Samsung showed off a quartet of gaming monitors at Gamescom, and they’re packed with some frankly ridiculous technology that we puny humans probably aren’t even capable of truly appreciating. But hey, it’s really fun to write about them.
There’s glorious exaggeration everywhere you look with this lot, but let’s start with the 27-inch Odyssey G6, which Samsung has proudly dubbed the world’s first 1,100Hz gaming monitor. The final refresh rate makes the finished G6 (a bit hilariously) 60Hz smoother than the 1,040Hz prototype Samsung revealed ahead of CES last year. In either case, we’re firmly on the verge of talking about refresh rates that go way beyond what the human eye is even capable of perceiving, but this monitor is clearly intended for edge cases of esports only.
The response time is 1ms and to take advantage of the maximum refresh rate of 1100Hz, you will have to settle for 1080p. Lower it to 600Hz and you can play at 1440p via dual mode. This has an IPS display and will be available in the second half of 2026, although Samsung has not yet revealed pricing details.
Next up, and only slightly less crazy, is the Odyssey OLED G8, a 32-inch 4K monitor that can switch between three different refresh rates. The lowest of these is 4K at 360Hz (already faster than most mere mortals could need), then you drop to 520Hz at 1440p and 680Hz at 1080p. You get FreeSync Premium Pro and G-Sync support, while Samsung’s Glare Free anti-glare coating should prevent unsightly reflections during daytime reading. Again, no pricing has been announced yet.
Samsung also revealed the 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9, a 360Hz DQHD (5120 x 1440) monitor that is also a world first in this size. This is a Penta Tandem QD-OLED panel with a peak brightness of 1,300 nits. Switch to the Dual HD 2560 x 720 mode and you can increase the refresh rate up to 720Hz. So it’s another case of total excess, from the screen’s enormous dimensions to its display technology.
Rounding out the Odyssey 2027 lineup is the Odyssey OLED G7, a (you guessed it) world’s first 42-inch curved OLED monitor with a 16:9 aspect ratio larger than the entire desktop-spanning G9. It offers a refresh rate of 165 Hz, a curvature of 1000R and a maximum resolution of 4K. We also don’t know exactly when it will arrive, or how much it will cost.
