Want to up your game-ing? You might want to start with a better monitor

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 I think we can all agree that lag is the bane of every gamer’s existence. Just as you see your opponent come on screen, you shoot - and you miss your shot because of lag and you want to smash your keyboard. Sometimes, one frame can mean the difference between winning or losing. 




Of course, great visuals create a more immersive gaming experience, but they’re also important for maintaining a competitive advantage. A high monitor refresh rate and quick response times from your display are essential if you don’t want your equipment to let you down. We used to think that the human eye could only see up to 60 Hz (which means an image is updated 60 times in one second), but now studies are suggesting that we only begin to approach life-like motion after 200 Hz. Has your screen kept up?

To perform optimally, a high number of frames per second (FPS) alone isn’t enough. While having a high frame rate does increase visual performance and reduces stuttering, if you have a monitor with a low refresh rate, a lot of frames rendered virtually are never physically displayed. A monitor with a longer response time also takes longer to shift from one colour to another, which is what causes game-ruining flickering or dimming. Any serious gamer knows that if you want to be a step ahead of your competitors, you need proper equipment. And any good PC is only as good as its monitor. 

With LG’s UltraGear range of powerful gaming monitors, what you see is – quite literally – what you get. It’s the world's first 4K Nano IPS 1ms GTG gaming monitor, setting a new standard for competitive gaming equipment. The monitor response time of 1ms, currently the highest on the market, allows you to react immediately to what you’re seeing and experience every element of a game in real-time. And this speed comes without compromising picture quality.




The UltraGear series has a wider colour range due to Nano IPS, which uses liquid crystals that can shift horizontally to overcome the limitations of high-quality TN panels. So, you get better colour accuracy and consistency, as well as better viewing angles, than ever before. It also delivers a colour range that’s 35% greater than sRGB 100% - just imagine how much better your favourite game’s graphics will look with those colours. And fans of first-person shooters know that better vision always gives you better chances…

Its high refresh rate of up to 240Hz ensures that you can deal instantly in any scenario to achieve victory - all without lag. Even better - the curved, virtually borderless 21:9 display allows you to see more of the game than a traditional 16:9 screen. Who knows what’s lurking just beyond your field of vision?

To really take things to the next level and help you get lost in the game, Sphere Lighting 2.0 is a custom LED function that’s linked to your game’s visuals or audio. In Sound Sync Mode, the monitor lights up according to the dynamic in-game sounds, and in Video Sync Mode, it lights up based on the visual effects on the monitor. Just don’t blame us if you forget where you are.

All in all, the UltraGear is, quite literally, a game changer and a non-negotiable if you want to get geared up for victory.


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