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Moving on, just like the older version, the AOC 24G2SP has a strong peak brightness and a static contrast ratio that exceeds the specified values.
This feature is also useful when enjoying videos and other visual media, for a smoother entertainment. Lastly, the backlight of the monitor is flicker-free (unless MBR is enabled) and there’s an integrated low-blue light filter. There are two additional models with the ‘U’ suffix: the AOC 24G2U and the AOC 27G2U which feature a quad-USB 3.
The screen surface provides a light misty graininess to the image which is less noticeable than on many competing models. The highest white luminance recorded was 422 cd/m² whilst the lowest white luminance recorded was 108 cd/m². It’s important to remember that individual units vary when it comes to all aspects of uniformity, including backlight bleed and clouding. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.
Gen 1 ports (yellow one supports fast charging) plus upstream running diagonally down the left side. Although intermediate steps aren’t included in this analysis, we found main object and internal detail clarity to be particularly strong at a setting of ‘MBR = 15’ and above. It may appear to be set this way by default, but the native rather than restricted gamut is likely in play. The AOC 24G2SPU includes various ‘Game Mode’ presets; ‘FPS’, ‘RTS’, ‘Racing’, ‘Gamer 1’, ‘Gamer 2’ and ‘Gamer 3’. As usual we found this a compromised setting as the backlight is adjusting as a single unit and can’t account for the mixtures of light and dark that grace most scenes.When the frame rate rises above 165fps, the monitor will stay at 165Hz and the GPU will respect your selection of ‘VSync on’ or ‘VSync off’ in the graphics driver. The AOC 24G2 FreeSync range is 48-144Hz, and it works with compatible NVIDIA GPUs without issues as it’s officially certified as ‘G-SYNC Compatible. Our preference was for ‘Medium’ for similar reasons to with ‘MBR’ disabled and that’s what we use for this analysis.
The monitor itself must support ‘VESA Adaptive-Sync’ for at least one of its display connectors, as this is the protocol that FreeSync uses. This helped prevent an unintended ‘blocky’ or banded appearance and also meant compression artifacts for heavily compressed streamed content were properly masked. With ‘VSync off’ the frame rate is free to climb as high as the GPU will output (potentially >165fps).It is also a fact that many individuals are used to the resolution since it’s still commonly used at work or in schools. One downside of the AOC 24G2SP is its use of buttons for the OSD instead of a more convenient joystick. We will not be including our usual ‘Shade representation using SpyderCHECKR 24’ visual shade assessment. Coupled with ‘IPS glow’, the depth and atmosphere could certainly have been better than it was – shortcomings which are naturally more noticeable in a dim room than a brighter one.
With a static contrast of 1300:1 recorded under our test settings, it’s quite strong for the panel type in that respect. We also observed some red or magenta fringes in places, usually easiest to observe where medium to light shades were included in the transition (object or background) and there were straight lines. Earlier in the review we covered ‘MBR’, including its principles of operation and how it performs using specific tests.Whilst the gamut is a bit ‘wonky’, with the EDID data not lining up properly with the actual measured gamut of the monitor, the over-coverage is certainly reduced compared to natively. The ‘FPS’, ‘RTS’ and ‘Racing’ presets restrict options in the ‘Color Setup’ menu and grey out adjustments on the ‘Luminance’ menu, which means brightness is locked at a fairly high level and can’t be adjusted. But here’s the kicker: 1080p is not very demanding on your GPU/CPU, allowing you to take full advantage of the monitor’s 144Hz refresh rate even with budget/mid-range PC builds. g. 162fps) instead, avoiding any VSync latency penalty at frame rates near the ceiling of operation or tearing from frame rates rising above the refresh rate. Measurements using ‘MBR’ were taken at 165Hz – brightness levels were similar at lower refresh rates, so we didn’t feel it was worthwhile documenting these observations on the table.
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