The 4 Best OLED Monitors - Spring 2024 Reviews

The Dell Alienware AW3225QF is the best OLED gaming monitor we've tested. It's a unique monitor because it's the first 4k, 240Hz QD-OLED available in North America, and it's best to buy it directly through Dell's website. What makes it better than other OLEDs is its high refresh rate, meaning it's ideal even for competitive gamers who crave a smooth gaming feel. Like any OLED, it has a near-instantaneous response time, resulting in crisp motion, and it supports all common variable refresh rate (VRR) formats to reduce screen tearing. It's also ideal for console gamers thanks to its HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, as it supports 4k signals up to 120Hz from the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

On top of its outstanding gaming performance, it delivers better picture quality than other OLED monitors because it uses a QD-OLED panel. This means it displays bright highlights and vivid colors and has the same deep blacks in dark rooms. This monitor has some downsides, though, as it has some issues with its Dolby Vision and eARC support, which is disappointing. If you can't find it in your region, you may also have to wait for other models to come out with the same panel later in 2024, like the ASUS ROG Swift PG32UCDM and the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8/G80SD.

The Dell Alienware AW3225QF isn't the only type of QD-OLED monitor available, as there are others with an ultrawide format, like the Dell Alienware AW3423DW. As it uses the same QD-OLED technology, the picture quality is similar to the AW3225QF with the same deep blacks and bright highlights, but it's different in a few other ways. It has a lower 3440x1440 resolution, meaning text and images aren't as sharp. It doesn't have HDMI 2.1 bandwidth to take full advantage of modern graphics cards, and it has a lower 175Hz refresh rate, but it's still good enough for most gamers.

It's excellent for gaming thanks to its near-instantaneous response time, and it also has native G-SYNC VRR support, which is ideal if you have an NVIDIA graphics card. If you don't need the native G-SYNC support, there are other ultrawide QD-OLEDs that you can get for a bit less, too, like the Dell Alienware AW3423DWF and MSI MEG 342C QD-OLED, and these are G-SYNC compatible. However, they don't get as bright, so the AW3423DW still offers the best picture quality for an ultrawide QD-OLED.

Although the Dell Alienware AW3423DW and the Dell Alienware AW3225QF offer the best gaming performance and picture quality, you can get smaller OLEDs for less. These have standard OLED panels, so they don't get as bright or deliver the same vivid colors, but they still display deep blacks in dark rooms. If that's what you want, the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM is a fantastic 27-inch OLED. It has a 240Hz refresh rate, making it an amazing choice for competitive gaming, but it has a lower 1440p resolution than the AW3225QF, so images aren't as detailed.

While it doesn't have native G-SYNC support like the AW3423DW, it's still G-SYNC compatible to work with NVIDIA graphics cards, and it supports FreeSync. It has the same near-instantaneous response time, so there's almost no blur with fast-moving objects. Other options use the same panel, like the LG 27GR95QE-B and Corsair XENEON 27QHD240, and they're more reliable out of the box because the ASUS has a few bugs that only get fixed with firmware updates. So, if you want something with fewer bugs before updates, the LG and Corsair are better options, but they're still a step down in overall performance as they don't get as bright.

The most common OLED monitors are available in 27 to 34 inches, but some are available with even larger screens. While they're less common, there's at least a variety to choose from as they come in different shapes and sizes. One is the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9/G95SC S49CG95, a massive 49-inch super ultrawide monitor. It has a 5120x1440 resolution and 32:9 aspect ratio, equivalent to placing two 27-inch, 1440p monitors side-by-side. This provides an immersive gaming experience as long as your games support such an ultrawide format.

It uses a QD-OLED panel like the Dell Alienware AW3225QF and the Dell Alienware AW3423DW, providing deep blacks and bright highlights. It even has a 240Hz refresh rate, which is beneficial for competitive gaming, but you need a graphics card that supports compression to reach that refresh rate. In terms of its gaming performance, it has incredible motion handling, like any OLED, and it has low input lag as long as you enable its Game Mode setting.

There are other large OLEDs that you can get, even with an ultrawide screen. The LG 45GR95QE-B is a 45-inch monitor with a 21:9 aspect ratio and the same 240Hz refresh rate as the Samsung. However, it gets less bright due to its standard OLED panel. You can also consider some 42 or 48-inch OLEDs, like the LG 48GQ900-B, but because they have a 16:9 aspect ratio, they're the same size as small TVs, so only get these if you're okay with using a display of this size as a monitor.