Six months on the ASUS XG27UCDMG: beautiful, but stinging, headaches and dry eyes after 20 minutes.
“I’ve used the XG27UCDMG for the last 6 months and it is seriously harsh on my eyes.”
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Their ASUS PG34WCDM burned in in under a year, while their Samsung G8 OLED has none after several years.
“I got burn in on my pg34wcdm in less than a year”
Next to their new OLED, the AW2525HM secondary's backlight and colours look bad.
“My secondary monitor is an Alienware AW2525HM i didn’t know how bad the backlight and the colours are until i got the oled”
Returned the MSI 321URX after a month because it randomly turned off, and bought an ASUS PG32UCDP.
“the MSI had an issue where it would randomly turn off”
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most new reviewsHad to RMA their three-month-old AW3425DW.
“I just had to RMA my 3 month old AW3425DW.”
Almost a year of constant use on the AW3225QF with zero issues; simple to maintain.
“Almost a year of constant use, and zero issues.”
A month with the PG32UCDM and no issues.
“I bought PG32UCDM 1 month ago, no issues”
No cleaning problems on their glossy XG27AQDMG.
“No cleaning problems at all on my glossy WOLED xg27aqdmg.”
Nearly a year with a launch AW2725DF, cleaned with water and a microfibre, and still like new.
“I bought the Dell AW2725DF Monitor on release. nearly 1 Year Old.”
Has had the MSI 272URX since the start of the year, cleaned monthly with distilled water and no issues.
“I got an MSI 272URX QD-LED at the start of this year.”
Cleans the Gigabyte FO27Q5P with a damp then dry microfibre cloth, leaving no streaks.
“Worked like a charm for me on my Gigabyte AORUS FO27Q5P.”
The PG32UCDM3 has been pretty good on a 3090 and then a 5080, with no purple tint in black areas.
“I have the ASUS ROG Swift 32" QD-OLED monitor (PG32UCDM3), and it's been a pretty good one so far.”
Perfectly happy with their PG27AQDM and expects it to last years.
“Think my PG27AQDM will last me quite a few years yet.”
Their LG 27GR95QE-B is in perfect condition after three years and 5,000 hours of heavy but careful use.
“My LG 27GR95QE-B OLED still in perfect condition after 3years of heavy but carefull use. 5000h of use”
Had the PG27AQDP before their XG27AQDPG, which has been more uniform over 2,500 hours.
“I had the PG27AQDP before this monitor and it definitely had not”
Really enjoys the PG27UCDM, the first OLED they've liked using.
“I currently have the PG27UCDM and really do enjoy using it.”
Got the PG27AQWP-W and compared it with their PG27AQDP: stunning, though the bottom has a noticeable gap to the frame.
“It Looks stunning, no competition from the Inder Matt Panel.”
Their MO27Q28G had terrible banding at first, but after 10–15 pixel refreshes and 40+ hours it's down to normal WOLED levels.
“I have the Gigabyte MO27Q28G and it had terrible banding at first.”
Their ASUS XG32UCDS shows slight banding on the right in grayscale tests but none in everyday use.
“My monitor is XG32UCDS.”
Owns the Samsung G50SF and uses it for RTS, but prefers console gaming on their LG C5.
“I have an Oled tv (LG C5) as well as an OLED PC Monitor (Samsung G50SF)”
Loves their MSI 274QRF QD IPS bought for under €250; 1440p was a beautiful upgrade.
“I really love my quantum dot IPS monitor, the MSI MAG 274QRF QD.”
Had the AOC Q27G3XMN Mini-LED before an OLED and prefers the OLED for blacks and response.
“I had a mini-LED for a while before I got an OLED (Q27G3XMN) and I prefer OLED.”
After 2 years 3 months and 11,481 hours, their LG 32GS95UE has the Windows taskbar burned in; manual pixel cleaning didn't help.
“After 2 years and 3 months totaling 11481 hours, my LG 32GS95UE has Windows taskbar burned in.”
Their 65-inch QD Mini-LED TV looks brighter and better to them, even in HDR, than their ASUS XG27ACDNG.
“it looks to me alot Brighter and better than the Oled monitor which is Asus QD oled xg27acdng 360hz”
Doesn't notice text fringing on their MSI MPG 271QR X50.
“I have 15/20 vision and don’t notice any text fringe on my msi mpg 271qr x50”
Doesn't notice text fringing at all on their AW2725Q.
“No, I don't notice it at all on my AW2725Q (4K 27" OLED)”
Text fringing is a non-issue on their MSI 271QPX E2 at 1440p.
“At 1440p, its a non-issue on my MSI 271QPX E-2.”
A bitmap font looks great on their Gigabyte FO32U2P; no bothersome fringing.
“On my Aorus fo32u2p, the 2x variant looks great.”
Picky about text, they love how it looks on their Samsung G81SF 27-inch 4K OLED.
“I *love* how text looks on my 4k OLED, a Samsung Odyssey G81SF 27".”
Chose the AW3426DW and has no regrets.
“I had the same debate and went with the AW3426DW and have no regrets.”
Moved from a Samsung Neo G7 to the Gigabyte FO32U2 and wouldn't trade back, despite the Neo being brighter.
“my old and now sold Neo G7 was albeit much more brighter than my new Gigabyte FO32U2, it was inferior to OLED in every possible way.”
Returned the LG 27GS95QE-B after four days because text in IDEs and documentation looked blurry.
“The reason I returned my OLED was because text in IDEs or documentation was "blurry" and I could not get used to it after 4 days.”
Upgraded from an Acer XB271HU 27-inch IPS to the AW3926QW and finds it beautiful.
“It so beautiful it hurt.”
Owned the LG 39GX950B for months and is super happy with it; the AW3926QW they bought has bad colour uniformity and is going back.
“Honestly I am super happy with my LG.”
Compared the LG 27GX790B with an IPS Mini-LED: better but not infinitely so, and surprisingly bright, enough that they run it at 90.
“Im more surprised at how bright the 4th gen tandem oleds can get.”
Uses the BenQ EX321UX Mini-LED for everything in any lighting, with OLEDs for dark-room gaming.
“my miniled IPS (BenQ EX321UX) for everything, everytime in all light conditions.”
Uses the ASUS PG248QP 540Hz and expects to keep it a long time, with no burn-in to worry about.
“I use the pg248qp ETN gsync 1-540hz, and I think I will keep it very long time”
Got the ASUS XG27UCDMG for $500 instead of $1,000.
“I also think I won the lottery with my XG27UCDMG for 500$ instead of 1000”
The MSI 321URX made a beautiful first impression, but its coating developed small spots within a week and cleaning became a headache.
“Beautiful first impressions, but the coating gave me headaches.”
Finds the AW3425DW amazing compared to the AW3423DWF, with tuned HDR on an RTX 5080.
“Yep! Alienware aw3425dw - it’s amazing compared to the dwf.”
Nearly two years on a day-one AW3225QF; easy to clean and they'd buy another OLED.
“Nearly two years on mine (day one **AW3225QF)** and I find it neither difficult to clean”
Their PG32UCDM is perfect for their light-sensitive eyes.
“My pg32ucdm is perfect”
Owns two XG27AQDMGs with 924 and 3,730 hours, auto-hidden taskbar and 8-hour pixel clean.
“Here are my two XG27AQDMG's.”
Two years with the AW2725DF left on with 10-minute sleep, black background and hidden taskbar.
“I never turn my AW2725DF off. I have had it for 2 years now.”
Loves their AW3225QF, but the PG32UCDM3 has better quality: brighter newer panel, BlackShield film and DisplayPort 2.1.
“Definitely better quality in the pg32ucdm3 tho, its a newer gen panel that gets brighter and has blackshield film”
Over two years on the older PG27AQDM without such problems.
“I've used it for over 2 years without tak”
Next to their LG 27GR95QE-B, a decent Dell IPS looks atrocious.
“Even my SD2721DGF that’s certainly pretty decent for an IPS, looks atrocious compared side-by-side to my LG27GR95QE-B”
Limits their ASUS PG27AQDP to 240Hz because 480Hz pushes cable bandwidth and some games crash the monitor.
“I have the ROG PG27AQDP 480hz and yep, limited it to 240hz”
Pretty satisfied with the PG27UCDM bought earlier this year.
“I’m pretty satisfied with the pg27ucdm I bought earlier this year”
Three weeks with the PG27AQWP-W ($1,300) for competitive games and aim trainers after a Zowie XL2556K: great, no regrets.
“I think this monitor is great and I don't regret spending the money on it.”
Their MO27Q28G's banding is better than the bad XG27AQWMG shown.
“Worse than gigabyte, glad that my mo27q28g was not worse like this one”
Their first OLED, the Samsung G50SF 27-inch, has been fantastic.
“Ordered myself my first OLED last week, Samsung 27” Odyssey OLED G5 (G50SF). It's been fantastic.”
Loves their AOC Q27G3XMN and is happy without an OLED for now.
“I love my aoc q27g3xmn :)”
Their ASUS XG27ACDNG plays fine with no issues.
“I have a XG27ACDNG, seems fine to play it no issues.”
Underwhelmed by the new AW2725Q next to their LG 27GP950 IPS: little difference in normal use, lower brightness, and they're thinking of returning it.
“For normal usage, the difference from my IPS (LG UltraGear 27GP950, on the left) isn’t very noticeable.”
Finds their Gigabyte FO32U2P's True Black 400 HDR weak next to OLED TVs.
“My FO32U2P is a pathetic True Black 400”
Received two AW3426DWs: the first had a nick and bad uniformity; they think quality control was cut for the price.
“I had 2 (accident shipment) and first had the nick (and bad uniformity)”
Their AW3926QW shows light web pages with the right side at least 50% darker than the middle at 80% brightness.
“This is CNN.com with the whole right side of the screen that is at least 50% darker”
Really likes their LG 39GX950B, bought open box for $300 off.
“Yeah I really like my LG, got it $300 off open box too, so Im happy.”
Compared the ASUS XG27UCDMG with a TN and a KTC Mini-LED: the OLED is best, especially at an angle and at night.
“OLED is definitely the best, even more so when looked from a bit of an angle”
Tried the MSI 321URX for a month and returned it, preferring their old 2012 LCD TV.
“I had an LG C4 tried it for a month and returned it I had a msi mpg 321 urx Qd oled tried it for a month and returned it.”
Their AW3425DW auto-adjusts brightness on the fly, making Windows HDR calibration useless.
“the monitor auto-tunes the brightness on-the-fly which makes the HDR calibration useless.”
Uses the AW3225QF under overhead lighting without trouble.
“I'm sitting here right now typing out this reply on an Alienware AW3225QF with an overhead lig”
Their PG32UCDM showed similar image retention after a year, which pixel cleaning fixed completely.
“I had the same burn in issue with my PG32UCDM after 1 year of careful use”
Babied the XG27AQDMG for a year, but uniformity got so bad they can't stand fog or underwater scenes; it's going back under warranty, along with VRR flicker and ABL complaints.
“Pixel cleaning makes no difference.”
Notices nothing wrong with text on their AW2725DF next to a Mini-LED.
“i have a aw2725df and honestly don't even notice anything wrong even compared to my miniled of the same resolution.”
Upgraded from an AW3423DW to the PG32UCDM3: better pixel density and graphics, and even DLSS Performance looks better.
“I had aw3423dw and upgraded to 4th gen QD-OLED PG32UCDM3. Pixel density is better. Graphics is better.”
About 400 hours on the PG27AQDM with 8-hour pixel cleaning; works like new with no banding or colour issues.
