AOC AGON AG493QCX – 49 Inch Dual FHD Curved Gaming Monitor
AOC AGON AG493QCX – 49 Inch Dual FHD Curved Gaming Monitor, 144Hz, VA, 4ms GTG, Height Adjust, USB Hub, FreeSync Premium, Speakers (3840×1080 @ 144Hz, 400 cd/m²,HDMI 2.0 / DP 1.2 / USB 3.1)
Picture by Picture
Picture by Picture is a feature that allows you to make use of multiple sources (e.g. from your laptop and desktop PC) simultaneously and display them on the same screen. Its commanding overview gives you more control and boosts your efficiency both while streaming, working and playing considerably.
AOC GAME COLOR AND SHADOW CONTROL
Bring the battle out of the shadows with AOC Shadow Control and AOC Game Colour! Adjust grey levels for better picture detail and brighten dark areas or sink them back into blackness on the fly, without affecting the rest of the display.
1MS MPRT
1ms response time equals speed without the smear for an enhanced experience. Fast-moving action and dramatic transitions will be rendered smoothly without the effects of ghosting.
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| Screen size (inch) | 49 inch Curved | 49 inch Curved | 49 inch Curved |
| Resolution | 5120×1440 | 5120×1440 | 3840×1080 |
| Refresh rate | 120Hz | 165Hz | 144Hz |
| Response Time (MPRT) | 1 ms | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Panel Type | VA | VA | VA |
| Brightness | 550 cd/m² | 400 cd/m² | 400 cd/m² |
| Connections | HDMI 2.0 x 2, DisplayPort 1.4 x 2, USB-C , USB 3.2(Gen1) x 3 | USB-C (DP Alt Mode) / DisplayPort 1.4×1 / HDMI 2.0 x 3 | HDMI 2.0 x 2 / DisplayPort 1.2 x 2 / USB 3.2(Gen1) x 3 |
| Sync technology | AMD FreeSync Premium Pro | AMD FreeSync Premium Pro | AMD FreeSync Premium Pro |
| Speakers | 5 W x 2 | 5 W x 2 | 5 W x 2 |
| Stand | Swivel , Tilt , Height adjust , Removable stand , vesa mount 100 x 100 | Swivel , Tilt , Height adjust , Removable stand , vesa mount 100 x 100 | Swivel , Tilt , Height adjust , Removable stand , vesa mount 100 x 100 |
| Weight: | 16.5 kg |
| Dimensions: | 1 x 1 x 1 cm; 16.5 Kilograms |
| Brand: | AOC |
| Model: | AOC AGON AG493QCX |
| Colour: | BLACK |
| Manufacture: | AOC International |
| Dimensions: | 1 x 1 x 1 cm; 16.5 Kilograms |
I was in two minds about this at first, becauseit >could< be a complete waste if you're not using it for the right appliction. Firstly, the box will need it's own warehouse if you're a "keeper", as (quite rightly), it needs sufficient packaging to keep it protected in transit. The box is equivalent in size to a medium sized coffin (or how I'd imagine one to be), given it's length, breadth and height. The packaging alone is bound to draw gasps of envy from others as you unpackage it and is undoubtedly worthy of a few minutes of YouTube fame, all on it's own. The monitor itself when used to "do ordinary internet things" (shopping, YouTube, filling in pointless Government forms, etc) will be an absolute waste of estate if you have no other task for it, as most web pages aren't designed for super widescreen monitors, their offerings appearing like Hitlers moustache against an acreage of top lip. (In other words, a thin strip in the middle of the screen, flanked by nothingness on either side). Where the monitor comes into it's own is with gaming (provided your game can support the resolution, of course) and with tasks that require two things (or more) to be viewed side by side. As an IT technician who works from home, being able to see many, many tasks on screen at the same time is simply superb.
I got this on an amazon warehouse deal, a great price. Setting up was easy with my Alienware laptop but much trickier with my work laptop, manually changing the refresh rate and the zoom levels finally made things scale properly but it wasn’t easy, instructions are hopeless. I used a Gostand monitor arm which works well freeing up desk space. Brilliant for games and multitasking which is essential for my job, it essentially gives you a triple monitor all in one, looks great too and the remote is handy. Good connectivity and cable management, pity it does not have USB c
I’ve set this up in my home office and if I get it set up right I can view 4 separate applications at once! I have also used it with Nvidia GeForce Now and the quality is very impressive. I was surprised to learn that it had speakers built in as I was only looking for a monitor but they’re pretty good quality. In theory you could plug an Amazon firestick in and use it as a TV (although I think the ratio would be terrible). My only minor gripe is that I wish it had a webcam built-in with a privacy slider. I’ve had to mount a camera on top for work which ruins the aesthetic. Finally this will work with a standard VESA mount but be careful and make sure that you have strong rawl plugs & screws as this bad boy is pretty heavy!
I bought this monitor to replace a dual 24″ wide setup, primarily for work and secondarily for gaming.
