Monitors are kind of important. Like, you need them to see the games you play, man. But on a deeper level, picking the right one to see your games as intended actually is important—be that going up to 4K for those beautifully rendered textures or OLED for true blacks. Monitor manufacturer AOC seems to agree, and it has a whole new range for you to pick from. In a press conference I attended in Croatia today, Cesar Reyes Acosta, European commercial leader for AOC, showed off said new monitors, and asked questions as ‘food for thought’. These were a series of prodding inquiries intended to explain why one might want a new monitor right now (or, I suppose, in a few months, with some of them out in June and July). The first and most important question was “Is it smart to buy an OLED monitor today?” Effectively, with the memory crisis continuing to rage, taking GPU prices up with it, Acosta argues that swapping to OLED will feel more monumental than paying all that cash for quicker memory or an upgraded GPU. Following up, he pointed to how things have changed in five years, showing that the AOC 24G2SPU launched for €239 with a 23.8 HD 165 Hz screen and 4 ms response time. Inversely, the AOC 127G4ZR is a 27-inch 1440p 260 Hz panel, with a 1 ms response time and HDR 400, and it comes in at the same price. After showing this comparison, Acosta asked: “Are…
