Alienware - 34 Curved Gaming Monitor – AW3425DWM

It’s very personal. I find multiple monitors annoying/distracting, so I use a 34” UW (AW3425DWM). This model regularly goes on sale for $100 less than list price. I play pretty much exclusively single player games that benefit from UW, so there’s that too.  That being said, I know someone that uses 8 monitors, and wouldn’t have it any other way. He finds less than 4 stifling.

Oh yes totally, got the aw3425dw and its a beast, couldn't be happier. Once you go ultrawide you never go back

Its up to you, but I was looking at this monitor a few months back and decided to get the aw3425dw instead, since its QD-OLED and has less of a curve which is my preference. Funny enough, I got it on sale for exactly $680. Check it out if you haven't already

AW3425DW is frequently on sale for $650-700. But go check it out in person before purchasing it to make sure you like it. Side note: ultrawides aren't the best for anime content consumption or console gaming as neither of them take advantage of the monitors 21:9 aspect ratio . If those are really the only two things you plan to do with it, get a 16:9 4k monitor instead.

Got the same monitor on sale a while back and I freaking love it. Highly recommend. 4080 super barely noticed the jump in resolution. It’s great.

Ah I just got mine today. Here were the top 3 picks I narrowed down to: * MSI MPG 346CQRF X24 * Alienware AW3425DWM * AOC CU34G4Z There were several other options but I eliminated them. Ended up going for the MSI. MSI has a higher refresh rate than the Alienware, and the Alienware had smearing at Extreme response time. MSI also had higher static contrast and an AI tools function (not sure how good it is). There isn't much information on the MSI though.

Yea I just ordered this one as well to replace a similarly priced Asus tuf monitor. The Asus tuf has terrible blacks and it looks worse than my Asus tuf ips 27in. So I’m hoping this works better. Otherwise I’m going to have to get one for twice the price.

The monitor is really good for the price. The colors are good and the blacks are deep as a good ips. Much better than asus tuf. The stand is really nice imo it allows full rotate and swivel etc.. just heads up the stand is actually a more purple blue tint to it not black, I didn't realize it in the photos but it looks good. The osd is amazing and has so many settings to tweak. The biggest downside for me personally was that it's VA and the smearing, while not noticeable to me in gaming was still noticeable during web browsing in dark mode with white text. I ended up returning it only because I found an older Asus ips 34in XG349C. And it doesn't exhibit the smearing issues. I got it for about $50 cheaper and it works for me. But If the ips was not an option, no doubt I would buy the AW again.

I tried the Asus and it had laughably bad blacks. Sitting next to my 27in Asus tuf IPS, it looked awful. I would go with the Samsung, haven’t tried it but it has to better than the Asus. I ended up trying the new Alienware 34in VA and it matches my ips with color and blacks which I’m most concerned about.

I have alienware 34 inch 2025 ultrawide, as good as ultra wide is I am waiting for 4k tandem oled 27 inch in trueblack glossy. The ultrawide qd oled panels are just too dim and not keen on semi gloss (night time non issue) I have 2 TVs at home I play on more 65 inch oled/mini led and prefer 4k. I was considering 5k2k 34 inch when released next year but matt screen and the colours are weaker then qd oled or tandem woled

I just bought AW3425DWM and I must say I am very happy with it. Havent tried much work on it yet since I got it yesterday, but for gaming it is really good for that price. Didn't notice any ghosting or VRR flicker playing ARC Raiders. I am coming from 27" IPS, 1440p 144Hz and overall i lile the Alienware

I believe so, I haven’t had a single complaint since installing it. I remember constantly looking for an upgrade when I had the 34” Alienware ultrawide. That went away with this LG monitor. I mean, triples would be the ultimate but I don’t have the space for that

1000R is quite a lot more aggressive than 1500R. If you're making any type of content, I feel like that is too much. 1500 is fine though. I'm. Using that myself, while working in the animation industry, and I don't feel like it is too much.

I hate what they've done to the aesthetics of the AW3425DW. The dark blue matt plastic looks so cheap and tacky compared to the previous DW/F model.