AOC C24G1A 24 Curved Frameless Gaming Monitor, FHD 1920x1080, 1500R, VA, 1ms MPRT, 165Hz (144Hz supported), FreeSync Premium, Height adjustable Black
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Pretty Things and Coffee
Greater than one weekI currently have a 32 Samsung Curved FHD 240Hz panel for gaming. Wanted another one that is smaller and thought, what the heck, can always return to Amazon if this doesnt perform. Well, Im impressed 100%. The picture is actually better than my Samsung on COD Vanguard. FPS, smoothness and brightness are all fantastic. The panel is likely made by Samsung, not many make these actual panels in the World. Plus, the warranty is hard to pass up. It is just as good, if not better than my Samsung which was 2x the cost for 5 larger size. Buttery smooth action and does 240Hz. Just set the Hz and screen size in COD graphics settings, and my NVDIA 3080 just screams 200+fps. Really nice. Cant go wrong. If you arent used to a curve monitor, it takes awhile, since I already had one, no biggie. Plus, it doesnt seem 5 smaller in diagonal than my Samsung 32. Dont think you can go wrong with this thing honestly.
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Daniel Cantor
> 3 dayUI/UX Design, AimLAB, CSGO & Valorant.
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F. H.
> 3 dayIm typically long-winded in my reviews. If that isnt your thing, just skip to the last section as I feel its the most important. Im also not overly picky when I like something, but will point out every disliked feature or marketing inconsistency when Im dissatisfied or on the fence. - Visual Quality: Coming from an old 15-inch, 1400x900 VGA monitor the extra real estate and resolution boost is great. Unfortunately the bezels on the monitor arent quite as shown in the product image. In the image, they appear matte and part of the frame. In person, this isnt the case, theyre just part of the screen and, therefore, just as glossy as the screen. This can make the bezel in a dark movie scene or video game just appear as part of the screen, making mouse menu navigation confusing... At least it would if 3 of the corners on my monitor didnt glow like a christmas tree - seriously, its like someone shining a flashlight through your curtains. - 120% sRGB: To be frank, this is typically marketing lingo for scam (Sorry, Frank), and that doesnt just pertain to this monitor or AOC. This monitor does have decent colour portrayal from what I was table to test with hardware, but it was not 100% accurate as the 120% sRGB would lead one to believe, and blues were lacklustre. Not much more I can say on that, Im colour blind to blue so it doesnt matter to me, but the hardware I borrowed from a friend said blues were lacking. - Menu and App Software: The menu buttons built into the bottom of the monitor worked fine for me, it was just cumbersome to use as the buttons didnt have a very distinguished feel, which made it somewhat difficult to know what button I as using. The app software is a massive nope from me. I was sketched out a bit by there being two versions on AOCs website (10 months ago), but used a virtual machine to download them for Windows. Both versions had icon designs that looked straight from Windows XP (Yeah, Im old, sue me), and neither really functioned properly. One never launched and the other stayed as an overlay and refused to close though task manager/terminal, resulting in a VM shutdown and scrub. For those unaware, a virtual machine should run basic software like that without issue, so that was some error in the monitors software. - Free-Sync: Just turn it off out of the box, in my opinion. Im not someone whos sensitive to flashing or strobe lights, but even at a steady 120Hz in brightly lit games the strobing was enough to make me nauseous after 15-20 minutes of running around and testing the monitor out. - Bug: I tested the monitor on 4 systems, one with an AMD RX 6800 XT and again with a NVIDIA 3080 12GB (and otherwise identical specs), then again on a different motherboard/CPU/RAM platform (with the same graphical cards). On all 4 systems the monitor would sometimes lose picture for a few moments before coming back on during active use, and this is what prompted me to test more than one hardware setup. The loss of picture occurred more on the system with the AMD graphical card (Possibly just AMDs notoriously buggy drivers), but it happened on both. It occurred with basic display drivers and AOCs updated display drivers. Ive had the monitor for 10 months as of this review, and Ive never been able to completely solve that one.
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Riley
> 3 dayNo problems, good
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Ryan Taylor
> 3 dayI love the clarity, color, and the smoothness. This is by far one of the best screens I’ve ever used for any media consumption. I hadn’t used AOC but I’m impressed with their quality, the build of the monitor and stand are top notch. At first the monitor didn’t arrive, but I was patient and waited for Amazon to replace it and I’m so happy I stuck it out because this monitor is amazing! I will absolutely be buying a second in the future to extend my setup, but for now the size of a single is plenty for any gaming or media you might do.
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K. Edgington
> 3 dayI use a triple monitor setup for my PC gaming, so I bought three of these. I purchased the G2 model with only Full HD (1080p), but I got the 240Hz models that are curved. I have to say that these are very impressive for the price. The curve really works great when you line three of these monitors up, bezel to bezel. The curve is almost perfectly continuous across all three monitors, creating a great immersive gaming experience. They have adaptive sync and can refresh up to 240 times per second, so they are basically made for gaming. I only have a 10xx series Nvidia GPU, but it does support adaptive sync and the current Nvidia drivers allow these monitors to quickly be enabled for adaptive sync usage. I had to adjust the refresh rate in the Nvidia Control Panel in order to remove the refresh limits, but after doing so my games are running buttery smooth with no ghosting or blur. I LOVE IT!!! Unlike some of the other reviewers, I see no dead pixels on any of the three units I purchased. They came packaged well and were completely undamaged upon arrival. They came with a DP and an HDMI cable too, so thats nice. The only negative thing I have to say is that there is some backlight bleed through that is apparent when the screens are dark and the room is also dark. But as soon as something is displayed on the screens the bleed through around the edges is not noticeable. For $300 each, I really cant complain. Id buy these again, and again, and again. And the adaptive sync works great with Nvidia GPUs even though these monitors are not officially approved by Nvidia. I think they soon will be though.
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Joel Chavez
> 3 dayExcelente !!!!
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James
> 3 dayFor starters, the picture quality is awesome, about as good as you can get without starting to waste money. The stand is solid, very easy to adjust and sturdy feeling. Its also easy to assemble. Overall Im very happy with the monitor and I plan on buying a second.
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Boxy Alexis
> 3 dayI saw all the negative reviews about ghosting and stuff, and its so little you wouldnt notice it. the monitor is amazing I RECOMMEND!!!
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Miguel chacha
> 3 dayGreat