AOC Agon AG493UCX

It’s big, but is it beautiful?

- JEREMY LAIRD

CAN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH of a good thing? That certainly seemed like a pertinent question when the AOC Agon AG493UCX arrived at Maximum PC HQ strapped to a large, wooden pallet. The box was absolutely huge. And this 49-inch monster gaming monitor is barely any smaller once extracted.

It’s not the first monitor based on a huge 32:9 aspect LCD panel, of course, but such is the sheer scale of the thing and so crazily wide the proportions, it’s still an almost shocking sight sitting on a desk. And a very large desk it will need to be, too.

As a gaming-focused model, the AG493UCX runs a high refresh rate. That said, the 5120x1440 native resolution does limit options in that regard. 120Hz is your lot, as opposed to the 144Hz that’s typically the entry-level for high-refresh-rate gaming on smaller, lower-resolution panels, never mind the 240Hz or 360Hz of really serious esports-oriented screens.