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Imagine the feeling after switching from 60hz to 540hz they would probably ascend to heaven

I think the jump from 60-144hz was impressive because of the cost per unit at the time, 540hz for $800 seems like a bargain compared to how expensive the initial high refresh monitors were.

60-120 > 144 is pretty huge. 120/144 > 240 makes you realize how much fast motion you've been missing in close quarters 240 > 360 removes a lot of residual motion blur of large objects. 360 > 540 makes fast moving text and smaller objects a lot more clear. That's also likely coupled with a faster response time (GtG / color transition) from the monitor. The reduced input latency is also another bonus. Overwatch 2 is already a game you can play at 540 hz pretty reliably on a high end PC. It's going to be hard to sell 1000 hz in comparison but this is pretty nice as it is.

Was expecting $1000. I remember paying $500 for a 120hz just a few years ago. Probably pick one of these up when they drop in price. 144hz to 240hz was much more noticeable than people led on. Can only imagine this one is insane.

I had a CRT monitor in 1999 that did 144hz at 1280x960. It was way better than any LCD I've seen to date (and I have a 360hz monitor)

The 7800X3D is the best CPU for Counter-Strike 2 according to GamersNexus benchmarks. "Sparing no expense" and buying the most expensive thing doesn't mean it's always going to be the best for your use-case. Also, you need to use a command to uncap the framerate in Counter-Strike 2, otherwise it is capped by 400fps by default.

0:56 Can't stop watching Dimitri's head tilting every at every tilted aiming moment 🤣

Imagine switching from 45-50Hz to 540Hz 💀

hey dimitri when you have been using the 360hz zowie monitor, did you notice any difference in size with this monitor?? 24.1 vs 24.5?

The jump from 60 to 144 was astounding to me, I can't play at a 60Hz monitor now cause it feels laggy. What I did, and it's not esports related or anything, is I changed the resolution, so I have a 34'' Ultrawide at 144Hz and it's a beauty, so I would say there are even more option to go in the future, 240Hz at 1440p is a thing now, few monitors have it, but hey it's there!

actually alianware made a 540hz monitor earlier. Sadly the pixel response times weren't constantly under 2ms so it wasn't really worth it compared to a 360hz. Also the reason why early 360hz monitors weren't useful

This was already tested with Shroud before. YES, 360hz would feel smoother than 240hz. But, not too much. YES, there are dimishing returns happening everytime there is big improvements on things.

You won't see the difference all the time, but whenever there is fast movement at 360HZ you can easily make out whats happening, while at lower refresh rate, there is too much interpolation and everything goes blurry..

3:55 - That video was uploaded prior to ultra fast IPS panels being introduced. Later Optimum would go on to recommend the PG27AQN, a 360hz an ultra fast IPS panel.

Come on man where's our faker video?

There is something to be said about image quality too. Im on an Alienware dwf. Love the HDR. I guess we'll see if its good when monitors unboxed maxed a video

How big a difference do you think it would be with the same exact setup, only a 4080 instead of a 4090? Would it still push 500+ frames?

Why did you blur the Monitor dude, nobody can see the refresh rate in a youtube Video

It would be nice if people mentioned pixel response time when they were talking refresh rated. There might be a 240 or 360 Hz screen out there that have less perceived motion bluer because the pixel response time is faster. Can this monitor do black frame insertion at 540hz? Cause that might also reduce perceived motion and only require 270 fps. That might also be a solution for people that are not too sensitive when it comes to smoothness.

Nice add, didn’t know you also do product advertisment now?

i like how they blurred the monitor in the intro as if the video wasnt 30/60 fps 💀💀💀

have used 240hz oled, ips at 170hz and now an acer nitro v2 at 390hz(360 when using multiple monitors with amd gpus it seems) and I still think CRT is king even when running at 85hz at 1280x1024 on my 17" samtron. Even witht the acer I get relegated to like lower mid tier after a run is done, with the crt I am always on top if not the very top. CRT owns every kind of modern tech right now and would love to see a comeback for us who wants fast monitors with ZERO input lag.

GREAT INTRO DEMITRI!!!!!! this one gave me a good chuckle!!!!!!🤣😂

I don't mind 900$ for that monitor when my BenQ XL2420G in 2014 was 650$. It was the first hybrid G Sync 144hz monitor on the market and was way way expensive. Still got it but retired it earlier this year.

