Hard Truth about the “Fastest” Gaming Monitor

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Have monitors finally jumped the shark? The AW2524H from Alienware refreshes at an eye-watering 500Hz on a colorful IPS panel, but it's a 1080p 24.5" display that comes with a HEFTY price tag. Is it any good?

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Buy an Alienware 24.5” 500HZ AW2524Hz Gaming Monitor: https://lmg.gg/8JXva

Buy a LG 27” Ultragear 240Hz OLED QHD 27GR95QE-B Gaming Monitor: https://geni.us/wGbroU

Buy a BenQ 24.5” 360Hz XL2566K Gaming Monitor: https://geni.us/bEWWMrm

Buy a Viotek 27” 240Hz GFT27CXB2 Gaming Monitor: https://geni.us/Ng2n

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712
Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI
Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw
Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:38 It's Pretty Good
2:30 Looking At It
3:30 CS:GO
4:30 Halo
6:55 240Hz OLED
8:20 Refresh Rate vs MPRT
11:30 360Hz vs 500Hz
12:55 BFI
15:00 Testing and IO
17:15 Conclusion
19:26 Outro