I just went eyes-on with the world’s fastest OLED gaming monitor — and motion blur is officially dead

I’ve tested a few esports-tier gaming monitors over the past couple of years — all touting refresh rates comfortably in the hundreds of hertz and offering smoothness unlike anything I’ve seen before.But all of them have been based on TN IPS panels that may be super fast, but don’t necessarily have the motion clarity to match. Enter the $1,099 Asus ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS ACE (baffling name, I know), the world’s fastest OLED esports monitor with a 720Hz refresh rate.As it turns out, that shift to OLED is utterly groundbreaking for motion clarity, and it actually helped me play better at Counter-Strike… Crazy, I know, but let me explain.Supercharged clarity

(Image credit: Future)I know the main allure of OLED has always been the color and contrast ratio — that’s always been my thought process anyway. But by moving away from the flickering of IPS display technology and drastically upping OLED's pixel response time, it is almost like watching a picture move rather than a screen.The PG259QWS features a staggeringly low 0.02ms response time, which preserves motion clarity as I’d never seen before. Even my fastest flick-shots didn’t make the game smear.

(Image credit: Future)That is all thanks to this TrueBlack Glossy Tandem 1080p WOLED panel that solves the compromise between raw speed and visual fidelity. It delivers a flash flood of color with a 99.5% DCI-P3 color gamut and deep, inky blacks, plus a peak 1,700-nit brightness, while staying sharply detailed in every challenging situation.Popping shots off at distance got a whole lot easier with the AWP without using the scope, thanks to this panel!Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips.The cheat code — Position Sensor