Alienware AW3420DW

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Sentiment score69% positive
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Last updated: Apr 17, 2026

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Reddit Iconaceridgey
11 months ago

Would you consider oled? I replaced my trusty AW3420 with a same size oled panel and it's one of the biggest leaps in quality I've ever had.

Reddit Iconben5642
7 months ago

I recently got the same monitor couple months ago and been enjoying it but been getting some lag as well especially in no man's sky. I have a 5-year-old alienware r11 pc with 3080 intel i9 and 32gb ram and have alienware aw3420dw and never really had much issue with lag and was playing dead island 2 and had some lag and lowered my fps to 60. Tried playing no man's sky yesterday, and it was unplayable because of the lag, and wondering if I need to adjust the dlss as well?

Reddit IconBendaRodriquez
5 months ago

Switched last week from an AW3420DW to the Samsung and its a blast. Color is in my opinion a lot better and for work (VSCode) the increased height is great. My poor 3080 though struggles a bit, even in CS2.

Reddit Iconbranwright
12 months ago

Currently have the 2018 34-inch Alienware and it's probably time to upgrade. There are good OLED options in this same size, but more vertical pixels would be nice. Not sure 45 inches is right, but would love to check and see how the curve feels for first person shooters. Worst case though, the dual mode will come to the rescue. Seems like a great solution.

Reddit IconElKajak
9 months ago

I have a aw3420dw since 2020 and the only game that had problems with supporting 21:9 was monwilds

Reddit IconGluiperd80
6 months ago

I tested those Dell’s side by side. The most noticeable is the outer 5-7cm. With 1900r it’s a good read. With the 3800r i had the feeling i had to move my chair 20cm to the left or right.

Reddit IconHav_ANiceDay
10 months ago

Yeah, I have the OG one, non OLED, and it still works great. Much like yourself I'll be waiting another year. I'd like to upgrade to a screen with higher PPI.

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