Way back in 2023 when I first reviewed the Alienware AW3423DWF, I gave it five stars and said it was my new favourite among all OLED gaming monitors. The problem was price. It was $1,100. Ouch.
Time heals all wounds and here we are today, talking about the same monitor for half the price. Yup, it’s $550 on Amazon for Prime Day. Nice. Of course, OLED panel tech has moved on in the interim. But not by that much.👉Shop all the early Prime Day deals on Amazon👈
The Alienware AW3423DWF had the advantage of sporting Samsung’s first-gen QD-OLED panel tech, which had decent full-screen brightness from the get go. It also had a glossy screen coating, which really let that per-pixel OLED lighting sing.
In practice, the gap between this monitor and Alienware’s latest 34-inch ultrawide, which I also reviewed recently, is puny. it’s really only the 240 Hz referesh of the new panel where there’s a noticable advantage. But 165 hz is plenty for most types of gaming.
And, actually, I far prefer the styling of this OG model to Alienware’s new “AW30” aesthetic on the AW3425DW. To my eye, the new model has a slightly dated ’90s vibe.
Anywho, at $550 from Amazon, ultrawide OLED gaming is now far more accessible than ever before. In fact, it’s about the same price as a conventional LCD-based high-refresh ultrawide panel would have been a couple of years ago. And that’s a very good thing indeed.
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