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240 Hertz man I thought I'd never be saying that number but here it is a ox egg on AG 2 5 1 FC monitor which is a 1080p TN panel at 25 inches so if you guys were like me before seeing this thing thinking oh it's only a 1080p TN then damn just like me I am here to tell you this thing is just pure motion and what it lacks for in picture quality it certainly makes up for and then some in everything else and it is a very worthy monitor even for someone with the latest and greatest so let's find out why and welcome back to tech city and this is the yes-man Brian coming to you guys today with a Ock's hard-hitting 25 inch monitor which has exceptional response times honestly the sharpest I have ever seen in my life I didn't even see any ghosting with overdrive features turned to even strong however at this setting there was some very slight overshoot though the picture was just so sharp at this setting the medium setting was also quite sharp and was pretty comfortable for gaming and offered a great balance the other two settings low and off did feel slightly blurry suggesting that the response times were too slow for 240 Hertz so I'd recommend either the medium or strong settings may be strong for competition and medium for RPGs the input lag was also phenomenal and the monitor had a low input lag mode which when turned on presented some really solid numbers beating out the Korean actor on vision monitor here I have by quite a bit though a lot of monitors that come through here seem to beat this out so I'm just going to say that it's got really good input lag now onto the 240 Hertz part this is a monitor that essentially refreshes 240 times a second vertically and as soon as you dial in the proper refresh rate that's when it kicks in the butter the fluidity the oh my god this is real you can even notice it with the mouse cursor and windows straightaway I've never had the experience of such a smooth picture like this in my life this was completely gorgeous the motion that is the TN 1080p picture of course doesn't compare with high res ipsa annals but it was still quite decent for a 10 panel but of course it was the extremely smooth picture and lightning fast response times and input lag that make gaming on this thing especially in competitive titles a breeze games like csgo dota 2 and overwatch will really benefit from a monitor like this I mean I was standing up and playing on an unfamiliar Mouse and was just straight fragging I mean I thought 100 Hertz 34-inch Sammy was good and it is amazing but the a off to 40 Hertz this certainly has its own niche though besides the 1080p TN panel there is another caveat to this computer and that is your gear to produce 240 FPS it wasn't such a problem for me being on a 7700 K overclocked to 5 gigahertz though keep in mind if you do get this monitor that you will need both a demanding CPU and a demanding GPU with the demanding CPU part becoming probably more so than ever the most important it has ever been so don't ignore the fact that you will need an expensive set of hardware to run this monitor properly so if you can run it properly then it will give you something that I'm sure your mortal eyes have never experienced before however there was something odd with this monitor at 60 Hertz and even 120 Hertz this monitor exhibited some noticeable cross-hatching but at 240 Hertz it looked really nice and the picture was smooth as silk and honestly I have no problem with this since this is how the monitor should be run also this setting with quite high brightness at 90% the monitor only managed to juice 20 watts from the wall which is very good for a monitor that refreshes four times faster than any standard 1080p monitor out there the OSD is also very intricate and features different color settings you can change and also features different modes so I found all the modes to put out a picture that I personally I wasn't comfortable using as it made the picture look very off in all other instances but the default setting there were extra features like 4 levels of low blue light mode a bright frame enhancement setting and also eco in different languages too so the OSD is definitely feature packed and you can even control it with the included commander and also on that note the font and buttons were also so big that even dad man no longer needed his magnifying glass to read the text on it the monitor includes the DisplayPort cable power brick stand and vase and mounting capable kit the included stand is also brilliant having slow tilt height and rotation adjustment and they are all quite generous to the aesthetics of this monitor are a thin matte black bezel and matte silver paint finish for the stand which is also made of alloy on the rear you get the option to connect hdmi 2.0 HDMI 1.4 DVI VGA and display point 1.2 a with only hdmi 2.0 and DisplayPort having the capability for 240 Hertz there is also support for free sync from 48 Hertz to 240 Hertz so AMD graphics card users should be quite pleased as well also for data connectivity you get four USB ports with one of those being a charge port for something like a smart phone now the monitor does also come with speakers built-in though if you are running the monitors through the display port HDMI cable then the included speakers can produce quite a tinny sound that is okay if you don't have speakers but I'd recommend some decent headphones or a decent 2.1 setup which can be run from the monitor itself and did sound okay on my v-moda headphones whilst playing guardians of the galaxy volume 2 soundtrack there is also an included headphone stand on the side as the picture quality brightness uniformity was quite good to my eyes it wasn't perfect but there was nothing that was noticeable on the desktop or thereafter there was also no backlight bleeding coming through either so now its conclusion time in the a Ock Aegon AG 2 v 1 FC comes in at 599 Australian dollars it is available in the US as well as the UK though I could only find it for 550 us and 394 pounds respectively which makes it more expensive than what it is in Australia probably one of those few rare instances and of course there's that final question of is it worth it and frankly in my opinion yes yes yes yes I love this monitor and the fluidity of the picture it provides sure the picture quality itself is far from being the best I've seen on a monitor in fact it's mediocre at best with the 1080p TN but where this monitor shines is that 240 Hertz and competitive gamers at their peak or people who love high fps and smooth motion will really appreciate this monitor I honestly thought that I'd come into this review not noticing the difference but the reality is the difference was there and you can feel it straightaway as soon as you even change the refresh rate in Windows not to mention gains with just a smooth stream of liquid running through the monitor so it might just be that my eyes can see motion better than other reviewers and/or gamers so if you work in on this monitor and you don't know if it's for you or not then I'd recommend demoing it at a computer store if you can or if you want a chance to win one of these monitors for absolutely nothing then I'll put a link up here or in the description below where you can enter for a chance to win one of these two monitors internationally so Steve from hardware unbox and I we're teaming up to give away two of these monitors internationally for absolutely nothing so check out the description below link will be in there you can get more details and enter anyway guys if you enjoyed today's videos and be sure to hit that like button and let me know in the comments section below do you prefer higher refresh rates at the cost of low picture quality or do you prefer higher resolution and better panels in terms of picture quality with lower refresh rates would love to hear your thoughts and opinions in the comment section below and I'll catch you guys in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye