Dell Alienware AW3423DW 34 Inch WQHD 21:9 1800R Curved
Dell Alienware AW3423DW 34 Inch WQHD 21:9 1800R Curved Gaming Monitor, 175Hz, QD OLED, 0.1ms, NVIDIA G-SYNC Ultimate, 99.3% DCI-P3, HDR400, DisplayPort, 2x HDMI, 5x USB, 3 Year Warranty,White
INFINITELY IMMERSIVE
Quantum Dot Display Technology enables a slim panel design and delivers a superior colour performance with a higher peak luminance and greater colour gamut range vs WOLED (White OLED).
STUTTER-FREE SPEED
Experience ultra-low latency gameplay, support for HDR and cinematic colour, plus smooth, tear-free gaming thanks to NVIDIA G-SYNC ULTIMATE certification. Additionally, with the industry’s fastest 0.1 ms GtG (Gray to Gray) response time and 175 Hz (native) high refresh rate, you’ll experience smoother gameplay and view fast-moving graphics with incredible clarity for a faster in-game reaction time.
IMPECCABLE DESIGN
The jaw-dropping new design features a sleek QD-OLED curved 1800R panel integrated into the iconic new Legend 2.0 ID, plus customizable stadium loop OLED AlienFX lighting, 360° ventilation for better heat dissipation, improved cable management and a new centralized OSD joystick to make adjusting your settings easier.
FOR CRITICAL CREATING
For content creators and game developers who require precise colour-critical work, the new Creator Mode feature was designed for you. This OSD menu option allows you the flexibility to choose between the native (DCI-P3) and the sRGB colour space, depending on your work needs, and the ability to adjust the gamma settings.
THE ALIENWARE GAMING MONITOR
The Alienware 34 Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitor is engineered to avoid burn-in caused by items appearing onscreen for long periods of time. Additionally, you’ll receive a 3-year service coverage, further protecting you from OLED burn-in and ensuring peace-of-mind. And with Comfort View Plus, you can game longer, thanks to an always on, built-in low-blue light screen technology that reduces blue light emissions without impacting colour accuracy.
Ports and Slots
1. Power Connector | 2. Security-lock slot | 3. Downlight | 4. OSD Joystick | 5. SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen1) Type-A downstream port with Power Charging | 6. Headphone port | 7. SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen1) Type-A downstream port | 8. SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen1) Type-B upstream | 9. SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen1) Type-A downstream port | 10. SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen1) Type-A downstream port | 11. HDMI port (HDMI 1) | 12. HDMI port (HDMI 2) | 13. DisplayPort | 14. Line-out port
| Weight: | 9.89 kg |
| Dimensions: | 81.53 x 30.48 x 52.57 cm; 9.89 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Dell |
| Model: | AW3423DW |
| Colour: | White |
| Manufacture: | Dell |
| Dimensions: | 81.53 x 30.48 x 52.57 cm; 9.89 Kilograms |
I went from a 1440p 165hz monitor to this. Not a huge jump in refresh rate but the quality difference between the two is instantly perceived. Colour, sharpness and general quality I cannot fault. Amazing to this this is made by Dell.
The image is very crisp and stunning quality. 300hz works just awesome.
Enjoying every single second of using it.
Definitely recommend, this product.
Sadly my AW3423DW monitor had to be returned to Dell after 10 enjoyable months of gaming. Can someone please advise me if your AW3423DWF from Amazon came, enclosed in the box, the 3 year Dell written warranty before I buy my replacement. Thank you kindly
Excellent blacks and low light detail, stunning colours and buttery smooth gameplay. I’ve just spent a lot of money on a 4090 / 13900k system and this monitor really is the icing on the cake! It is beautiful and an absolute pleasure to play on.
Monitors Unboxed (check YouTube) have just rated this their top pick for an OLED monitor and I couldn’t agree more!
Like I say, it’s the best monitor I’ve had in 30 years of PC Gaming !!
It’s bright, great for work (programming) and gaming. HDR is great. No issues with text rendering that I could notice without getting too close to the screen.
