Dell S2721DGFA 27 Inch QHD (2560×1440) Gaming Monitor
Dell S2721DGFA 27 Inch QHD (2560×1440) Gaming Monitor, 165Hz, IPS, 1ms, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible, HDR 400, DisplayPort, 2x HDMI, 5x USB 3.0, 3 Year Warranty
Connectivity Options
1. AC Power Port | 2. Security Lock Slot | 3. 2x HDMI 2.0 Ports | 4. DP 1.4 Port | 5. Audio Line-out Port | 6. USB 3.0 Upstream Port | 7. USB 3.0 Downstream Ports x2 | 8. USB 3.0 Downstream Port | 9. Audio Headphone Port | 10. USB3.0 Downstream Port | 11. Stand Lock Cables inc; Power, HDMI, DP, USB
| Weight: | 6.99 kg |
| Dimensions: | 7.88 x 24.08 x 20.64 cm; 6.99 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Dell |
| Model: | S2721DGFA |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Dell |
| Dimensions: | 7.88 x 24.08 x 20.64 cm; 6.99 Kilograms |
Got this 4K monitor to enhance my gaming with the RTX 4090.
Excellent 4K quality with vivid colours from the screen.
Took very little time setting up and did not have to alter colour settings.
Some monitors using 3840 x 2160 have to change the sizing of text etc to 150%, but this monitor auto does this.
The only thing i found slightly disappointing with the monitor, is that if you dont switch it on before powering on your pc, the screen displaystext etc at 100%, but if you switch monitor on before powering on pc, it will auto to 150% which is better.
The other thing i noticed compared to my old 2560 x 1440 2K monitor is that when switching on the monitor it will show screen then go blank for 1 second then come back on.
This is to do with the monitor registering that it is a gaming monitor and will also display that you are using either display port or hdmi.
The buttons on the rear seem pointless except for the main thumb which you use to adjust settings. Other buttons are for presets but not need them in reality
Bought for my brother. He plays FS22 and Planetside 2. He loves this monitor!!
Our son uses this for gaming and it’s a lovely clear screen and a good size too. Would recommend.
Sorry for my first comment. The monitor is working well and my appologies. Its my fault on not trying it first and connecting in the computer and changing the settings. I just rely on the 60 hz wriiten in the box. I requested for a refund and it was approved, but I decided to keep it. My sincerely appology.
Colour accuracy is excellent however it does have typical IPS foibles such as IPS glow, grey-ish blacks, low contrast and mediocre HDR; all of which are a limitation of the technology rather than a fault with this monitor. For my mixed use it’s fine but if you’re using it mostly for gaming or media consumption then I would consider spending more and going OLED.
Overall, it’s a good monitor for the money but be prepared to accept some shortcomings.
I’m using this from 5 months. It had no issues at all. Excellent quality
Very well built and sturdy, easy to put together. I use it for gaming and has a very clear picture and very vibrant with an easy to use toggle to adjust brightness etc. deffo recommend
Its good for gaming, but its also pretty good for work. For the first time in my life I didn’t need to create a custom profile of settings to get the I want to see. It was perfect out of the box.
This display is easily the best display Iv ever set my eyes on , it can get bright if you want it too, option menu got most of what you need but lacks some of the gimmicks but honestly this display outputs stunning colours and looks fantastic, the 165hz is nice aswell if your gpu got the horse power to max it. HDR is okay ish , it’s fake hdr but in all fairness it’s somewhat HDR it’s not really needed though because it puts out amazing colours , best monitor Iv ever owned and so far no complaints , definitely recommend, it’s on par or better than some of the best 1440p 165hz monitors out there
Really pleased with this monitor, great picture and refresh rate at a bargain price. The menu is intuitive and the stand it comes with is brilliant, although I have mine mounted on an arm. Would highly recommend.
I was a bit reluctant to have something curved at first but now I’ve got it I love it! It’s really well made and the picture quality is excellent. For me it came pretty much set up out of the box. It runs games like Call of Duty and Overwatch (superb refresh rate) and Skyrim and Sons of the Forest (the colours are amazing) all with equal quality.
Star Citizen looks fantastic and I’m just waiting on a steering wheel now to try a driving sim!
Good for PC gaming. Some issues on PS5 with shadows making them seem red and grainy. PC gaming has no problems what so ever. Would’ve liked an MPRT feature but for the price and the fact it’s 165Hz you can’t complain.
I have to say that before then, I had contacted Amazon Customer Service and had the worst experience that I have ever had and that is one of the reasons I decided it was easier to keep the monitor than to argue with the “Advisor”. This monitor was supplied by Amazon but sold by one of their partners.
I have left the monitor on its’ supplied settings at the minute, running at 144Hz and am very pleased with the screen quality, text and photos look great. The next job is to run some high graphics games. Providing the monitor lasts longer than the warranty, I will be well pleased with it.
This monitor has soo much screen space. Makes games more intense and work more productive.
Screen controls are arey to navigate using the little joystick and buttons.
Stand is very robust and stable.
Perfect monitor for 1440p gaming. Super fast response time and 0 ghosting.
