If you’re on the hunt for a speedy OLED gaming monitor, here’s a sale worth jumping on: Alienware’s 34-inch QD-OLED display is now $650 at Amazon, down from its usual $800.
The AW3425DW has an ultrawide 3440×1440 resolution that wraps around your eyes with a gentle 1800R curve. That means greater immersion when gaming and watching movies, bolstered further by its gorgeous QD-OLED panel for true blacks, great contrast, and richly vibrant colors that don’t wash out with backlighting. If you want an HDR experience, this one delivers with 1,000 nits of peak brightness and VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification.
It’s an excellent gaming monitor too, with 240Hz of refresh, a 0.03ms response time, and both Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro compatibility for smooth graphics at high frame rates. Other nice features include double HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-A data, and USB-C with 15W of power delivery for passthrough charging.
But 15W of passthrough isn’t enough for a laptop, so be aware that you’ll need to rely on either HDMI or DisplayPort plus your usual USB-C charger. Moreover, keep in mind that OLEDs are susceptible to burn-in over the years, so you may want to think twice if you’re going to be doing a significant amount of productivity work with this monitor. (Static UI elements, like a Windows taskbar, will accelerate burn-in.)
If you want to upgrade your dinky 1080p monitor and really feel a difference without going all the way up to 4K, this 34-inch Alienware OLED is a great pick now that it’s $650. For more options, check out PCWorld’s picks for the best gaming monitors and best ultrawide monitors.
