There are plenty of great monitors you can get to use with your Xbox Series X. The console supports a bunch of gaming features, like VRR and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for 4k gaming up to 120Hz. This means that a 4k monitor with HDMI 2.1 bandwidth can take full advantage of an Xbox. You can also get a lower-resolution monitor for cheaper, but because the Xbox supports HDR only in 4k, you'll need to make sure those lower-resolution monitors can downscale a 4k signal for HDR gaming. The Xbox also supports Dolby Vision, but only a handful of monitors support this.
We test for multiple factors that impact a monitor's gaming performance you should consider, including its compatibility with an Xbox. For example, it's important for the monitor to have a fast response time for sharp motion, and low input lag for a responsive feel, but most monitors have low input lag anyway. While most gaming monitors have high refresh rates, you also have to consider the monitor's performance at 120Hz, which is the console's max refresh rate. Additionally, monitors with high contrast, good local dimming, and bright highlights help provide good picture quality.
Lastly, you should also think about whether you want to connect speakers or a soundbar directly to the monitor. While most monitors have an audio jack, making it easy to connect an audio device, some monitors don't have any audio output. In this case, you'd have to think of alternate ways of connecting your audio device.
We've bought and tested more than 345 monitors, and below you'll find our recommendations for the best gaming monitors for Xbox Series X. For more options, check out our recommendations for the best 4k gaming monitors, the best 120Hz monitors, and the best monitors for Xbox Series S.
Quick Look
Best Monitor For Xbox Series X
Console Gaming9.4Xbox Series X|S Compatibility10CAD @ 120Hz9.9HDR Picture9.5SDR Picture10Brightness6.8Size32"Pixel TypeQD-OLEDMax Refresh Rate240 HzNative Resolution3840 x 21603.5mm Audio Out1The best monitor for Xbox Series X that we've tested is the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. It's a fantastic 32-inch, 4k gaming display with a QD-OLED panel. Although the Xbox Series X can't fully take advantage of the monitor's 240Hz refresh rate, it still delivers an incredible gaming experience at 120Hz with crisp motion handling. It works well with the Xbox thanks to its HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, as it supports any signal from the console, including 4k @ 120Hz.
On top of that, it delivers exceptional picture quality. It has incredible contrast, as it displays perfect blacks next to highlights in dark rooms, but the black levels rise a lot in bright rooms. On the plus side, it makes those highlights truly pop, and colors are vivid in HDR. However, it doesn't support Dolby Vision, and if you want a similar monitor that does, you can also check out the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM. That said, it tends to cost more than the MSI, and it also has higher input lag at 60Hz and 120Hz, so gaming doesn't feel as responsive.
Best Upper Mid-Range Monitor For Xbox Series X
Console Gaming9.0Xbox Series X|S Compatibility9.3CAD @ 120Hz9.9HDR Picture8.8SDR Picture9.9Brightness7.1Size27"Pixel TypeOLEDMax Refresh Rate240 HzNative Resolution2560 x 14403.5mm Audio Out1If you prefer saving money and don't need the premium features of the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED, check out the LG 27GS95QE-B. Instead of the QD-OLED panel of the MSI, it has a WOLED panel, so colors are less vivid. Another difference is that the LG also has a lower 1440p resolution than the MSI, so images are less detailed. However, because it has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, it can still take full advantage of the Xbox, including downscaling 4k @ 120Hz signals, which is useful for playing games in HDR at that refresh rate. Plus, motion looks extremely sharp thanks to its near-instant response time.
On the plus side, it has the same deep blacks as the MSI and small highlights stand out. While it doesn't get bright enough to fight a lot of glare in a well-lit room, it has fantastic reflection handling, so it's decent enough to use in a bright room. You can also consider the ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDMG if you want something brighter, but because it doesn't have HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, it can't take full advantage of the Xbox with 4k HDR signals at 120Hz.
Best Mid-Range Monitor For Xbox Series X
Console Gaming8.5Xbox Series X|S Compatibility9.7CAD @ 120Hz8.0HDR Picture7.2SDR Picture7.2Brightness8.8Size27"Pixel TypeIPSMax Refresh Rate160 HzNative Resolution3840 x 21603.5mm Audio Out1If you don't want an OLED like the LG 27GS95QE-B or the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED and you prefer getting something cheaper, then check out a mid-range option like the Acer Nitro XV275K P3biipruzx. It's worth getting when you can find it on sale, as it's cheaper than the LG when it is. Without an OLED panel, it doesn't display the same deep blacks without any blooming like the MSI or LG. That's the trade-off you need to make for something cheaper, but it still has an effective Mini LED local dimming feature for decent HDR picture quality. On the plus side, it has a higher 4k resolution than the LG for a sharper and more detailed image, and it also gets brighter, so it's the better choice for a well-lit room.
