Customers express satisfaction with the AW3418DW monitor's refresh rate, screen size, and G-SYNC capabilities, frequently citing its excellent performance in games and overall smooth experience. Many appreciate the high resolution and build quality, along with the sturdy stand. However, some customers note backlight bleed as a common issue, and others mention the high price point as a drawback. A few also comment on IPS glow and glare, though experiences vary.
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very Good 1440p 120hz panel
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I have been using this monitor for about 4 months now. Great pair with 1080ti. Everything max out at minimum 60fps easy. Build quality is top notch. Bought it on sale under $900 and very happy with it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Excellent Monitor *for the price
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This monitor was on sale during the holidays for $799.99. At this price, it's a steal! Though, I would recommend purchasing the optional $49.99 Geek Squad protection plan. It covers your monitor for 4 years! That's crazy! This monitor has a lot of reviews and one thing that I kept reading was that it started to flicker a lot after 3 or 4 months of use running at the overclocked refresh rate of 120Hz. This plan covers they. that.
This uses an LG panel and actually only had slight backlight bleed on the bottom left corner and a bit less on the bottom right. There is quite a bit of IPS glow from the left side, though.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Refresh rate
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best 1440p monitor
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I was shopping for capabilities and high refresh rate for my new setup. You’re getting a great deal if it’s on sale. G-Sync and 100hz make a huge difference with my gaming experience. While it’s widescreen setup, please note some games might not have the option for widescreen. Probably the biggest thing that can deter a purchase from this monitor. Quality is great (huge metal stand). The product was easy to put together. Make sure you have sleeves to cover the top portion of the monitors. All of your vents are located at the top and dust can be an issue in the future if you don’t cover those sleeves when not in use.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Gaming, Ultrawide
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great ultrawide monitor
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Awesome ultrawide monitor. Despite my 1st monitor having 1 dead pixel and the 2nd one have a slight flashing issue on static white screen but other than that it's been a great monitor for gaming and everyday use
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Refresh rate
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Looks great
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Got this just before it went end-of-life, so I got an amazing price on it. Great picture, high refresh, g-sync, nice ultra-wide curve.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Refresh rate, Ultrawide
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing Monitor
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Great color, refeash rate, Gsync. was purchased to help my wife with her Motion sickness. so far so good!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Refresh rate, Ultrawide
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
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Great monitor, primarily for gaming. Gsync and refresh rate are perfect with the correct vid card. Pricey but solid as a general purpose monitor as well!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ultrawide
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
amazing!
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this is a long term review.
ive since been gaming on this monitor for over a year now and every second of it has been wonderful. the ultrawide 144hz feels amazingly smooth and immersive. the color is great as well as brightness. if you had deep pockets, i highly recommend this monitor for someone looking for a serious 1440p 144hz ultrawide monitor. my setup consist of a evga 1080ti black edition, intel 4790k and 16gb ram. wonderful framerates on all games and the gsync makes it that much more enjoyable. dont hesitate.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Refresh rate, Resolution
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Beautiful screen
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This monitor work well. I like the resolution and the refresh rate, Works great as a desktop screen and an additional screen for laptop.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Major Issues
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First off, 21:9 ultra wide is great minus the game developers(like Bethesda) and applications like Netflix that still don't support it. (you can force Netflix support with browser extensions)
The IPS has MAJOR color improvements over a TN panel, however this panel seems to have some serious QA issues:
1. The left half of my screen is slightly "Cooler" than the right half which is "Warmer".
2. There is a fairly small blotch of Backlight Bleeding (BLB) in both the bottom left and bottom right corners, the main issue with it, is the one in the bottom right happens to be super bright in a small space, blatantly visible on any dark moment on any game or video, especially black load screens for games.
3: The options for "Response Time" are useless, anything above normal causes MASSIVE Ghosting, so bad you can see horrifying ghosting even just dragging windows on your desktop, just imagine gaming, however on normal response time, there's zero ghosting.
Other gripe, not really a QA issue, the stand is outrageously big on these Ultrawides, the screen itself is only like 3 inches thick at the middle, but the stand itself takes up slightly more than a Foot(12in) and most of the weight is positioned on the absolute back of the stand, so you cant have the back "hang off" your desk.
Now for some good things, The 120hz overclock worked, i had a weird moment where the screen kept rebooting and the game showed it as 108hz maximum, that stopped when I reapplied the OC.