The only 2 issues I have… the build quality is not great, very flimsy flexible plastic and the HDR is terrble uses a weird backlighting method that makes the image flicker.
I’d previously been using a screen as a secondary device when using my laptop, this screen has changed that to the point I’m now using this as my primary. It took a little bit of effort to get setup (work laptop was missing nvidia control panel and windows wasn’t able to set the correct resolution) but now its all configured it’s ace. I found the software for the screen really useful to, the quick snapping of windows into configurable segments is a big time saver. Like having 3 screens in 1!
Honestly, could not be happier! it looks fantastic, easy to install, came with everything I would need for my pc setup and the quality is top tier!
I got it for an amazing price because the delivery was estimated to be from 2 weeks up to 2 months at the time, not sure why but no complaints from me. And on top of that it even came early!
Has to be overclocked to achieve the 165hz speed but it is excellent just at 144hz. Picture quality is great although I haven’t tested it fully on FPS games so far.
My son is very happy with this monitor.
I marked it down as we had to purchase another power cable as the one supplied kept falling out. Otherwise great monitor. What you would expect from a known brand.
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There are several amazing traits to this monitor, but all you really need to know is that you won’t get a better all-rounder for your money in the current market. Virtually every other monitor that outperforms this unit suffers another major drawback; be it price, poor colour accuracy/vibrance, or a slow response time.
This monitor competes with the likes of the MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD and the LG 27GP850 while costing approximately 100+ less, practically all of the time.
This monitor is recommended by so many reviewers and after trying it myself, I can only reinforce their claims.
Pros:
– Picture quality is outstanding with a 2560 x 1440 QHD resolution, squeezed into a 27″ screen-space. This amounts to a pixel density of 109ppi (pixels per inch). For context, that’s about the same as a 40″ 4K display
– Phenomenal colour performance which is excellent for gaming and suitable for light colour critical workloads
– Gameplay feels blisteringly quick with a 165hz refresh rate and a response time that competes with TN panels, without the muted colours that come with TN displays
– No stuttering or screen tearing with BOTH Nvidia G-Sync AND AMD Freesync Premium Pro
– Price to performance is outstanding, this monitor should be in the 500 category
– Ergonomics and design, design is minimalist making it ideal for any aesthetic. Includes a vibrant blue LED (can be disabled in OSD) on the back that adds a nice premium touch to an otherwise “sleeper” monitor
Cons:
– Out-of-box colour performance can be a little oversaturated, which can make your whites look slightly yellow and skin tones look slightly red or tanned – this can be fixed through calibration but unless you do colour-sensitive work, I’d recommend just doing a search for DELL S2721DGFA colour settings and playing about with some other user’s recommendations. Every panel is different, but the settings shouldn’t vary too heavily.
– HDR performance is lacklustre but the same is true for the vast majority of displays on the market, it’s really just a marketing buzzword to encourage sales and while disappointing that it’s not well implemented, this should NOT deter you, because unless you buy a professional display for colour work or video editing, or an extremely expensive OLED display, you won’t get good HDR performance anyway.
– Some units make experience IPS glow or Backlight bleed, which can cause some areas of the display to glow during dark scenes or moments in games. My unit does have a little backlight bleed in the lower right corner, but I honestly only notice it when I’m actually looking for it.
To summarise, although this monitor does have some extremely minor cons, the pros FAR outweigh them. This monitor is an absolute bargain for the price so just buy it, you won’t be disappointed!
I bought this to replace a broken monitor. It’s good, but the one criticim I’d make is that the instructions are poor. I would have liked to know that I needed to press the tiny button (joy stick really) to enter the monitor’s menu and engage the correct PC connection.
Overall, this Monitor is fabulous to look at. The 4K, 144Hz display is incredible to game on and I’m happy with it for my gaming. For content creation purposes, I can appreciate the extra screen real estate as the monitor really benefits from 125% scaling on Windows. More analysis below:
Out-The-Box colour calibration is acceptable but the display’s contrast ratio is too low – blacks appear more grey. For HDR users: It has a decent peak brightness but the blacks are just too grey for me to call the HDR satisfactory – look for another product.
The monitor settings are intuitive to navigate and I’m able to remap 3 of the monitor’s buttons – I set mine to quickly switch between input sources and toggle Picture-In-Picture (PiP) mode on/off. PiP can display 2 inputs at once (e.g. a PS5 on HDMI and a PC on DisplayPort) which I was excited to try but this locks the monitor to 60Hz which was disappointing. You can arrange how PiP displays the 2 inputs (corner, side-by-side, etc.).
The monitor settings also boasts a “Response Time” setting (Fast/Super Fast/Extreme) BUT increasing it past the lowest setting (Fast) results in horrific ghosting which was unacceptable.
P.S: Amazon initially sent me a faulty monitor. I observed it had already been opened when it was delivered to me as there was no tape sealing it from being opened. The panel would not display anything – not even the monitor’s settings (input source, brightness/contrast, etc.) or “NO SIGNAL” windows. I contacted Amazon support and the next day UPS picked up the faulty monitor and a replacement was delivered. Happy to say this new one works swimmingly – just please be be observant when you receive yours to ensure that it’s TRULY “new” and not an already opened product. I have not factored this incident into my review as these things can happen and it was dealt with perfectly.
