Best gaming monitor 2018

The best gaming monitor can make almost as much difference to your gaming experience as a new graphics card. But what is the best gaming display? That’s a tough question right now, because there are so many different kinds of screen around it can be difficult to say what is the absolute best. There are serious questions you need to ask yourself first. Do you favour image quality over lightning-fast pixel response? Do you need Nvidia's G-Sync or AMD's FreeSync? Are you into the pro-gaming, competitive esports world and crave the super-high monitor refresh rates of TN tech rather than a quality panel? Do you want a traditional 16:9 screen or have you been seduced by the ultra widescreen beauty of a 21:9 aspect ratio? Or does it absolutely, positively have to be 4K? And, finally, how convinced are you by the prospect of high dynamic range gaming? We've lovingly tested the best Samsung, BenQ, AOC, Acer, LG, Philips, and Asus monitors to find out who really stands atop the lot with the absolute best displays. And it's important to make sure you get the best gaming monitor, because it's likely to outlast every component in your PC.