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

Im 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.

Been using it for about a year now, still works perfect and looks great on both hdmi and display port

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!

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.

On the AOC website, they claim the CQ27G3S has a response time of 1ms MPRT and 4ms GtG. I didnt believe the 4ms gtg would be such a big hit on the monitors ability to control ghosting, but darker scenes have a lot more noticeable ghosting. I tested ghosting using ufo test, so not really gaming environment, but it gives an idea on how the monitor reacts to certain scenes. Bright scenes are quite tame with almost no ghosting, while the darkest scene has the most noticeable. Overdrive setting on strong seems to lessen the length of the trail. Its not unplayable and for a VA panel, I didnt expect much. 7/10 165hz refresh rate is very nice because it allows for more smoother gameplay. I switched from a 60hz 4k to a 165hz 2k and the difference is huge. The quality of the image is about the same unless youre staring right at a single pixel looking for it. The only problem with the refresh rate is that 165hz is unstable. The actual monitor refresh rate fluctuates between 165hz and 160hz. It doesnt affect performance, however, its still a bit misleading. It is most stable at 144hz and does just as good. If you needed exactly 165hz for some reason, this monitor is not the best. The pixel density is very high for a small screen so the images are really clear. Anything above 28 for a 1440p/2k monitor is going to be poor. Coming from 4k 28 to 2k 27 there isnt much difference in image quality. Especially if you upscale resolution in games, its basically the same picture. 8/10 The colors also needed some work to get it perfect. There are three ways to make the screen brighter: brightness, contrast, and rgb settings. If you raise all of the rgb equally, the brightness also increases. Too high of a contrast will raise brightness, but also make all of the colors look weird. Adjust to your own preference. There is little to no back bleed. Only the slightest grey patch in the upper right corner, but unless youre in a completely dark room with a black screen playing, its completely unnoticeable. 9/10 The OSD menu is poorly developed. Modifying certain menu items will modify other related items, understandably so, however, it doesnt revert back to default. Which means if you have a good set up and modify your settings to experiment, you will lose your previous set up. Maybe not that big of a deal, but a peeve of mine. I wish it doesnt save until you hit a separate button to save. For now, it gets the job done, but if I ever wanted to change something, I would lose all my previous settings which is very unfortunate. 7/10 Its 2k at 27, 144hz stable refresh, curved VA, and affordable with a 4 year warranty against any manufacturer defect(dont quote me). Very much a worthy buy. 8/10

Bought this monitor to accompany my new entry level pc I built. This monitor is great for anyone looking for great performance on a budget! All specs are accurate and the design is sleek and looks great!

On the AOC website, they claim the CQ27G3S has a response time of 1ms MPRT and 4ms GtG. I didnt believe the 4ms gtg would be such a big hit on the monitors ability to control ghosting, but darker scenes have a lot more noticeable ghosting. I tested ghosting using ufo test, so not really gaming environment, but it gives an idea on how the monitor reacts to certain scenes. Bright scenes are quite tame with almost no ghosting, while the darkest scene has the most noticeable. Overdrive setting on strong seems to lessen the length of the trail. Its not unplayable and for a VA panel, I didnt expect much. 7/10 165hz refresh rate is very nice because it allows for more smoother gameplay. I switched from a 60hz 4k to a 165hz 2k and the difference is huge. The quality of the image is about the same unless youre staring right at a single pixel looking for it. The only problem with the refresh rate is that 165hz is unstable. The actual monitor refresh rate fluctuates between 165hz and 160hz. It doesnt affect performance, however, its still a bit misleading. It is most stable at 144hz and does just as good. If you needed exactly 165hz for some reason, this monitor is not the best. The pixel density is very high for a small screen so the images are really clear. Anything above 28 for a 1440p/2k monitor is going to be poor. Coming from 4k 28 to 2k 27 there isnt much difference in image quality. Especially if you upscale resolution in games, its basically the same picture. 8/10 The colors also needed some work to get it perfect. There are three ways to make the screen brighter: brightness, contrast, and rgb settings. If you raise all of the rgb equally, the brightness also increases. Too high of a contrast will raise brightness, but also make all of the colors look weird. Adjust to your own preference. There is little to no back bleed. Only the slightest grey patch in the upper right corner, but unless youre in a completely dark room with a black screen playing, its completely unnoticeable. 9/10 The OSD menu is poorly developed. Modifying certain menu items will modify other related items, understandably so, however, it doesnt revert back to default. Which means if you have a good set up and modify your settings to experiment, you will lose your previous set up. Maybe not that big of a deal, but a peeve of mine. I wish it doesnt save until you hit a separate button to save. For now, it gets the job done, but if I ever wanted to change something, I would lose all my previous settings which is very unfortunate. 7/10 Its 2k at 27, 144hz stable refresh, curved VA, and affordable with a 4 year warranty against any manufacturer defect(dont quote me). Very much a worthy buy. 8/10

mi primer monitor gamer. Estaba muy preocupado por unas reseñas sobre pixeles muertos y mas dificultades, pero llego unos días antes de lo estipulado, empaquetado excelente y a la hora de abrirlo no encontré ningún daño. lo tengo desde hace mas de 3 meses y no ha presentado daños lo utilizo para juegos principalmente y productividad ocasionalmente, no puedo asegurar si fue mala suerte o casos externos sobre varias reseñas del producto pero puedo asegurar que es excelente inversión. estoy utilizando el cable displayport que llego con el equipo no me a presentado fallas aun. actualizare la reseña si presenta algún inconveniente

I 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.

So, first thing, I got lucky that I was home sick when this got delivered, because they do NOT do discreet packaging. Not even a little. Its the box the monitor came in with some Amazon tape and a shipping label on it. I snapped it up right when it arrived, but it could EASILY have been stolen, so theres that. On to the actual monitor: Super easy to set up. Im relatively experienced, but even if I werent, it wouldnt have mattered, because the most difficult part was getting through all the packaging to actually get to the pieces. Item arrived with no issues aside from very blatant packaging, and Ive noticed no issues with dead pixels or anything of the like since setting it up. I love the monitor size. It feels like I have a dual monitor setup without having a dual monitor setup. I dont explicitly notice the curve except that overall its very nice to look at. Now onto my one little gripe. Overall, the picture quality isnt very... clear? Images arent very smooth, which isnt a dealbreaker for me, but it is a little sad that I paid so much for a monitor that is actually worse, image-wise, than the monitor I was using before, which was a dell monitor I received for $5 and was about ten years old. Again, this isnt a dealbreaker for me personally, as Im the gaming type that DOESNT stress over every little point of optimization in a gaming setup and am mostly just happy with a setup that plays the games I want to play with a reasonable level of smoothness, but it is slightly disappointing and is the only thing lowering my score of this thing.