“I’m about 400 hours in with pixel cleaning every 8 hours”
About 4,300 hours on the LG 27GR95QE-B beside an LG 4K IPS: incredible for gaming contrast and motion, zero burn-in, but they still prefer the IPS for day-to-day text.
“after \~4,000 hours on the OLED, I’ve seen **zero burn-in**.”
Moving from an AW2726DM to the PG27UCDM 4K on an RTX 5080 is on another level.
“Coming from the Dell Alienware AW2726DM 1440p QD-OLED to the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCDM 4K is on another level.”
Four days with the PG27AQWP-W at brightness 32: dark greys look grainy but it hasn't bothered them.
“Dark greys like the default Discord dark theme definitely look grainy, it hasn't really bothered me yet tbh.”
Returned the MO27Q28G after a week because gray banding was distracting when browsing in dark mode.
“I had my Gigabyte mo27q28g for about a week, but I could definitely see the banding whenever I was browsing the internet using Dark Reader.”
Uses the AOC Q27G3XMN for PC next to an LG OLED TV and finds the difference not that big.
“I have a Q27G3XMN for my PC and LG CS for my TV/PS5. The difference just isn’t that big”
The AW2725Q has sharp text and gives no eye strain even over 16-hour days.
“I have the AW2725Q and text is sharp, I never get eye strain”
Months of daily professional visual and marketing work on the Gigabyte FO32U2P without any issue.
“Using AORUS GIGABYTE FO32U2P for months in my daily work without any isssue.”
Their new AW3426DW has a nick, a slight separation in the plastic housing and a bow at the bottom.
“Just got my aw3426dw and it has a little nick on the top left and a slight separation between the back and side plastic”
Their AW3926QW was much darker on the right side; the LG 39GX950B-B they tried instead looked perfect, so they kept the LG.
“Had the same issue with mine, with it being much darker on the right side, just like yours.”
The LG 39GX950B has amazing text clarity, no eye strain all day, and a matte coating you can't tell is matte.
“text clarity is amazing on it, and i can use it all day without any strain or issues”
Has owned the AW3425DW and now the AW3225QF, and prefers the ultrawide format for story games.
“I've owned a aw3425dw and currently own the aw3225qf”
Bought a used AW3225QF for $550 as their first OLED and finds it incredible next to their Dell work monitor.
“I just picked up my first OLED the Alienware AW3225QF and its incredible.”
No uniformity issues after 4,000 hours over 1.5 years on the PG32UCDM, run at maximum brightness.
“I dont have any of those issues after 4000hrs of usage in around 1.5 yrs.”
Moving from a 2018 LG IPS to the XG27AQDMG was a huge upgrade.
“This was a huge upgrade for me, I still can't believe it.”
Returned the AW2725DF after a few days because text fringing against a Mini-LED was very noticeable for all-day writing.
“I work with text all day and it jumped out to me quite a bit and it was persistent on both Windows and Mac.”
Owns the PG27AQDM and an LG 27GN850-B IPS; the OLED clearly beats the IPS side by side.
“I have a LG 27GN850-B (which to my understanding is one of the most popular IPS monitors) and a ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM”
Owns the PG27UCDM and a $130 KTC IPS and prefers the KTC because they don't have to baby it.
“I prefer KTC because I don’t have to be extra careful around it”
A year with the AW3426DW; 3440x1440 is perfect for a 5070 Ti without DLSS or frame gen.
“Aw3426dw rocks I've been enjoying it for a year now.”
Had the LG 39GX950B and AW3926QW together; the LG's washed-out colours annoyed them more than the AW's uniformity, so they kept the AW.
“I was more annoyed by the washed out colors on the LG then the AW lack of uniformity.”
Has used the LG 39GX950B 8+ hours a day since US launch and finds it great for productivity.
“its great for productivity, been using mine since they firstr shipped in US for 8hrs+ a day”
After 9,495 hours of daily work and play on the AW3225QF, only very minor burn-in shows on a grey screen.
“Here is my AW3225QF after 9495 hours of daily use for work and play.”
1,700 hours on the PG32UCDM at full brightness.
“I can’t remember the last time I’ve changed my pg32ucdm with 1700 hours.”
Very satisfied with their XG27AQDMG; their dad loves the PG32UCDM they bought him.
“I've been very satisfied with my XG27AQDMG”
Over a year of 8+ hours a day on the AW2725DF with no burn-in, after dropping most precautions.
“I have been heavily using (>8h/day) my AW2725DF for over a year now and I can see no burn in.”
Two years with the PG27AQDM on almost constantly with no precautions and no burn-in visible in normal use.
“I've got PG27AQDM that is 2 years old at this point and has been on pretty much constantly with zero precautions”
The PG27UCDM looks great in Cyberpunk but causes unbearable eye pain and, to them, blurry text worse than 1440p, making it unusable for anything but gaming.
“First off, the eye pain is unbearable when I look at this thing for longer.”
Calls the AW3926QW the most amazing gaming monitor they've had.
“I have this monitor and it’s the most amazing gaming monitor I ever had.”
Three weeks with the LG 39GX950B; it barely warms up even on white screens.
“when I first got my LG 39GX950B (had it for 3 weeks now) that was the first thing I noticed was how little amou”
HDR looks miles better on their AW3225QF in every use case.
“HDR looks miles better on my AW3225QF in all use cases in my experience.”
Upgraded from a Samsung G7 4K IPS to the PG32UCDM on an RTX 5090; the visuals are stunning and beat a Neo G7 Mini-LED they returned.
“After getting a 5090, I decided to splurge on a high end OLED monitor and the visuals are STUNNING”
Switched from an ASUS PG279QM IPS to the XG27AQDMG; the OLED is better, but the IPS still impresses them.
“I sold a IPS ASUS PG279QM to my brother and switched to the OLED XG27AQDMG”
Uses the AW2725DF 8+ hours a day, including Photoshop, and runs refresh cycles as required.
“I use it on average more than 8h a day. I do a lot of photoshop work”
Months on the PG27UCDM, left in sleep rather than powered off, with no burn-in.
“No burns on my end. Using PG27UCDM”
Returned the AW3926QW because even in games the HUD looked dark and white text turned grey.
“even in games the HUD looked really dark and the text was grey when it should have been white”
Two years gaming on the AW3225QF and finds it amazing.
“amazing monitor. been so fun to game with 2 years running now!”
Almost two years and 8–10 hours a day of work on the PG32UCDM with zero burn-in.
“I work from home 80% and have had my PG32UCDM for almost two years. Zero burn-in so far.”
Went from an ASUS IPS to an AOC Q27G3XMN Mini-LED and then a glossy XG27AQDMG; the IPS-to-VA jump was the biggest.
“By far the biggest jump was between the IPS and the VA.”
Owns the PG27UCDM but prefers MSI's Mini-LEDs for price and not having to baby them.
“I have PG27UCDM but I prefer 274updf or 274urdfw from MSI for price and not baby”
Loves the AW3926QW and doesn't notice uniformity in games, but is returning it because of how it shows during daytime work.
“Sad to also have to return mine today. I love it, and in games I don’t notice at all.”
Uses the AW3225QF 6–8 hours a day for work and some gaming: really great, well made, good on the eyes.
“from my experience it’s a really great monitor, worth it’s price, been spending 6/8h daily for work”
Finds the PG32UCDM far superior to any non-OLED monitor they've owned.
“I have the Asus PG32UCDM and it's far superior to any non OLED monitor I've owned”
Owned two XG27AQDMGs and neither ever showed image retention.
“I've owned two XG27AQDMG's and they've never shown any image retention even a single time”
The PG27UCDM has really good text clarity, but long daytime gaming gave them eye strain or nausea, so they moved to a TCL Mini-LED.
“it still gives me eye strain or. nausea with prolonged gaming during the day time”
Moved from the AW3926QW to the LG 39GX950B: the Alienware looks slightly better only in the middle 30%, with washed-out colour outside it.
“The Alienware looks marginally better but only in the middle 30% of the screen then colors get washed out”
Has the AW3225QF and really misses 21:9 for films and games.
“I have the AW3225QF, and I honestly really miss 21:9”
Felt some discomfort on the PG32UCDM at first, which went away completely after a few weeks.
“I had a similar experience when I first got my PG32UCDM and there was some discomfort at the beginning, but after a few weeks it completely went away”
Runs the XG27AQDMG at 31 SDR brightness and finds it plenty bright and punchy.
“I use my XG27AQDMG at 31 brightness on SDR (taken from RTINGS) and the image is plenty bright and punchy”
Runs modern AAA games at 240–300 fps with frame gen on their PG27UCDM.
“i’m able to run 240-300 fps in modern AAA’s, everything maxed (400-500 in competitive games) on my PG27UCDM”
Uses their AW3926QW for Excel all day and it's been fine.
“I use it for excel all day and it's white but it has been fine for me.”
Their AW3225QF shows VRR flicker in dark games like Silent Hill 2; slightly annoying but they've mostly got used to it.
“On my Alienware AW3225QF I notice the VRR flickering on darker games like Silent Hill 2.”
Their PG27UCDM has text clarity identical to their 4K 27-inch IPS monitors.
“I have 4k 27" IPS monitors as well and my PG27UCDM has identical text clarity.”
Returning the AW3926QW for the LG: it runs hot on static white pages, and its uneven brightness distracts them despite loving glossy.
“Returning this bad boy. I'll pay the extra for the LG.”
Just got the AW3225QF and loves it: super clear, 240Hz is fantastic, and hours of use with no issues.
“Just recently got my Alienware AW3225QF QD-OLED and I love it! It’s super clear, 240Hz is fantastic in many games”
The PG27UCDM gave them eye strain and a light headache at first, gone after about a week.
“When I got my PG27UCDM, I initially would have eye strain and light headache. It took me like 1 week to get use to it.”
Upgraded from the AW3225QF to the AW3926QW and it feels like a huge upgrade.
“I upgraded from the aw3225qf and it still feels like a huge upgrade mate”
Over a year with the AW3225QF and finds it awesome.
“I‘ve had my Alienware AW3225QF for over a year now and it‘s freaking awesome.”
Has the AW3926QW beside their first-gen Samsung G8 OLED and finds the G8's colour depth and highlights better.
“In my honest opinion the Color depth and highlight of certain elements on the g8 are just better then the 3926qw.”
About 2,000 hours on the AW3225QF, gaming and spreadsheets 16 hours a day, with no burn-in.
“I’m about 2000 hours of use into my AW3225QF, no burn in at all. Gaming and spreadsheets 16 hours a day.”
Returned the AW3926QW because it was too dim after their Neo G7.
“I ended up returning the alienware. I could not stand how dim it was”
Sold their 32-inch 4K for the AW3926QW; the size and resolution are worth it for gaming and 40% productivity use.
“Love ultrawide and was waiting for a 5k2k to sell my 32 4k monitor.”
Their AW3926QW arrived broken; they refunded rather than exchanged because it felt smaller than expected.
“Yeah I ordered the Alienware and although mine arrived broken, I decided to refund rather than exchange simply because it was smaller than I expected.”
Bought both the AW3926QW and the LG 39GX950B and is keeping both for their different strengths.
“I bought both and I’m keeping both.”
Their AW3926QW's uniformity issues improve at 100% brightness but stay distracting on light screens.
“On my unit the uniformity issues don't go away after increasing brightness to 100% but it's less noticeable than at 50%.”
Their AW3926QW's edge dimming is minor in games, but colours in Excel look wonky.
“In games, the edge dimming still looks a bit darker but it's not as much of an issue as wonky colors in Excel.”
A week with the AW3926QW at 100% brightness: full-screen white and grey tests look good.
