Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got this as a birthday present and it is amazing! I though my graphics card (a 4060) was just not performing that well, but it turned out my old MSI monitor just wasnt showing it in its full glory! Setup was fast and easy.

Love this monitor, took a second to get used to the wide screen but now I can’t go back.

Amazing picture quality. I asked ChatGPT what the best monitor I can get for my PC would be, and it said this one, and it was not wrong.

Best monitor you can get. Great price. I got this open box good and it was literally new and save 300 awesome

This was an excellent choice for a monitor. Games look amazing with the OLED screen. And being able to go all Alienware system. My laptop recognized it and has been a great experience. The best part was getting it on sale. I've even purchased the mouse and keyboard and that was even more awesome. Thank you Dell. Only gripe is relax on the price a little .

Always had an original monitor and decided to get an oled definitely a huge upgrade

Great monitor would definitely recommend it’s definitely on the pricier side but worth it.

Couldnt ask for a better display for the prize. Great for 1440p gaming

I made this purchase as an upgrade for my LG 31 inch monitor. This new monitor is “off the hook!!”The colors are amazingly vibrant and the curved monitor is very immersive. Thanks Alienware for such an awesome proof.

One of the Best looking Oled monitors of all time! it is absolutely gorgeous I had to replay Cyberpunk 2077 ever since getting it

Best in its category of 34 in 21:9 oled monitors with them upgrading the hz to 240 from 165 and having even better hdr then before.

Just what I was looking for. Primarily used for gaming. This monitor is tops!

Awesome monitor, Highly recommend for gaming! Must buy.

Exactly what I wanted a top tier UW monitor pictures looks just incredible could not be happier with this purchase!

This is one of the best if not the best 34in OLED that money can buy.

Everything was great for this monitor until 100 days later for no reason I can see, it showed a crack on the screen and the entire screen was out. Contacted the company and they would not honor the warranty. I would not spend the money to waste on this product or this company. I have never made a purchase and been more unsatisfied.

If you are looking for a monitor to up your gaming experience, then I would recommend looking no further. The Alienware AW3425DW (You would think they would come up with a better name), has been one of the best gaming monitors I have tested out so far. This thing offers great real estate, beautiful picture quality, and curves that keep you staring. So, let’s go over what the Alienware AW3425DW has to offer. Let’s start off with the display. This model offers a QD-OLED panel display. The QD-OLED panel gives you the best of both worlds: the rich contrast and deep blacks of OLED, with the vibrant, punchy color quantum dots combined with the WQHD 3440 x 1440 resolution which results in just a beautiful display for a truly immersive experience. The ultra-fast refresh rate (240 Hz), low latency (0.03 ms), 34-inches of prime rea estate and that beautiful curve takes your gaming experience to another level. Honestly, I had an older gaming monitor that I was using before I received this one and the difference was night and day, truly made my gaming more enjoyable. The design on this monitor is not bad either. It comes with a space saving stand that puts together in minutes without any tools. It will take you longer to take everything out of the packaging than putting this thing together, that’s how fast and simple it is. It also offers a variety of menu options to personalize your gaming experience, such as AlienFX lighting, PIP/PBP, and something called Alien vision which is a neat feature if you’re into FPS games. Ports: 1 x Display Port 1.4 2 x HDMI 2.1 1 x USB-B 1 x USB- A 1 X USB – C Note: HDMI, Display port and USB-A to UBS-B cables are provided. To sum it up, the display is absolutely the highlight of this monitor. If you care about visuals with smooth game play, then this is it. You get an amazing gaming monitor that will bring any gamer to tears.

