Best 240Hz Gaming Monitors of 2026

Two QD-OLEDs sit at the top of this guide, and the AOC is the one we point value-minded players toward. It runs the same 2560 x 1440 at 240Hz with a 0.03ms pixel response, so fast pans stay clean and dark scenes go properly black, and it does it for a clear step less than the Samsung. Where it gives ground is brightness and finish, not speed.

The panel is glossy, and that is the honest dividing line between the two. In a room you can dim, gloss gives deeper blacks and a punchier image; with a window behind you, it shows you the window. The listing also puts peak brightness at 200 nits against the Samsung's 400, so a sunlit room favors the other OLED while a converted spare room favors this one. Colour is not the compromise, with 147% sRGB and 110% DCI-P3 coverage plus HDR True Black on top.

The rest of the package is where it beats its rival on practicality: a stand with height, tilt, swivel and pivot, a USB 3.2 hub, HDMI 2.1 for a console at up to 120Hz, and a three-year warranty that matches Samsung's. One setting to change on day one: pixel refresh ships switched off. Turn it on, and let the monitor run its cycles when you step away.

The feet are the first thing to plan around. LG gives this 27-inch panel a wide stand, and on a shallow desk it pushes the screen further back than you want at 1440p. That was our one layout problem with it, and a monitor arm fixes it if the desk really is the constraint.

Otherwise it is the sensible half of the 1440p argument. A 27-inch IPS panel at 2560 x 1440, 240Hz over either DisplayPort 1.4 or HDMI 2.1, 1ms GtG, 95% DCI-P3 and DisplayHDR 400, with FreeSync Premium and Nvidia's G-Sync Compatible validation covering both card brands. No pixel refresh, no dimming when a taskbar sits still, no thinking about a static HUD.

That is exactly why we recommend it for a desk that does double duty. Against the two OLEDs it gives up contrast and a little motion crispness; what it buys back is a monitor you can leave on a paused spreadsheet for an afternoon. The trade is panel luck: dead pixels turn up on arrival, so unbox it, run a full-screen colour test and finish that check well inside the return window.

The one-year warranty is the shortest in this guide, which is the real cost of the pick, since three years is the norm on the others. What keeps it ahead of the cheaper 1440p screens is the motion handling: at 240Hz with variable refresh on, panning stays clean without the overdrive artifacts a budget panel shows when you push it.

ELMB Sync is the reason this one earns its place. Most motion-blur-reduction modes force you to turn variable refresh off, which means choosing between a tear-free image and a sharp one; ASUS runs the two together, so a fast flick across a doorway stays readable without the frame tearing. The 0.3ms GTG figure is a best-case number, but the practical result at 240Hz is what we watched for, and it holds.

Size is the other half of the argument. A 24.5-inch 1080p panel keeps the whole screen inside your field of view, so you are not turning your head to check a corner, and 1920 x 1080 is far easier to feed at 240 frames per second than 1440p is. If your goal is rank rather than scenery, this is the shape we point people at.

What you give up is polish. Next to the 27-inch 1440p picks, 1080p looks coarse on text and distant detail, and the stand is the weakest part of the package: adjustability is the thing to sort out before you commit desk space to it.

The extras are more useful than they sound. Two 2W speakers mean a quick match without hunting for a headset, DisplayWidget Center runs the on-screen menu from a mouse instead of a joystick, and the three-year warranty with advance replacement is longer cover than most of this group. Late-night sessions are where the flicker-free backlight earns its keep, and that is when we noticed it most.

Start with what you will actually notice: 350 nits is the brightest panel in the budget end of this group, so a sunny room does not wash the image out, and the 24.5-inch fast IPS keeps motion clean at 240Hz. A 240Hz badge on a slow panel is worth nothing; the fast IPS part of this specification is what makes the refresh rate usable, and it is why this is the screen we start first-time 240Hz buyers on.

Around the back you get DisplayPort 1.4 and two HDMI inputs, so a PC runs at 240Hz on DisplayPort while a console keeps an HDMI free. Adaptive sync is listed as both FreeSync and G-Sync compatible, the panel covers 114% sRGB with HDR10 on top, and contrast is the standard 1000:1 for the panel type.

The compromise is resolution. 1080p is sharp on a 24.5-inch panel and fine for a document, but it is not the screen for someone who wants 1440p desktop space alongside the speed. What makes the trade easier is the cover: three years of warranty is unusual at this end of the market, and it is the reason this sits above the other budget 24.5-inch screens.

Set this one up on DisplayPort. The 240Hz mode is the whole point of the SE2726HG, and when the refresh rate tops out at 120 or 144 in Windows, the cable or the input is almost always the reason. Dell ships an HDMI cable in the box, and the DisplayPort 1.4 port is the one that gets you all the way there.

At 27 inches, 1920 x 1080 makes for a coarse pixel grid: crisp in motion, a little soft on text, and happiest at arm's length. As a second screen for a sim rig, or the display on a desk where the console does as much work as the PC, that trade costs you nothing.

What we like is how much support comes with it: IPS colour at 99% sRGB, a TÜV three-star eye-comfort rating, two HDMI inputs plus DisplayPort, and a three-year warranty, which is the sort of list that usually asks more money. For a first 240Hz monitor on a tight budget, it is the one we point to.

It is also the thriftiest screen here at the wall, with 19.7 watts listed against the OLEDs' far higher draw. That adds up if the monitor stays on through a working day and a long evening of games.

A 21:9 panel changes what you can see, not how fast it draws. At 3440 x 1440 the extra width goes into your peripheral vision, so a car alongside you or a player sliding out of cover arrives on screen earlier, and the 1500R curve keeps the far edges roughly the same distance from your eyes as the centre. Once you have raced on it, a flat 27-inch feels like looking through a letterbox.

The catch is the frame rate. 3440 x 1440 at 240Hz is roughly a third more pixels than 1440p, so this is a monitor for someone who already has the graphics card, not a way to avoid buying one. What it does deliver is steady motion, with the listed 1ms response and adaptive sync keeping panning clean, and 100% sRGB means it can double as an editing display.

It is a big object on the desk: 31.8 inches wide and 14 pounds, with thin bezels that make the picture feel wider than the footprint suggests. The built-in speakers are the weak link, fine for system sounds and thin for anything with bass, but there is an audio output for real speakers, which is how we ran it.

Where it earns its spot is price per pixel for immersion: nothing else here covers this much screen at 240Hz, and the curve makes the width usable rather than something you scan back and forth across. For racing, flight and open-world games, that is worth more than the last few percent of motion sharpness the smaller panels have.

Two HDMI 2.0 ports sit beside the DisplayPort 1.4 input, and that is the first thing to understand: 240Hz lives on the DisplayPort side. HDMI tops out at 144Hz here, which is fine for a console running at 120Hz and disappointing if you expected the full rate from every input, so plan your sources around it the way you plan a desk around a door.

The rest of the package is more generous than the price suggests: a 27-inch IPS panel at 2560 x 1440, 400 nits, DisplayHDR 400, FreeSync Premium, two 2W speakers, and a stand with height, tilt, swivel and pivot plus a 100 x 100mm VESA pattern. A full ergonomic setup on the cheapest 1440p screen in this group is not the usual arrangement.

Uniformity is what you check on arrival. Backlight bleed around the edges and the odd dead pixel are the things that turn up, so run a full-screen colour test in the first hour while the return window is wide open, rather than discovering it three months in.

None of that stops it being the value pick of the 1440p half. If you have the desk, the graphics card and the patience to send back a bad panel, this gets you 2560 x 1440 at 240Hz for less than the LG, with a longer warranty, three years against one, and a stand that adjusts in every direction.