The mustache guy knows what he's talking about, he's a Hololive fan so he has based taste.

I went from 60 to 144 that was huge surprise how good it felt....and recently i picked new monitor and stepped up to 360 and it impressed me the same as going from 60 to 144hz. If you have good gaming PC to run these games above 360 go for it. I am not going back. I think the monitors 540hz will become affordable much quicker, however gaming PCs that can run consistent FPS above 540 are going to take some time to get there....i have a RTX4090 and play CS2 and i can tell you i can not run CS2 above 540FPS consistently.

Imo while Im sure crazy refresh rates with the power backing it up would be amazing I'm not sure if its worth on its pros due to the lack of content ever reaching that height. Seeing as most content besides PC gaming would potentially benefit from this I'm sure putting a 60hz signal from one of the latest consoles or even retro consoles scaled would have undesired effects (and potentially worse latency than other monitors at lower refresh rates. My highest is an ultrawide 1440p 165hz and I think that'll be my limit for a long time.

wouldn't the oled 240hz still be faster than the 540hz tn ? because of the instant response time and 0.03 ms response

Got the same Ikea desk as you

thankyou for showing just how stupid I was playing on a 144 hz monitor but using 60 hz my whole life forgetting to change the setting

That thing was a TN panel but it actually looks rly good and the ghosting is rly good

My 540hz pg248qp will be delivered Saturday! I'm Rocking a 14900k, can't f-ing wait

But did you manage to get 540 constant on cs2 with this setup?

I'm not an e-sports level gamer, but whenever ASUS drops that 32" 4K 240Hz OLED next year, that'll probably feel like ascension from my 29" 1080p Ultrawide 75Hz IPS. I bought the 4080, I'm going to use the full 4080 in my cinematic games, darnit. If I ever want to get more serious with shooters again like I wanted to be, I'll probably snag this to use in those games/be a side monitor for my static apps so I don't get burn in on the OLED.

And if you dont like OLED (i tried the AQDM, was very distracting with text fringing and looked smeary) get the PG27AQN 1440p 360Hz IPS ULMB 2 panel. That thing is INSANELY FAST, CLEAR AND COLORFUL.

do they limit fps when playing online cause the advantages are getting crazy

what about the size does it matter too?

2:00 The joke is gold.😂

The Ninomae Ina’nis in the background threw me for a loop, that’s culture.

Jaws bigger boat reference was S tier memery

I found it harder to use than the 360hz personally. Same reason I didnt like Dyac+, its almost too smooth. When I flick, I can see everything but my brain also tries to process that info when I don't want it to. May just need more time with it

Where's the 800hz shown in the preview image?

Still impossible to find it in stock anywhere

I think another thing people don't always talk about is how slow some of these "fast gaming" monitors actually are on a pixel response level. There are lots of VA panels in particular out there with 16ms+ responses from black that cause terrible smearing and other dark colors also have very slow times as you pan around. This means black sections of the screen end up smearing all over the place at about 60hz, like phone lines against sky and stuff like that, and it doesn't matter how often the screen is actually refreshing, this pixel time is actually what makes things blurry a lot of the time and is often why these 300+ hz monitors just don't feel right. You aren't actually achieving that refresh rate on anything but a hardware reporting level. Once OLEDs with their 1ms pixel responses can do 240 hz regularly this will be the go to. Its not necessary to go any higher when there is no blur to combat. This is also part of why some people with perhaps a better IPS can feel a difference between 240 and 360, and to others it just doesn't feel right. Product by product there will be potentially a lot of hidden differences related to pixel responses from different colors. There is also another factor which is overdrive overshoot where manufacturers will cause inverted blacks by increasing voltage on the matrix to force faster color switching on a panel that can't actually do what's on the box, which still makes things very blurry and mess up colors a lot. Note that the GTG (grey to grey) times that manufacturers boast about for response times is actually a best case scenario for any panel and that's the reason they advertise it. Certain colors switching around can have vastly different response times than a 1ms GTG response. My 120hz OLED already feels and looks way more smooth than my 240 lcd ever did as the lack of blur makes things in motion that much more clear.

