Asus ROG Swift PG42UQ | 41.5 inch | 138 Hz | OLED | G-Sync | 4K $1,399 $949 at Amazon (save $450)
Feel the need for a truly gigantic display? The ROG Swift PG42UQ is our top pick for the best 42-inch gaming monitor for a reason. It's got fabulously deep OLED black levels, fast response times, and a genuinely impressive array of connectivity options.
Price check: Newegg $1,274.22
Sometimes, size really does matter. When it comes to gaming monitors, while you can absolutely have a great experience with a small display, big screens will put you right into the action. We've found two of our favorite big-screen gaming displays on discount, and while they're very different form factors, both will deliver incredible visuals at a size and resolution you can really appreciate at its best.
Let's kick things off with the Asus ROG Swift PG42UQ, currently available at Amazon for $949. In terms of aspect ratio this is a conventional 16:9 display, but everything else, including its size, is supercharged.
For a start, it's a 4K OLED panel, meaning that colours are ultra-vivid and black levels are as dark as can be. It's also got a 138 Hz OC'd refresh rate, making it a slightly faster version of the same panel found in one of the other top-rated OLED gaming displays, the 120 Hz LG OLED C2.
The LG, however, is a TV, whereas we discovered in our review that the PG42UQ is much more of a proper gaming monitor. It's got a 0.1 ms (2 ms GTG) response time, G-Sync support, and a matte finish that might not make images visually «pop» in quite the same way as the big LG, but is much better at rejecting reflections.
It's even got great HDR handling, with a 750 nits brightness rating in HDR mode.
Connectivity-wise, you've pretty much got it all. Displayport 1.4, two HDMI 2.1 connections, two HDMI 2.0, four USB 3.2 Type-A, one USB 3.2 upstream, and a 3.5 mm audiojack. While this is definitely a gaming monitor more than a TV set, you could absolutely make it the central display for all your
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