PCMR Best OF CES 2024 Awards

Starting this year, we are giving out awards to products we feel are innovative and spectacular, and that we determine to be close to the heart of the PCMR community. Such reasons could be sheer innovation, price competitiveness, real-world application to PC enthusiast needs and issues, as well as simply because they defy the barriers of what is reasonable (in a good way) and create a product that is impressive, and that we definitely want to see in a, possibly, perhaps even preferably, overkill, but always PCMR-worthy battlestation.

It is important to note that the products displayed during CES are often still unreleased, so we have no control if they ever make the market, what their exact pricing will be, if the exact features that were displayed during the show will remain unchanged, or work perfectly. These are products that sometimes are still in development. Always be aware of this and always wait for independent benchmarks/reviews as soon as the product is launched and embargos are lifted before you make your purchasing decisions.

Our focus remains on celebrating technological excellence, innovation, and design prowess, as well as pure PCMR spirit in the products we've awarded.

Award recipients:

 

- GIGABYTE AORUS CO49DQ - 49-inch Quantum-Dot OLED monitor with amazing color and brightness, 144hz refresh rate, 5120X1440 resolution, G-SYNC and FreeSync compatibility, 1800R curve, 99% DCI-P3 rated, the classic and great AORUS KVM features, and 0.03ms response time.

 Presenting the award to Howard Chiu from Gigabyte

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ASUS ROG SWIFT OLED PG32UCDP - The first 32-inch OLED monitor with Dual Mode, either 4K (3840x2160) resolution @ 240hz or 1080p resolution @ 480hz.

 Handing out the award to Camila Huang and Cindy Kuo from ASUS

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Giving the award to Min-Liang Tan, CEO of Razer.

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MSI CLAW - The first gaming handheld PC (yes, it's a PC) with an Intel Core Ultra chip and XeSS Intel Super Sampling. Features a 53WHr battery, 7-inch 1080p screen, and 120Hz display.

Handing the award to Kevin Shieh, from MSI.