If you've been itching to get your hands on an FreeSync-enabled display, but have found the prices prohibitive, check out the AOC G2460PF ($249). This 24-inch gaming monitor uses AMD's FreeSync anti-tearing technology to deliver smooth gaming action, and it offers a quick pixel response, speedy refresh rates, and low input lag. It's loaded with ports and comes with a fully adjustable stand, but its color and gray-scale performance can't touch our Editors' Choice for midsize gaming monitors, the excellent, but pricey BenQ XL2420G . Still, the G2460PF is definitely worth a look if you're on a budget.
Design and Features
The G2460PF ($2,069.94 at Amazon) looks nearly identical to its Nvidia G-Sync-enabled stablemate, the AOC G2460PG ( at Amazon) . Its 1,920-by-1,080 Twisted Nematic (TN) panel is housed in a 2-inch-thick, matte-black cabinet and is framed by thin, black bezels. The display has a maximum brightness of 350 nits, a variable refresh rate of up to 144Hz, and a 1-millisecond (gray-to-gray) pixel response. Whereas the AOC G2460G sports a strip of green trim on the bezel, the G2460PF's lower bezel has a strip of red trim and comes with a matching cable-management bracket.
The cabinet is supported by a stand that offers pivot, height, tilt, and swivel adjustability. You can also remove the mounting arm and use the VESA-compliant mounting holes to hang the monitor on a wall using an optional mounting kit. Four function buttons beneath the lower bezel provide access to the setting menus, where you can adjust Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Dynamic Contrast Ratio, and Overdrive (pixel response). There are six picture presets (Standard, Text, Movie, Sports, Game, and Internet) and five Game modes, including FPS (First-Person Shooter), RTS (Real-Time Strategy), Racing, and two user-defined modes. A pair of 2-watt speakers provides moderately loud audio output, but not much bass.
The G2460PF lacks the Dialpoint crosshair-aiming and Ultra Low Motion Blur (ULMB) features that you get with the AOC G2460PG, but it does offer plenty of I/O ports. The rear of the cabinet holds a DVI port, a VGA port, an HDMI port, and a DisplayPort. The HDMI port pulls double-duty as an MHL port that can be used to connect to and charge compatible devices, such as tablets and phones. Also around back are three USB 2.0 ports (one upstream, two downstream), an audio input, and a headphone jack. The right side of the cabinet holds two additional USB 2.0 downstream ports. The G2460PF comes with HDMI, DisplayPort, and VGA cables. It is covered by a three-year warranty on parts, labor, and backlight.
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Performance
The G2460PF handled our gaming tests with aplomb. The panel's 144Hz refresh rate and speedy 1-millisecond (gray-to-gray) pixel response combined to deliver crisp, stutter-free action on our Crysis 3 (PC) and Grand Theft Auto V (Sony Playstation 4 ($799.95 at Amazon) ) gaming tests. Ghosting was not an issue in testing, and gameplay was relatively smooth. As smooth as it was, enabling FreeSync made Crysis 3 appear noticeably smoother and more fluid. An input lag (the time it takes for a monitor to react to a controller command) of 10.1 milliseconds, as measured by the Leo Bodnar Video Signal Lag Tester, means you have a good chance of beating your opponent to the draw. Our fastest monitors, the BenQ SW2700PT ($529.99 at Amazon) and the BenQ XL2430T ($470.69 at Walmart) , measured a lower lag time of 9.5 milliseconds.
Out-of-the-box color accuracy is decent, but has room for improvement. As shown on the chromaticity chart below, red and blue colors, which are represented by the colored dots, are closely aligned with their ideal CIE coordinates, which are represented by the boxes. Green, however, is almost completely outside of its box. This is fairly common with TN panels (we saw similar performance with the AOC G2460PG), and in this case, the skewed greens do not result in tinting or oversaturated colors.
Gray-scale performance was also sketchy. The G2460PF was able to display dark and middle shades of gray from the DisplayMate 64-Step Gray-Scale tests, but the three lightest shades appeared white. Highlight detail in my test images appeared a bit washed out as a result. As with most TN panels, color shifting is evident when viewed from an extreme top, bottom, or side angle.
The G2460PF drew 30 watts of power during testing while set to Standard mode (it does not have a power-saving mode). That's identical to the BenQ XL2420G, and pretty much in line with the AOC G2460PG (32 watts). However, the BenQ XL2420G offers an Eco mode that reduced power consumption to 14 watts.
Conclusion
With the AOC G2460PF, you can take advantage of AMD's FreeSync anti-tearing technology without spending a fortune. Its low input lag, speedy refresh rates, and multiple gaming presets will appeal to gamers of all stripes, and its generous feature set provides lots of connectivity options and ergonomic adjustments. That said, its color and gray-scale performance are less than ideal, as is its viewing-angle performance. If your budget allows, consider our Editors' Choice for midsize gaming monitors, the BenQ XL2420G. It uses Nvidia's G-Sync technology to prevent screen tearing and offers superior color and gray-scale performance to the G2460PF, but it'll cost you a lot more.
The AOC G2460PF is a well-priced, well-equipped 24-inch monitor with good gaming chops, though its gray-scale and viewing-angle performance could be better.
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