“I don’t see anything at 100% and did a full screen white and gray test and it all looked good”
Enjoying the AW3926QW after an AW3821DW, but unsure it's as big an upgrade as expected beyond resolution.
“bought the AW39 coming from an AW38 and while I am enjoying the AW39 I am also wondering if it is as big of an upgrade as I thought.”
Their AW3926QW sometimes reverts to 120Hz at startup and Windows won't allow 165Hz until a full power cycle.
“It is quite random and can revert back to 120hz when starting up - windows wont allow 165hz.”
Moved from the LG 39GX950B to the AW3926QW and gets more eye strain, possibly from the glossy screen in a well-lit room.
“Anyone who switched from the LG39 to the AW39 is noticing more eye strain?”
Calls their AW3926QW the best monitor they've had.
“its thew best monitor i ever had”
Loved the AW3926QW's resolution and text clarity but couldn't accept the brightness falling off towards the edges.
“I loved the AW3926QWs resolution and text clarity but couldn't deal with the brightness plummeting towards the edges”
Their AW3926QW was a dud with uneven brightness and colour, and Dell's support was unhelpful.
“I had similar issues and for me the monitor was basically a dud.”
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Owns the AW3926QW and an MSI 341CQR X36: clarity is massively better on the Alienware, uniformity and dimming better on the MSI; keeping the Alienware.
“Clarity is massively better on the dell.”
Uses the LG 39GX950B for finance work by a bright window and for flight sims; the light matte coating handles reflections perfectly.
“the way LG’s matte display handles reflections is perfect for me.”
Owns the Neo G9 57-inch and finds the blooming pretty bad.
“I own the G9 57". Blooming is pretty bad tbh.”
Tried the Dell U4025QW and had panel uniformity issues.
“I've tried out Dell U4025QW (40" 5k2k, 2500R curvature) and having panel uniformity issues”
After two to three hours of gaming on the PG27UCDM they get dry, red eyes, headaches and dizziness, even at brightness 10 with VRR off, so they're looking at non-OLED options.
“after 2-3hours of gaming i get very dry red eyes, headaches and a kind of dizziness.”
Their MO27Q28G arrived with heavy gray banding at 90% grey and is being replaced, though it still looked better than any monitor they'd owned.
“And the crazy thing is, that it still looked so much better than any other monitor I have owned before haha”
Their LG 27GX790A-B shows no VRR flicker in games, only on loading screens, with a 9800X3D.
“I have the lg27gx790a-b (old woled) no problem with vrr outside of loading screen. In game 0 flickering.”
Had a lot of VRR flicker on their AW3225QF, unlike their LG 45-inch 5K2K.
“I have almost no flicker on the LG 45" 5k2k while I had a lot on the aw3225qf”
Just bought the MSI 321URX 4K 240Hz and loves it.
“MSI 321 URX. It’s 240 hz 4k, I’ve just bought it and i absolutely love it!”
Finds their original PG32UCDM incredible; even DLSS Performance looks razor sharp.
“I have the OG pg32ucdm and it’s incredible.”
After about two years on a 32-inch 4K OLED, moved to the AW3426DW and loves it; 1440p ultrawide suits their 4070 Ti Super and single-player games.
“I love it dearly, but I also "only" have a 4070 Ti Super so 1440p is kind of a sweet spot there.”
Strongly recommends 4K OLED from their Samsung G81SF, which a 9070 XT runs at its 240 fps cap in most games.
“I’m on a Samsung G81SF, I have a 9070XT, and I’ll tell you, on the vast vast majority of games I’m still hitting the 240 frame limit”
Enjoying their MSI MPG 491CQP 49-inch QD-OLED.
“am enjoying my msi MPG 491CQP QD-OLED, 49 Curved OLED Gaming Monitor”
Bought a used XG27AQDMG for $250; it passed a grey and burn-in check and is like new, used for PS5 and PC.
“It’s in great condition, I did a grey test, as well as a checking for any burn in & it’s basically brand new!”
The Dell U3425WE is fantastic for productivity, though pricey with slow response times for gaming.
“I just bought the Dell UltraSharp U3425WE and it is fantastic for productivity.”
Has owned the LG 27GR95QE since release with the taskbar always showing and the desktop often left on, and has no burn-in.
“I have it since release date, no burning at all, with taskbar on all the time”
Upgraded from a 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G5 to the AW2726DM; side by side, its colour and contrast are far better and they can't go back to IPS.
“I honestly don't think I can ever go back to an IPS panel”
Had the AW3425DW; in the 1000-nit HDR mode, ABL keeps full-screen white dim, unlike True Black 400.
“Unfortunately it just doesn't get very bright full screen in the 1000 nits mode.”
Their PG27AQWP had perfect text clarity next to an IPS; the only downside was gray banding.
“my PG27AQWP had perfect text clarity next to my IPS, only downside is the gray banding”
Bought the AOC AG276QZD2 for $350 as a budget 280Hz QD-OLED, warning that early units without the update had to be returned.
“I went for the AG276QZD2. 280hz QLED for $350, if you don't get the updated version you'll have to return it though.”
Tried both 39-inch 5K2K monitors and the PG32UCDM3 and kept the ASUS for its more pleasant picture, especially brightness.
“I tried both 39" models and the PG32UCDM version 3, and even though I have a 5090, I went with the 32".”
Felt the LG 45GX950B was too big at first, but at about 75 cm on an arm the size and curve feel perfect.
“once I found my sweet spot for viewing distance, the size and curve combination felt perfect.”
Under a week with the G95SD: it sometimes fails to detect the PC over DisplayPort and randomly thinks the PC is off; Samsung support was no help.
“I own a Samsung Odyssey OLED G95SD 49", paid $1200 at microcenter.”
Over a year with the AOC Q27G3XMN: HDR factory calibration was way off until they built a custom LUT; brighter than their Philips OLED, but worse in contrast, saturation and clarity.
“Factory calibration for HDR was way off for my sample”
Their Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 was so dim, with an awful matte coating and a terrible stand, that it almost sent them back to LCD.
“My first OLED was actually the Samsung G5, and it almost made me switch back to LCDs.”
Just bought the LG UltraGear 34-inch OLED and loves it; no colour banding, unlike a Samsung they had, and good blacks.
“Just bought the ultragear 34 inch monitor, I absolutely love it.”
Got the AW2725Q as their first OLED for an RTX 5080 build after seven months on an LG 1440p 75Hz monitor, and is blown away.
“today after tasting the OLED I’m blown away.”
Their MSI 271QPX E2 had no issues beyond the usual QD-OLED ABL, unlike an ASUS XG27AQWMG.
“The MSI had 0 issues outside of the usual QD-OLED ABL”
Bought the Samsung G85SD new for CAD 800 as a 1440p ultrawide OLED for sim racing at 175Hz.
“I got this for 800 cad new”
Was not impressed at all by the ASUS XG27ACDNG and moved on.
“Started with ASUS ROG Strix 26.5" 1440P QD-OLED Gaming Monitor (XG27ACDNG) and I was not impressed at all.”
Just got the AW3226Q as their first OLED and finds it absolutely beautiful.
“It’s my first OLED but I’m in disbelief. Absolutely beautiful”
Compared with their Samsung S90D TV, the older PG27AQDM has less colour volume but better motion clarity and brighter HDR highlights.
“while colour volume isn't as good, motion clarity is just better.”
Uses the Dell S2725QS 4K IPS vertically as a secondary productivity monitor.
“For productivity my secondary is a Dell S2725QS. IPS, 4k, 120hz.”
Bought and returned the Dell UltraSharp 52-inch: overpriced, with design flaws that made it hard to work on and a flat panel that made the extra space less useful.
“I bought the Dell UltraSharp 52in and returned it. It was overpriced and had many design flaws that made it hard to work on.”
Bought the ViewFinity S8 S85TH for Thunderbolt 5, but over TB5 it drops video after seconds to minutes on their Mac while USB-C works; the only firmware hasn't fixed it.
“Out of the box, the TB5 connection drops video after seconds to minutes while the monitor stays powered on.”
Kept the BenQ EX321UX Mini-LED over an ASUS WOLED last year for its excellent HDR and has used it happily since for gaming; after testing the newer EX321UZ QD-OLED they still prefer the Mini-LED's brightness.
“I ended up keeping the BenQ Mini LED for the freaking awesome HDR and been using it happily since.”
About a year after buying the ASUS ProArt PA27JCV and never moving it, a thick band of vertical red lines appeared in the middle of the screen.
“I bought an ASUS ProArt PA27JCV 5K monitor around a year ago.”
Picked the MSI MPG 341CQPX QD-OLED over an LG with the same panel for about less; a day in, after older Acer Predators, the contrast and blacks without bleed look far better and 34-inch 1440p feels sharp enough.
“I've had it for a day, my previous monitors were older acer predators. This MSI looks SO much better. The contrast is night and day different.”
Their MSI MAG 274QRF QD E2, used for art and gaming in a dual-monitor setup, has started failing; they valued its wide colour range, which other IPS monitors don't seem to match.
“I currently use an msi mag274qrf qd e2 which has been failing on me recently”
An LG 32GS95UE owner reports no issues with their unit, says everything is clear and crisp, and uses the 480Hz mode a lot with very good results.
“I got no issues on my unit everythings clear and crispy. I also use the 480hz mode alot and its very good.”
Owns the AW3926QW and the MSI 341CQR X36; text clarity is very good on both.
“Textclarity is very good on every one of them”
750 hours on the LG 39GX950B, mostly work in dark mode; generally great, but a game's white title has burned in faintly.
“39GX950B has been great and generally been satisfied with it.”
Owns the Neo G9 57-inch and finds it awesome, though a 32-inch 4K QD-OLED blew them away with colour.
“Is a awesome monitor I have one”
Uses the Dell U4025QW with a Mac and it works well; the only gripe is the large jump between macOS scaling steps, and it is fine but not great for gaming next to a glossy OLED.
“I have the 40” Dell it works well my only gripe is on a Mac the difference between “Most Space” in Displays and the next step up is too aggressive.”
Returned a glossy ASUS XG27AQWMG over reflections and brightness pumping; 20 hours into the matte MO27Q28G, $220 cheaper, they're super happy with no noticeable pumping.
“Super happy with my MO27Q28G so far.”
Has loved their AW3225QF for a couple of years; an RTX 5080 runs 100–160 fps at native 4K in most games.
“I love mine. Got it a couple years ago for about the same price.”
Runs the MSI 321URX with an RTX 5090 and won't upgrade until a 6K 240Hz QD-OLED arrives.
“I won’t upgrade the monitor until a monitor with the following specs comes out:”
Uses the PG32UCDM 4K OLED next to a Mini-LED, sees no text fringing even sitting close, and prefers its shadow detail.
“I use both a 4k mini led (odyssey g8 neo) and 4k oled (pg32ucdm) and I can't for the love of God see any text fringing on my OLED.”
Coming from a 27-inch LG IPS, finds the AW3426DW nuts.
“I'm coming from a 27" lg gaming IPS which was good but this is nuts.”
Just bought the MSI MPG 491CQP QD-OLED and ran Helldivers 2 smoothly on a 9070 XT after adjusting FOV; still deciding whether to keep it.
“I just got my 5k2k (MSI QD-OLED 49” 491CQP) and I run a 9070 XT with a 7800X3D.”
Owns both the XG27AQDMG and the newer XG27AQDMGR; with identical settings, the older XG27AQDMG still shows better colour depth.
“the Gen 1 version of this display still has better color depth somehow.”
Just got the AW2726DM, coming from a cheap TCL TV, and was blown away by the picture.
