Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 will be world’s first 8K ultrawide gaming monitor, coming next year

Samsung is planning to launch an Odyssey Neo G9 monitor that will be the world’s first 8K ultrawide gaming monitor. The new device will reportedly launch next year, probably ahead of CES 2023 event that will happen in early 2023.

During AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT launch event yesterday, the company revealed that Samsung will soon launch its 8K ultrawide gaming monitor. It is a massive 49-inch Quantum mini-LED gaming monitor that could offer 7680 x 2160 resolution.

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The new device will feature AMD FreeSync and a DisplayPort 2.1 port with UHBR 20 specification in order to provide high-refresh-rate gaming at 8K resolution. Compared to DisplayPort 1.4, DisplayPort 2.1 maxes out 1440p displays from 480Hz to 900Hz and 4K from 240Hz to 480Hz.

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Besides these, there is no other information regarding the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 monitor. On the other side, AMD, at the same event, further confirms that after Samsung, companies like Dell, Asus, Acer, and LG are also in line to launch their 8K gaming monitors.

Furthermore, Samsung has some of the next gaming monitors in the industry. The Odyssey Neo G9 is currently the company’s highest-resolution ultrawide monitor, which is 5K. This device costs $2,200 and it’s expected that the upcoming 8K monitors will be pricier.

Odyssey Neo G9 5K features a curved screen with a 32:9 ultrawide aspect ratio and dual-QHD resolution (5,120 x 1,440 pixels). Its Mini-LED panel offers deeper blacks, a higher contrast ratio, higher screen brightness, and much better HDR performance when compared to LCD or QLED monitors.