Our Verdict

This gaming monitor offers absolute peak competitive FPS performance for an incredibly expensive price tag. If you're already in the top bracket of players in CS2 or Valorant and you live and breathe esports, it's a fine choice provided you have a stack of money to spare. Otherwise, one of Zowie's cheaper TN panels with DyAc 2 or a fast OLED will be a better choice.

For

600 Hz is wicked fast

DyAc 2 anti-blur is great

Unparallelled clarity in competitive shooters

Great size panel for competitive FPS

Against

Prohibitively expensive

One-trick pony

1080p max resolution

Lack of colour accuracy

No HDR

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The Zowie XL2586X+ is by far the product I've most wanted to keep hold of and have been the most reluctant to hand back. It's also one I'm certain I won't be buying any time soon.…