// PC GAMER — GAMING
Koorui G2741L review
A reasonably priced 4K offering that is well worth considering on a budget. But OLED is an elephant in the room at practically the same price, and dual-mode still isn't perfect yet.
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Dual-mode is still not perfect in gaming monitors, but we are consistently getting the option for nearly no extra cost, and that is making it a mighty viable choice, especially if you are running a rig that can only sometimes run the native resolution.
The option to flit from 1080p at double the refresh rate for competitive or highly intensive games, and then back to 4K for lush sights or just a clean desktop in only a few seconds, and with native resolutions, makes so much sense to me. Koorui manages to offer both dual-mode and aggressive 4K pricing at the same time.
It's been more than a year since our review, but the Asus ROG Strix XG27UCG, which sits as our pick for the best budget 4K gaming monitor, is $100 more and offers almost identical specs. That's a few ticks in my book already.
But stats don't tell you absolutely everything; I've had this Koorui gaming monitor planted on my desk for a few weeks, and I was pleasantly surprised by it.
✅ You want cheap 4K with good 1080p: You would struggle to find quite so reasonable a deal on such a high refresh rate dual-mode 4K monitor.
❌ You can't run 4K: For that price, I'd be picking up a 1080p/1440p monitor, or going a little upward and getting the eye-popping colours of an OLED.
A reasonably priced 4K offering that is well worth considering on a budget. But OLED is an elephant in the room at practically the same price, and dual-mode still isn't perfect yet.
2 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DP 1.4, audio jack, FreeSync Premium