“I just got the same 1. I was blown away by the image!”
A long-time OLED user whose main monitor is now the PG32UCDM3; finds 4K a night-and-day step up from 1440p and the monitor breathtaking.
“I am currently using a PG32UCDM3 as my main monitor and it’s breathtaking”
Went back to the LG 45GX950B after a month on a 27-inch 480Hz; loves the immersion and clarity but wishes for a 240Hz version.
“Love this monitor, the size and curve make it do emersive.”
A week in, loves the G95SD for gaming.
“I've got the G95SD a week ago it's a beast! Love it for gaming”
Has the Samsung G85SD; loves it as an ultrawide, but HDR is poor, though recent updates helped.
“It's nice cause its ultrawide, HDR is shit tho. Latest updates made it bearable.”
A first-time OLED owner upgrading from a 10-year-old IPS says the Alienware AW3226Q has not blown them away: HDR makes Windows look washed out, colours don't pop without it, and the settings are overwhelming.
“I don’t want to say I am having buyer's remorse, I am sure there's a sweet spot to get this running better, but I am upgrading from a 10 year old IPS monitor and just expecting more.”
Two days with the U5226KW: noticeably dimmer than their Alienware monitors at 100%, and switching between a PC and a Thunderbolt laptop sometimes leaves it black and unresponsive until a long power cycle.
“I've been using the Dell U5226KW for a couple of days now, and so far I'm not impressed at all.”
Uses the ViewFinity S8 S85TH with three Thunderbolt Windows devices and it works flawlessly.
“I don't use any apple devices but do use this monitor with 3 different TB capable Windows devices and it works flawlessly.”
After replacing a scratched QD-OLED, an owner says the matte coating on their LG 32GS95UE has proven durable and much easier to clean.
“The matte coating on my LG 32GS95UE has proven to be pretty durable, and is so much easier to clean.”
Their AW3926QW's OSD and power buttons stop responding after a few hours, more often over time, even after a firmware update.
“Anyone experiencing the AW3926QW having random freezes with the physical buttons?”
Runs the LG 39GX950B at 165Hz from work laptops with integrated or weak graphics and games on it too.
“I use mine (LG 39GX950b) with my work laptop that only has integrated Intel graphics”
Shows HDR on their Neo G9 57-inch Mini-LED, driven by a 4090 and now a 5090, and finds it doesn't need OLED.
“Any colour banding you can see is caused by the video compression and cannot be seen in person.”
Owns both the U4025QW and the AW3926QW; the Dell is the one to work on, with decent black levels, lots of ports including Ethernet and a KVM that switches easily between a Linux box and a MacBook.
“The U4025QW is perfect for your use case and the black levels aren't too bad. The KVM rocks.”
Owns the PG27UCDM; pretty good, with no text-fringing problems.
“i got the asus pg27ucdm. it's pretty good. no problem with text fringing either.”
Their MO27Q28G has only minor banding, almost invisible except in the darkest scenes.
“I have a pretty good one with just minor banding, which is almost invisible.”
Their AW3225QF has been great, one of the few curved 32-inch 4K OLEDs, and is often discounted.
“I have it and it's been great you can get it at a good price it gets discounted often.”
Loves their MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED.
“i love my 321 urx, cant go wrong with an MSI imo”
Owns the AW3426DW and LG 39GX950B and has seen the AW3926QW; ranks the AW3426DW first, with equal brightness and a passively cooled panel.
“My ranking would be AW34 > AW39 > LG39.”
Five months with the MSI MPG 491CQP QD-OLED on a 9070 XT and no burn-in using the built-in protection settings.
“No burn in here had I’d for about 5 months now, I use the protection settings it comes with.”
A buyer returned the ASUS XG27AQDMG shortly after purchase because of grey banding, which they say is a common problem on this model and the forum fixes did not help.
“No it is not fine and is exactly why I returned this monitor shortly after buying it. It is a common problem on this model.”
Over a year with the AW3425DW and no complaints; runs pixel refresh when asked.
“I’ve had my QDOLED for over a year now. No complaints here.”
After trying the LG 39GX950B, switched to the 45GX950B: the most immersive experience they've had, with softer text that isn't bad and gaming on another level.
“For me it's the most immersive experience I've had. Text is softer, but it's not bad, and gaming is on another level.”
About a month with the Samsung G85SD and finds it great.
“I have the same one for about a month now and its a great piece of tech.”
Has had the U5226KW for nine months without those problems and finds it bright enough, though the rear port placement is inconvenient.
“I have had the U5226KW for 9 months and none of that plus it seems bright enough to me.”
Has had constant trouble with the ViewFinity S8 S85TH on both an M5 and an M1 Mac.
“I've had nothing but trouble using this monitor on all my Macs, M5 and M1 both have problems.”
Returned the AW3926QW: colour faded beyond the middle few inches, with visible halos that made gaming feel like a tunnel.
“Mine went back for this. There were visible halos radiating from the middle.”
Their first LG 39GX950B failed with flickering on launch day; the replacement took a month.
“I posted about a similar issue with my first 39GX950B.”
Uses the Neo G9 57-inch split 50/50 between work and personal use, and a line down the middle has appeared that shows only on grey.
“I’ve noticed that there is a noticeable line running down the middle that’s ONLY visible in gray scales.”
Bought both the AW3926QW and the U4025QW and kept the Dell for 90% productivity: IPS Black looks very good next to their old AW3821DW, though they'd like faster response and a steeper curve.
“IPS Black, while no OLED, looks damned good -- especially next to my old AW3821DW.”
Bought the PG27UCDM in January; a red stuck pixel appeared months later and returned after pixel cleaning, and a green one came and went.
“a red stuck pixel appeared about three months ago.”
Owns an MSI 321URX and the MO27Q28G; ended up gaming on the MO27Q28G, which has no banding.
“I ended up playing on the 27“, but mine has no Banding issues.”
Has owned the AW3225QF since release and it's been amazing: great out-of-box calibration and an immersive slight curve at 4K 240Hz.
“Since it was released and shipped I’ve had and owned the 3225qf and it’s been amazing”
Moved from the MSI 321URX to an LG 5K Mini-LED and finds the new one notably better in clarity and bright scenes.
“the mini led I have, the lg gm9, is notably better than my old MSI 321 URX.”
A few weeks with the AW3426DW: the best choice for its Dell warranty and lower price.
“The AW3426DW is pretty much the best choice in my opinion, I just got mine a few weeks ago.”
Bought the AW3425DW last year and regretted it within two months: their unit's uniformity is poor and dark grey screens look atrocious in nearly every game.
“I got the 3425DW last year and regretted it after about 2 months. I didn't win the panel lottery and dark grey screens look atrocious.”
A month with the U5226KW on an M3 Max MacBook Pro; the latest firmware fixed an earlier issue and they love the huge workspace at native resolution.
“I use native resolution, I don't even have 20/20 eyesight, but it works for me... I love the huge workspace.”
Has had the S85TH Thunderbolt video-drop problem for months since buying at launch in Australia and, with no firmware fix, is seeking a refund.
“I've had this problem for months now, I bought this monitor as soon as it came out in Australia.”
Their first AW3926QW died at 29 days; the replacement's CPC dimming is much better.
“i just got mine replaced, 1st one died at 29 days. second one the CPC is way better.”
Loves their LG 39GX950B with no issues; next to an AW3926QW they couldn't get the Alienware's colours to match it.
“I currently have the LG 39" 5k2k. I love it. No issues at all.”
Two years with the Neo G9 57-inch at full resolution: amazing for flight sims, set at eye level with side windows for status apps.
“2 years in and it's still dreamy.”
Has used the U4025QW for a couple of years and finds motion smearing much worse on macOS; misses their old AW3821DW.
“The smearing is so much worse on MacOS for whatever reason.”
Uses the MO27Q28G with a PC and PS5 Pro: the PS5 is limited to YUV422 at 1440p 120Hz HDR, and the monitor is slow to switch inputs and wake from standby.
“Another issue I have is that the monitor takes it's sweet as time to switch signal inputs and to wake up when in standby (PC).”
Loves their AW3225QF with an RTX 5080 and 9800X3D.
“We have the same setup and I love my AW3225QF”
Loving the MSI 321URX after a 12-year-old 1080p monitor, but noticed an artefact in Fortnite on PS5 they can't explain.
“Just got my new monitor MSI MPG 321URX 31.5inch and been loving the upgrade.”
Their AW3426DW arrived last week and is perfect.
“My aw3426dw arrived last week and it’s perfect.”
Their AW3425DW had an unbearable high-pitched coil whine that went silent when they plugged a USB device into the port under the monitor.
“It went from an unbearable high pitch whine to a dead silence almost instantly.”
Loves the Dell 52-inch 6K on an M5 Max MacBook: very sharp at 200% scaling, no black screens, and it delivers 140 W charging.
“I use 6k 52 inch on my m5 max. I love it. 200% scaling does make things look big but it's very sharp.”
After five days with the ViewFinity S8 S85TH on a MacBook M4 Pro for office work, finds the extra horizontal space a game changer over their old 32-inch, like multiple displays without bezels; 144 Hz was a pleasant surprise.
“this monitor was a game changer for me as i was earlier using Samsung UHD 32 inch curved monitor since past 6 years.”
Gets dizzy and has headaches on the AW3926QW, unlike the ASUS XG32UCWG they used 50 hours a week for work.
“For some reason I feel dizzy and get headaches using AW3926QW so far.”
The LG 39GX950B caused significant eye strain within seconds, even with VRR off; they kept a Dell U4025QW instead.
“there is definitely something about the LG that causes significant eye strain for me.”
Owns the Neo G9 57-inch; pointless for most games and huge on a desk, so it moved to their sim rig, where it's perfect.
“It's a fantastic screen for work, or sim games. But overkill for anything else in my opinion.”
Runs the Dell U4025QW at 5K2K from an M3 Mac over Thunderbolt and it works great.
“I have a 5k2k with a Mac Pro M3 and it works great over a thunderbolt cable. Dell U4025QW.”
Over a month with the MO27Q28G: gray banding is very low and invisible in games.
“in pictures graybanding is very low and even lower on my eyes, maybe I got lucky”
Owns the AW3225QF and an ASUS 1440p IPS; the 4K OLED is clearly sharper and better overall.
“The difference is huge but that’s mainly down to panel technologies.”
A heavy WoW player, finds the MSI 321URX 4K 240Hz probably their best upgrade for the game, running 200+ fps outside cities on a 5090.
“it was probably the best upgrade for wow I’ve made.”
Their first AW3426DW had two stuck sub-pixels; the replacement is perfect.
“with 2 bright/stuck sub-pixels, returned and rebought it, second one is perfect.”
Moved from an AW3420DW IPS to the AW3425DW OLED and is pleased: very immersive in single and multiplayer games, more desktop space than standard 1440p and much easier to drive than 4K.
“I've owned two 34" ultrawides, the AW3420DW (120hz IPS) and later the AW3425DW (240hz OLED) and have been pleased with both.”
Their AW3926QW arrived with no issues and is amazing, though performance on a 4090 is a limit.
“I finally got mine delivered and it's amazing, no issues here”
Text on their LG 39GX950B is crisp and easy to read.
“Text on my 39gx950b is crisp and easy to read.”
Has the Neo G9 57-inch and an OLED 45-inch; uses the 57 for almost everything because of the side space around a game.
“I end up on the 57" almost all the time for everything anyway.”
A year with the Dell U4025QW, 80% work and 20% gaming, and very pleased; prefers IPS for work.
