Samsung has begun taking pre-orders for its 500Hz OLED gaming monitor

It will not make you a greater gamer, however Samsung’s newest gaming monitor entices these trying to find sooner refresh charges. The corporate’s latest Odyssey OLED G6, which Samsung claims is the world’s first OLED gaming monitor with a 500Hz refresh price, is now out there for pre-order in Southeast Asian markets, with a world rollout resulting from comply with later this yr. Samsung first introduced the show, together with its sibling with 4K decision known as the , proper earlier than CES 2025 in January.

The monitor is up on the market in a silver colorway on Samsung Singapore’s website for round 1,500 Singapore {dollars}, or round $1,150. The Odyssey OLED G6 is anticipated to see its first shipments beginning Might 18. For sure avid gamers, a excessive refresh price might imply the distinction between life and dying in aggressive first-person shooters like Counter-Strike 2 or Valorant. With {most professional} avid gamers utilizing displays which have a 240Hz refresh price, Samsung’s newest providing has greater than double the velocity to emphasise extra responsive and smoother gameplay. Past its groundbreaking refresh price, the Odyssey OLED G6 has a 2,560 x 1,440 decision and a response time of 0.03ms for much less movement blur and ghosting in fast-paced motion video games.

As with every OLED monitor, burn-in is a critical disadvantage that leaves a faint impression of a brilliant picture even when the display is clean. To fight this, Samsung consists of its OLED Safeguard+ know-how, which makes use of a cooling system to decrease working temps and a detection system that routinely reduces the brightness of static pictures like logos and taskbars. Samsung put its Odyssey OLED G6 up for pre-order first in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia, and can roll it out in phases to different international locations.