Alienware - AW3418DW

Rocking with my AW34 (without F) @ 175Hz, DLDSR 2.25X with DLSS @ Performance with a 4090 whenever I can. Absolutely everything runs smooth, crispy and bright. Will only upgrade when Alienware releases the exactly same panel with 5k2k@ 200+Hz, and an RTX 6090.

I'm in a somewhat similar boat - I have an AW3418DW that I am loathe to give up if it's going to make the 8 or 9 hours of office work I do each day worse for the 2-3 hours of gaming I do a week. I don't really have a budget though and wouldn't mind moving to a 38" or so but haven't found the right monitor yet to pair with my 3080. Good luck in your search!

Never heard about that issue. But i never looked into the cons of these monitors, lol. But monitors pricing has gone down so much lol. I still have aw3418dw, that was like almost $2000 canadian. My aw3821dw was over $2000. Crazy. Also i dont buy asus stuff. Ive heard bad stuff about the canadian asus boss.

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

I went from Samsung 49 inch ultrawide, to LG C3 42 to Alienware 34 inch to Alienware 32inch 4k and i finally think this is where i will stay.

I made the switch from a AW 34uw to a 48in c4. Was the best decision.

So my last build was with a Alienware 34" 3440x1440@120Hz with an IPS panel. I was able to drive that in games like Borderlands 3 with a 5800X3D and a RTX3090. Your rig should be able to do it, but I recently switched to a 32" 4k OLED panel on my new build. One thing I noticed, ultrawide is nice, but OLED and HDR is much nicer. Keep in mind, a 34" ultrawide 3440x1440 doesn't have more pixel density than a 2560x1440 panel, just wider with more pixels. For competitive games like Fortnite, this isn't as important as a faster panel. I guess my point is, I would look at these panels in person if you can. The ultra wide panels seem nice but I very rarely enjoyed them as much as I thought I would. For games that can display on them correctly, and can use the extra space, they're great. For other uses, not so much.

Probably bc it doesn’t make sense financially they always kinda reemed you with IPS UW with decent refresh rate. You can get a strong VA for $370 not on sale, OLED for $800 or less on sale. A good IPS would have to be no more than $600 and even then the Dell AW on sale would still give it a run for its money.

I have both - Alienware 34 and LG 39 GS. For simracing LG with 800r curve is defintely the best. 39inch gives a bit wider fov too.

I would not be as happy with my 4080 as I am now if I had a 4k monitor. The 4080 and 3440x1440 are a much better pairing. I would not go 4k without a 4090/5090 class gpu but I also like everything maxed out and dlss set to quality at 60fps minimum for the most part. Obviously exceptions depending on the game. Alienware 3440x1440 all the way.