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The Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 in a dimly lit room.
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Samsung has added some additional features to the new OLED G8 gaming monitor it announced back in January, including safeguards against OLED burn-in and AI-powered resolution upscaling for content and games. The 32-inch Odyssey OLED G8 (model G80SD) is now available for $1,299.99 — making it a smidge cheaper than the first $1,499.99 OLED gaming monitor Samsung released last year.

Samsung says the G80SD model is its first AI-powered gaming monitor, featuring the same NQ8 AI Gen3 processor as its recently released 2024 Neo QLED 8K TV. That chip is behind the monitor’s AI-upscaling capabilities, according to Samsung, which enables content and games to be upscaled to almost 4K when run through the monitor’s built-in smart TV apps and Gaming...

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