[roylan101]

Ive been having a bad case of upgrade-itis. I currently have a 27 inch 1440p 165Hz IPS. An AOC Agon AG271QG (which was reviewed here: https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/aoc-ag271qg/). It has been serving me well since around 2016/2017.

It has pretty good ips glow compared to other monitors I have tried. The high refresh rate is nice. I would like something with better contrast and black levels, and maybe perhaps slightly better motion performance.

But it seems like the only way to get this is with OLED. I work a lot from my setup so OLED burn in and text clarity is a concern.

Also my GPU is a 4080 super, and while very respectable, seems to struggle with the latest games in 4K unless you enable frame generation. I prefer to game at at least 80HZ+

I’ve looked at reviews of current 4k or 1440p IPS panels, and it seems like I won’t be getting much for my expense unless I go OLED, is that correct?

[PCM2]

Hi roylan101,

I’d agree with your assessment really. If you look at a more modern IPS example such as the MSI MAG 274QRF QD E2 currently featured as a gaming monitor recommendation there are some areas you can expect a degree of improvement but it’s nothing earth-shattering overall. For example contrast is marginally higher (~1300:1 vs. ~1100:1), which wouldn’t be a clear difference. And then when ‘IPS glow’ is considered and the overall uniformity lottery the contrast experience could actually be worse in some respects. The colour gamut is significantly wider, so it has much higher vibrancy potential (if you like that kind of thing), yet the viewing angle performance is actually somewhat weaker than your current model. And the pixel responsiveness is slightly improved, but not massively so. It sort of gives in some respects and takes away in others.

OLED on the other hand can provide a huge boost to contrast, can give (if you go the QD-OLED route) a very different screen surface experience which you might enjoy and couples a very generous colour gamut with improvements to viewing angle performance and colour consistency compared to your current monitor. The pixel response time improvements are also significant. Whilst monitors remain subjective and it’s tough to say which aspects you’d personally enjoy and find “upgrade worthy”, I think it’s fair to say OLED has a lot more potential to impress whereas a modern IPS alternative to your current screen could feel more like a sidegrade of sorts.

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