You’ve got to hand it to the Samsung monitor team: They don’t think small. After trying to make 6K resolution work for gaming (spoiler alert, it’s not the new 4K), the Korean screen giant is proposing you find space for its largest, prettiest gaming monitors. Somehow, the utterly massive G9 is not even the most interesting monitor this year.
At Gamescom, Samsung shared details on its 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 (G95SJ), which has a DQHD resolution (meaning it maxes out at 5,120 x 1,440 pixels) display that’s packing the company’s latest QD-OLED (quantum dot organic light-emitting diode) panel technology. This is a penta-tandem display, meaning it makes use of five OLED layers on top of each other to enhance the overall brightness. It also makes use of the RGB-Stripe sub-pixel layer, which reduces fuzziness around text you sometimes get on OLEDs.
The new OLED G9 also maxes out at a 360Hz refresh rate, but if you drop it down to the wide 2,560 x 720 resolution, you can max out at a ludicrous 720Hz. The new Odyssey G9 monitor already faces stiff competition from LG, which launched a ridiculous 52-inch ultrawide monitor back at CES 2026. Earlier this year at Computex 2026, Alienware debuted a 39-inch 5K2K ultrawide that also sported the penta-tandem OLED layers along with RGB Stripe tech.
Those obsessed with desk-spanning screens don’t lack for choice. It’s why the rest of the Odyssey lineup seems somehow more enticing. If you still enjoy warped screens, the Odyssey OLED G7 (G75SJ) sits at a mere 42 inches with a 1,000R curvature but sports the taller 16:9 aspect ratio that will better serve most content that doesn’t play well with the longer 32:9 screens. The monitor still manages to hit a 165Hz refresh rate at 4K.
But of what’s on offer, the most ludicrous of the bunch is likely the Odyssey OLED G8 (G80SJ). It’s a 32-inch, 4K monitor that supports three separate refresh rates. At 4K, it already has more than you need at 360Hz. Then, at 1440p, it sprints at 520Hz. At 1080p, it’s pointlessly fast at 680Hz. For all its various resolutions, the monitor supports variable refresh rates with support for AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync.
The G8 seems to be proposing it’s the only monitor you’ll need for the next several years, thanks to its three modes that can support whatever PC or console you plug into it. The screen promises to keep glare down with a matte filter while still keeping bright enough to achieve VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack 600 certification. We may see more of these screens in the near future. MSI showed me its own tri-mode gaming screen back at Computex 2026 in June.
I have a recorded issue with screens that push refresh rates and nothing else. Samsung is still pushing monitors like the new Odyssey OLED G6 (G60H), which maxes out at 1,100Hz in HD or 600HZ at 1440p. It’s why I’m still more excited to see how Samsung pushes its sequel to last year’s perfunctory though strangely appealing Odyssey 3D. The new version is supposed to max out at 6K resolution, but the real upgrade is apparently increased game support. Samsung now promises CD Project Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 and 2025 survival game Cronos: The New Dawn can now interact with the monitor’s stereoscopic screen technology.
So, when are the 3D—or any of the other Odyssey monitors—coming? “Availability will vary by market, with launch timing and pricing to be announced at a later date,” the company says. Okay, thanks, I guess…