Although it doesn't have the same near-instantaneous response time as the LG or MSI monitors, motion still looks sharp, as it has a fast response time at 120Hz and 60Hz. One downside is that it has increased input lag with 60Hz signals, so you need to enable 120Hz in the Xbox's settings to get the lowest input lag for a responsive feel.
Best Budget Monitor For Xbox Series X
Console Gaming7.4Xbox Series X|S Compatibility7.1CAD @ 120Hz8.5HDR Picture8.0SDR Picture8.2Brightness8.3Size27"Pixel TypeVAMax Refresh Rate180 HzNative Resolution2560 x 14403.5mm Audio Out1If you want the best Xbox Series X monitor and are on a budget, consider the AOC Q27G3XMN. It's a step down from the Acer Nitro XV275K P3biipruzx and has a lower resolution, so games look less detailed. It also lacks HDMI 2.1 bandwidth to take full advantage of the Xbox, but that's what you have to expect for a budget-friendly monitor. Luckily, it still has excellent image quality as it uses Mini LED backlighting like the Acer, which is a nice touch for a budget-friendly model, so it displays deep blacks with bright highlights. And even if you don't want to use the local dimming feature, it has a high native contrast ratio that makes it a good choice for gaming in dark rooms.
In terms of gaming, it doesn't have the same increased input lag at 60Hz as the AOC, so games feel responsive no matter the refresh rate you're gaming at. It also has a fast response time, but sadly, there's some smearing with fast-moving objects, particularly in dark scenes.
Notable Mentions
- Dell Alienware AW3225QF:
The Dell Alienware AW3225QF is a premium 4k QD-OLED like the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. It performs similarly and even supports Dolby Vision, but it costs more and has a curved screen, which not everyone may like.
See our review - ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCDM:
The ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCDM is a high-end 4k QD-OLED monitor that's a smaller alternative to the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. The smaller screen provides higher pixel density for sharper images, and it also supports Dolby Vision. That said, the ASUS costs more than the MSI and isn't available at as many retailers.
See our review - MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED:
The MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED is an upper mid-range gaming monitor with better picture quality than the LG 27GS95QE-B as it has a QD-OLED panel with more vivid colors. However, it also costs more, so it may be out of your budget.
See our review - ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27ACDNG:
The ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27ACDNG is a 1440p QD-OLED gaming monitor that's better than the LG 27GS95QE-B because of its superior picture quality. It's worth considering when it goes on sale, but even then, it tends to cost more than the LG.
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Recent Updates
Mar 31, 2025:
We removed the LG 27GP850-B/27GP83B-B because it's hard to find. We also added the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCDM and the ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27ACDNG to the Notable Mentions.
Feb 19, 2025:
We introduced a new format to the article and updated the text to reflect these changes. We also replaced the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8/G80SD S32DG80 with the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED, as the MSI costs less. Additionally, we replaced the Dell G2724D with the LG 27GP850-B/27GP83B-B, as the Dell is hard to find. We also removed the Gigabyte GS27QC as a Notable Mention.
Dec 11, 2024:
We only made changes to the Notable Mentions to reflect the current market and to ensure consistency with other recommendations. We replaced the Gigabyte AORUS FO27Q3 with the MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED, removed the Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 S32BG75 as it's harder to find, and added the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED.
Sep 30, 2024: We replaced the Dell Alienware AW3225QF with the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8/G80SD S32DG80 to be consistent with other recommendations. We also replaced the Acer Nitro XV275U P3biipx with the AOC Q27G3XMN, which has better motion handling. Lastly, we added the AW3225QF and the Gigabyte AORUS FO27Q3 to the Notable Mentions and removed the LG 27GR93U-B.
Jul 08, 2024: Replaced the Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 S32BG75 with the LG 27GS95QE-B as it has better picture quality and motion handling. Replaced the AOC Q27G3XMN with the Acer Nitro XV275U P3biipx because the AOC is hard to find. In Notable Mentions, removed the Gigabyte AORUS FO27Q3 because it's hard to find, and added the Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 S32BG75 and the Gigabyte GS27QC.
All Reviews
Our recommendations are based on what we think are the best gaming monitors for Xbox Series X currently available. They are adapted to be valid for most people in each price range. The rating is based on our review, factoring in price, and feedback from our visitors.