“Been using the Dell U4025QW for about a year now, 80% work 20% gaming, and I've been very pleased with the 40 inch 5k2k screen.”
Bought the MO27Q28G for $400 and liked it for competitive and single-player games, but returned it because it didn't wow them over their older IPS and VA monitors.
“I returned it bc it did not wow me, coming from some 2018 IPS and VA panels.”
Bought the AW3225QF a few days ago and loves it.
“I bought an AW3225QF a few days ago and I love it so far”
Uses the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED for professional photography and gaming and says it has been perfect for both.
“My msi mpg 321urx is unbelievable. I do professional photography work and gaming and it's been perfect for me.”
Both their AW3426DW and an MSI 341CQR X36 arrived with dead pixels.
“I was very exited to get my first ultrawide but I am losing the monitor lottery.”
Upgraded from a flat Gigabyte M34WQ IPS to the curved AW3425DW and saw a big jump in dark scenes and blacks, but VRR flicker is rough and only goes away with VRR off or a locked frame rate.
“One thing i will caution is oled flicker is really rough on mine.”
Has the AW3926QW beside a bright sunrise window and finds the glossy glare no problem.
“I don’t find the glare to be in any way problematic.”
Uses their LG 39GX950B in Windows HDR with Uniform brightness for daily work and High for HDR content.
“I use my lg39 in hdr mode in windows.”
Really enjoys the Neo G9 57-inch, mainly for productivity.
“I really enjoy my 57 g9.”
Uses the U4025QW for coding and calls it a straight upgrade if it fits on the desk: sharp text and very nice to use; the only downside is a slow response time, which rarely matters for them.
“If it fits on your desk, it’s basically a straight upgrade. Text is sharp, feels very nice to use, one issue is the response time isn’t that good”
Just got the MO27Q28G with no gray banding or dirty-screen effect out of the box and is loving it.
“I didn’t have any grey banding or dirty screen out of box when I checked. Been loving the monitor a lot.”
Their AW3225QF showed persistent rectangles that a panel clean and pixel clean fixed.
“Got the same issue w my aw3225qf And it fix it”
Chose the AW3426DW over the AW3926QW to suit an RTX 3070; a nice upgrade from a ten-year-old X34.
“Still a nice upgrade from my 10 year old x34.”
Moved from a 42-inch LG C2 to the AW3425DW and is still adjusting; it feels small by comparison and they wish they had gone for a 39- or 45-inch.
“Went from C2 42" to AW3425DW, still trying to get used to it, but at same time wishing I went with 39" or even 45" as it feels tiny in comparison to my C2.”
Their AW3926QW is better than most; right-side dimming shows only on white backgrounds, fixed with dark mode.
“Right side dimming is a thing tho, only really impacts when using something with a white background.”
Moved from a 34-inch Samsung G8 OLED to the LG 39-inch 5K2K, bought new for $700.
“I jumped from a 34" Samsung G8 OLED to the 39inch LG monitor.”
A few years with the Neo G9 57-inch: great for productivity but so big it's distracting, so they're considering a smaller one.
“Great productivity monitor but it too many open windows or even the sheer size can be very distracting.”
Has had the U4025QW for a month and is very happy; the extra screen space at its higher resolution is a game changer.
“Its been great. Very happy with it so far; I've had it for one month and got a price match for it through Dell directly. The extra screen space is a game changer with the higher resolution.”
A year with the matte MO27Q28G and no problems or eye strain, unlike a glossy ASUS XG27AQWMG they tried.
“I have had a Gigabyte MO27Q28G (Matte) for around a year now which no problems.”
Their AW3225QF developed white spots that got worse; they're requesting a fourth replacement.
“And it got worse. I am calling for a replacement tomorrow. This will be my 4th replacement”
Just got the AW3426DW from Dell; text looks great and games look amazing.
“It’s beautiful rgb stripe tandem qd OLED the text looks great and games look amazing.”
Switched from a 43-inch Samsung QN90B 4K TV to the AW3425DW and only regrets not finding it sooner.
“I went from a Samsung QN90B 43" 4k to an Alienware AW3425DW and my only regret is that I didn't know about it earlier”
Their AW3926QW arrived and they're having an amazing experience despite the worrying posts.
“Mine arrived today (the netherlands) and I am also having an amazing experience.”
Chose the LG 39GX950B over the AW3926QW for its matte coating: reflections from a nearby window are barely noticeable, banding barely visible, very bright and saturated; cabling is awkward.
“With the LG's matte coating, it’s a completely different story.”
Moved from a 49-inch to the Neo G9 57-inch; noticeably better and less squished, with rare local-dimming bleed and little burn-in risk.
“I originally got the 49" then upped to the 57". The jump in quality is noticeable”
After a month with the U4025QW beside the AW3926QW: the Dell has the better text clarity and is the pick for colour-critical work and mostly-productivity users; its response time is perfectly fine for Arc Raiders.
“Does the Dell objectively have better text clarity? Yes. Is it an deal breaker over the AW? Absolutely not.”
A year with the AW3225QF: HDR sometimes looks great and sometimes washed out, and they had to turn off in-game HDR in some games.
“I own this monitor and sometimes it looks great - sometimes shi\*.”
Owns the AW3426DW and calls it a great monitor.
“I got aw3426dw great monitor.”
Bought the 240 Hz Alienware 34-inch (AW3425DW) last year to replace an AW3423DW and returned it straight away because of heavy VRR flicker.
“I bought the 240hz 34” model last year (trying to replace my OG 3423dw) and immediately returned it because of all the VRR flicker.”
Noticed image retention of a Slack sidebar on their AW3926QW after 30 minutes of mostly white work windows.
“I’ve noticed this image retention after 30 minutes of use”
Bought the LG 39GX950B to test while the AW3926QW was delayed and kept it; very happy with it.
“I liked the LG enough I just kept it cuz dell wasn’t really giving me a solid answer.”
Bought the Neo G9 57-inch on sale for about $1,100–1,200 and finds it totally worth it.
“I went with the 57 as well. Totally worth it.”
Owns both the U4025QW and the AW3926QW; can't get the Dell's IPS brightness dialled in comfortably and finds its matte finish more noticeable than the Alienware's gloss with a light behind the monitor.
“I also I found that the IPS panel is too bright for me, I still can’t dial that in correctly”
Returned the AW3225QF because they missed an ultrawide for gaming.
“I bought the Alienware A3225QF and I returned it because I missed the ultrawide for gaming too much.”
Their AW3426DW has been basically free of VRR flicker.
“for me the aw3426dw has been basically flicker free”
Returning the AW3926QW for their 49-inch G9 OLED: dim, with dimmer edges especially on the right where Excel sits.
“I boxed mine up and returning. Back to my 49 G9 Oled I go.”
Loves the LG 39-inch 5K2K; an RTX 4080 drives it well with DLSS and still gets 300+ fps in Overwatch 2.
“I'm in love with mine. I was worried after watching reviews running the 5k on my 4080, but honestly it's been great.”
Likes the Neo G9 57-inch for work but prefers an OLED for gaming.
“I like the 57" for work, tried gaming on it, but isn't as nice as oled.”
Bought both the U4025QW and the AW3926QW; the Dell's matte finish handled reflections better, its brightness was easier to tune with no hotspots, and the candle-light mode is very comfortable on the eyes.
“IPS brightness was way better and easier to tune with no hotspots in the center. Candle light feature makes it ultra comfortable on the eyes”
A few days with the AW3225QF for work and casual gaming with no eye strain, though they somewhat regret using an OLED as a work monitor.
“I have this monitor, had it since Monday. And I just got used to it straight away.”
Moved from an AW3423DW to the AW3426DW and can't stop G-Sync flicker in games; with G-Sync on, scrolling on the desktop blanks the screen.
“for the life of me I cannot get the flicker when Gsync is on to stop.”
Their AW3926QW's uniformity looks perfect; CPC dimming is the only issue.
“My uniformity is perfect to my eye, CPC is the only issue”
Used both a Samsung G9 and the LG 39 5K2K; the LG is more immersive for gaming thanks to its height.
“The LG 39 is more immersive for gaming due to the larger vertical height.”
Their new Neo G9 57-inch had an aggressive dirty-screen effect and an unusually bright glow at the bottom centre, so they want a replacement.
“mine was fresh out of the box and has a pretty aggressive dirty screen effect”
Owns the Dell U4025QW and finds its colour and detail excellent.
“I have the Dell U4025wq and it’s absolutely blissful in color and detail.”
The AW3225QF gave slight eye strain at first, but after two years of daily use they have no issues reading on it.
“I’ve had it 2 years now, use it every day and never have any issue with reading stuff on it or eye strain.”
First ultrawide after years on an AW2725DF: the AW3426DW is mind-blowing, with Creator mode 2.0 looking phenomenal in SDR.
“This is a mind blowing monitor. Creator mode 2.0 for SDR looks phenomenal.”
Returned the AW3926QW and bought an MSI 341CQR X36 instead over the uniformity problems.
“Already returned the AW3926QW and bought an MSI 341 x36.”
Ordered both LG 5K2K monitors to compare after a PG32UCDMR; recommends the 39GX950B for gaming plus productivity but kept the 45-inch, as the 39's price and AI features weren't worth it.
“In my case, I couldn't justify the 39gx950b higher price point.”
Owns the Neo G9 57-inch and finds its HDR glorious after running the Windows HDR calibration tool.
“if you aren't using HDR you are seriously missing out, it's glorious.”
After an AW3821DW and two AW3423DWs with flickering and burn-in, moved to the U4025QW and calls it maybe their best purchase ever.
“I had issues with the OLED monitor, including flickering and burn-in. So I decided to move back to IPS and an Ultrasharp model.”
The AW3225QF's colours hurt their eyes at first; lowering brightness and disabling G-Sync helped.
“at first the colours hurt my eyes as well, try changing brightness.”
Finds the AW3426DW glorious; the only issue is Windows misreporting peak nits until the monitor is power-cycled.
“Using this monitor as well and it’s absolutely glorious.”
Went back to their LG 45-inch because the AW3926QW felt like a VA screen next to its perfect uniformity.
“Dell 39 felt like looking at va screen”
Moved from a nearly flat 34-inch to the LG 39-inch with 1500R and loves it, though they'd like a slightly stronger curve.
“I still love what I have but ya know.”
Their Neo G9 57-inch developed a flashing black bar and white lines in under a year, even with cables disconnected; Samsung sent a technician under warranty.
“I’ve had the monitor for less than a year, and now there’s a flashing black bar near the center of the screen.”
Tried the LG 38GL950G, 45GX950A and 39GX950B and the U4025QW over a year; the Dell was their favourite, used 80% for Mac productivity and 20% PC gaming, with a little ghosting coming from OLED that doesn't bother them.
“The Dell was my favorite by far, and it's what I'm using today. I absolutely love it. I use it for 80% productivity on my Mac, and 20% gaming on my PC.”
Returned the AW3225QF for a matte Samsung G80SD because the glossy OLED caused too much eye strain.
“I returned mine for the G80SD for this exact reason.”
Bought the AW3426DW on Prime Day, $20 cheaper than a Samsung G8 34-inch whose text looked blurry, and returned the Samsung immediately.
“Tried it out and immediately returned the G8. No ragrets.”
Their AW3926QW was dead on arrival: black for 20 minutes, then rapid flickering with only power connected.
“Right out of the box it was black for about 20 minutes and started flickering incredibly rapidly with nothing but the power cable plugged in”
Owns the LG 39-inch 5K2K OLED and finds it great; for competitive games they'd pick 4K, and some indie games work better on a 16:9 screen.