The Out Of Box experience was fine with this. Open the large box, and on top in the shaped cardboard shell is everything OTHER than the monitor, easy to get it all out. Lift that shell, and the monitor itself is underneath, also simple to remove. Assembly is straight forward as with most monitors now - the riser is placed on the base, and the base has a metal screw mechanism that secures it to the riser. Then the monitor simply affixes to the plate on the top of the riser and snaps right into place. Literally 30 seconds to be completely assembled. It sits high - that's my only real complaint at the initial stage. I have a 27" 4k Asus ROG OLED monitor for gaming and even that one is nearly 2 inches less tall than this when they are both as far down as they can be pressed. I was initially testing this on my Surface Pro 11 on the dining table to see what it would be like having an external monitor here - and this would never work here, it blocks the view of the TV in the great room that is off of the dining room. So I took this into the gaming room to put on the desk with my Asus Rog Strix 18" gaming laptop that has an Nvidia 4080. The way the desk is situated, this will JUST fit on the small riser behind the monitor to the right, without either monitor blocking the other. Should make for some good FPS gaming. Hooking up is simple. I had all the plugs already there from where I pulled out the ROG 27" monitor. HDMI, USB link to the laptop, a USB C hookup for my Focusrite Scarlett audio interface, a charging plug for my game controller... My laptop saw it right away, let me get the HDR enabled, and I saw it already had the 240Hz refresh rate enabled. Started a bit of windows work, just to see how it worked with normal windows apps. And it was great. I've got the 49" Samsung G9 OLED at work, and it's an amazing monitor, but all I do there is work off of my Surface Pro, so no games... I really appreciate this form factor for multiple monitor work in Windows, some office apps open on the widescreen while I have RDP sessions on the laptop screen. Then I finally was able to fire up Steam to see how it would do with gaming. It was nice to see one of these ultrawide screens in a gaming context. With the 4080 in my laptop, I play my games at all the highest settings, and this handled those just fine. I spent an hour or so in various FPS games, and then settled down for some Destiny 2 for a few days. The colors are vibrant, the contrast is just amazing. The blacks are gorgeous. I've always loved OLED screens, and for gaming they are the bomb. No issues at all, no tearing, no jumpiness even with the most violent horizontal spinning and movement, nothing bad at all. Response was great. That wider vision for FPS games gives a bit more immersion. And despite anything I've used it for so far, gaming or windows, I've had no hiccups at all. Even my Samsung G9 still randomly is a problem at work. This thing has been rock solid and taking anything I throw at it. The vertical adjustment works fine, a bit tight but that's good, I don't feel like at some point in the future after a year or two of use it may start sagging. When I first was testing this with the Surface Pro in my dining room with patio doors in behind me at an angle, I had no issues with reflections. There's a bright tall work lamp right next to it and even with that turned on and the long LED strip pointed straight at the monitor, you could see it, but muted, not at all like most screens are with reflections. The surface of the screen is so much better than, say, my Surface Pro... And in my gaming room where it ended up, where I have blackout blinds, it's just pure joy to the eyes. The toggle joystick for menu navigation works well, and there are so many options in there to work through. So far I've not done much other than changing to a few of the built in profiles to see, but I've not had to adjust anything at all to make this usable out of the box. The 27" Rog OLED that I mentioned I got a few months ago, that one took quite a bit of tweaking before people looked like people. Every available profile was just so heavy on the red. I spent about 20 minutes trying to find a good color balance before I thought the picture was acceptable. But this one? Nothing. Each profile looks great to me as is. I loved that ROG monitor for gaming. The only thing my laptop didn't have was the OLED part, so it was great having that second screen to game on instead. But after using this one now, the other is going to be relegated to the dining table as an external monitor for my Surface Pro 11 to make my remote desktop sessions easier to deal with. I've often told people that once they try an OLED, they'll be ruined for anything else. And apparently that goes for these ultrawide screens as well. Sure, I've been using one at work for about a year and a half, and absolutely LOVE it, but I never looked at it from a gaming perspective, it was always just my work monitor. But now that I've been gaming on this for a few days, I just can't see going back to the standard aspect ratio. If you want a great refresh rate, and gorgeous blacks that you can only get with an OLED, and an ultra wide screen, this is the monitor you were looking for.

