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'World's first' 1,080 Hertz gaming monitor with dual-mode support announced — HKC's super speedy panel hits peak speeds at 720p, steps down to 540Hz at 1440p, reportedly features DP 2.1 UHBR20
We've seen a lot of brands launch high refresh rate monitors this year, pushing ever closer to that 1,000 Hz barrier, a feat that HKC has now also achieved. Previously, we saw the company tease a 1,000 Hz monitor a few months ago, and now it has been unveiled as the AntGamer ANT275PQ MAX. It's a Fast TN panel with a native 1440p resolution that can boost to 1,080 Hz at 720p thanks to dual mode.
Pushing over 1,000 FPS at 1080p would be challenging for most GPUs, and most game engines don't yet support those levels. So, if 1,080 Hz seems too much in a situation, you can always switch to the monitor's native 1440p resolution that will still offer you 540 Hz, plenty for cutting-edge esports gaming. To support that, the monitor is said to feature DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR20 connectivity.
(Image credit: HKC)
We don't know anything apart from those specs, but we can speculate that it's a 27-inch monitor given the "275" naming convention. As a TN panel, we can only expect so much in terms of color accuracy and contrast levels, and we doubt there will be any local dimming on a model focused solely on gamers. Black frame insertion can help; however, it's not really useful at such high refresh rates.
For further context, AntGamer is HKC's sub-brand, while HKC itself is a prominent display manufacturer based in China. They control roughly 10% of the global monitor market and are well-regarded in the Asian region. At the time this monitor was first teased, its price in China was close to $1,000, putting it above several high-end OLED and Mini-LED options.
Speaking of, HKC is also developing the M10 Ultra, in many ways the antidote to the 1,080 Hz Fast TN monitor, since the firm claims it will be the world's first RGB Mini-LED panel. Instead of a white backlight, it will have separate red, green, and blue mini-LEDs making up the 4,788 dimming zones, offering unparalleled color performance. Both the M10 Ultra and the AntGamer ANT275PQ Max will be at CES 2026.
Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.
Wow!! How impressive!!! What next, 480p at 2khz? 10 pixels at 4khz? I get that we love refresh speeds for competitive gaming, but you also have to be able to see what you're doing. Unless this monitor is 7 inches or less it's going to look so incredibly bad in the high refresh config.
Good to see these super high refresh rate monitors. You need at least a 960Hz refresh rate to simulate CRT strobing. After which, we will no longer need to buy giant CRTs to play older games the way they were meant to be played.
Screens with refresh over 140 Hz are senseless. Human nervous response include optical is around 100-200 ms. Again corp. try leech people from money by senseless racing with refreshing ratio.