The quality is a major upgrade to what I had before. Video games look amazing in 2k and play smoothly. The colors also are amazing for movie nights and large resolution is decent enough to do creative work and work with many tabs at once.
Screen satin finish resists reflections – refresh times excellent – bright screen – excellent sharpness for gaming – wide range of inputs
Only criticism – lack of speakers even though most people aren’t a fan of internal speakers it just gives you options.
Great upgrade from my old 1080p 60hz monitor. The colours are briliant and I use it for amateur photo editing and gaming. The only thing that bothers me is that it’s a little bit darker in the corners, but I noticed that large screens almost always have that.
Would have expected to see this product at a much higher price bracket. Certified for AMD FreeSync Premium Pro – your GPU software detects & automatically enables this functionality. Build quality is solid, picture is brilliant. Don’t hesitate, buy it now!
It is interesting that this monitor was 299 from Amazon (Dell Store) yet 376 direct from Dell).
Why did I choose Dell?
Simply put, although there are a huge number of competitive monitors available at reasonable prices and similar specs (Gigabyte, LG, BenQ to name a few), I went for Dell simply because in the past I’ve used many Dell Ultrasharps which have been outstanding quality, totally reliable, never ever any issues. My old company (Solar Gas Turbines part of Caterpillar Inc) always used Dell (laptops & monitors) and they’re not going to choose something that gives problems.
I’ve connected a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to DisplayPort cable between one of the native M1 ports and the Dell. This is the “USB C to DisplayPort Cable 1.8m, WARRKY USBC to Display Port Lead (4K@60Hz, 2K@165Hz, 2K@144Hz)”, chosen for wide frequency operation – even though I don’t use games.
Out of the box the Dell is running 2560×1440 @ 165Hz.
My main monitor for my Win10 Dell M6800 laptop is a super brilliant Dell U2715H, very similar spec to the S2721DGFA, but is much more expensive, so I didn’t want to spend so much money on another 2715. The differences are marginal:
– The 2715 has more ports
– Both are the same resolution, same physical size. Same pixel density.
– The S2721DGFA has better colour space accuracy (e.g., sRGB, Adobe etc), better contrast & brightness characteristics.
My main purpose is for Photo scanning and editing, hence I need a decent size (27″) with high resolution and accurate colour rendition.
The photos show the same picture, with plenty of different colours, on the Dell & native MacBook screen (default ICCs).
What I’m particularly pleased about is that the same photo appears identical, in colour, on all my devices, M1, iPad, iPhone & Dell M6800 (Win10 with external Dell U2715H monitor).
This will give me confidence that any work I do on my negative & slide scans (I have about 3,000 to do going back 40 years) will yield consistent and accurate results – what I see on the M1 with S2721DGFA will be seen the same on my phone, tablet and other people’s devices, without having to recourse to expensive hardware colour calibration tools.
The range of ports on the S2721DGFA covers me if and when I connect another device (e.g. old MacBook Pro or Win10 laptop) either simultaneously with the M1 or independent of the M1 using either DP, HDMI or USB.
I would not hesitate to buy the same again should my trusty 8 year old U2715H decides enough is enough.
Well I have owned the monitor for about 3 months now and wanted to see how I get on with it.
First thing I will add is it does suffer from light bleed and its very notable in dark rooms , I have found that using this monitor with the light on in my room at night works best.
Colours are nice out the box .
I mainly purchased this screen for the 165hz speeds and its safe to say it works fantastic and has defiantly made me a better FPS player. and thats the main reason why you buy this monitor anyway.
The Bad : Few issues I am getting , from time to time the screen will just go black for a few seconds not sure what causes this but can be a bit of a pain… maybe a software issue or the fact I have 2 other screens hooked up who knows . For the money its worth it.
Great screen and you wont be disappointed with it.
It has:
1440p Resolution
165Hz refresh
Freesync and G-Sync compatible
HDR, whilst not mind blowing it is noticeable if you come from an older 1080p SDR monitor. I don’t use the windows HDR feature as its garbage but more games now can auto switch to HDR mode. I haven’t watched any HDR movies yet but I have tested with Resident evil 2 remake and Resident evil village and it looks great with RTX on.
Size of the screen is ample
OSD features are easy to navigate
Built in USB hub which I use for my keyboard and mouse
height, tilt and swivel adjustable stand (amazing for ergonomics)
It has an LED strip built in the back, I don’t know if you can disable this and its a bit “gamery” for me
In conclusion from the monitors I have used over the years including cheaper supposedly 4k HDR monitors that cost less, this is the one to buy. When I can afford a second I will be replacing my second acer 1440p monitor with another one of these.
The monitor settings are pretty straight forward to set up and the monitor features presets for games like FPS which increase brightness in the shadow areas which I tend to use mostly. I suppose it’s a little pricey but I’m quite happy to invest in something that is of fairly high quality and hopefully will last for a good while. Monitor looks quite smart and has ability to move up and down or even rotate if you wish. blue LED at the back is a nice touch also. Would recommend.