Technology Miraj Islam October 3, 2026 0 Comments

AOC reveals 1000Hz gaming monitor, but do you really need that high of a refresh rate?

AOC has revealed the Agon Pro AGP257FT, a 24.5-inch Full HD monitor
It has a native refresh rate of 1000 Hz.
Expect this gaming monitor to debut in the first quarter of 2027, but we don’t have a price yet

AOC has announced a new gaming monitor that runs on a native 1000Hz refresh rate.

TechPowerUp published the press release for the Agon Pro AGP257FT, which is a 24.5-inch Full HD IPS monitor that offers a 0.3ms response time (gray to gray) and support for DisplayHDR 400.

As mentioned, it runs natively at 1000Hz, meaning you get that refresh rate out of the box (and there’s no dual mode here, where a monitor has two refresh rate settings with different resolutions, removing the latter for a faster rate).

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Don’t expect this to be a cheap monitor. With a 1000Hz refresh rate, it’s aimed at professional esports players, so it’ll hit your wallet quite hard. Especially considering that not even monitors are immune to the price increases we’ve seen across all types of technology thanks to the pressures of the RAM crisis and the global geopolitical climate (which affects shipping).

Of course, do you really need a 1000Hz display even if you’re a competitive gamer? Maybe it’s justifiable from some points of view, but unless money really isn’t an issue in your gaming setup, it’s going to be overkill for most people.

For starters, you’re not going to get 1000 frames per second (to match that 1000Hz refresh rate) even on esports gamers with a high-end PC, remembering that it’s not just about reaching or hitting that level, it’s about maintaining it (on average).

Well, it’s also true that there are still benefits in terms of a smoother image with less motion blur and less input lag when running at 1000Hz, even if the frames per second aren’t at that level, so this technology isn’t wasted in this scenario.

Still, whether the price of this type of screen is worth it is, let’s say, very debatable. On top of that, in the case of this AOC monitor, gamers will argue that IPS isn’t the best choice if they want motion clarity anyway, and that they’d be better off looking at, say, a 720Hz OLED (which is still an incredibly fast refresh rate).

However, the vast majority of gamers will be better off focusing their spending on the PC itself (and there’s certainly a need for extra cash given the RAM crisis) rather than looking for a monitor that will likely only offer minor benefits in the end (unless you’re a serious pro gamer).