Being a oled monitor it is quite pricy however the image quality makes up for it, use it for gaming and the picture looks crystal clear and vibrant, and watching media looks just as good,
The stand the monitor comes with is sturdy and doesn’t take up much desk space
Overall it’s the best oled ultra wide you can get for your money
Brilliant. Amazing colours, inky blacks and blinding whites. No detail crushed in dark areas. Generally amazing. Buttery smooth 165hz. Only downside is every 4 hours of use you are prompted to do a panel refresh which makes the screen black for 6-8 mins. However if you don’t want to do that you can tell the monitor to do the panel refresh when it goes into standby
I can’t comment on burn in yet, as I’ve only had it for a month. There is a pop up after 4 hour of use (cumulative), which asks you to refresh the screen (takes 6-8 mins). You can set it to do this automatically when you turn the display off.
Per pixel dimming is now a must for me – unparalleled image in my opinion.
I haven’t noticed any text fringing either (windows 11 fresh install with no workaround tweaks).
Would highly recommend, 5/5
Quality of the screen is amazing, noticed a huge difference from my outdated ultra wide and it looks great! 🙂
Whether you enjoy watching TV and movies, gaming or engaging in productive activities, this monitor covers all bases. I
Gaming?
nteractive entertainment boasts a great experience due to it’s 175hz, 1ms response time and GSync Ultimate, allowing for the ultimate gaming experience for an ultrawide.
Movies & TV?
Movies and TV viewed on streaming services excel due to the near perfect black levels, brighter and greater vibrance and availability for HDR 400 and 1000, movies boasting 2.39:1 support shine their best for cinematics here.
Productivity?
For work loads of all kinds, productivity is greatly improved due to the increased screen real estate available thanks to the display 34in @ 21:9 corner to corner.
Wondering if anyone else had this problem and how was it resolved?
Very good gaming monitor! The black point is the best I have ever seen due to the OLED, and the ultrawide resolution and high refresh rate make for a completely new kind of gaming experience. Going from a 1080p 60fps LCD screen, this is a huge step up for me, but it was well worth it.
What a great upgrade from an old cheap AOC G2460PF 144hz TN Panel, first time owning a 2k monitor and I am very pleased with the performance, colour, gamma. Can’t see any ghosting at all on the motion test.
Things that I may dislike is a bit of a blacklight bleed at the bottom corners of the screen but it’s not really noticeable to my side vision unless you really stare at it, very visible through the camera. Also would like to mention that you might want to position your monitor away from the windows, so that the light doesn’t reflect to the screen, as it can be slightly annoying due to the slight glares from natural lighting.
Bought this 7 days ago to go with my new pc
i9 13th gen intel, Nvidia 4080 RTX. MSI Z690 Pro gaming board
flying this monitor can play everything on Ultra, colours are awesome and vivid, contrasts are fantastic, the curve makes it so much more immersive absoloutly love this monitor.if your thinking of buying one DO IT you wont be disapointed Good Luck guys
Despite some new pretenders to the throne becoming available including one from Alienware themselves this is still the king for those with Nvidia graphics cards, glossy screen that pops, perfect PPI and the most stunningly vibrant OLED screen I’ve ever seen at this size.
Cannot fault it, basically perfect.
That’s what she said. No actually the monitor is really nice, I read some reviews about the text being harder to read and see or so, but I don’t see the difference from my other monitors. The colors are nice, also the pixel refresh function actually nice not only for the monitor but also for me after 4 hours I get reminded to do a break. The seller done everything for me DDP and stuff the monitor was shipped to Lithuania, a few days delay in the customs but got it and now enjoying it. 9.5/10
Ok so I have been using a LG ultra wide LCD display with my RTX 3090 and I am not going to lie it was really good HOWEVER this Alienware monitor has really knocked the stuffing out of my opinion of Alienware and of OLED displays (well in this case QD-OLED).
To start with let’s clear up this Fan too noisy nonsense, I have Noctua fans all throughout my computer and I cannot hear the Fan at all (even in a quiet room).
The picture quality is amazing in all respects (also smart HDR really helps too), dead space remake is bloody terrifying as dark rooms are actually pitch black and your only form of light is the torch.
Light sources act as they should to the point where if you flash bang an enemy you in turn end up flash banging yourself lol.