I’ll deal with gaming first, it does what it says on the tin. Image is good, no issues, no complaints.
For work? The PBP function was far more awkward to figure out than it should have been and there was no help in the manual. You will need to do more playing around than should be necessary in your NVidia control panel (or AMD equivalent) to get the correct settings to take a PBP feed in without getting black bars.
Either way, figured it out and seems to be a solid replacement for the separate 24’s
I’ve had this for a while now and love it so much. The image is crisp and definitely does well if you play games.
It’s also amazing for working and once you setup shortcuts on your OS to move windows around it’s even better.
Don’t be fooled by the fact this is a little less known brand. I’ve never regretted buying this. And at the price paid it sweetens the deal even more.
I must say, moving from a dual monitor setup to a large 49″ display takes some getting used to, mainly due to having to keep things windowed instead of maximised on the screen. Thankfully PowerToys Fancy Zones is invaluable, but it still takes some getting used to.
The screen is great, I haven’t been able to get it to run at 165Hz, 120Hz seems to be my limit, might be hardware of my laptop, although it’s a gaming laptop with an RTX2070, so you’d think that would be enough. Even tried a mini DP to DP cable, but still only topped out at 120Hz. Could be the cable I’m using isn’t up to par to carry that kind of signal, not sure. As I’m not a gamer it’s not much of a concern and I imagine 120Hz would be plenty (assuming I can actually run a game at 5120×1440 with that high frame rate on an RTX 2070).
The KVM feature is great, as long as you’re prepared to run one device on USB-C, and the other you need to use a USB-A to USB-B cable plugged into the USB upstream port, speaking of which, I didn’t get that cable in the box, I did get European power, UK power, DP, HDMI and USB-C cables.
I like the brightness of the screen, the colours seem accurate, and for me the DPI is perfect for running at 100% DPI at full res sitting 1m away.
The cons of this monitor are mostly around the firmware and OSD of the monitor. Some things I have taken for granted on my old monitors just seem to be lacking on this monitor, such as:
– When I shutdown my laptops and leave them plugged into the screen, the monitor doesn’t go in to standby, it seems to go round a loop of switch off, then switch back on, try to find a live feed, says “no signal” then switches off, then it repeats this over and over. I have to physically put it into standby using the remote, just like I would a TV.
– The Volume on the monitor goes from 0-100, but it doesn’t seem to work like that, instead it feels like 0 is silent, 1 is 50% volume and then 1-100 is gradual increase from 50% to 100% volume.
– Switching sources takes ages, so if your monitor is currently off and you previously had DP selected as your input (for example), you connect your running laptop/computer to the USB-C or one of the HDMI, then switch the monitor, it will try DP first as that was the last source selected, it was think about it for a bit, go to No signal, turn off, back on, then try another source. This can take close to 20 seconds to finally show you the screen.
– If you want to manually select source on the remote, or using the monitor controls, if there is no signal currently on screen, then you can’t get the source menu to display, or any of the monitor menu’s. Advice is to make sure you leave the monitor in auto source selection, otherwise you could get stuck on a source and not be able to switch to another if there is no signal on that source as you can’t display the menus to pick a new source.
– The curve is good, but I wish it was slightly more aggressive. The curve is 1800R, which would be great if I sat 1.8m away from the screen, but in reality I sit 1m away, so in hindsight perhaps the more expensive Samsung’s would’ve been better. Even at 1800R I find that any content at the edges of the screen start to become difficult to read and I feel I want to pull the monitor round more, but that could just be personal preference as I tend to work with screen split into 3 sections with the middle section being the widest at 1920×1440. This does mean, email and web browser are at the edges. It’s a shame the screen isn’t 5760×1440 as then I could have equivalent of 3 1920 wide monitors, instead the left and right areas are 1600×1440.
I like this monitor, and when I bought it the price was suitably affordable at 799. I don’t think I would pay any more for it knowing what I now know. The monitor would be 5 stars if they could sort out the rubbish firmware. I don’t even think they offer firmware updates, so unfortunately I’m stuck with what I have, but at least most of it I can work around.
Bought this for my son, I know nothing about gaming. I couldn’t believe that one monitor would be any better than another. Wow was I wrong. This thing is unbelievable. The picture, the sound the graphics. Wow.
DP port is really powerful, which supports full resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate.
When it comes to games, then I reckon the 32:9 aspect really does give you that immersed-in-the-game feel, especially with 1st person shooters, like doom eternal which quite frankly to me is mind blowing on this monitor. You will, of course, need a decent graphics card to drive it. I’m using a radeon rx6800 which is towards the top end of the gpu scale I suppose.
I use Windows Powertoys Fancyzones which allows me to snap windows in position on this large screen estate.
I came from a dual monitor setup to this, and for me it was a positive move. Took me a couple of days to get used to the wide-ness however, but don’t think I could go back now.
Yes, it was expensive, but if you spend all day and the majority of the evening behind a screen, you might as well have something good, which this most definitely is.