AOC C24G1A 24 Curved Frameless Gaming Monitor, FHD 1920x1080, 1500R, VA, 1ms MPRT, 165Hz (144Hz supported), FreeSync Premium, Height adjustable Black

To start, I am not a monitor expert nor am I someone who can tell you all the details about it. I think that the AOC Gaming CQ27G3S is a good monitor. It is a good value for a screen with nice specs! When I tested my monitor, I found that it has no dead pixels, and most of the information about it is accurate. The screen quality is very nice when you are watching videos or gaming. The color gamut seems pretty good to me, and the blacks are definitely a lot better than my old screen. It also has a nice amount of control over the picture if you want to tweak it more. The one thing that I have had an issue with is something called backlight bleed. If you dont know what that is, research on it. Im not saying that this is an issue with just this monitor, as I want to say most VA panels will have some amount of backlight bleed, especially curved ones. I have read that it can go down over time, and I also think my monitor doesnt have it that bad. I just want to say that if you expecting a perfect panel, you probably wont get it. Either way, this is a good monitor for the price! Check it out!

Picture quality is amazing. Responses for gaming is impeccable, if you can get it for a good deal, do it.

exactly what i needed

This monitor is great if you’re wanting something that’s 1440 and can run at 160fps, but don’t want to spend ridiculous amounts of money. Build quality is great and has performed well so far. There was some slight screen stuttering when I first started using it, but it seems like the settings I eventually landed on has made them go away or become very minimal as I can’t see it happening anymore. Giving 4 stars just because of the screen stuttering at first, not sure if that’s something that is consistent among these monitors or not.

So other than the questionable appearance of the damaged packaging the product inside appears to be everything Id hoped. I was concerned due to a few reviews referring to dead pixels and the warranty not covering it unless they are in a row... This is sort of a rotten thing when they advertise a 3 year dead pixel warranty. No mention about in a row type thing. In my experience I rarely had more than 1 pixel out at a time and usually if I had more than one they were never near each other and they are distracting when they catch your attention. I thankfully do not seemingly have any pixel issues. 144hz is up and running, actually think Im getting a bit more. The monitor has a section that reports the Hz and if freesync is active. The monitor has great articulation for the price point, and though I wasnt sure Id like the curve, I dont have an issue with it. I would still be fine with flat but I figured why not at this price point. As for the controls and settings in the monitor, there are many. I heard a complaint about it not holding settings in some situations but luckily for me the out of box settings are seemingly good for me. Putting the monitor together was cake, pretty much tooless assembly, unless you want to snug up the base a bit. CABLES, it comes with both a HDMI and DisplayPort Cable along with the power cable. The fact cables are included was nice I think the DP and HDMI cables are around 4-6ft long probably on the longer side. The power cable is a typical PSU style power cable and about the same length. Still not a complaint just an observation. All in all you will be hard press to get this much value at this price range. AOC has come a long way from the last time I had one in my possession. Will update this review in the future if needed, but if things work out this will stand as is.

After hooking up this screen, updating the drivers in Windows 11 (seriously, go to the website and update the drivers!), and tweaking some of the screen settings, I noticed that the desktop images have lines in them. There are also other spots I noticed initially, but cant remember exactly where, so Im not sure if the lines are a thing with VA screens or it happens that mine does it but others dont, however, since it isnt noticeable in games and theyre not visible when Im coding or writing, I just will likely learn to ignore it. Besides that, I love having a 1440p screen for just about everything I do. Yes, it gets a little weird when Im scrolling on a doc (from the motion blur), but still, at about 2 feet from the screen it makes everything easier to read and way easier to deal with reading long lines of code or writing and I dont have to scroll as much to keep working on the same section which is definitely nice. Yes, the blur means I can no longer slowly scroll read, but again, since Im scrolling far less, it actually probably is a wash overall. I also absolutely love the high refresh rate even though Im definitely not using it to its fullest with the games I play (LoL, Timberborn, Bloons TD games, etc) and on games where you have fewer graphic control settings (looking at you Bloons) you can get this interesting screen flashing, but its actually pretty minor when you actually are playing, but games where I can control the settings, in the game itself it doesnt happen. It can sometimes occur on loading screens, but again, pretty minor. Overall, its a decent budget 1440p monitor with decent capabilities and fits my desk just fine. I do have it on a monitor arm with my second screen and though the arm was designed for 24 inch monitors, the curve means it can fit the 27 inch just fine without messing up my secondary 24 inch 1080p screens angle. As well, unlike some of the other brands in this price range, it did have a Vesa 100 mount and took a standard computer cable for power, so I didnt have to run a separate cable (I already have a computer cable splitter to power my 2 monitors) versus a lot of brands now, so that was a plus for me, but might not be for you. Lastly, its got a bezel thats not too thick, but the monitor controls without their software are hard to use, so thats also something youll want to download if you buy the monitor to use as you tweak it for your environment.

Its a really nice screen for the price. I like the way you can move it vertically and horizontally at any time. Picture is awesome I recommend.

This product when I recieved it, said it was 165hz... After adjusting the properties on the pc, the highest setting was only 144hz... There also wasnt any instructions on how to adjust the hz itself on the moniters settings as well. But it is a good monitor and affordable... it isnt 165hz like it says it is.

Gaming was good, I played a little Valorant, but the only problem was that it wasn’t 165hz. The max was 144hz. I don’t know if I have to use the hdmi cord it comes with, or plug it in a specific way. Although it is better than the 75hz I used to play on, but you know I pay for 165hz I want 165hz. So I’m going to give it 4 stars.

Its a really nice screen for the price. I like the way you can move it vertically and horizontally at any time. Picture is awesome I recommend.