The Versa bracket mount is really easy to attach to the monitor and my current mounting arm.
You get more cables in the box than what you need (this is not a complaint).
If your thinking of getting a OLED display for pc then really really consider this monitor as it beats nearly all monitors on the market for such a good price poi
Stunng monitor. The best I’ve seen to-date. Blacks are deep and rich and highlights are amazing. By far hands down best in market for picture and display quality. I was initially worried about text quality, fan noise and burn in. The text is crisp and clean, no need to run the 3rd party cleartyoe tall. Fan noise? What noise, completely silent! Burn in… With the new tools that maintain the screen and the 3 year burn in warranty… Non issue, I’m very comfortable leaving the screen on windows while working for long hours, no hint of an issue.
Best gaming monitor for deep rich blacks and you won’t be unhappy. Every time I boot a game up I get a big grin, just buy it now.
Screen : the qd oled display is stunning! The inky blacks are next level compared to any other monitor or even tv i’ve seen and the HDR is amazing in games that implement it properly. It has a bit of a glossy finish but unless you have light facing it like a lamp pointed towards it or a window directly behind you then you won’t notice it.
Text clarity : a lot of people have complained about fringing and text not being that clear i disagree mine is completely fine if you press your face up to it you may see something i can’t but sat at a normal distance it’s perfectly clear.
Settings : the built in menu let’s you alter colour set up, hdr etc it’s easy to use and i’ve had no issues using it.
Build quality : first off i never used the stand that comes with the monitor as it was too deep and i wanted more desk space and i’m not a huge fan of white so i got a black stand for it as shown in my pictures, the actual monitor itself is well built and designed the plastic backing doesn’t feel or look cheap.
Everything about this monitor from the crazy 0.01ms response times, 175hz refresh rate to the Qd Oled panel is just perfect! I had an LG GL850 27inch 1440p 144hz monitor it was great but this is much better. Not having anything like backlight bleed is a small but important factor in getting an Oled panel.
Curve/Size : The curve isn’t aggressive i’ve never had a curved monitor didn’t think i’d be able to deal with it but you get used to it fast and at 34 inch it makes gaming super immersive! It would surprise you just how many games support ultrawide now. Watching youtube videos etc can sometimes mean letterbox style bars on the sides but that doesn’y bother me however there are extensions to crop and extend videos if you can’t deal with the bars.
Pixel refresh etc : the monitor has built in modes to prevent any kind of burn in so sometimes it will shift the screen just a nudge to prevent burn in and i have noticed it do this a few times but it’s never an issue you won’t notice it gaming or watching anything. Pixel refresh brings up a message onscreen every four hours asking you to do it you can proceed and it will turn off for around 5 minutes at wich point the power button flashes green then switches off when it’s finished so you know or you can cancel it but the best bet is to “proceed and don’t show message again” that way it only does it when you switch it off wich is far better than the warning popping up when you’re doing something. Panel refresh i’ve never done it’s apparently only needed every 1500hours and takes around 45 minutes or more at wich time the power button flashes red. It is covered for 3 years against burn in so that gives you peace of mind.
Lighting : the lighting on the back,Alienware logo,front underside and power button can all be controlled via the on screen display menu or with the alienware command centre software, i’ve found it to be subtle and it adds a nice it of backlight when i’m sat in the dark.
Final notes : I’ve covered most of my experience with this monitor so far, it’s been fun and a pleasant screen to sit at for hours on end, it’s big enough, looks beautiful and is well worth buying.
One last thing to note some people mention fan noise i heard it once or twice when i got it then i forgot it was even a thing and my pc fans are always louder so it’s another non issue.
Thanks for reading and if you buy it you won’t be dissapointed.
A slightly updated version has just released and you’ll probably want to pick that up instead for the higher frame rate on latest gen consoles, if you’re just using it for PC then not an issue. You’ll definitely want a 4k capable graphics card for this monitor as less than 4k will look like rubbish on this screens native resolution.
* First of all, this monitor is truly incredible and many people will tell you the same. Sales just have started in the UK on Dec 6th, but it’s been a while since this beast was released in the US. That’s why you can check out YouTube for tons of incredibly positive reviews of it or it’s previous make (without the last F). Check out LTT, Monitors unboxed or PC Centric, all of them will tell you that it’s great.
