AOC Agon Pro AG276FK review
How much do you really, truly care about latency and motion fluidity? The AOC Agon Pro AG276FK is hoping it's a lot. Because this 520 Hz gaming monitor costs plenty, but it only gives you 1080p resolution.
US pricing has yet to emerge. But the AOC Agon Pro AG276FK is about £500 in the UK, implying a likely sticker of around $550. If so, it'll be priced right next to the likes of the ASRock Phantom Gaming PG27FFX2A, which is a dead ringer by most specification metrics.
What we're dealing with here is a 27-inch 1080p IPS gaming monitor that's being sold unambiguously on speed. Along with the nosebleed-inducing 520 Hz refresh rate, AOC rates this monitor's pixel response at 0.5 ms GTG and an eye-popping 0.3 ms for MPRT. That is awfully quick.
Such figures rarely if ever map well to reality. But they're useful as comparators and AOC is certainly positioning this monitor as being one of the fastest IPS panels out there. Of course, fast for an IPS is nothing for an OLED monitor, pretty much all of which are rated at 0.03 ms, an order of magnitude quicker on paper. But then good luck finding a 520 Hz OLED monitor for 500 bucks. They barely exist at any price.
Screen size: 27-inch
Resolution: 1,920 x 1,080
Brightness: 400 nits full screen
Response time: 0.3 ms MPRT, 0.5 ms GTG
Refresh rate: 520 Hz
HDR: HDR400
Features: IPS panel, HDMI 2.0 x2, DisplayPort 1.4 x2
Price: $550 (estimated) | £499
Elsewhere, AOC says this monitor is good for 400 nits and has HDR400 certification. To be clear, this is not a true HDR panel. There's no local dimming and it's not capable of high dynamic range rendering. But it will decode an HDR signal correctly. That's just about better than nothing, especially given HDR sizzle really isn't what this monitor is about.
Apart from the towering refresh rate, this AOC justifies its price point with a well built, all-alloy stand that offers a full range of adjustment including height, tilt, pivot and swivel. Design wise, AOC has gone for a quirky
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