Alienware AW3420DW

Anomalistics · 15 Jan 2020 at 10:05

What are your thoughts on the Alienware AW3420DW? I am desperately seeking an upgrade from my Samsung 24" - which is quite dated now. There is so much to take into consideration, all I keep hearing about is HDMI 2.1, HDR 400/100, amongst other things.

Anomalistics · 15 Jan 2020 at 11:58

MissChief said:
Great monitor. One of the best UW monitors available, but do you have the Graphical horsepower to push it well? What GPU do you have.

I have a GTX 980TI. I will probably upgrade this to the latest RTX version when it is available.

Anomalistics · 15 Jan 2020 at 15:15

JediFragger said:
You'll get by with that until the new nVidia cards are out in the Summer I'm sure

Given that it is 1440p, do you have any objections? In a perfect world I would like a monitor that provides 4k resoultion at 120hz or more but the entry model prices that I have seen for such models are laughable.

Anomalistics · 28 Jan 2020 at 09:28

I have had the monitor for about a week now. Literal game changer, honestly. I've gone from a 23.5" to a 34" and I cannot explain how good it is to get home and play. I'm running a 980TI with a I7 3930k and 16GB and whilst the frames are great for most games, I will definitely need to upgrade the card and processor for newer gen games I reckon.

Waiting for the new RTX series.. but also not sure what processor to get..

Anomalistics · 31 Jan 2020 at 17:09

Guys, for those of you that have this monitor, what settings do you use for G-SYNC? i.e. I have it enabled in the control panel, but would I need to use v-sync in-game as well or enable v-sync in the control panel but disable in-game etc, etc?

Anomalistics · 24 Feb 2020 at 11:14

eggcup said:
What is the verdict on the best response rate? I had mine on fast and now on faster, not sure I notice any difference...

I can't say I notice much difference either to be honest, I need to do more testing. I generally leave mine on the lowest for browsing and for games, I just switch on FPS mode for the colours, etc.