LG’s Next UltraGear Gaming Shows Embrace a True 5K Monitor

LG is making ready to debut three new flagship 5K UltraGear gaming screens, together with one with a real 5K decision. The firm has announced that in CES 2026 subsequent month, it’ll showcase the screens, two of that are 39-inch and 52-inch 5K2K ultrawides, whereas the third is a 27-inch MiniLED flat panel show.

Because we’re heading into the yr 2026, there is a huge AI part shared by the brand new 27-inch and 39-inch screens: built-in AI upscaling. The firm pitches this as a technique to get higher-res graphics with out upgrading your GPU, however I’ll eat my hat if it is wherever close to the standard of tech like Nvidia’s DLSS 4 or AMD’s newest model of FSR.

Let’s discuss in regards to the UltraGear GM9 (27GM950B) first. This 27-inch monitor’s normal 5K decision (presumably 5,120 x 2,880) ought to imply extra densely-packed pixels and sharper textual content, just like the LG 5K UltraFine of previous. If you’ve got ever seen a 5K retina iMac show, which used LG-made panels, that is sort of what that is, however perhaps higher. The firm says the brand new show has 2,304 native dimming zones and excessive 1,250-nit peak brightness, which ought to imply near-OLED distinction and nice HDR efficiency. It must be nice for normal workplace work or content material consumption, and will even compete with IGN’s favourite gaming screens, because of a 165Hz refresh price when at 5K decision and as much as 330Hz refresh price at QHD decision.

Next up is the brand new 39-inch GX9 (39GX950B), successfully an upgraded model of the existing WQHD 39-inch GX9. The distinction is that the brand new mannequin will get the next decision, at 5K2K (LG does not listing the pixel depend however up to now, that has meant 5120 x 2160). It additionally has a deeper 1500R curve in comparison with the GX9’s 800R. At a large FHD decision, it may possibly attain a 330Hz refresh price, whereas at 5K2K it may possibly stand up to 165Hz.

Then there’s the egregiously extensive UltraGear Evo 52-inch G9 (52G930B). Like the GX9, it is obtained a 5K2K decision, however, in contrast to that show, it will not function built-in AI upscaling, is proscribed to a 240Hz refresh price, and has a shallower 1000R curve, and has neither an OLED or miniLED panel, no less than so far as LG has revealed. The firm writes that the G9 “features the vertical viewing height of a standard 42-inch 16:9 display, stretching horizontally for an expansive 12:9 panoramic view.”

I’m guessing that final bit is a goof, since 5K2K decision can be nearer to 21:9. 12:9 is identical as 4:3, and based mostly on each LG’s picture above and customary sense, I significantly doubt this factor has the side ratio of the previous Sanyo CRT TV I used to play my GameCube on. (Then once more, I’d love the absurdity of plopping a curved, 52-inch-wide 4:3 show on my desk.) We’ve reached out to LG for clarification on this, and we’ll replace as quickly as we hear again. But for now, it seems prefer it’s really a 21:9 show.

LG did not transcend the headlining specs, so issues like port depend, VESA mountability, or whether or not these shows have built-in audio system stay a thriller. The firm additionally did not reveal costs or launch dates.

Wes is a contract author (Freelance Wes, they name him) who has coated expertise, gaming, and leisure steadily since 2020 at Gizmodo, Tom’s Hardware, Hardcore Gamer, and most not too long ago, The Verge. Inside of him there are two wolves: one which thinks it would not be so dangerous to start out amassing recreation consoles once more, and the opposite who additionally thinks this, however extra strongly.