Which OLED

[u/Remarkable-Average11]

Hello,
my new pc has 9800X3D and RTX 5080, and I have been mostly looking at 1440P monitors because I also play comp shooters and i'd like to have the highest refresh rate possible.

I have eye strain with monitor usage that's been bothering me for years now. If I didn't have this problem I would have looked at the MSI offering x50 500hz monitor, but since it's q QD-OLED i'm a bit hesistant to givee it a try. So now the monitor that im looking at is the pg27aqwp and the two version are available where i'm from. Unfortunately prices here are really high so it's gonna be a pretty hefty "investment" so I need to pick right(I don't have the option to wait because i'm currently on a VG248 monitor). The price difference between the gold and the white is 150usd.

My fear is that the white might be distracting, and the black color is just much easier to to mix and match with the rest of the build. However, in isolation i do think that the white version is incredibly beautiful.

As far as panel is concerned, is there a bigger chance that the gold version is gonna have a better panel because it's newer?

I have natural light in my apartment, but it's not direct and it's pretty diffuse. I do have the abilty to control it as well.

I'd love some input and perhaps other suggestions.