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.”
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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”
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.”
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.”
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”
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.”
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.”
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”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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”
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.”
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.”
The AW3426DW has been amazing at 1440p; OLED was a life-changer and they can't go back to IPS.
“AW3426DW has been amazing for me”
Bought the AW3426DW on sale and loves it; ultrawide took some getting used to, but games leave them in awe, coming from a 27" 240Hz WOLED.
“I bought the aw3426dw on the recent sale and love it. Ultrawide takes some getting used to but I’m in awe every time I turn a game on.”
Upgraded from an AW3423DWF to the AW3426DW a week ago and finds it amazing for gaming and work.
“Upgrade to the aw3426dw last week and I have no regrets it is an amazing display.”
After returning other OLEDs for gray banding and text fringing, the AW3426DW is the first they kept, and they like it.
“The AW3426DW is the first OLED i've tried that I didn't have to return right away”