speedy 0.03 ms response time.
1440p is a good sweet spot for most rigs, looking nicer than 1080p but without needing a top-end rig for consistent 4K play. Our Jeremy said in his review, "Right out of the box it's immediately obvious that this new panel is an improvement on previous generations of LG OLED."
Unfortunately, despite being new, it does lack LG's RGB-stripe subpixel structure, which means it's still vulnerable to font fringing. Effectively, in a non-gaming application, you may notice edges on text. How much this will affect/distract you is naturally pretty personal, but for gaming, this shouldn't have an effect.
And, in gaming, it's a bit of a beast. It's super snappy and quick, with specs not far off being esports-ready, and the 27-inch screen looks great in action. You will get brighter panels, as this only offers a full brightness of 335 nits, but that's still an upgrade on some OLED panels, and noticeable in play.
The look of the rest of the monitor is pretty neat, too. It's got a classy-looking chassis and pairs it with a metal base and stand. You're also getting HDMI, DisplayPort and USB Type-C connectivity, with a built-in USB Type-C interface offering 18 watts of power. That's not massive, but it should be enough to keep your phone or a light laptop topped up with battery.
At full price, this OLED monitor got a huge score from us, and the $120 discount is the best we've seen yet. We have seen it previously for about $20 more, but it seems unlikely it will come down by much more this side of Black Friday. It rounds this out with a three-year warranty, which is just the cherry on top.
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1. Best overall:
MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED
2. Best 1440p:
MSI MPG 271QRX
3. Best ultrawide:
Gigabyte MO34WQC2
4. Best budget ultrawide:
Alienware 34 QD-OLED AW3423DWF
5. Best WOLED:
LG UltraGear 32GS95UE
6. Best 27-inch:
Alienware 27 AW2725Q
