{"id":1868876,"date":"2024-01-09T19:29:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T00:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/gigabytes-massive-new-oled-ultrawide-monitor-looks-incredible\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T19:29:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T00:29:16","slug":"gigabytes-massive-new-oled-ultrawide-monitor-looks-incredible","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/gigabytes-massive-new-oled-ultrawide-monitor-looks-incredible\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigabyte\u2019s massive new OLED ultrawide monitor looks incredible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Samsung may be most well-known for selling gigantic ultrawide monitors, but it\u2019s not the only one in the game. In fact, the competition is heating up, as evidenced by the presence of Gigabyte\u2019s Aorus CO49DQ 49-inch gaming monitor at CES 2024.<\/p>\n

First announced in December 2023, the CO49DQ is a double quad HD (DQHD) display boasting a 5120\u00d71440 resolution\u2014the equivalent of two 2560\u00d71440 panels side-by-side. Gigabyte\u2019s version is lightly curved and supports a 144Hz refresh rate. For now, the launch price is set at $1,299, though the company says the cost could drop lower by the time the monitor hits shelves. (Speaking of shelves, they\u2019re going to need to be sturdy, as this 49-inch monitor weighs in at nearly 25 pounds.)<\/p>\n

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You can catch a closer view of the CO49DQ in our video embedded above, where PCWorld\u2019s Adam Patrick Murray runs down the specs. Though sponsored by Gigabyte, the video also contains Adam\u2019s thoughts on Gigabyte\u2019s noteworthy products at CES 2024\u2014like another Aorus-branded OLED monitor. This smaller 27-inch 1440p monitor features a 360Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms response time, as well as one particularly sleek design element: the slender monitor stand, which has the barest of footprints.<\/p>\n

Gamers can also look forward to Gigabyte\u2019s revamped Aorus X16 laptop, which is newly infused with 14th-gen Intel \u201cRaptor Lake Refresh\u201d Core CPUs, up to a Nvidia RTX 4090 laptop GPU, and AI capabilities that help manage the battery and performance boosting, and with content creation. Despite the revamp, though, this gaming notebook still sports a wide variety of ports along its sides (Ethernet, HDMI, micro-SD, USB-A, and USB-C)\u2014and also packs in a nifty trick: A tiny projector at the back beams the Aorus logo onto whatever surface the laptop\u2019s sitting on.<\/p>\n

For those heavily involved in content creation, Gigabyte showcased a couple of powerful Threadripper builds at its booth, too: one running a Threadripper Pro 7960X, and the other a Threadripper Pro 7985X, with both systems crunching through punishing workloads.
Keep checking out PCWorld all week long for more fun, weird, and cool things from the CES 2024 show floor\u2014like this tiny but killer motherboard feature<\/a>, dual-screen<\/a> laptops<\/a>, and our own hands-on showdown between portable gaming PCs<\/a>.<\/p>\n