“I really like it. I have the LG 39inch 5k2k OLED and it’s been great.”
Works late on the Neo G9 57-inch and finds the heat it puts out feels like a sunburn on their face.
“There are times where I’m up working super late and it legit feels like I’m rocking a sunburn on my face”
Since October 1, the AW3225QF has caused dizziness and then eye strain during office work and gaming, though they like the monitor.
“It was causing dizziness at first and now causing eye strain after prolonged use.”
Returned a 27-inch OLED that felt too small after a 32-inch, bought the AW3426DW, and finds it amazing with great frame rates on a 9070 XT.
“I bought the AW3426DW. Amazing monitor.”
Their AW3926QW worked out of the box, then started flickering after a few hours of gaming the same night.
“mine worked great out of the box and after a few hours of gaming that same night it started to flicker like that.”
Their LG 39GX950B has no uniformity issues; they use a separate ProArt IPS for fine sRGB colour work.
“Yeah I’m happy my LG 39 doesn’t have any of the uniformity issues that the Dell has.”
Finds the Neo G9 57-inch the best monitor they've worked on, with huge real estate and no text-clarity issues, unlike an LG C2 42-inch TV.
“the 57" Samsung is the best monitor I have worked on. The real estate is god-sent and there are no issues with text clarity.”
Two and a half years with the AW3225QF: an MMO action bar burned in, and Dell's burn-in warranty sent a refurbished replacement within days.
“they just asked me for a couple pictures and sent a replacement”
Runs every game at top settings on the AW3426DW with a 9070 XT, unlike their previous 32-inch 4K.
“9070xt runs every game I've thrown at it at the highest settings (minus a touch of ray tracing stuff) on my AW3426DW”
Very happy with the AW3926QW for work and RuneScape on an RTX 3070 Ti at 100 fps; no uniformity issues that affect them.
“Very happy with my new alienware AW3926QW.”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and was pleasantly surprised that the matte coating isn't bad, coming from an AW3423DW.
“I have the lg and the matte is honestly not even bad. Was pleasantly surprised with it coming from a aw3423dw”
After 7–8 years on a 21:9 LG, bought the Neo G9 57-inch and calls it probably their best PC purchase ever.
“Finally decided to pull the trigger and got the 57” g9 neo. It’s probably the best purchase I’ve made for my pc ever”
Two years with the AW3225QF and spoiled by it: everything else looks worse and they feel much more productive at home on it.
“I have been using an AW3225QF [4K, 240Hz, etc.] for 2y now, and I got spoiled.”
Cancelled their AW3926QW order and bought the AW3426DW instead to suit an RTX 3090, and loves it.
“I ended up canceling my 3926 order and getting the 3426 which has been sitting on my desk for a few days now and I love it.”
Sending their AW3926QW back because of a gap at the top of the housing.
“Mine have a gap on the top of the monitor. I’m sending it back”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and finds it incredible; worth the extra over the Alienware, with zero regrets.
“I have the LG and it's incredible. Yes it's a little more expensive than the Dell but I have zero regrets.”
Has owned the Odyssey Neo G9 57-inch for over three years, runs it more than eight hours a day and still loves it; notes it draws only 50–60 W without HDR.
“Can't believe that I have it since three years and one to two months. Love it and it's running over aight hours a day”
Their AW3225QF's OSD joystick has misbehaved since day one; Dell blamed a controller fault, and after three years they took the monitor apart to inspect the joystick and ribbon cable themselves.
“I have a AW3225QF and had the same problem since day one.”
Doesn't notice VRR flicker on the AW3426DW except briefly on a loading screen.
“I don’t notice it at all. The only time I’ve seen flickering is on a loading screen”
Moved from an AW3423DWF to the AW3926QW and is amazed by the depth, detail and clarity.
“I just went from the aw34dwf to the aw3926qw and I am thoroughly amazed.”
Bought the LG 39GX950B and the AW3926QW and kept the LG: its matte screen works better even in dim rooms, it is visibly brighter side by side, and it avoids the Alienware's dimming on white content such as hockey ice.
“The LG Matte screen is much better- even in dim or light controlled rooms. The Alienware really needs pitch black to shine.”
Has used the Neo G9 57-inch for a few years and finds it amazing, to the point of ignoring new releases; just hopes it lasts ten years or more.
“I’ve had mine a few years now and it’s been amazing. I don’t even pay attention to new monitor releases because I can’t imagine finding anything “better” for my needs.”
Moved from a 1080p TN panel to the AW3225QF with an RTX 5070 Ti and calls the first time using 4K 240 Hz OLED an almost religious experience.
“I recently got the AW3225QF together with a 5070ti and it was an almost religious experience trying this out for the first time. I moved from a 1080p TN panel to this.”
VRR flicker on their AW3426DW is bad in most games even with frame caps, much worse than their AW2725DF, so they run V-Sync or nothing.
“So far on my unit VRR flicker has been bad in most games.”
Their M5 Pro MacBook Pro crashed randomly with the AW3926QW over USB-C until they turned off VRR; they returned it over coil whine and washed-out colour.
“My Mac randomly crashes and restarts when the monitor is connected.”
Ordered the LG 39GX950B and the AW3926QW and returned the LG: slightly brighter, but the Alienware's colours and clarity popped more for gaming.
“I ordered both. Returned the LG. While it is a tad bit brighter.. its not a deal breaker at all”
Sold their Neo G9 57-inch, regretted it and bought another; after trying an LG C2, the AW3225QF and a Samsung 32-inch QD-OLED, still finds the 57-inch the most satisfying.
“I regretted selling mine a while back. Decided to get another one a couple weeks ago. Definitely my favorite monitor.”
Tried the AW3426DW as an upgrade from an AW3423DW but VRR flicker was much worse, especially in dark greys, so they returned it.
“I tried out the AW3426DW as an upgrade to my AW3423DW and unfortunately the VRR flicker was quite a bit worse.”
Their first OLED, the AW3926QW, replaced a 34-inch ultrawide; they enjoy it despite its drawbacks, and the KVM is a game-changer for working from home.
“the built‑in KVM has been a game‑changer.”
Chose the LG 39GX950B over the Alienware and calls it the best decision: it handles the lighting in their home very well for content, games, movies and photo and video editing.
“Best decision of my life, it handles all the lighting in my house amazingly”
Bought the Neo G9 57-inch open box nearly two years ago and it has been perfectly fine with the 2.0/2.1 firmware update; used it for work, now only for gaming, and sometimes wishes it were OLED.
“I got this monitor open box on Black Friday for $780 nearly two years ago and still can’t believe my luck.”
Upgraded from a VA Odyssey G9 to the AW3426DW and doesn't notice any flicker, unlike on the Samsung.
“I've upgraded from a VA odyssey g9 to the aw3426dw and don't notice any flickering.”
After a few days, their AW3926QW flickered outside games and later in games too, with several cables and drivers; they returned it.
“started getting screen flickering on anything but games”
Recently bought the LG 39-inch 5K2K and loves it; replaced a 27-inch 1440p and 32-inch 4K pair and finds it big enough to split into two windows for work.
“I have the 39" 5K2K LG and I'm in love with it.”
Recently bought the Neo G9 57-inch and still thinks it's great, but it runs hot enough that they keep a desk fan on it to move the heat away from their hands.
“I got it recently but I have to have a fan pointed at it to circulate the heat away from my hands.”
Uses the AW3426DW for work and gaming with the 3-year warranty, dark theme and a hidden taskbar; text clarity is great and gaming even better.
“Text clarity has been great. Gaming on it has been even better.”
Replaying Elden Ring on the AW3926QW with an ultrawide mod and RenoDX HDR is breathtaking.
“The combination of ultrawide, unlocked FPS and 10/10 HDR”
Found the LG UltraGear GX9 39-inch 5K2K beautiful on the desktop but unusable in games because of severe VRR flicker; turning G-Sync off fixed it, which they found unacceptable for the price.
“Until now I didn't understand the flickering people were speaking about. Holy hell...this thing was a mess!”
Bought the Neo G9 57-inch at launch and returned it because of how much heat it gave off.
“I had one of those when it released in the summer. My face is still read from heat burns from the amount of heat it puts out. I returned it because of that.”
Replaced an older 34-inch LG LCD with the AW3426DW alongside a GPU upgrade and found the OLED a huge step in visuals; Cyberpunk 2077 looks like a different game in HDR.
“Cyberpunk 2077 looks like a totally different game for me in HDR.”
Compared the AW3926QW with their LG 45GX950A side by side: sharper with clearly better colour, so they're selling the LG; their first unit failed and Dell support was poor.
“I will really miss the immersive qualities of the LG when gaming”
Saw no flicker on the LG 39GX950B but returned it because the matte coating made the image a little soft and hazy.
“I ended up returning it because the image was a little soft and hazy due to matte coating and size.”
Uses the Neo G9 57-inch for productivity on a 55-inch desk; needed a desk mount to push it back and still feels heat on their face, and an FPS game made them dizzy within minutes.
“It's ridiculously big. I use mine for productivity. I played a FPS game once with it and got dizzy AF after few minutes, never again.”
Got the AW3426DW for about $630 and finds the colours beautiful and the monitor a blast, even on an older 2080 Ti, though they have some FOMO about the 39-inch 5K2K.
“Still beautiful colors on the 34 and it’s been a blast.”
Moved from an LG 45-inch 5K2K to the AW3926QW, which is easier on their eyes and gives fewer headaches.
“This 39-inch is much easier on my eyes”
Bought the LG 39GX950B on sale as their first ultrawide after a 32-inch 4K; the mild curve suits them, brightness and colours are fine, and they are very happy.
“Overall very happy with the upgrade and with the setup, coming from a 32” 4k monitor”
Owns the Neo G9 57-inch and finds games like Forza Horizon 6 and Destiny 2 look unreasonably good on it with settings maxed.
“Forza Horizon 6 has been consuming my life because of this display. It looks unreasonably good with all the options cranked.”
On their third Alienware ultrawide in seven years, the AW3426DW blew them away out of the box in Cyberpunk without any calibration.
“I have yet to dial this one in an I'm just blown away by everything.”
Their AW3926QW arrived fine and the screen is beautiful.
“Ps this screen is beautiful”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and loves it for mixed work.
“I have the 39 and love it for cross functional work.”
Swapped an Alienware AW2725Q 4K for the AW3426DW on an RTX 5090 and finds graphics and text superb, if anything better than the 4K monitor.
“the graphics and text are superb if not better than my last year’s 4K monitor”
Their AW3926QW works with M4 Max and M1 Pro Macs after an initial startup issue.
“But it works for me using m4 max and M1 Pro max too.”
Likes their LG 39-inch 5K2K, but some in-game UI elements are too small to read at that resolution and the monitor is a bit bigger than they'd like.
“I like my LG 39 5k2k but the biggest issue for me is that some ui elements in game don't play nice for me.”
Bought the AW3426DW on sale for about $624 to stack above an ASUS XG27UCDMG; happy to skip the pricier XG34WCDMS since the Alienware gives up little and is often discounted.
“you aren't missing out on much going with this option considering how often it goes on sale paired with Dell's 10% discount.”
Bought the AW3926QW for its big, lightly curved form factor.
“I personally bought the AW3926QW for the form factor.”
Had the LG 39GX950B for a few days and was impressed by its brightness with no auto-dimming problems; the matte screen wasn't a big deal and colours were good after some tweaking.
“I had it for a few days and was genuinely impressed by the brightness.”
Upgraded from an AW3423DWF to the AW3426DW and is really enjoying the 280 Hz and near-instant response, which feel unbelievably smooth.
