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OLED gaming monitors have finally gotten so good that a Counter-Strike 2 tournament is using one

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OLED gaming monitors have finally gotten so good that a Counter-Strike 2 tournament is using one

I've been watching the ascent of OLED with a very keen eye, primarily because as a Counter-Strike 2 gamer, I know just how promising OLEDs will be for competitive gaming. And now it seems we're at the point where they've gotten good enough in specific ways to be the official panel tech of choice in an official CS2 Major tournament.

Asus' new monitor, the ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace, is going to be the official monitor of the 2026 PGL CS2 major. It's a glossy tandem WOLED with a response time of 0.02 ms (GTG), which is low even for OLED.

More relevant here, though, is that it's a 720 Hz, 24.5-inch panel. We've seen high refresh rate OLEDs before, but most of these (A) are 27-inch or bigger, and (B) only achieve their high refresh rates when dropped to 720p. Getting up to 1080p is ideal for pro gaming, especially in CS2, where some will want to stretch a 4:3 resolution, and 24/25-inch monitors are preferred.

It might seem silly to some, but I've tested some pro-level monitors and can confirm that 24/25-inch monitors can make playing CS2 a little more comfortable, allowing you to see the entire game scene without squinting in a way that pushing a 27-inch monitor further away somehow doesn't quite replicate. I did also find in that testing that there are diminishing returns to higher refresh rates above about 360 Hz, but hey, I'm not a pro. I have no doubt they can make use of those extra returns, diminishing as they are.


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