* Picture quality is unbeatable. If you experience it once, all the other monitors will look, well, meh to you simply because nothing can beat OLED in blacks. Even doing simple tasks like browsing is much more enjoyable and comfortable for eyes. There’s no backlight, so the picture doesn’t “glow”.
* It has 34″ diagonal, and first it looks massive sitting on your desk, but it’s really feels this way for the first few minutes. The curve helps fighting this feel a lot.
* It comes with two display port inputs and two display port cables (DP to DP and USB-C to DP). For me it’s important as I can connect desktop and work laptop and switch between them for work and leisure.
* Packaging is nice and something you’d expect from a premium product.
Now a bit of cons:
* As many reviews mention, monitor has non-standard subpixel layout, and it makes text look not smooth. In my experience, this problem got too much attention, because even though it’s noticeable, very soon you stop noticing that something isn’t right with text on the screen
* it’s 2022 and I’d expect from monitor to have a proper USB-C input with power supply for laptop. USB-C to DP cable can’t provide power supply.
Will see how it goes, but right now I’m incredibly happy with my purchase.
I bought mine directly from Dell UK.
I’ll start this off with a conclusion — if you can afford it, buy it! Just be careful of the price. Some shops are over-charging for the monitor because of it’s popularity.
This is typical Alienware quality. It screams “well made” when you pull it out of the box. The Dark Side of the Moon finish is great, although the overall finish is not quite as good as the DW.
The stand clicks in place with a very satisfying and solid clunk. Dell provides you with all the cables you will need but most of them are 6 foot long so a little short for my liking. Getting cables to plug in to the back of the monitor is fiddly, there isn’t much room to manoeuvre.
The performance of this monitor is just staggering. The colour is absolute jaw dropping, and the blacks are like something you have never seen on a monitor before and when you play a game the speed is amazing. Never mind the refresh rate, the monitor is just so responsive and fast.
It’s a Freesync monitor so anything above 48fps there’s no messing. It also works perfectly with an NVIDIA GPU even in HDR mode. I have not tried it with an AMD GPU as yet.
My last monitor is the AW3821DW and there is no doubt the AW34 is better. By comparison the AW38 is a business monitor. The colours on the AW38 are very good, but not as good as the AW34. With the larger screen and better small text the AW38 is great for general work but the contrast on the AW38 is very poor compared to that on the AW34.
I have seen some complaints that the monitor only gives 8-bit colour above 100Hz. This is incorrect. The monitor can work in HDR 10-bit mode all the way up to 144Hz although there is a problem that there isn’t enough bandwidth for a 10-bit signal to be sent to the monitor at that refresh rate. But graphics cards have a work-around in which they effectively use alternate frames to communicate the data to the monitor. The end result of this technical magic is you get full 10-bit colour albeit not quite as accurate as it should be. Certainly I can not notice any difference between 10-bit and 8-bit+magic. It is also possible to manually setup a custom refresh rate of 120Hz at 10-bit.
There is a fan inside the monitor but I have not heard mine yet. It’s to cool the panel down so the less brightness you are using the less it is needed. I use mine in a fairly dark room so there is no problem and OLED’s are known to be better suited to darker rooms.
Some people have complained about coil whine from the monitor, but this seems to just be the usual power supply lottery that exists for all modern devices with power supplies built in.
To avoid burn-in the monitor runs some magic now an then. This happens every four hours or so when you switch it off or your PC goes in to standby. A screen pops up (which you can disable) telling you it needs to run the routine when you next go to standby.
The only defect to my eyes is the colour fringing on small text. This is not an ideal business monitor! The fringing is not visible during games and films and so on, but it is very visible on white text on a dark background. This needs the likes of Microsoft to create font processing, specifically for qd-oleds pixel layout. This will probably happen in time but until then the fringing is noticeable. It’s noticeable enough that I have known people to stop using “Dark Mode” in Windows.
In passing, Windows 11 handles HDR much better than 10 so you should consider moving to 11.
