Best Gaming Monitors In 2025: The Pixel-perfect Panels I'd Buy Myself

The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.

The best gaming monitor is an incredibly important piece of a PC gamer's setup. Why spend lots of money on a gaming PC if you're going to play it through a tiny, 20-year-old workstation monitor? Fortunately, there are many great gaming monitors available today, including those offering ultra-high-refresh 1080p, zippy 1440p options, high-fidelity 4K, and a slew of ultrawide panels.

While we're expecting further fantastic panels throughout 2025, right now the best gaming monitor is the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. It's got a stunning OLED panel, one that you normally find in some fantastic gaming monitors, but for less money. Check out our guide to the best OLED gaming monitors for even more options.

You need to match your monitor choice with your PC specs to get the most for your money. A 4K monitor with a high refresh rate would likely be overkill if your rig has an older graphics card, and for those cases, the AOC Gaming C27G4ZXE is the best 1080p monitor at the moment. If you prefer high refresh over resolution, check out our guide to the best high refresh rate gaming monitors.

This MSI 4K display is the best overall gaming monitor we've ever tested. It's a beautiful, sumptuous OLED panel for much less than its OLED competition. Still pricey though, I'll grant you.

As well as being regularly affordable, Asus' Strix 4K display also comes with dual-mode functionality. With a 160 Hz refresh at 4K you then get a 320 Hz refresh going down to a competitive 1080p resolution.

If you prefer a smaller resolution, a higher refresh rate, and a stunning screen, this is the 1440p gaming monitor for you. It's the ultimate 1440p monitor, but maybe its OLED expensiveness puts it out of contention for many gamers.

The H27T22C-3 might come from a lesser-known brand, but it ticks all the right boxes and doesn't sacrifice quality in any fundamental area. Perhaps most importantly, you're getting up to a 210 Hz refresh rate here for a very reasonable price.

This AOC monitor is seriously fast thanks to its 280 Hz refresh rate. Plus, what it lacks in pixel density, thanks to its 1080p resolution in a 27-inch panel, it more than makes up for with punchy VA visuals.

With superb image quality, excellent text handling and a super-fast 240 Hz refresh rate, there's very little not to like about this stunning OLED display. Oh, apart from the price.

Source: PC Gamer