“Really digging the 280hz and 0.03gtg. It's so smooth man its unbelievable.”
Meant to replace a 3.5-year-old AW3423DWF: the AW3926QW is better in resolution, size, HDR and colour, but edge dimming makes UI-heavy games look dull at the sides; fine in Elden Ring and Cyberpunk.
“but on god the panel edge dimming is horrible, especially when u play games that have a lot of UI elements.”
Returned the LG 39-inch three times over six months: great for gaming, but smearing in web browsing and productivity under their office lighting bothered them.
“I’ve legit returned the 39” LG like 3 times over 6 months.”
Coming from an ASUS 4K OLED, found the AW3426DW washed out and dim in SDR and in every HDR mode (True Black and Peak 1300) even after adjusting settings, and is returning it; other owners in the thread say theirs look great.
“compared to the Asus the Alienware doesn’t even feel like an OLED, the colors look super washed out and brightness seems horrible”
Trialling the AW3926QW against their old LG 45-inch 1440p: superior in clarity, coating and colour except HDR brightness, but feels small next to the 45.
“I am trialing the AW3926QW, and it’s clearly superior in everything except in HDR brightness.”
Came from an ASUS QD-OLED and finds the LG 39-inch 5K2K excellent and noticeably brighter than the Alienware; the matte coating shows only on white or very bright backgrounds.
“I have the LG 39inch 5k2k and it’s excellent.”
Finds the AW3426DW great with perfect text; their only complaint is the lack of USB-C charging for a work laptop.
“This monitor is great, and text is perfect. I cannot fault it apart from no USB-C charging for work laptop.”
Returned the AW3926QW after two days because of edge dimming; not paying $1,100 for a flawed monitor hoping for a fix.
“Mine lasted 2 days and I couldn't take it anymore. I boxed it up and sent it off for return.”
Found the LG 39-inch OLED gave them crippling eye strain and judges it poor for content creation and 3D work.
“There is also an eye strain issue that absolutely crippled me with the LG39.”
Replaced a Dell S3422DWG VA with the AW3426DW and was underwhelmed at first by washed-out colours in SDR and HDR games; Windows HDR settings and toggling HDR modes on the monitor mostly sorted it out.
“my AW3426DW showed up today and I immediately swapped out my Dell S3422DWG. When I first booted it up, colors looked washed out.”
Returned the AW3926QW because the edge dimming was too distracting, though the centre of the screen was perfect.
“I returned mine, the dimming was too distracting and obvious.”
Tested the LG 39GX950B before settling on the Alienware and found its colour reproduction poor.
“I made sure to buy and test monitors like the 39GX950B (Shit color reproduction)”
A month in, finds constant HDR tweaking on the AW3426DW miserable: some games look amazing, others crushed or washed out, and ABL dimming in bright daytime scenes makes sunny areas look awful.
“There is no way you don’t notice the dimming when playing a game that’s in the daytime. The screen becomes so dark it makes the sunny areas look awful.”
Can't find the aggressive edge dimming others report on their AW3926QW.
“I've been trying so hard to find the aggressive dimming on my aw3926qw that people keep talking about, and I'm not getting it.”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and loves it; would pay more for it over the Alienware to avoid uniformity issues and get more brightness.
“I have the LG and I love it.”
Picked the AW3426DW over 4K to avoid the frame-rate hit with a 5070 Ti and loves it as their first OLED.
“I really love the monitor, it's my first OLED”
Edge dimming was super obvious on their AW3926QW but not reproducible on their LG 45-inch 5K2K.
“Meanwhile it was super obvious on my Dell 39”.”
Uses the LG 39GX950B next to an AW3225QF and finds a big difference in its favour in daylight or with background lights on.
“Bright room or ambient light, 100% go LG.”
Moved from an LG 34GP950G-B to the AW3426DW and is happy so far; G-Sync compatibility has been fine, though the joystick shortcuts can't switch between HDR modes.
“I got the AW3426DW last week (sidegraded from an LG 34GP950G-B) and so far I am happy.”
Their AW3926QW blanks briefly during heavy gaming on certified 2m HDMI 2.1 and DP cables.
“Same thing is happening to me during heavy gaming”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and finds it mostly awesome; coming from glossy QD-OLED, the matte coating, though the best they've seen, is still sometimes noticeable.
“I have this monitor and for the most part it is awesome.”
Highly recommends the AW3426DW for its QD-OLED picture and the best screen coating they've seen; no anomalies or flicker, but they miss DisplayPort over USB-C for their laptop.
“It is a fantastic monitor. Between being a qd oled and probably the best screen coating I've seen among all oleds. I can highly recommend it.”
Their first OLED, the AW3926QW: colours and HDR leave their old VA far behind, and an RTX 5070 Ti is a fair trade-off.
“Trading fps for this insane visual fidelity is a sacrifice I'm willing to make.”
Two weeks with the LG 39GX950B for gaming and graphic design and can't fault it; the coating is lighter than a typical matte LCD finish.
“I use it for both gaming and graphic design and I can't say a single bad thing about it.”
Their AW3426DW's control board failed after three days: the OSD kept opening and scrolling on its own, then stopped responding; they ordered a replacement.
“had the AW3426DW for 3 days before there was a control board failure”
Onimusha on their AW3926QW was mind-blowing, especially the cinematics.
“I was absolutely mindblown with how good the game looked.”
Uses the LG 39GX950B for gaming and coding in a dim room: very bright when needed, inky blacks, clean greyscale and no reflections.
“Mine completely slaps. Bright as F when you want it to be, inky blacks and not a single streak of anything in any grayscale %”
Enjoying the AW3426DW: great text clarity and much brighter HDR than earlier OLEDs they've used; uses HDR True Black 500.
“I’ve been enjoying it a lot so far. Text clarity is great, and the overall brightness in hdr is way better than previous oleds i’ve used.”
Tried the LG 39GX950B and the AW3926QW and returned the LG; the glossy Alienware is a much better experience.
“The AW is just such a better experience, much more than you can see in people’s pics or YouTube video.”
Replaced an AW38 with the LG 39GX950B; after calibrating it the picture is fantastic, and the matte finish works in both bright and dim rooms.
“Calibrated it with my Calibrite Display Pro HL and the picture is fantastic.”
Replaced a first-gen QD-OLED with the AW3426DW and finds colour very nice, especially with Dolby Vision, and lines and text much crisper.
“The lines and text is much crisper than the first gen qd dot I replaced.”
Their AW3926QW is mostly fine: a slight green tint at the sides on full-screen orange, no gaps and no dimming noticed in games.
“mine is mostly fine, i can tell theres a slight tint of green on the sides in orange/yellow background in full screen.”
Bought the LG 39GX950B and returned it because the matte coating looked visibly grainy.
“I hated the matte coating as you could visibility see the graininess of it”
After returning an AW3926QW with QC issues, picked up the AW3426DW; amazing, but after 5K2K they missed the bigger screen and plan to return it.
“No doubt it’s amazing but after using the 5k2k, I was kinda disappointed as I missed the bigger screen”
Their AW3926QW has neither uniformity nor frame-gap issues.
“Actually I have neither uniformity or gap issues fortunately.”
Their LG 39GX950B came with bad grey banding (horizontal lines) and will be returned.
“I got a LG 39 as temporary to wait while AW39 will arrive, and got a shit bending panel”
A week in with the AW3426DW on a 5090: fantastic, apart from needing a Chrome fix for oversaturation; switches inputs between work and home machines with hotkeys.
“Just got mine a week ago. Hooked up to a 5090. It's fantastic.”
Satisfied with their AW3926QW out of the box after owning the AW32 and AW34; only a slight green hue at an angle.
“I’m personally satisfied with the monitor out of the box.”
Software engineer using the LG 39GX950B-B with a work laptop and a PC; works fine with no issues, and its coating is only lightly matte.
“I have the LG 39gx950b-b. I use it for work in addition to my PC. It's fine. No issues.”
An Alienware AW3426DW owner testing HDR modes says True Black 500 with in-game brightness raised looks incredible in bright games, though it can feel slightly dim at default settings.
“In games with high average picture levels like Battlefield, True Black 500 with in-game World Brightness pushed around 80 looks incredible.”
Replaced a 2017 Acer XR38CQK with the AW3926QW for data work and gaming: loves the size, eARC, KVM and single-cable Mac charging, but wants more USB ports.
“I love the KVM--super great to hop between my work Mac, and my personal Windows desktop.”
Finds the LG 39GX950B's matte coating a bit hazier than their old 38GN950B in a bright room, and 5K2K gaming very GPU-intensive.
“The matte on the 39” one is a bit hazier than my old 38GN950B was.”
An Alienware AW3426DW owner coming from IPS uses True Black 500 at modest brightness and says it is so bright in Cyberpunk 2077 that they can't understand complaints about it being dim.
“Personally i use tb500. I use modest brightness settings, coming from ips if I crank it up and look at a neon light in cp2077 it burns my retinas lol.”
Their AW3926QW showed right-side uniformity issues in Standard mode that improved in the Sports or RTS presets.
“But when I changed the preset mode to Sports or RTS the whole uniformity”
Tried the LG 39GX950B-B for work and wasn't impressed by its auto-brightness limiting, occasional colour fringing in Excel and burn-in risk; kept the U4025QW.
“I tried the LG 39GX950B-B and wasn't thrilled about the ABL, color fringing (in rare cases, especially in Excel), and also the risk of burn in.”
Bought the AW3926QW for about $800 after discounts; colours look good, it beats their 32-inch 4K, and it replaced a hub and several cables.
“Colors look good, beats the heck out of a 32” 4k”
Uses the LG 39-inch 5K2K for Mac productivity and Windows gaming and is delighted; runs the Mac at 60 Hz with HDR to avoid text fringing.
“I use the LG39” 5k2k for Mac and Windows. Mac is productivity and windows for gaming. Delighted with it for both.”
Upgraded from a 2017 ASUS PG348Q to the AW3926QW: zero uniformity issues and a stunning picture.
“Happy to report, I saw ZERO uniformity issues with the panel, and it looks STUNNING.”
Bought the LG 39-inch 5K2K and finds it perfect; colour saturation can be tuned and they don't miss a glossy screen.
“I got the LG39, it’s perfect imo.”
Just got the AW3926QW and can't complain for $1,000.
“just got mine and for 1k I cant complain.”
Has used both the LG 39-inch 5K2K and the Alienware 39; the LG's brightness and pop in bright HDR scenes stand out, the matte finish was a non-issue, though reds looked a little off and it lacks the glossy screen's inky blacks.
“The brightness and pop can’t be overstated.”
Upgraded from a 2019 MSI MAG341CQ to the AW3926QW and loves the size, resolution and glossy screen.
“I'm loving the size, resolution and glossy screen.”
On their second LG 39GX950B, the cooling fan still makes a whine that is audible at a normal sitting distance.
“This is my 2nd unit already and it does the noise. I don’t even have to put my ear next to the vent to hear it. It’s audible at a normal distance.”
A week with the AW3926QW for school, a 3D-printing business and gaming, with zero complaints.
“I’ve had absolutely zero complaints with the AW3926 after running it for the past week.”
Went through several LG 39GX950B and AW3926QW units and each had banding, colour uniformity problems or damage; dislikes non-QD OLED and matte coatings and is back on a PG32UCDM3.
“Either there's terrible banding on them, color uniformity issues, or the unit itself was damaged. This is between both the LG39GX950B and the AW3926QW.”
Tried the AW3926QW against their MSI 321URX: immersive, clean text and good HDR, but poor uniformity and edge dimming, weaker colour and green tint, so they kept the MSI.
