As the *CS* Campus Tournament heats up, is a 610Hz monitor worth it?

The buzz around professional tournaments often undergoes a second wave of spread on college campuses, and this stop in Nanjing is a fairly typical example. Riding the momentum of 18-year-old player cmtry lifting the PGL championship trophy in Bucharest, the 2026 Perfect World Esports Squad-Up Action landed in Nanjing that same weekend, visiting three universities in a row from April 9 to 11: Nanjing Institute of Technology, Communication University of China, Nanjing, and Nanjing Forestry University. For a title like CS, which emphasizes intense confrontation and immediate mechanical feedback, the persuasive power of hands-on offline experience is usually more direct than promotion alone.

The core of this event was not just the campus tour itself, but also how the hardware partner entered the scene. As an official partner, AGON by AOC participated throughout with the CS co-branded custom monitor CS24A, placing the focus of the on-site experience on a “pro-level competitive feel.” The organizer set up a CS 1V1 aim duel area on site, complete with hardware and a competitive atmosphere modeled after professional tournaments. This kind of design is more effective than a standard roadshow, feeling more like a lightweight tryout aimed at student players.

From a product perspective, the CS24A is clearly not a monitor aimed at the mass market with a balanced-all-around approach. It uses a Desert Gold color scheme, with a CS-exclusive emblem and classic weapon graphics added to the body and stand, making it visually clear that it serves a niche user base. In terms of specs, it offers a 610Hz refresh rate, 0.3ms MPRT, a fast liquid crystal 0.5ms gray-to-gray response time, and VESA DisplayHDR 400 certification. Objectively speaking, this configuration is more like a vertically specialized product aimed at high-level FPS players, with the focus not on being comprehensive, but on extreme responsiveness and motion clarity. The official positioning is also very clear: reduce screen tearing and ghosting while improving visibility in dark areas and smoke-heavy scenes. That does have real practical value in map environments like CS’s Dust2 and Mirage.

But if we are talking about value for money, the standard of judgment cannot rest only on peak specs. For ordinary college players, 610Hz is more of an experiential ceiling than an entry requirement; if one’s PC performance, daily training intensity, and tournament participation frequency do not keep pace, it is hard for a top-tier display like this to fully realize its value. In other words, the CS24A is more like a specialized pro-oriented branch model in a second-generation product line, suited for users who already have clear demands for refresh rate and ghosting control, rather than something every CS player should jump on right away.

From an event operations perspective, this Nanjing stop also delivered a relatively complete light-esports package. In addition to the 1V1 matches, the venue also offered limited co-branded badges, stickers, and other merchandise, keeping the participation cost fairly low while trying to maximize dwell time. For college player communities, the value of this model is not in “how big the event is,” but in how it translates the enthusiasm of watching professional tournaments into tangible device experiences and offline social interaction.

From a trend perspective, campus esports events in 2026 are no longer just about brand exposure, but are testing the efficiency of linking “content + devices + community.” Perfect World Esports’ tour will continue, and AGON by AOC has also stated that it will bring the CS24A to more cities and campuses in the future. For players, if you are already training consistently in CS and have a clear upgrade need for high-refresh-rate hardware, this kind of offline event is worth trying in person; if you only squad up occasionally, then the on-site experience is more valuable as a reference than buying outright.