AU Optronics (AUO, hereafter) may not be familiar to you at all. A large number of gaming monitors on the market use this manufacturer’s panels. It is characterized by being at the forefront in the manufacture of panels for monitors, offering solutions of the highest quality.
AU Optronics Announces 480Hz Gaming Monitor Panel
We can find gaming monitors in the market with refresh rate up to 360Hz, which is the current ceiling. This manufacturer of specialized panels has announced a new ultra-high refresh rate solution up to 480 Hz. This panel is intended for professional and/or competitive gamers. A panel which, by the way, will have a 1080p resolution.
As we mentioned, the panels with the highest refresh rate today are 360Hz. These panels support in some cases a slight overclocking which allows to increase this refresh rate, although it is not recommended at all.
The new AUO panel is TN-film, with AmLED technology and increases the current maximum refresh rate by a third. This panel will have a size of 24 inches and a response time of less than 1 ms for a desktop. It seems that at the moment this is the maximum size that can be offered with such a high refresh rate,
They also presented a screen with 1080p resolution at 480Hz 16 inch laptops. So this new high refresh rate won’t be exclusive to desktop gaming monitors, but will reach laptops as well.
Note that the 1080p resolution is the most used in competition because it is the one that can give the most FPS. Modern graphics cards can deliver a massive amount of FPS at such a resolution. For higher resolutions, the amount of FPS drops a bit due to the fact that there are more pixels and, therefore, more information to process.
It looks like AMD is already working on certifying 480Hz monitors with FreeSync
AU Optronics at the moment has not given data on when we will see the first gaming monitor with a refresh rate of 480 Hz. This does not mean that AMD is already working on FreeSync certification for panels reaching 480 Hz. The company is also working on certification with FreeSync gaming monitors with 8K resolution.
It is not excluded that during Computex 2022, which takes place at the end of this month, we could see a gaming monitor with this new panel. ASUS is usually the most innovative manufacturer and releases products with the latest technologies on the market. On the other hand, you have to be prepared for the price of a hypothetical 24-inch ASUS RoG gaming monitor with a 1080p @ 480 Hz panel, since it should quite easily exceed 1,000 dollars (or dollars) in price.
