Best Gaming Monitors (Fall 2020) - High Refresh Rate Battle

2020 has been an exciting year for gaming monitors. With manufacturers pushing the limits of high refresh rates, there now more options than ever to find a great gaming monitor. But with so many choices on the market, it can be really tough to find the right one.

Best FreeSync Gaming: ASUS VG27AQ

Best G-SYNC Gaming: ViewSonic Elite XG270QG

Best Esports Gaming: ASUS VG279QM

Best Ultrawide Gaming: LG 34GN850-B

Best Super Ultrawide Gaming:
Samsung CRG9

Samsung Odyssey G9

Best Budget Gaming: ViewSonic XG2402

Notable mentions:
Dell S2721DGF

LG CX 48”

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00:00 Intro
00:56 Best FreeSync
02:45 Best G-SYNC
04:12 Best Esports
06:01 Best Ultrawide
07:44 Best Super Ultrawide
08:51 Best Budget
10:14 Notable mentions
11:33 Conclusion
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[RTINGSdotcom]

We also created a best monitor list for the new gaming consoles, check them out here!
Sony PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X-S

[teok]

Rtings is so underrated... You guys should dominate the YouTube tech sphere. Thanks for the great videos and advice over the years! :)

[paulm]

Just got the Dell S2721DGF in the UK at £299 including taxes, the best price I could find for the LG, (same panel), was £409 and the Asus was £419, it was a no-brainer, they sold out 59 units in 2 and a half hours!

[richy]

It looks like they put a new update firmware for the Odyssey G7 and it fix the problem completely making it the best freesync monitor

[harshkhanna]

Monitors are the most confusing part to buy kudos to you guys for sorting that out.

[eman]

you guys a great, deserve way more exposure

[DewtehDew]

is there such a thing as a 500 dollar gaming monitor with good contrast and black levels? I can't find a single one.

[AZZomwhazz]

People keep saying where is the LG 850 but the Dell S2721DGF is basically a better LG 850 making the LG 850 basically irrelevant

[angelorodriguez]

U guys should make a video regarding best monitors for the new consoles

[ivo]

What about the VG27AQL1A? Isn't it just a better version of the VG27AQ?

[hendo]

the first thing i see is the BITWIT shirt, love it!

[CommonSenseAdult]

I love Rtings, their knowledge led me to our new tv in 2019. Looking for a new monitor in 2021, disappointed to see no mention of anti glare films on any of these monitors and the % of haze on them. Would like to see more gloss panels. Maybe it would lead these manufacturers to start making gloss panels for monitors too once we start demanding the haze %.

[IllWish]

Thanks for the review, but where is the 4k?

[brunoabrantes]

I just got the g7 and updated the firmware. No flickering at all and the best experience ever had. I'm ready for the rtx 3080

[sweeseng]

Great

actually still thinking want to grab the
Acer VG272UP or for for ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ

[cez]

Love your website and you definitely should have more subscribers for the content and work that you do. Bought the Dell S2721DGFA mainly due to the reviews on your website, amazing monitor btw. However your ICC profile for S2721DGF is off, use techless or bijan jamshidi.

[hyrel]

MSI has recently announced their MAG274QRF-QD, that looks amazing on paper, are you guys planning to maybe review that one in the future? Not sure if it has already launched.

[joe_ferreira]

Will you be reviewing the LG 27GN950-B soon?

[BrianEmpa]

Can I get a 1440p monitor to use with the PS5? Or will it be bad? I was thinking about getting the Samsung Odyssey G5 27 inch.

[ResilientME]

Both of my VA monitors flicker with GSYNC enabled, it seems to be expected behavior and unrelated to the Samsung G series.
Monitors in question are an Acer 32:10 display & a Viotek 32" 1080p(its obvious they're the same OEM as the housing is identical in design.)