It will not make you a greater gamer, however Samsung’s newest gaming monitor entices these attempting 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 fee, is now accessible for pre-order in Southeast Asian markets, with a world rollout on account of observe 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 predicted to see its first shipments beginning Might 18. For sure avid gamers, a excessive refresh fee might imply the distinction between life and demise in aggressive first-person shooters like Counter-Strike 2 or Valorant. With {most professional} avid gamers utilizing displays which have a 240Hz refresh fee, Samsung’s newest providing has greater than double the velocity to emphasise extra responsive and smoother gameplay. Past its groundbreaking refresh fee, 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 screen is clean. To fight this, Samsung contains its OLED Safeguard+ know-how, which makes use of a cooling system to decrease working temps and a detection system that mechanically reduces the brightness of static photographs 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.