If you would prefer to make your own decision, here is the list of all of our monitor reviews. Be careful not to get too caught up in the details. Most monitors are good enough to please most people, and the things we fault monitors on are often not noticeable unless you really look for them.
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which spec did you purchase?
The product has arrived in our lab, and our testers will start evaluating it soon.
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Someone on Twitter tested the display’s spectral power distribution and confirmed a quantum dot enhancement layer. I’m wondering if it can reach 89% of Rec 2020 like Asus’ PA32UCX.
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Someone on Twitter tested the display’s spectral power distribution and confirmed a quantum dot enhancement layer. I’m wondering if it can reach 89% of Rec 2020 like Asus’ PA32UCX.
Hi,
Yes! We’re aware of the reports of the quantum dot layer on the new MacBook Pros. It’s hard to say how well it performs right now. We’ve started testing the laptop, so we’ll find out soon!
Our testers have started testing this product; is there anything specific you’re looking to see? Let us know in this thread.
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I am guessing that this model will have similar performance/scores as the Macbook Pro M4 16, right?
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I am guessing that this model will have similar performance/scores as the Macbook Pro M4 16, right?
Hi,
We reviewed the 14-inch model with a base M4 Pro SoC, while the 16-inch we reviewed has the top-end M4 Max SoC, so the numbers will be different. There’s likely very little performance difference between the 14-inch and 16-inch if you get the same chip. The main difference is that the base M4 chip is only available on the 14-inch.
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Do you have any idea why the RTINGS reviews currently indicate that the reflection handling is so much better on the MacBook Pro 14 (2024) than the Macbook Pro 16 (2024)?
MacBook Pro 14 (2024) - remarkably improved results over 2023’s MBP14 Total Reflections 0.54% Indirect Reflections 0.322% Calculated Direct Reflections 0.22%
MacBook Pro 16 (2024) - similar results to 2023’s MBP14 & MBP16 Total Reflections 1.83% Indirect Reflections 0.16% Calculated Direct Reflections 1.67%
Was looking for insight into the nano-texture performance, but noticed the reflection handling discrepancy in the MBP14 & MBP16 this year instead. Maybe only the MBP16 has quantum dot and that increases reflectivity or something?
Edited 4 months ago: clarity The full review has been posted here. Let us know what you think!
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Hello dear friends from ratings.com. I hope that you are doing fine. I would like to request that you give the chance for people to vote for the 14-inch base m4 because of the many benefits that it got in this generation and for the second reason is that you should be ordered with the nano texture display since these two things are are the most interesting things from this generation. The base m4 is the best value macbook pro ever produced and many people around the world would like to see how it preforms including myself. I hope that you understand my points and thank you.
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Hello dear friends from ratings.com. I hope that you are doing fine. I would like to request that you give the chance for people to vote for the 14-inch base m4 because of the many benefits that it got in this generation and for the second reason is that you should be ordered with the nano texture display since these two things are are the most interesting things from this generation. The base m4 is the best value macbook pro ever produced and many people around the world would like to see how it preforms including myself. I hope that you understand my points and thank you.
would also love to see a 14-inch M4 [non-Pro] review, mainly to see how it stacks up with the M2 and M3 chips, along with M3 Pro.
it was sad to learn they didn’t order the nano-texture option on the M4 Pro that they did review, so that would be beneficial here as well.
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Do you have any idea why the RTINGS reviews currently indicate that the reflection handling is so much better on the MacBook Pro 14 (2024) than the Macbook Pro 16 (2024)? MacBook Pro 14 (2024) - remarkably improved results over 2023’s MBP14 Total Reflections 0.54% Indirect Reflections 0.322% Calculated Direct Reflections 0.22% MacBook Pro 16 (2024) - similar results to 2023’s MBP14 & MBP16 Total Reflections 1.83% Indirect Reflections 0.16% Calculated Direct Reflections 1.67% Was looking for insight into the nano-texture performance, but noticed the reflection handling discrepancy in the MBP14 & MBP16 this year instead. Maybe only the MBP16 has quantum dot and that increases reflectivity or something?
Hi,
In regards to the reflection handling, we’ve discovered an equipment malfunction that caused the reflections to appear dimmer in the original review. We’ve retested the reflection handling, and the results are now much closer to the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2024). We’ve also taken a spectrum measurement and can confirm that the 14-inch also has a quantum dot layer. We’ve linked the measurement in the review.
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Hello dear friends from ratings.com. I hope that you are doing fine. I would like to request that you give the chance for people to vote for the 14-inch base m4 because of the many benefits that it got in this generation and for the second reason is that you should be ordered with the nano texture display since these two things are are the most interesting things from this generation. The base m4 is the best value macbook pro ever produced and many people around the world would like to see how it preforms including myself. I hope that you understand my points and thank you.