The monitor has a number of HDR modes and it is slightly unclear what some of these are. They are not documented by Dell. However, there are standard HDR400 True Black modes and an HDR1000 mode. There is also a gaming mode which seems to be HDR2000. Details on these are scant. The HDR1000 mode seems to be bugged however, and owners are awaiting a firmware update on that one.
The general recommendation from users and reviewers seems to be to select Console in the menu and then Source Tone Mapping as being the best for gaming. You need to be in HDR mode in Windows to do that otherwise the menu is greyed out. However, it remains greyed out for some AMD GPU owners and in general there seem to be some bugs in the firmware if you own an AMD GPU. Unless you want to wait until they sort out the firmware, or take the risk that they will do so soon, then you may be better getting the AW3423DW. The G-Sync version has been demonstrated to work with AMD and NVIDIA. The F is considered to be a better monitor, but it does have a few teething problems.
You can download the Dell Monitor Application from Dell, which works with the monitor. Although it doesn’t offer all of the settings it does offer most of them.It has some nice additions to Windows functionality that may make your life easier like the ability to quickly snap windows to preset locations on the screen.
All in all, it’s an exceptional monitor. Although expensive, it is nearly perfect. For gaming and media I recommend it without reservation. For business, you might want to wait until Microsoft have add qd-oled pixel layouts to ClearText processing in Windows.
Dell have recently (March 2023) released new firmware that has corrected many of the (minor) issues with the original release. Please ensure that your firmware is up to date. The firmware download comes with a utility to update it, and you need a USB cable type A to B. I think the monitor comes with one, but I am not sure about that. Be prepared to buy one, they are only a few quid.
The latest firmware has improved but not fixed the issue with HDR1000. Luckily, I don’t use that mode anyway. The HDR400 is more than bright enough for me and works perfectly.
Without doubt the best monitor I have bought to date. It’s amazing. Like I said at the start, if you can afford it, it’s a no brainer. Just make sure you don’t pay too much for it.
1. The fans
2. The text clarity
3. The brightness
I’m someone who works from home almost every day and would be considered a heavy Gamer. I’d very often be using my PC 12+ hours per day between work and games.
I can say without a doubt that the negative reviews were at-least somewhat overblown in my opinion and for my specific unit, and I’ll quickly give my review on the three main talking points.
1. The fans.
I can hear them, But it’s very minor. I’ve owned the monitor for almost a week now and I’ve only really heard one of the fans at night after I had been using the monitor all day (95% brightness) and I had been sitting in complete silence. If there’s any other noise in your room, outside or if you’re listening to any music at all even on low volume you would never know there was a fan in the unit. My only concern is after a year or so and dust starts to settle, you may need to get a can of air and blast in around the fans to help prevent dust from causing the fans to spin up higher/more often than they do right out the box.
2. Text clarity
People go on about the fringing around the text. I know it’s there, I can see it up close and you can’t dispute that it exists considering it’s the physical layout of the pixels that cause this. However right out the box, this didn’t bother me one bit and its hard to even notice. I did apply some changes as suggest online to combat the effect In windows, and it did help a little but honestly I would be fine without it. Maybe in the future the pixel layout will be better accommodated. But for now most users like myself will have no issue dealing with it, it’s really not bad at all and of course when gaming it’s not a factor.
3. The brightness
I heard many complaints about brightness, but whether using the monitor for desktop work or even gaming with HDR 400 on, the brightness is fantastic. It’s brighter than my old 1440p Dell monitor and I was expecting it to be worse from the reviews.
The only minor issue is that when using the HDR1000 mode, you do tend to notice the dimming when switching to and from bright areas. So I leave it on HDR400 to avoid this seemingly completely.
Overall absolutely happy with this and I was expecting the worst. Fantastic monitor with brilliant Colors as expected.
This is the future, but its here and now 😀
This monitor is very good what what it says and I sure will be recommending this to other people. And my games are extremely smoother and feel so much better to play than they’re were before for myself. The price is good for what you are getting very easy to assemble.
The Problem
The stand takes a lot of space but if your desk is a big size or you have a monitor arm you will be fine and not be having this problem. And there is no speakers that come with it built in for this price I was very surprised but it comes with a area we’re you can plug your headphones in.