With the screen off, I've used the provided Alienware cloth with just a small amount of distilled water, and it has removed this coating, as shown in the attached photo. I now can't clean the rest of the screen unless I'm ready for all of the coating to come off, and the display will look far worse when viewing anything. I'd reached out to Dell and was told I had cleaned it correctly, but they still wouldn't warranty it and suggested I speak to sales just to buy another one. No way I will! This wasn't just a couple of dollars. Paid nearly a grand after tax for my screen to start to look like crap already. I had zero issues with the AW3423DWF for the 2 years I'd owned it, but I'd owned this for under 2 months, barely cleaned it, and this is the circumstance I'm stuck with since DELL doesn't care at all! I've owned numerous OLEDs & QD-OLEDs and never had this screen issue. Last one I'll be buying from DELL and those around me I'll mention to avoid this one.

Monitor quality keeps improving.  I come from the CRT monitor era.  But I continue to evolve and I'm always looking for a better computer monitor.  I'm a software developer. I use my different notebooks (8 Windows, 3 Apples) for different projects. I keep some with older OS's for testing, others for the differing software and hardware projects I'm working on.  In most situations I prefer a multiple monitor setup, I almost always have a 27" monitor next to the notebook I'm using (when I travel I have 2 USB portable monitors).  I pretty much can't work without a second monitor.  This Alienware is a different beast (it's like 2 monitors in one). I'm going to use it on my desk, where I currently have a 4K monitor, that's aging.  It came out before HDR was common and long before large OLEDs even existed.  It was expensive, similar to this Alienware monitor.  My first impression when I connected the Alienware AW3425DW to my OLED notebook - the colors and stability are spectacular.  I'm amazed how vivid this monitor is. My notebook has an OLED display supporting a 120Hz refresh rate. But the Alienware AW3425DW supports 240Hz refresh rate.  Several years ago a response time of 8ms was considered good, and a couple of years ago 1ms was the fastest available, so this monitor's 0.03ms response time is astonishing. Assembly of the unit is very simple, screw the base into the mounting arm, and with the monitor in the box, click the monitor onto the arm.  The monitor supports 2 HDMI ports (2.1), 1 Display port (1.4) and it serves as a USB3 hub (5Gbps, with 15W charging), with a USB-A and USB-C port. The monitor supports both Nvidia G-Sync, AMD's FreeSync Premium Pro and VESA AdaptiveSync.  It also has 4 VESA mounting holes (100x100) on the back (which are hidden). The package includes a DisplayPort cable, a HDMI cable, and USB Type-A to Type-B cable all are 5.9 feet long. The monitor does not have speakers.  The monitor supports an enhanced anti-burn-in AI algorithm coupled with an anti-burn-in graphite sheet protects your screen from unwanted burn-in and has a 3-year warranty. This is my third widescreen display (the others are also curved); but first with any form of HDR; which I'm a big fan of (it ensures the monitor's calibration matches what's expected from a video).  And it ensures that black levels are perfect.  I've found in editing photos and videos it makes a big difference in getting accurate colors. Make sure your drivers are current to get the correct refresh rate.  You should run Windows color calibration for HDR to get the most out of this display. I had to load the latest Alienware Command Center and Alienware drivers from Dell's web site to enable all of the options.  The display is extremely steady, no flickering.  It has a glossy screen but the curved nature helps to prevent reflections. It has a built-in feature that reduces blue light emissions.  I thoroughly enjoyed watching videos on this display. The on screen setup for the display is very extensive (accessed via joystick on the center bottom of the monitor).  The monitor stand offers only a tilt adjustment (no height, so it can't be used in portrait mode with the stand provided). It has a native resolution of 3440x1440 with a screen brightness of 1000 candela per square meter (outstanding). I noticed that its blacks on some dark videos were extremely precise (I could see shadows within shadows).. The extensive color/contrast controls can be used to make additional changes as desired. Used for gaming it's an incredible monitor.  For day to day computer use it's an incredible monitor. Not to mention for software development it's an incredible monitor. It's an absolutely superb monitor.