Hi,
Just a quick update: we’ve purchased another MacBook Pro with the nano-texture display and will be testing it soon so that we can compare it to the standard glossy display. In regards to the base M4’s performance, we’ve already added a few benchmarks (Geekbench 5/6 and Cinebench R23) in the review. Are there any other benchmarks you would like to see?
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Hi, Just a quick update: we’ve purchased another MacBook Pro with the nano-texture display and will be testing it soon so that we can compare it to the standard glossy display. In regards to the base M4’s performance, we’ve already added a few benchmarks (Geekbench 5/6 and Cinebench R23) in the review. Are there any other benchmarks you would like to see?
is it another base M4 Pro with the nano-texture display, or an upgraded model?
thanks for purchasing another one, though; very appreciated :)
Update: We’ve retested the reflection handling, as we’ve discovered an equipment malfunction that caused the reflections to appear dimmer. The reflection handling is now much closer to the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2024); the score has been adjusted accordingly. We’ve also taken a spectrum measurement (linked in the Color Gamut section) and can confirm that the 14-inch MacBook Pro also has a quantum dot layer.
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In the Storage Drive Performance section, yyou mention “Drive speeds depend on the SoC configuration and capacity.” Can you provide any reference for what the speeds are for the different SoC configurations? I’m trying to get an idea of how much the different drives vary and I can’t seem to find anything. I’m interested in the 2TB drive.
As far as the noise, can you add to the review a video of the noise so we can get an idea of what the “worst case” scenario would be? Do you plan to review any of the new Macbook Pro’s with Nano Texture displays?
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Have you noticed the MAX brightness is significantly dimmer when the “automatically adjust brightness” setting is turned on? Is this consistent with other models or a new feature?
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In the Storage Drive Performance section, yyou mention “Drive speeds depend on the SoC configuration and capacity.” Can you provide any reference for what the speeds are for the different SoC configurations? I’m trying to get an idea of how much the different drives vary and I can’t seem to find anything. I’m interested in the 2TB drive. As far as the noise, can you add to the review a video of the noise so we can get an idea of what the “worst case” scenario would be? Do you plan to review any of the new Macbook Pro’s with Nano Texture displays?
Hey!
Typically, the speed increases with the size of the drive on our testing with the Apple silicon. In general, larger SSDs are faster than smaller SSDs, usually this is due to the fact that these drives are typically made of many smaller chips rather than one larger one. The drive will be able to read/write multiple things at the same time because of this, as well as having larger caching chips, etc. It does have a maximum speed so I wouldn’t expect it to get much higher using this test. On other tests, the larger drives have hit as high as ~8000mb/s, but they’re not directly comparable to our test. In either case, these drives are plenty fast and are among the fastest we have in general, so if you’re worried at all about speed, know that you’re getting some of the fastest drives out there with any size.
I would expect that our method for testing the storage speed to change in the next year, as our current test is more on the basic side and with feedback like yours, we’d like to improve how we show it and what tools we use to do so.
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Have you noticed the MAX brightness is significantly dimmer when the “automatically adjust brightness” setting is turned on? Is this consistent with other models or a new feature?
Heyo!
Absolutely! It’s consistent with other models for sure. We always turn it off for our testing since we want it to be a stable brightness whether the lights are on or off, but it’s been on every Macbook that I can remember testing. In a brighter environment, it dims more than in a darker one, but it’s never as bright as when you turn the setting off.
Update: We’ve performed additional tests on a model with a nano-texture display. You can see the results in the display section of the review.
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Hi, Just a quick update: we’ve purchased another MacBook Pro with the nano-texture display and will be testing it soon so that we can compare it to the standard glossy display. In regards to the base M4’s performance, we’ve already added a few benchmarks (Geekbench 5/6 and Cinebench R23) in the review. Are there any other benchmarks you would like to see?
Thank you very much for your understanding and purchasing the base m4 macbook pro, Im very interested to see how the base m4 performs in the following things: 1- ssd speeds. 2- battery life while using since apple claims it is the longest battery life MacBook they have then users can compare it to snapdragon x elite laptops. 3- how the base m4 preforms in terms of thermals and fan noise. These are the most interesting parts i think you missed to add to this review and thank you in advance for caring for the users of your website.
Update: We’ve performed additional tests on the base M4 model, including the Geekbench 5, Cinebench R23, Blender, Basemark, Storage Drive Performance, Battery, and Thermals & Noise tests. These results don’t change the score.