When Samsung unveiled the world’s first 27-inch 4K gaming OLED monitor on Thursday, Engadget’s Igor Bonifacic predicted that other vendors would soon follow suit. (After all, Samsung is also the biggest supplier of OLED gaming monitor panels.

The MSI MPG 242R X60N will be showcased at CES next week according to TFT Central, and its appeal will be all about that wild 600 Hz refresh. The rest of the package, the TN panel tech, the 24-inch size and the 1080p resolution are not exactly the stuff of gaming dreams, after all.

The MPG 272URX QD-OLED and the MPG 272QR QD-OLED X50 are the world’s first 27-inch QD-LED gaming monitors with DisplayPort 2.1a.

27-inch 4K OLED 240Hz monitors seem to be like buses: you wait ages for one and then three turn up at once. Asus, Samsung, and MSI are all announcing the industry’s next-generation QD-OLED gaming monitors that offer the benefits of 4K OLED 240Hz panels at the smaller 27-inch size instead of 32 inches.

Samsung has its own panel in this new 27-inch 4K segment, the Odyssey OLED G8 (G81SF). It appears to have pretty much identical specs to the competition. Oh and for the record, we understand that the bright ambient reflectivity issues that lead to black tones appearing grey still apply to these 27-inch 4K QD-OLEDs.

ASUS confirms ROG 4K Swift OLED monitor tech specs ahead of CES 2025. The company advertises the monitor as 27 inches, but the screen is actually 26.5 inches. It uses a 4K QD-OLED

Both Asus and MSI have announced the first set of QD-OLED gaming monitors boasting 4K resolution, 240Hz refresh rate in 27-inch form factor

When it comes to PC gaming monitors, there’s no such thing as too fast. While conventional screens hit the 500Hz refresh mark a couple of years ago, fancy-pants OLED monitors haven’t quite reached such speeds yet.