A market for small 1440p gaming monitors is emerging. At least that's what I'm hearing; AOC has just announced that it is bringing such a small 23.8-inch 1440p screen, the Q24G2A/BK, to market in Europe, because there is an incredible demand for such a thing.

There are excesses in resolution and screen size. Some examples are extreme. For desktop PC gamers, a 4K panel on a 55-inch panel is absurd. On a TV a little further away, it's a different story. The same goes for a really small 4K monitor, which looks very sharp but wastes a bit of the graphics card power needed to drive such a pixel count.

One would think the same thing about 1440p monitors under 24". At that point, they could just buy a 1080p panel and run it at a faster refresh rate or buy a larger screen. But not so, AOC tells us, there is a market for this type of high pixel density screen made specifically for gaming.

The existing market for this type is primarily in Asia, where AOC states that it has sold "thousands" of units in China, but also believes that there is enough interest to bring the AOC Q24G2A/BK screen to Europe as well.

Details on the North American market are not at hand, but a quick Google search suggests that it has not landed in the US or Canada either.

The screen is a 23.8-inch IPS panel with a resolution of 1440p and a pixel density of 123 PPI, which is tough. Incidentally, a 27-inch 1440p panel is around 108 PPI, so this compact screen is quite sharp. Designed for gaming, the refresh rate is 165 Hz, but the response time is a bit slower at 4 ms GtG. G-Sync is supported, at least for Adaptive Sync.

In Europe, the monitor will sell for €249. And it should be available shortly.

Yes, this is a niche product for a very specific type of gamer who likes to get their eyeballs as close to the action as possible. To those of you with these very specific needs, I salute you.