Samsung's official online store is offering the lowest price that I can find currently for a brand new OLED gaming monitor. For a limited time, you can pick up a 27" Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 QHD 180Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor for just $299.99 with free shipping. If you click on the link and you see $349.99, don't give up! All you have to do is reload the page about three to five times. Once you see $299.99, apply another 10% off coupon code "L8AS4HAL4O" in your shopping cart to drop it to the final price of $269.59.
27" Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 Gaming Monitor for $269
Here's a step by step guide to getting this price:
- Go the the 27" Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 gaming monitor product page
- Reload this page until you see the price of $299.54 (usually 3x to 5x refreshes)
- Proceed to your shopping cart
- At your cart, apply 10% off code "L8AS4HAL4O"
- Final price will be $269.59 with free shipping (before taxes)
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 is a 27" monitor with a 2560x1440 resolution and a pixel density of 111ppi, which is sharp enough for both gaming and general workstation use with excellent text clarity. This monitor is equipped with Samsung's quantum dot (QD) OLED panel. A QD OLED panel is brighter and has a wider color gamut than the more commonly found W-OLED panel. OLED monitors in general offer superior image quality compared to other monitors thanks to a combination of instantaneous response time, near-infinite black levels, and near-infinite contrast ratio.
Most "budget" OLED monitors have a native 120Hz-165Hz refresh rate, but the G5 ups the ante with a native 180Hz panel, making it a solid choice for games that have high-speed motion or require twitch-like reflexes (like sports games and first person shooters). You'll need to make sure you have an appropriate graphics card to achieve 240fps on a QHD monitor, ideally something like an RTX 5070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, although an RTX 5070 should be able to hit this target in older games like The Witcher 3, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Counter-Strike, or Valorant. It's also officially G-Sync compatible which helps with stuttering and tearing without introducing input lag during gaming.
Finally, the G5 includes a 3 year warranty that includes burn-in coverage, which matches the industry's best. Burn-in is far less of an issue than it used to be because there are built-in, automated features designed to prevent it, but it can still happen. Burn-in coverage is, in my opinion, absolutely necessary with any new OLED monitor purchase.
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
