{"id":1556473,"date":"2026-04-18T23:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jUKXFTquUE39UaqzHGNSAH"},"modified":"2026-04-18T23:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:18:30","slug":"are-monitors-anti-inflation-aoc-argues-monitors-are-a-better-upgrade-than-graphics-cards-or-memory-right-now-which-seems-like-the-kind-of-thing-a-monitor-manufacturer-would-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/are-monitors-anti-inflation-aoc-argues-monitors-are-a-better-upgrade-than-graphics-cards-or-memory-right-now-which-seems-like-the-kind-of-thing-a-monitor-manufacturer-would-say\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Are monitors anti-inflation?’: AOC argues monitors are a better upgrade than graphics cards or memory right now, which seems like the kind of thing a monitor manufacturer would say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monitors are kind of important. Like, you need them to see the games you play, man. But on a deeper level, picking the right one to see your games as intended<\/em> actually is important\u2014be that going up to 4K for those beautifully rendered textures or OLED for true blacks. Monitor manufacturer AOC seems to agree, and it has a whole new range for you to pick from. <\/p>\n

In a press conference I attended in Croatia today, Cesar Reyes Acosta, European commercial leader for AOC, showed off said new monitors, and asked questions as ‘food for thought’. These were a series of prodding inquiries intended to explain why one might want a new monitor right now (or, I suppose, in a few months, with some of them out in June and July). <\/p>\n

The first and most important question was “Is it smart to buy an OLED monitor today?” Effectively, with the memory crisis<\/a> continuing to rage, taking GPU prices up with it, Acosta argues that swapping to OLED will feel more monumental than paying all that cash for quicker memory or an upgraded GPU. <\/p>\n

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