This 4K, 144Hz Prime Day monitor deal might finally convince me to leave the 1440p life behind

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Gigabyte M28U 4k 144Hz Gaming Monitor

Gigabyte M28U | 28-inch | 4K | 144Hz | IPS | $599.99$399.99 at Newegg (save $200)

Price check:Amazon $404.99

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Hey, you there. How many pixels currently make up these words on your screen? If it’s anything less than 8,294,400 (that is, 3840 x 2160), you’re having a basically neolithic experience: Outmoded, outdated, so old-school they’re teaching in Latin.

It’s also butter-smooth. The M28U boasts a 144Hz refresh rate as well as a 4K resolution for those with the graphics beef to drive both at the same time in demanding games. I have to say it’s worth it. Whenever I’ve played games at 4K and 144 frames per second, it’s felt like a borderline religious experience.

Still, even if you can’t quite push that many frames at that resolution, the screen still looks great, and it’ll be nice to have whenever you get around to upgrading your GPU. Plus you can have loads of fun just seeing how smoothly your cursor glides around your desktop. You won’t even need videogames.

That’s not to say it’s all perfect, of course. For one thing, you might do well to pick up a decent monitor arm alongside the M28U if you don’t have one already. The screen’s great, but the stand it comes with looks a little cheap. In our review, we noted that the pads on its underside came away after just a little movement, risking the stability of the screen on a desk. It also comes with a speed overdrive setting to jack up response times, but it is—if anything—a tad overenthusiastic, sometimes sacrificing picture quality for speed. Our advice? Switch it off and stick with Smart OD.

But those are both minor, and very avoidable, trifles. Overall, the M28U is a banger of a screen at a banger of a price, and you could do much worse with your money this Prime Day than picking one up.

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