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The Best Gaming Monitors to Step Up your Skill



1.ROG Swift PG279Q

The Asus ROG Swift PG279Q is the best gaming monitor you can buy right now. For years, gamers have been forced to make a choice between picture quality and refresh rate. Cheaper, faster TN panels delivered fast refresh speeds up to 144Hz, while IPS screens offered more vibrant colors and dramatically better viewing angles but at much slower refresh rates. But as monitor technology has improved, there are now monitors that pair an IPS screen with a 144Hz refresh rate.

The PG279Q is a 27-inch monitor with a 2560x1440 resolution, which we currently consider the sweet spot for high-end gaming. It offers substantially more pixels than 1080p without being as demanding as a 4K panel, meaning games look sharp at 27 inches but won’t bring a good GPU to its knees. Plus, you can still get higher than 60Hz refresh rates, which isn't possible on the current crop of 4K displays. You can also comfortably run at 100 percent scaling in Windows, something that isn't always desirable with 4K panels.

2. Acer Predator XB273K

This monitor is a relative of the Acer Predator X27, which previously sat on this list. However, the newer XB273K bumps it off as it offers almost the same excellence but for even better value.  It gives away only a slight decrease in HDR quality and but otherwise matches the X27 punch for punch. Plus its so much cheaper. Almost half the price (looking at retail prices).

The XB273K, get's you a terrific panel with exquisite image quality and, despite the apparent lesser HDR capabilities, wonderful colours, contrasts and depths to games too. G-Sync is present to offer stable pictures and smoothness in faster games, the refresh rate and response times back this up by being speedy too, and there's a solid range of ports available to you no matter what gear you're packing. It might be a little on the dear side still but the value is undeniable. And, just in case, you may see it listed as the XB3 or XB273KP depending on the shop and where you are in the world.

3. BenQ EL2870U

When you're building a PC, it's tempting to invest all your resources into the guts of the machine. You want a system that can handle 4K graphics, with all the in-game settings ticked all the way up. But equally important is the monitor needed to display your favorite games in 4K HDR glory. The BenQ EL2870U, as its name suggests, is a 28-inch gaming monitor that won't totally break the bank. 

Although it is constrained to the limited viewing angles of its TN panel, it more than makes up for this concession in other areas. For instance, its native response time is a blistering 1ms. Meanwhile, unlike other monitors in its class, it touts a pair of integrated 2W speakers, perfect for late nights spent watching dumb videos on YouTube with your IRL best buds. (Hey, it's not just a monitor for gaming!) Perhaps best of all, the BenQ EL2870U is graced with its own 3.5mm headphone jack, so you don't have to waste time scouring the area for a cable long enough to reach your motherboard.

Lastly, the BenQ EL2870U features a hard-wired HDR button for toggling on and off high-dynamic range. Because sometimes, we'll admit, it's more trouble than it's worth taking a screenshot in Windows with HDR enabled. And since it regularly goes on sale for less than half a grand, we're not too bothered by the fact that it foregoes Nvidia G-Sync in favor of AMD FreeSync. 

4.AOC Agon AG271QG

Few monitors are as shamelessly tailored to esports athletes as the AOC Agon AG271QG, a curvy 27-inch 1440p beauty from the makers of some of the most renowned professional-grade monitors for video editors and graphic designers on the market. In terms of color accuracy, AOC's screens are regarded highly, and the AG271QG is no exception. 

Certified for VESA DisplayHDR 400, its brightness and vibrancy is enough to put most screens to shame. Plus,  it has G-Sync, which ought to take a load off your GPU in your continued effort to thwart screen tearing and jaggies, which suck. Of course, that's only if you're an Nvidia user. AMD graphics card owners will have to sit this feature out, but that's okay because there is a cheaper FreeSync model of this same monitor called the AOC Agon AG271QCX. 

We're focused on the G-Sync version here because it's rare that we find a curved 27-inch QHD display featuring Nvidia's adaptive sync tech at such an aggressive price. Because its refresh rate is exceptionally fast, at 165Hz, it leverages a TN panel rather than an IPS one. But chin up, esports champ, there's more to life than wide viewing angles.

5. ASUS MG279Q

Right now there's really no competition for the Asus MG279Q: this is absolutely the best monitor for AMD users who want a FreeSync display. It's a 1440p IPS screen that can refresh up to 144Hz, like our favorite monitor above. But because it uses the open FreeSync technology instead of G-Sync, it doesn't cost as much (though price differences have narrowed of late).

Thanks to that IPS screen, colors look great even from off-angles. The base is sturdy (and allows for lots of tilting, pivoting, and height adjustments) and the bezel is fairly thin, which is nice for a 27-inch monitor that’s already taking up a good deal of space. Like most other gaming displays, it also has a light anti-gloss coating, which I like; some older IPS displays went too heavy on the coating and affected image quality, but the MG279Q doesn’t have that problem.

The contrast ratio is also great, and the ability to support multiple inputs makes this screen better for people who might want to connect a second system, like a gaming console. This is thanks to the presence of the internal scaler, one of the main differences you'll find between G-Sync and FreeSync offerings. With no other IPS FreeSync displays that can match the MG279Q on specs, this is a great monitor and an easy choice for anyone with an AMD graphics card

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