I got the ASUS 27 inch IPS panel 280hz 1080p monitor used on Amazon for like $170. It's actually a 240hz, with an overclock setting that takes it up to 280hz. The anti flicker tech and the anti motion blur tech is good, overdrive settings good, IPS display so the colors are also good.

Also OLED pixel response times make a huge difference

I made the switch this week after 20 years of xbox gaming to my brand new pc with 240fps. It feels really satisfying but i'm glad I can use my controller with Apex because i'm extremely horrible with M&K.

man these monitors are getting crazy and here iam still chilling with a 100hz monitor 😅

Just pre ordered mine arrives before Christmas glad to have a pc that can run games crazy good, I play overwatch 2 competitively so getting 600 fps is easy

Wait a minute is his twirl getting bigger?

That Ina wallpaper in the background is very nice!! so are the stickers

I bought this monitor. I think it's amazing, especially the ability to change the rez to "native" 5:3 and 4:3

I have 13900KS and 4090 and I average between 320 to 500 fps in an actual match (Valorant), sometimes even less when there's a big fight with a lot of skills being used in real time. I don't think it's even possible to run any of the competitive FPS titles at 540+ without an external chiller and some extreme overclocking. I'm running 240 hz at 1440p and I can't imagine going back to 1080, especially a TN panel.

240 feels awesome. When it dips around 120 144 i notice it. 144 mininum

I got a 360hz monitor for my rhythm games and noticed a difference straight away from old 165hz monitor. I dont think it was an insane jump like 60 to 144 was but its noticeable enough jump and it really didn't cost me much. £255 on sale with dell awards program as well as I got the AW3423DW a year ago and they gave my rewards late it seems. Its made reading dense patterns easier. I will have to test out an FPS game, I stopped playing em as I dont like Val or CS... Halo is dead af and has been since reach, I reached onyx in infinite and quite instantly, OW I hit masters before OW2 happened and quit... To come back to OW2 to get the wrong rank bug so I quit again. And the game is still bad as well. Oh and siege also got ass, I remember hitting Plat when that was the second highest... Then when champ dropped the cheaters got more rampant it seems so I quit that on top of all the balance issues.

It's a pity that there's no 360+hz monitor that also have great color accuracy and not using a TN panel. Sure it can game but not having to change monitor between games and editing is so convenient

So this is basically a 15min ad...

I have a 240Hz OLED and I'm perfectly fine with buying a 500Hz or 1kHz ((OLED)) equivalent. I have the 45" Corsair Flex 21:9 which is equivalent to a 32" 16:9 monitor. I play hardcore so the HUD is not priority one but the latency is priority one. OLEDs pixel response is untouched by anything else to date. Not interested in a TN panel at all.

Way too many people don't realise that diminishing returns, means diminishing returns. Not, no returns.

I was wondering what company you were talking about.

59.997 Hz BROTHERS RISE UP😂😂😂😂

its a shame they only realease this monitors at 24" 1080p at this point 27" 1440p is the sweet spot with a better long term future. and the mustache man seeing a vtuber was a nice touch lol

"If you've used a 360 hertz monitor, you know it's a huge step up from 240" No? I can speak from personal experience and I have also never heard anyone review monitors and ever say that.

280hz looks so smooth, as a casual enjoyer the amount of detail you retain, and the clarity in motion is juat anazing. 500hz looks to be the next big leap in terms lf motion clarity. And while I have no interest in TN panels, as a casual gamer it depends on whether you prioritize sharper pixels, over motion clarity. Both can make a game look good in different ways.

high refresh rate IPS is the sweet spot. good viewing angles/color accuracy. plenty of 240hz options.

Respect where technology is going but nah, hit me with a 1440p 240hz and I'll be fine. Love the content and the presentation. Subscribed!

I own a 360hz monitor and I have capped it at 240hz……. It feels choppy because the refresh rate isn’t completely consistent. It’s usually bouncing back and forth between 280-360 and that just feels shitty

just ordered. lets see what asus new bad boy can do for us eh?

