The memory crisis is a dark cloud that lingers over almost every bit of hardware, and I'm worried it's only the start of the storm. Yet, gaming monitors have offered a single silver lining in all of this. They are getting fancier and better priced by the day, and none show that more than the panel I've picked out.
If you are looking to get an OLED gaming monitor and therefore get access to the vibrant colors and true blacks of this panel technology, AOC's G27G41ZDF is $300 at Best Buy right now, a whopping $200 saving.
Despite it being Amazon Prime Day / Week, it is, in fact, Best Buy that is offering the best monitor deal. Here, you're getting a 27-inch QD-OLED panel, with a super-high 240 Hz refresh rate and a lightning-fast 0.03 ms response time.
Given the price, you'd be correct in assuming it's not the latest QD-OLED technology. That means you will still get some font fringing in day-to-day productivity usage, but gaming is crystal clear here, and it's sporting a more reasonable resolution than 4K, so it won't necessarily bring your GPU to its knees.
If you need me to sell on why you should care about OLED monitors, they offer colors that truly pop and incredibly deep blacks, thanks to those self-emissive pixels. That gives them great contrast. I've made many upgrades over the last half a decade, and inarguably, my greatest has been getting my hands on an OLED monitor. You still have the aforementioned font fringing and will want to make sure to watch out for burn-in, but it just makes games look so good. Personally, I'd pick a 1440p OLED monitor over a 4K IPS one right now, and that's not just because 1440p is easier to run.
The monitor is pretty barebones in other places, providing just a single HDMI 2.0 port, one DisplayPort 1.4 port, and an audio out. You also only get a standard brightness of 200 nits and a peak brightness of 400 nits, which means I wouldn't be using this against a window. It does have a VESA mount, though, should you want to mount the monitor, and it's both Nvidia G-Sync compatible and HDR-ready. OLEDs and their contrast can help HDR performance, but the relatively low peak brightness of this one means you won't get the intense HDR-enhanced brightness of a more expensive panel
Because of the panel alone, this is a monitor I honestly couldn't recommend to you enough. OLEDs are worth the hype, and then some.
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1. Best overall / 4K:
MSI MPG 322UR X24
2. Best budget 4K:
Asus ROG Strix XG27UCG
3. Best budget OLED
Alienware AW2726DM
4. Best 1440p:
MSI MPG 271QRX
5. Best budget 1440p:
KTC H27T22C-3
6. Best 1080p:
AOC Gaming C27G4ZXE
7. Best Ultrawide:
Gigabyte MO34WQC2
8. Best budget ultrawide:
Koorui 34E6UC
9. Best competitive
KTC 25M1
