KITGURU SHORTLISTS: THE BEST MONITOR OF 2024

After putting the MSI MPG 321URX through its paces over the last couple of weeks, it is hard to be anything but mighty impressed with what this gaming monitor is able to achieve. Utilising Samsung's 3rd Gen QD-OLED panel, the combination of the 4K resolution, 240Hz refresh and other benefits of OLED technology is as good as I hoped - it delivers a gaming experience which is, in my opinion, unlike anything else on the market right now.

The Gigabyte Aorus FO27Q3 is another very competent gaming monitor from the Taiwanese giant. It would be hard for it not to be, considering it uses Samsung's highly impressive 3rd Generation QD-OLED panel, a technology that I have been highly impressed with since its introduction earlier this year.

The AOC AG276ZQD is offering a 240Hz OLED screen that's currently less than £500 here in the UK, something that still blows my mind even after testing it for the last week. Sure, we know the panel has limitations - but that applies to every other WOLED monitor. The near-instant response times and incredible motion clarity at 240Hz are really something next level compared to an LCD, as is the HDR performance thanks to the per-pixel nature of OLED displays.

The PA27JCV has to go down as the most colour accurate display I have ever tested. Out of the box results are good in their own right, with contrast hitting 1500:1 being a particular highlight for the IPS panel. However, ASUS' colour space modes are supremely well configured, to the point where anyone using the sRGB or DCI-P3 modes wouldn't even need to bother with calibration - they are that good.

Above all else, the IPS panel that AOC has deployed here is very high quality considering the £220 asking price. Colour accuracy, contrast and brightness are all decent, but it's the response times that really excel. Using the Medium overdrive setting, the Q24G2A offers a very fast gaming experience with minimal overshoot, delivering one of the best average grey-to-grey response times that we have seen from an LCD.