AOC AGON AG344UXM - 34 Inch QHD Gaming monitor, 170Hz, IPS, 1ms GTG, Mini LED, HDR1000 Height adjust, Speakers, FreeSync Premium, HDR1000 (2560x1440 @ 170Hz, HDMI 2.1 / DP 1.4 / USB-C 3.2), Black

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Thanks to the implemented Mini-LED technology, this model combines the highest brightness, finest picture quality and best uniformity while still being slimmer than monitors with conventional LED. The screen is based on an IPS panel with a 3440 x 1440 resolution for a large desktop area, and there’s a good range of input options including DisplayPort, HDMI 2. We were also impressed by the screens accuracy and setup in HDR mode, although we would have liked some higher peak brightness from smaller APL and the ability for the user to control how bright the screen gets, for close up viewing purposes.

For movies, music, games and more, you’ll enjoy quality audio without the hassle of connecting external speakers. The immediately obvious issue with this mode is unfortunately that the brightness OSD control is now fully locked, and with that set at a level of 70% the screen is just too bright.Switch settings between in-built presets for FPS, racing, or RTS games, or customise your own ideal conditions and save them.

The lights don’t get super bright so only provide a subtle glow to your desk and surrounding area, but they are reasonable. But it’s a bit of a pain to have to enable adaptive-sync again if you switch back to DisplayPort and PC input.This is much easier to use to make adjustments to the settings than trying to reach around the back of the monitor and find the controller joystick. Calibration and profiling can produce very good results if you have a suitable calibration device and software. For measurement we use a UPRtek MK550T spectroradiometer which is particularly good for colour gamut and spectrum measurements.

This is thanks to the Mini LED backlight but surely no one will want to run the screen at such a high SDR brightness? Maximum immersion:the AOC monitors come with special lighting at the back of the device that illuminates your gaming setup in various colors. Visually they all look pretty similar colour and brightness wise, but the sharpness is accentuated in the Picture, Movie and Game modes. You can see that the screen cannot be accurate for things like 100% primary red, blue and green, as it cannot cover the full colour space properly (no monitor can), but other colours and shades offer very good accuracy overall.We measured the full backlight range in SDR mode and found that the screen could reach an incredibly high, and totally unnecessary, 700 nits!