Here’s a great chance for you to pick up a 27in dual-mode mini-LED gaming monitor for a bargain price, enabling you to enjoy bright HDR imagery without worrying about the burn-in or text fringing issues of OLED screens. Right now, the AOC U27G4XM is reduced from its £399.95 MSRP to £339.95, saving you 15% on the price of this high-spec display.
AOC U27G4XM
£399.95 £339.95
“Thanks to mini-LED technology, this model combines the highest brightness, finest picture quality and best uniformity while still being slimmer than monitors with conventional LED.“ – AOC
The top feature in that specs list, of course, is its mini LED backlight with 1,152 local dimming zones. This not only provides a massive peak brightness of 1,200nits, but it also enables this IPS monitor to dynamically boost brightness in any of its dimming zones, meaning it can even handle HDR content. Indeed, it has full VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification.
You won’t get the deep, inky blacks of an OLED screen, but you will completely circumvent any worries about burn-in, while still getting a bright, colourful image.
Not only that, but the U27G4XM is also one of AOC’s dual-frame monitors. This means it natively works as either a 3840×2160 (4K or UHD) screen running at 160Hz, or a 1920×1080 (HD) monitor with a fast 320Hz refresh rate. That means you can have a 4K monitor with a super-sharp image for work, and then drop to 1920×1080 without any blurriness or scaling, and increase the refresh rate to 320Hz.
For more detail about this tech, you can read our feature about how dual-mode monitors work, but it’s a really cool feature. It gives you all the benefits of a 4K screen when you really want it, but without the huge GPU overhead and limited refresh rate for gaming.
Other cool features supported by this monitor are Nvidia G-Sync, meaning it will sync up its refresh rate with your gaming frame rate to eliminate tearing. You also get both DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 ports, meaning you can connect a console to it as well as your PC, plus there’s a four-port USB hub.
Basically, this is a top monitor for a great price at £339.95. You can grab it from this link here if you want to buy it.
