AOC myUltraSpeed G2460Pqu review

The AOC G2460Pqu is a 24in gaming monitor with a large 144Hz refresh rate. The main benefit of a high refresh rate is a reduction of the tearing (two or more frames appearing onscreen simultaneously) that can occur when your graphics card outputs more frames than your monitor can display. This leads to much smoother visuals if you have a powerful graphics card, but you’ll need to use the bundled dual-link DVI-D cable to take advantage of it as the monitor’s other VGA, HDMI and DisplayPort inputs can’t currently reach the same speeds.

We certainly didn’t see any problems when we tested the monitor with Half Life 2 as everything looked silky smooth even when we turned sharply to shoot enemies. This monitor also has easily accessible built-in a four-port USB2 hub and separate headphone and microphone jacks.

The G2460Pqu’s image quality wasn’t great. Our measurements showed the monitor was displaying an sRGB colour gamut of just 84.5 per cent. Green, reds and cyans were main areas of weakness, but blues and magentas were strong, which made the screen look cool compared to our reference monitor. Fortunately, screen calibration increased red coverage, but its overall coverage of 87.8 per cent was still a little underwhelming. The screen looked much warmer, but we couldn’t greens any further. This had a knock-on effect in our subjective image tests, as greens were noticeably less deep and rich on the G2460Pqu than our reference monitor. Blacks were average too.

The G2460Pqu’s contrast levels were much more impressive. We measured a contrast ratio of 800:1, and the amount of detail on display in our high contrast test images was stunning. We could see through the shadows in our night shots and images looked even clearer when we increased the contrast setting to maximum using the onboard menu controls.

This will be welcome news for first-person shooter fans who want to cut through dimly lit environments, but besides the high refresh rate the G2460Pqu is very much an ordinary monitor. There are just five picture modes available, and the other onboard menu settings include contrast, brightness, gamma, dynamic contrast ratio and dynamic colour boost options. There are no black equaliser options like those found on BenQ’s XL2420T or XL2720T monitors and no dedicated gaming options.

Our main concern is the price. The AOC G2460Pqu isn’t much cheaper than the larger and more accurate 144Hz Iiyama Prolite GB2773HS. The G2460Pqu has the advantage of a USB hub, but otherwise both monitors have very similar settings, contrast levels and flexible stands. The AOC is a good buy if you want a small gaming display, but we think the Iiyama is better value overall.