I'm fairly certain you would've got more frames out of an 7700x or 7800x3d

what about apex did u test that how much fps we got was it stable whit the pc what specs u minimium need

I have a 360hz 1440p anddddd leetify tells me my time-to-damage is generally lower than everyone, almost everytime, and I'm an old boomer. Some good games I've seen it at 350ms ;)

YOOOO GOLTEN IS GOATED WATCHING YOKI HAHAHA I LOVE U MUSTACHE MAN

After 240hz I prefer resolution increase and OLED and whatever else increases clarity or visuals. I A-Bed a 240 vs 360 with an 8k mouse and there was an extremely small difference, not nearly enough to be worth it over other considerations. Playing in 1080p is borderline torture if you are used to 1440p and above.

Love how all gaming oriented channels put gamers as professional. You'll never find an actual professional panel with the word "gaming" printed anywhere on the box.

Do you guys remember that movie with Mark Wahlberg "The Italian Job" when he says "no mater what dont stare"? I finale Understand the feeling.

Just get any monitor with good motion blur reduction, DyAC or ULMB2. 240hz with motion blur reduction will be clearer than 360hz without reduction. That’s why TenZ and Optimum downgraded, those early 360hz monitors had bad ghosting and no motion blur reduction.

Finally! a cracked tech video!!

Man google knows me well.. i get monitor vids now that i've bought my 1st over 60hz mon, over 10y using same 21.5in budget benq monitor with no hdmi is finally going to be over 🙏

I still play on 60hz and I have a 3070ti :/ I honestly never knew there would be a difference until I played on something faster. I was blown away. Fck.

Only problem is ghosting, alot of pros including myself have even stated the artifacts and ghosting in alot of games is very noticable when its way higher then what the games can handle. 99.9 games dont give this option and you will be seeing ghosting like crazy

Game publishers should make 800fps games with worse graphics. People who say there are diminishing returns either need a better gpu or they're just not use to it. Yet, the onus is on game publishers. Make the graphics worse for a more competitive and enjoyable experience.

Do you need to be able to maintain 540 fps. I heard you don’t have to…that you still get way less input lag even if you were to hit let’s say 360fps

Man im so late and so glad i got myself a 165hz monitor with gsync compatibility it’s miles better than my old 60hz monitor lmao

me: hmm how come someone need more than 240 hz ? my rich friend : oh i got some money to spare

These guy looks exactly like my 7th grade computer typing teacher

dimitri is like the carl azuz of esports

Refresh rate even matters in fighting games. 9/10 fighting games seem lazy and just lock at 60 fps as if we're cavemen still, but when it is unlocked, it feels amazing.

I would like to see the 540hz asus monitor compared to the alienware 480hz monitor selling for almost half the price.

So this is pretty much great if you have a PC that can actually run the 540hz on games like CS or Val. Sounds like 240 is still the sweet spot

i got a different one from asus, pg27aqn, its 1440p at 360hz. im very happy with the refersh rate coming from 160hz, and 1080p to 1440 was also very veeery comfortable. albeit, i got it with a completely new rig rocking a i9 14900k + the 4090. very happy with this tho, costly, but for someone that spends almost all their free time at the pc, id say its more than worth it.

Honestly, i don't see the point of 540hz TN that are still have 2ms resopnse time when the AQDM 240hz oled has 0.03ms. Like, i dont think refresh rate is that important when OLED is so much better outside the refresh rate.

Blurring the monitor in the intro lol like we gonna see the difference in our screens

Would’ve loved to see Niall’s reaction to this monitor 😂

guy's a living emoji randomizer. Bro puts out more emotions in 30 min video than people in 2 days

I'll choose an OLED 240hz just for Latency. It's more important.

Has he tried OLED 1440p 240hz that's shit is crisp. $1000 monitor beautiful

Even if you don't have a stable fps equaling your monitor's refresh rate, it's still better using the faster display. Just sayin.

I plan to get this monitor for Christmas and to do so I'm going to sell my 1440p 240hz, 1080p 240hz, and 1080p 144hz screens on ebay which when combined should easily be $500 after taxes and fees (not overcharging either, towards the low end of their value). That'd make it feel like a $400 monitor rather than $900 (though not actually lol). I also got a used razer dav3pro earlier this year for sub $70 and I'll add the 4k dongle that has been updated to have 8k polling. My eyes are going to explode so I'll schedule an eye doctors appointment after Christmas break.

Well there's no perceptible difference. We need that sweet 240hz with crt response time. Screen refresh rate is just a part of the equation.