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With a new tandem OLED monitor that can hit 720Hz, the 1000Hz dream is almost here


First-hand impressions of Asus' tandem OLED monitors announced at Gamescom 2025, including one that can hit 720Hz at 720p.

| Image credit: Eurogamer It's a bit hard to describe exactly how this looks in person, but the main thing is that the trails that often accompany fast-moving objects - artefacts that are called overshoot and undershoot - are basically nonexistent at this kind of speed. The cheaper XG27AQWMG ought to confer those tandem OLED improvements without needing an eye-wateringly powerful PC, with a 1440p 280Hz spec sheet that is a good fit for most enthusiasts, and it consequently makes do with standard HDMI 2.1 with DSC. for OLED monitor owners, so having this as a tunable option makes some sense, as long as it dims rather than turning off so that it doesn't mess up window placements or confuse running programs.

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