Samsung’s 2027 Odyssey Monitors Go to 1,100Hz and a 49-Inch 360Hz OLED
Samsung brought four new Odyssey monitors to Gamescom, and the number everyone is going to argue about is 1,100Hz. That’s the Odyssey G6, a 27-inch panel that runs up to 1,100Hz in HD and up to 600Hz in QHD when you flip it into Dual Mode. Whether your eyes can tell the difference past a few hundred hertz is a separate fight. Samsung built it anyway.
The rest of the 2027 lineup is the Odyssey OLED G9, the OLED G8 and the OLED G7. Samsung showed the G9 and G7 on stage at its Gamescom session on Wednesday and put the G8 and G6 on screen during the keynote.
| Model | Size | Panel | Resolution | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey OLED G9 | 49″ | 5th-gen QD-OLED | DQHD 5120 x 1440 | 360Hz (720Hz in Dual HD) |
| Odyssey OLED G8 | 32″ | 5th-gen QD-OLED | UHD | 360Hz (520Hz QHD / 680Hz FHD) |
| Odyssey OLED G7 | 42″ | Curved OLED, 1000R | 4K | 165Hz |
| Odyssey G6 | 27″ | Fast IPS | QHD | 600Hz QHD / 1,100Hz HD |
Odyssey OLED G9: a 49-inch ultrawide that finally moves
This is the one we’d want on a desk. Samsung says it’s the first 49-inch DQHD monitor to hit 360Hz, and it’s running a fifth-generation QD-OLED panel with Penta Tandem tech. You get 5120 x 1440 at 360Hz with a 0.03ms grey-to-grey response, or you drop into Dual HD at 2560 x 720 and push it to 720Hz if you care more about frames than pixels.
Previous 49-inch OLEDs topped out around 240Hz. Getting that width to 360Hz without cutting resolution is the actual news here, and it means you stop having to choose between the wide view and the competitive refresh rate.
Odyssey OLED G8: 4K at 360Hz with three speed modes
The G8 is a 32-inch UHD OLED that also tops out at 360Hz, and it has Triple Mode instead of Dual. UHD at 360Hz, QHD at 520Hz, or FHD at 680Hz, and you pick based on the game and what your GPU can actually feed it.
It uses RGB Stripe subpixels rather than the triangular layout older QD-OLEDs used, which should mean cleaner text when you’re not gaming. Samsung’s Glare Free film is on it too, and the company says it’s 54% less glossy than the anti-reflection film it used before. Specs are 0.03ms GtG, VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack 600, FreeSync Premium Pro and G-SYNC Compatible support.
Ports are generous: one DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR20, two HDMI, one USB-C with 98W power delivery, a two-port USB hub and KVM.
Odyssey OLED G7: a 42-inch curved 16:9
Nobody has done a 42-inch 16:9 curved OLED before, and Samsung is pitching this one squarely at RPG and open-world players. It’s 1000R curvature, 4K, 165Hz, 0.03ms GtG.
165Hz is the number that stands out, and not in a good way next to the 360Hz panels above it. If you’re buying a 42-inch screen you’re probably sitting back and playing something with a story, so it’s a defensible choice. Just know what you’re giving up if you also play shooters on it.
Odyssey G6: the 1,100Hz one
Samsung showed an early version of this at CES 2026 and has now locked the final spec at up to 1,100Hz in HD and up to 600Hz in QHD through Dual Mode. It’s a 27-inch Fast IPS panel with a 1ms response time, so it’s not OLED and it’s not trying to be.
This is a CS2 and Valorant monitor. The 600Hz QHD mode is the one most people will live in, because 1,100Hz means dropping to HD and your GPU has to actually produce that many frames for the number to mean anything.
HDR10+ GAMING and Odyssey 3D
Samsung is pushing HDR10+ GAMING harder this year. It’s working with Activision Blizzard to build the format into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 during development rather than bolting it on afterwards, and it plans to have more than 20 AAA titles supporting it by the first half of 2027.
Odyssey 3D is getting more games too. Cyberpunk 2077 and Cronos: The New Dawn were both demoed on stage, and Samsung says the support comes from working directly with the studios rather than upscaling something generically.
Price is yet unknown
Samsung hasn’t announced pricing for any of the four, and availability will vary by market. Its Australian arm confirmed nothing is set there yet, and there’s no date for the rest of the region either.
Our take
The G9 is the interesting one. A 49-inch ultrawide at 360Hz removes the compromise that made those screens a hard sell for anyone who plays competitively, and the Dual HD mode at 720Hz is a bonus on top rather than the reason to buy it. The G6 is a spec sheet flex, and that’s fine, someone has to push the number. We’ll book time with the G9 when review units go out.
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