“Sticking with the URX for the following reasons:”
Upgraded from an AW3423DW and is pretty happy with the AW3926QW's size and resolution, especially for productivity.
“Coming from a aw3423dw I am pretty happy with the 39.”
Next to their 38-inch IPS, the AW3926QW's low brightness and aggressive ABL were a huge issue.
“The lack of brightness and aggressive abl was a huge issue.”
Their AW3926QW works fine with OK uniformity, but has a gap between the frame and rear housing on one side.
“I noticed a gap between the front frame and rear housing on the right side of the monitor.”
The AW3926QW looks amazing at 5K2K; on an RTX 5070 it's doable with DLSS Performance, frame gen and lower settings.
“I have the AW3926QW and the 5k2k looks amazing. I have a 5070 and it’s…. doable.”
Their AW3926QW arrived dead, turning on for only half a second; the advance replacement won't arrive until mid-November.
“not physically broken but just wouldn't turn on for more than half a second.”
Their AW3926QW was dead on arrival, and the RMA replacement took far longer than the original delivery.
“I went through an RMA, my panel was DOA. The RMA process was terrible”
Two weeks with the AW3926QW, 80% coding and 20% gaming, coming from an LG 38WR85QC-W: text clarity and gaming quality are amazing, the glossy finish handles daylight, slight green tint off-centre, and a 5070 Ti needs DLSS Performance.
“For productivity (coding), text clarity is amazing.”
Returned the LG 39GX950B after one night with the AW3926QW, which is now their favourite monitor for immersion and gaming.
“I returned my 39GX950B immediately after my first night with the AW. it’s by far my favorite monitor”
Uses the AW3926QW for productivity beside a sunny window and can't see their reflection; the glossy coating diffuses light well unless many lights are behind you.
“I am using dark mode for productivity with an open window next to me and sunshine streaming into the room right now on the AW3926, and I cannot see my own reflection.”
Received the AW3926QW a day earlier and is really happy with it despite the worrying posts.
“Received my AW3926QW yesterday and I'm really happy with it.”
After seven years on an AW3418DW and a test of a 32-inch 4K, the 39-inch AW3926QW gives them the best of both worlds.
“no that i have the dell 39 best of both worlds.”
A few days in, the AW3926QW is a major upgrade from their AW3423DW: much sharper desktop and text, and noticeably more detail in games.
“Text clarity is miles and miles ahead of the older display.”
Their AW3926QW, about $980 with a work discount, is amazing with no issues; it replaced an AW3821DW.
“I either hit the panel lottery or I am blind to the issues others are having”
Finds the AW3926QW almost a sidegrade: CPC and colour vibrancy feel the same, just higher resolution.
“I find it almost a sidegrade!”
A day and a half in, edge dimming on the AW3926QW is noticeable in SDR but much reduced in HDR Peak 1300 mode, where it looks great.
“It was definitely noticeable. Not something I'd return the monitor over”
No defects on their AW3926QW, but it's hard to dial in and less vibrant than their AW3423DW.
“I'm having a hard time dialing in the aw3926qw.”
The AW3926QW sometimes looks dull because of automatic dimming, and is less bright and punchy than their QD-OLED.
“One day it feels fine and I really enjoy it and the next day it feels really dull.”
Has no G-Sync problems with the AW3926QW on an RTX 4090 over HDMI 2.1.
“Hmm I don’t have this issue (also using 4090 connected via hdmi 2.1).”
Their AW3926QW arrived in perfect condition after delivery delays and looks perfect to them.
“Arrived in perfect condition, on Monday Oct 6. Monitor looks perfect to me.”
Chose the Alienware 39-inch 5K2K over LG's options because its glossy coating looks much better to them.
“I much prefer the glossy coating, it just looks way better”
Found the 45-inch too big and picked the Alienware 39-inch 5K2K over the LG, which they think is better.
“I went with the Alienware 39” over the LG. It’s better”
Had the AW3926QW and the LG 39GX950B and preferred the Alienware despite its flaws.
“I had both at one point and decided I liked the AW better, even with all its flaws.”
Tried the LG 39GX950B for a week and returned it, then bought the AW3926QW as an upgrade from an AW3423DW with zero regrets.
“I purchased the AW, and I've had zero regrets upgrading from an AW3423DW.”
Returned their AW3926QW: no uniformity problems, but after two weeks the screen stayed dim despite troubleshooting.
“just returned mine. didnt have uniformity issues but after using for 2 weeks. the screen just stayed dim even after all the troubleshooting.”
Returned the AW3926QW because of bad uniformity on both sides and annoying dimming, switching to an ASUS PG34WCDN.
“Same here, bad uniformity at both sides and dimming was annoying. Returned mine today and got a pg34wcdn.”
Owns the AW3926QW and the U4025QW: the Alienware is phenomenal for media and games after an AW3821DW, but not the monitor to work on, partly for lack of USB ports for a KVM setup.
“The Alienware is phenomenal (at least, upgrading from an older AW3821DW IPS panel) for media and games.”
After three weeks, their replacement AW3926QW shows grey ripples near the top and greyish blacks in dark scenes in Peak 1300 mode; their first unit had also been faulty.
“I see gray ripples all over my screen near the top of the screen and also it also looks like the black levels on my monitor are now very grayish”
Two weeks with the AW3926QW after returning the LG 39-inch: the glossy finish gives more depth and contrast, brightness is plenty coming from QD-OLED, and the RGB layout makes text clearer than expected for coding.
“After spending more time with the AW, I’m extremely happy with my decision to keep it over the LG.”
Returned the AW3926QW in favour of the U4025QW because the glossy screen's reflections were distracting even in a controlled room and they didn't want to micromanage OLED burn-in.
“My decision wasn't influenced so much by eye strain as it was by dislike of the glossy finish (reflections too distracting even in a light-controlled room)”
Tried the AW3926QW and sent it back because its build quality was far worse than their U4025QW and AW3821DW.
“Tried the new AW3926QW and sent it back. The build quality is abysmal”
Loving the AW3926QW on an RTX 5080: with upscaling or frame generation when needed it runs without stutter and looks very crisp.
“I got the aw 39 5k2k on a 5080 and im loving it.”
Uses the AW3926QW's KVM with a Windows 11 PC and a Mac mini with no issues, with a one-click shortcut to the input menu.
“I use it with my win11 pc and the new m6 Mac mini.. never experienced any issues.”
On their second AW3926QW, the built-in KVM can't wake a sleeping PC from the shared keyboard and mouse after switching away to the Mac.
“I have my second aw39 and it also does it.”
Uses the AW3926QW's KVM between a work laptop and a gaming PC, but with only one rear USB port they need a hub for keyboard, mouse, webcam and speakers.
“Monitor has only 1 usb port on back to use, so I have a hub connected to it with all devices”
A couple of days in, has noticed no edge dimming or other problems on their August 2026 AW3926QW.
“Only had mine for a couple days now but I haven’t noticed anything.”
First impressions of the AW3926QW: colour as good as QD-OLED and no banding, 5K2K is majestic, but CPC dimming is really bad, turning the edges dull and grey soon after a game starts.
“CPC is REALLY BAD, this monitor seems to have an algorithm of its own”
Returning the AW3926QW because both sides look grey, especially at the 80% or lower brightness they need.
“Just requested a return from Dell, and this monitor is going back.”
Prefers the AW3926QW to the LG C4 TV they used as a monitor; it is bright enough that they run the desktop at 40%.
“For desktop mine is at 40%, at 100% me eye are burning.”
Finds the AW3926QW at 100% dimmer than their AW3423DW was at 60%, though 90% is fine in a dark room.
“Mine's the same, I ran my AW3423DW at 60% and that's still brighter than the AW3926QW at 100%.”
A day in with the AW3926QW, sees no CPC dimming so far and little difference in picture from their AW3426DW.
“I received it yesterday and honestly cannot see much of a difference to the AW3426DW which I've had since release.”
Tried the AW3926QW and found its VRR flicker noticeably worse than their AW3423DW.
“I just tried the AW3926QW and AW3426DW and both flicker noticeably worse than the AW3423DW.”
Their AW3926QW developed vertical bars without warning; a pixel refresh cycle cleared them.
“I had the same thing happen to mine without doing anything unusual leading up to it, and it went away with a pixel refresh cycle.”
Really likes the AW3926QW on an RTX 5090 and finds it a solid upgrade from an AW3423DW.
“I really like my 3926qw with 5090, was a solid upgrade from my older 3423dw.”
A few weeks with the AW3926QW: the panel and everything else are great, but even a 5090 loses about a third of its frame rate versus 4K, and dual-mode 1080p looks bad at this size.
“After having this monitor for a few weeks now, the panel is great and everything else with it.”
Uses the AW3926QW for gaming and work and thinks it rules; coming from a 2014 monitor, the complaints seem like nitpicks.
“Got the monitor, it rules. I play games on it, work on it”
Returned an LG monitor because chrominance overshoot ruined HDR in games, then bought the AW3926QW at launch; theirs has no issues.
“I managed to order an AW3926QW for €1,040 at 11 a.m. on its launch day in europe, it was delivered within a week, and the monitor has no is”
Finds the AW3926QW the ultimate display; prefers it to matte LG screens and found the PG34WCDN great but too expensive for 1440p.
“AW3926QW is the ultimate display for me. I have been waiting on something of its specs.”
Likes their AW3926QW; it improved a lot with use, leaving only a very faint dirty-screen effect.
“My 39 got so much better with use. Still have a little dirty panel look but it's very faint.”
After three weeks, the rear plastic of their AW3926QW started separating from the screen along a two-inch seam, so they sent it back; it was great otherwise, but their AW3225QF is far better built.
“the back of the screen plastic enclosure just started separating from the screen, about a two inch seam”
After about 600 hours, their AW3926QW suddenly showed banding on the left side mid-game; it faded over a few days while a replacement was ordered.
“About 604 hours power on time with the monitor, all of sudden mid game I get a banding on the left hand side of the screen.”
Bought the AW3926QW mainly for 5K2K productivity with gaming secondary and is happy with it; downscales newer games on an RTX 3070 laptop.
“I have just purchased the AW3926QW and I'm happy with it”
Bought the AW3926QW alongside the LG 39GX950B and returned the Alienware: liked its menus, PIP and KVM, but it needs a pitch-black room and its dimming and uniformity issues show clearly on white scenes like hockey ice.
“The panel dimming and uniformity issues on the Dell become VERY apparent when watching something with a white sheet of ice.”
Ordered the AW3926QW and the LG 39GX950B and kept the Alienware: decently bright, with colours, text clarity and image pop noticeably better for gaming, and no uniformity issues on their unit.
“The biggest thing I noticed was the Alienware colors and clarity just pop more.. and it’s definitely noticeable.”
Switched from LG 5K2K monitors to the AW3926QW and their unit is flawless: no noticeable dimming or tint in HDR 1300 Bright, with razor-sharp clarity, blacks and colour.
“Mine is literally perfect, either I got lucky or Dell has ironed out the issues. I put it through the paces on hdr 1300 bright. No noticeable dimming or tint”
Uses the AW3926QW for single-player games, which look amazing; doesn't notice the dimming issue and calls it the best monitor they've used.
“I only use it for single player games and they look amazing. Dimming issue i dont even notice it not as bad everyone says.”
Moved from a 1440p mini-LED to the AW3926QW and loves it: the 5K2K resolution is very crisp, brightness is better than expected and there is no green tint at the edges on their unit.
“Loving this monitor been using it the last 4hr and its definitely nice to bump up to 4k.”