Corsair’s new Xeneon Flex represents one thing somewhat new within the gaming monitor world. It is a bendable OLED panel, fitted in an ultrawide, 21:9 configuration and with a large 45-inch expanse of display screen.
And it already appears like my good gaming monitor.
I’ve already spoken concerning the peak gaming monitor period (opens in new tab) that we’re about to enter, with the likes of Asus and BenQ displaying off their very own large-scale OLED panels, and Alienware having already launched an ultrawide OLED display screen from Samsung’s show steady. However Corsair is teaming up with LG to create a singular, extremely excessive efficiency display screen that can nonetheless be extremely sympathetic to the ability of your gaming PC.
Whereas the opposite new big-screen OLEDs are seemingly pulled straight out of current TV manufacturing traces, the Corsair Xeneon Flex’s (opens in new tab) panel feels much more bespoke. For a begin, that 45-inch, 21:9 scale is one thing you are not going to search out within the dwelling cinema. However you are additionally getting correct gaming monitor goodness within the form of a 3440 x 1440 native decision and a 240Hz refresh charge.
Meaning you are not going to want an RTX 4090 to have the ability to get essentially the most out of this panel; the 21:9 native res is nowhere close to as punishing as a 4K show.
Paired with that’s an virtually instantaneous 0.03 GtG response time for a silky picture free that should be virtually freed from movement blur. It is also totally appropriate with G-Sync and FreeSync Premium, too. You would possibly even get one thing like an excellent HDR expertise with OLED’s incredible distinction ranges and the 1,000cd/m2 peak luminance of the display screen itself.
And yeah, it is versatile. Bendable. Pliable. And, as a lot as I would be terrified to flex what is bound to be a $,2000+ panel, I really like the concept of having the ability to swap from flat display screen for work or technique video games, to a super-tight 800R curve for first particular person gaming.
From the appears of the teaser trailer the change is totally guide, permitting you to regulate how tight a curve you truly need at any given time, with a supportive brace working alongside the bottom of the panel itself.
The inevitable concern is that it’ll add one other level of failure into the image—doubtlessly actually—will repeated flexing of the panel create a problem sooner or later? We would like our costly gaming displays to outlast our PCs, in spite of everything. However on this level I think about LG. It is the unique OLED producer, and has been creating rollable OLED panels for years now.
And what of the basic peril of OLED: burn-in? Corsair claims to have that lined with “a classy burn-in prevention system which operates when each powered on, and when switched off, to make sure a flawless picture even after prolonged UI or OS use, all backed by a three-year Zero Burn in and Zero Useless Pixel Guarantee.”
Given the somewhat prosaic nature of the primary Corsair gaming displays, the Xeneon 32QHD165 (opens in new tab) and Xeneon 32UHD144 (opens in new tab), it is nice to see the corporate pulling out all of the stops for this positively next-gen show. It is first screens had been good, simply did not actually ship something that new for his or her excessive worth. The Xeneon Flex, nonetheless, is a brand new class of reworking gaming monitor, in all probability for a very excessive worth.
It is being demonstrated at Gamescom in the intervening time and we will get our arms on the widescreen magnificence ourselves very quickly.
We’ll attempt to not break it.