The color is great, I had never realized how bad reds where on my old TN monitor, the only issue on this one is you need brightness on this monitor near 100% for whites to be true white, otherwise they start looking milky or creamy like others have said.
In Conclusion: They need to fix the BLB, seriously and they also need to figure out why half the panel is cooler and half the panel is warmer, that's a huge defect, and I have seen at least 2 other people post about it. Maybe they will improve the panels with more production time.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ultrawide
Cons mentioned:
Backlight bleed
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Amazing monitor for gaming and watching movies
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Pros:
Gsync
120hz
IPS
high build quality
Cons:
Backlight bleed in corners(but can be toned down by turning down brightness)
Price lol
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ultrawide
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great monitor, Ultrawide is crazy
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Didnt think I would need an ultrawide monitor till I actually saw one. Got this one as an open box, great bang for the buck if you can find one cheap enough. Ultrawides provide so much real estate for productivity. IPS monitor looks great, the curve is not noticeable, provides an immersion that feels natural. Nice refresh rate for games. Its a big monitor, so make sure you have enough room for this thing.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speakers
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Overall good 3 1/2
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
So right off the back no built in speakers like many other monitors have but you can buy some unless gaming which case don't matter, its great to game but some times I will notice that one part of the monitor will lightly dim when starting up makes me feel like the monitor is two merge into the one.
Overall is pretty good and feels nice when playing first person games since if the game allows can have a bigger view to make it feel nature
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Wish it had HDR!
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Such a good monitor. I love it! This is my first experience with an Ultrawide, but I'll say, this one is life changing for me. I almost can't go back to standard wide screen monitors. Gaming is so immersive it's not even funny (minus Bethesda games). Now I know people say you can't really "eSports" on this, but who cares?!?! It's so pretty and I gotta say, it's fun fun fun!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ultrawide
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great G-sync 1440p monitor
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Did some research and this was one of the better ones out there for ultrawide G-sync gaming at 1440p. Pick this up below the usual average price and couldn't pass the offer up. Until video cards can push 4K beyond steady 60FPS and prices come down for the monitors, I'm satisfied with 1440p for the next few years and still hit 100-120FPS in most games with my 1080ti.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ultrawide
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Stunning
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This monitor is everything I wanted and more. I'm only going to get ultrawides from now on. I hope more games optimize for this. The amount of view you get especially in games like WOW really make the game more stunning and vibrant. I'm running this with a 1080ti and the refresh rate is amazing. Thinking about getting another one.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Refresh rate
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Absolute stunner of a monitor
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
34" 3440x1440, 120hz, GSync, IPS, 1900CR.
Absolute great monitor. Purchased JAN 2018 -- base refresh rate is 100hz, I overclocked it to 120hz refresh rate on day 1 -- have not had a problem -- no flicker, no scan lines.
I have the monitor paired with EVGA 1080 Ti SC Black... and it's glorious.
Fantastic monitor -- definitely recommend!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
AMAZING!!!
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If you are thinking of getting this monitor, you need to know the box it comes in is HUGE!!! If you do pick this up, you are in for a great time, because this monitor is AMAZING!!! I've been using it for several months now and I've never even thought of going back to my old 4K 60hz Predator. It's that good! The color and responsiveness are excellent. PC Games look great and run so silky smooth. You can see so much more with a 21:9 aspect ratio in games that support it like Final Fantasy XIV. Don't use this monitor to play console games though, because current consoles don't support the monitors 21:9 aspect ratio and games get stretched as a result. It's really nice for productivity too. The 3440x1440 recommended resolution gives you plenty of space to work. The one area with this monitor that is less great is if you try and use it for watching movies. I've tried watching some DVD's and regular Blu Ray's on it through my desktops Blu Ray drive and every one has had black bars on the sides. I don't know if this would also be the case with 4K Blu Rays, but it's the one thing I'd caution against with this monitor. Other than that it's awesome and I highly recommend it!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ultrawide
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Ultrawide Monitor
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This monitor is great not only for gaming but also for everyday use. The extra desktop space helps with multi-tasking and having multiple applications open a breeze to work with. Highly recommend this to anyone looking for an ultrawide monitor.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome Monitor
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This monitor is an absolute beast. You must have the horsepower to drive it (I have a 1080 Ti) and the desk to support it. It's a heavy monitor, but it is beautiful. Overclocked it to 120 Hz with no issues. No dead pixels, very little backlight bleed. I got it on a great sale and would highly recommend it to anyone.