The competition is high in this segment of the market but the reason the AOC G2590FX monitor deserves some attention is because of its price point and the overall performance and features of this monitor. The AOCAOC G2590FX 144Hz gaming monitor is based on a newer 24.5″ TN panelmade by AU Optronics, as opposed to the older 23.6″-24″ TN models. A monitor like the AOC G2590PX G2 is easy to rule out for most PC users. It makes too many compromises in areas like size, resolution and static panel quality. You can get bigger, sharper, better looking monitors for the money. The response time speed of 1ms is another aspect hardcore gamers will appreciate. In fast-paced games such as first-person shooters and racing games, there’s minimal motion blur and ghosting behind fast-moving objects. I have also had a similar issue when the monitor went to sleep while having the Adaptive-Sync active. On wake-up, the screen looked fine but of fast movement, you could see a lot of ghosting and weird artifacting.

You will find that you can achieve this performance without breaking the bank and purchasing a fast 240Hz monitor. Indeed, most gamers will find the sweet spot to be a budget-friendly 1080p, 144Hz, 1ms response time monitor like the AOC G2590FX.

The AOC G2590FX is a great budget monitor for competitive gamers that want a fast refresh rate, low input lag, and extremely low response times. It even comes equipped with a very competent Adaptive-Sync feature that will also enable you to play your games while experiencing a buttery smooth image. As mentioned before this monitor is definitely catering towards gaming and professional workloads will be hard to deal with. For a more professional approach, you should definitely look at VA or IPS panels which offer better color fidelity and contrast ratios. The 170°/160° viewing angles still cause the image to shift in color, contrast, and brightness when you look at the screen from skewed angles, but for gamers, this isn’t particularly concerning anyway.

However, we recommend getting the LG 24GN650 instead for the same price. It’s just as fast, but has an IPS panel with much better colors and wider viewing angles. The only way to truly get a 1ms response time is to crank up the overdrive on the monitor to the maximum which leads to ghosting and halos, effectively making everything blurry and resulting in an unplayable experience. If you are a somewhat competitive gamer, you understand the importance of having a fast response time to in-game events. A vital part of this is having a fast monitor that can reproduce with fidelity the movement of characters on your screen. The AOC G2590FX surprisingly also comes equipped with Premium Free-Sync and G-Sync capabilities. What this means is that more casual players that prefer a smoother tear-free experience over the absolute lowest possible input lag will also find the AOC G2590FX an extremely compelling offer. Not so the low input lag mode and multi-stage overdrive option. The latter allows you to choose just how hard to push the pixels in terms of response. The most aggressive setting does some very odd things to image quality, but the medium option is a nice compromise, more on which in a moment.

In static image quality terms, you’d have to class the AOC G2590PX G2 as moderate going on mediocre. Out of the box at default settings, the colors are very washed out.