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Q27GAZD: was $369.99 now $329.99
OLED gaming monitors are slowly but surely becoming more affordable, and this AOC is a good example. With a 240 Hz QD-OLED panel beaming games, movies, and dare I say even spreadsheets at your eyeballs, I reckon you'd be pleased to call this your own—although you'll need to use the DisplayPort 1.4 connection to make the most of it.
Key specs: 27-inch | 1440p | 240 Hz | OLED | 0.03 ms
Price check: Newegg $547.99View Deal
While most hardware is becoming increasingly expensive, gaming monitor deals are looking particularly good right now. So, while 2026 is arguably not the year to buy new RAM or SSD, it may well be the perfect time to upgrade to an OLED.
Case in point, the 27-inch AOC Gaming Q27GAZD is now even cheaper than the last time we featured it, back in April. This QD-OLED is pretty perfectly proportioned for 1440p gaming, offering all the brightness and colour vibrancy you'd expect of an OLED. It's also decently nippy, enjoying a 240 Hz refresh rate plus a 0.03ms response time all for the low price of $330 from Amazon.
Already very reasonably priced for an OLED, a $40 discount certainly sweetens the deal. As our Andy highlighted before, the main drawback is that you'll need to use this monitor's DisplayPort 1.4 connection to get the most out of it, as connecting via the HDMI 2.0 port will cap that lovely refresh rate at 144 Hz. That's not terrible, but it's also not the best use of your money.
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Lacking port options are par for the course at this price point. Take the similarly lovely 1440p Samsung Odyssey G50SF OLED our James spotlighted recently (though has unfortunately gone back up to full price since): you're similarly restricted to either a DisplayPort, or a HDMI connection and, worse still, this previously similarly priced OLED taps out at 180 Hz no matter which port you go with. Comparatively, the AOC Gaming Q27GAZD really is a cracking deal.
The Samsung also features a 'Glare Free' coating that is apparently '54% less glossy'. While that may not be fully matte, I do have to also wonder how that will affect contrast and colour vibrancy compared to the AOC Gaming OLED's glossy finish.
There's at least one point my hardware team colleague and I agree on—1440p resolution is a great compromise. As James says, you'd need a pretty beefy graphics card to play the latest games at 4K, and that's less than ideal if you're trying to put together a more budget gaming PC build (worse still, a number of high-tier GPUs may well be going up in price again before too long). 1440p is still Quad HD and, as I've already said, will look great on a 27-inch OLED.
Besides, a smaller monitor offers greater flexibility when it comes to setting up your gamer den. Sure, on a desk this would be fine flying solo, but the smaller size also means it could easily take to the stage as a second monitor without massively cramping your style. Either way, at only $330, this is one gaming OLED deal you won't want to overlook.
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