The BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ is a solid OLED monitor that's missing a few tricks for the price

The BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ sounds really quite exciting on paper, being a 4K 240Hz QD-OLED monitor from BenQ with a significant focus on the gaming audience. When it stops trying to be too helpful, the monitor is absolutely superb, even if it’s missing some key features at such a high price point.

It’s a luxury item, so of course the price comes in at $949.99 / £849.99, and at that price, thankfully, I think this could hang with some of the best gaming monitors. Backed by a Samsung QD-OLED panel rather than the LG found in BenQ’s initial gaming OLED venture with the 48-inch EX480UZ, it brings a lovely vibrancy after a bit of tweaking.

Design

It’s weird to say, but the EX271UZ is actually built to be helpful. Ports on the back are put flat and in an open space, making accessing them really easy. The KVM ports are on the back, but the USB-A and C ports that you use in conjunction with it are handily just underneath the screen’s chin. Having two monitors already, both have their ports only on the back, making interchanging cables or peripherals a real hassle.

Even the base of the monitor is designed to be helpful in some capacity. Rather than split legs or aesthetic over usefulness, BenQ has fitted the EX271UZ with a flat, wide base. Speakers, controllers, or even loose wrappers from long sessions comfortably fit here, meaning the desk doesn’t have wasted space. For those more interested in balancing these on arms - like myself - the slot has the VESA mounting points you’re after.

Set up was also worryingly simple. Usually, trying to pachinko slot these monitors to the bases can take a two-person approach. Here, I got it together and then spent about five minutes panicking that it might at any point fall off. However, no, this is another solidly built monitor from BenQ, and I think I spent more time staring at it waiting for it to fall than I did putting the EX271UZ together.

Features

The screen is HDR-compliant, and it certainly helps enhance some games. However, I use Linux almost exclusively at this point. Don’t expect this to work out of the box in the same way as macOS or Windows will let you. You also won’t get access to the Color Shuttle application, which interacts with the screen by injecting a preset based on particular major games. Testing this on Windows didn’t really add much benefit over tweaking it to my own personal preference.

BenQ has come a long way in the colour space. I’ve used BenQ monitors since 2018, and there’s always something off with the default settings. Eventually, the eyes get used to it, but here, I only had to make a few easy adjustments to get the panel to where it needed to be. It ships with presets, like Fantasy, which come out too saturated or dull. Thankfully, the built-in menu is easy enough to futz through, piloted by an easily accessible nub.

Since it's backed by QD-OLED, it provides these wonderfully true blacks and whites. The screen has an excellent overall colour profile, so much so that once set to Display P3, I was even able to do some colour grading tests in the most recent beta of DaVinci Resolve.

In terms of features, this is where the Mobiuz EX271UZ feels undercooked. It feels like a lot of focus on an uber-specific area of PC gaming: competitive gaming. I guess it’s always handy to have a Swiss Army Knife on hand, but it’s things like the screen’s own reticle that seem half-baked. It places either a circle or a classic-style reticle on the screen, acting as a constant point of reference.

The thing is, in titles like Call of Duty or Arc Raiders, the reticle moves or expands, altering the aim along with it. I can imagine the situations in my head, but it just never realistically comes up. In fact, in the games where my mind immediately goes to, where the fun is the friction of not always having complete control of the game, it ultimately comes off as a bit of a spoil-sport method of gaining the upper hand.

There’s also a frame rate monitor, which can be kept on top of the screen. With so many more meatier options already available on PC, I can’t imagine a scenario where this would be the choice.

What’s irritating is that the monitor doesn’t sport any speakers. The headphone jack is easily accessible, sitting alongside the USB ports, but there are no included speakers. eARC and CEC on the HDMI is incredibly handy to have, but not everyone has an eARC speaker on hand. At this price point, I’d expect even something along these lines, especially as it reaches nearly $1000. The included remote didn’t even come with batteries, and there was no DisplayPort cable in the box. Such weird things to cheap out on, when the rest of the monitor is actively not that.

Performance

Rated at 240Hz, the Mobiuz EX271UZ is stupendous when it comes to gaming. It’s not the fastest out there, but it’s more than enough when the screen looks this good. Testing between PC, the Switch 2, and SuperStation One, it pulled more than its weight, zipping between systems.

Games on PC performed as expected, and even the added layer of complexity that Linux brings didn’t throw any spanners in the works. My recent stint in digging through my backlog showed some of these games in their best light. Shadows of the Damned HD, Deadly Premonition, and Witchfire all looked fantastic, with their unique worlds given a deep richness. In faster-paced games, the 240Hz really comes into its own.

One game I keep coming back to at the moment is Deadzone: Rogue. The first-person rogue-like relies on being able to keep up with the ever-growing threats. Between the flash and sparks, it felt wickedly smooth in the few hours I spent looping through a few levels. I’m not chalking it up entirely to the monitor, but I did manage to overcome a particular challenge I wasn’t able to previously.

On Switch 2, the monitor allowed for 1440p, 120Hz with no problems. It’s a lower resolution, but being able to smoothly bumble about in Pokopia or tunnel myself to another death in Donkey Kong Bananza was a great time.

For the Superstation One, which is a spin on the Mister FPGA retro console, the black frame insertion assisted with smoothing out some of the much lower frame rate games. It won’t completely fix common problems with smoothness on visuals, but it’s a massive help. Games like Resident Evil 2 for the PlayStation 1 look delectably spooky, with the enhanced blacks really bringing a striking image out of the nearly 30-year-old game. Homebrew Tetris game, Apotris, for the Game Boy Advance, was also super snappy, imperative to any Tetris game.

Should you buy the BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ?

With its nearly $1,000 price tag, you’d be committing to a lot with this monitor. There are cheaper, faster options out there, but BenQ has really stepped up from where they used to be in the OLED gaming space. With a rich colour on the screen, it’s a fantastic screen to look at and play games on.

At the price, in 2026, it’s a tough one to recommend, especially as there are no embedded speakers. A lot of the included features you might never poke at outside of a similar eyebrow rise I pulled seeing the framerate monitor. However, if you have the cash or are willing to wait around for a price drop after (imagine me waving my hands) everything stops being on fire, this would be a solid get for your gaming monitor in the future.

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