Gigabyte Aorus CO49DQ: Extra-wide OLED gaming monitor has a response time of 0.03 milliseconds and supports FreeSync Premium Pro

The Aorus CO49DQ from Gigabyte is a new, extra-wide and curved monitor based on OLED technology. It can basically replace two screens in 16:9 format and a screen diagonal of 27 inches. The positive thing about using just one monitor is that there are no screen edges and the curvature should also allow for better ergonomics. The curvature radius is 1800 millimeters. The display of two image sources is supported by Picture-by-Picture and Picture-in-Picture simultaneously.

The screen diagonal is specified as 49 inches with a resolution of 5120 x 1440. According to Gigabyte, the typical brightness is 250 cd/m², while the contrast ratio stands at 1,500,000:1, meaning that high-contrast content should be very well rendered. The monitor also reportedly fulfills the requirements of the VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 standard, and the DCI-P3 color space is covered at 99%.

The response time is just 0.03 milliseconds, which is the gray-to-gray response time. 144 Hz is given as the refresh rate and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro is supposed to be particularly effective at preventing tearing. Two HDMI 2.1 ports are on board, plus a DisplayPort 1.4 port and also USB Type C. A USB hub with just two USB ports is integrated. Lastly, there are two speakers with an output of five watts each.

Precise details about the release date or pricing of the new and extra-wide gaming monitor are yet to be made known.