Have you been checking out the upcoming Nvidia 50 Series GPUs, but worry your gaming monitor is holding you back? Dell is offering a healthy discount on the Alienware AW3225QF, an impressively equipped gaming panel that will give even the Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition (7/10, WIRED Recommends ) some room to breathe.
Alienware tends to have pronounced styling, with this screen in particular sporting rounded edges and light-colored panels. If that bothers you, the stand is replaceable for any VESA 100 x 100 mount, and it’s not like you’ll see the back while using it anyway.
At the heart of this gaming monitor, you’ll find a slightly curved 4K QD-OLED panel, which should result in deeper, darker black levels, as well as beautifully rich colors. While 32 inches might not be the largest panel size, I think it strikes a nice balance between pixel density and usability. The 240-Hz refresh rate is among the highest available at that resolution, which should give this screen plenty of life over the next few years.
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For anyone who can’t quite keep up with the 240-Hz refresh rate right now, the Alienware has Nvidia G-Sync. This adaptive refresh technology keeps your display’s panel tied to the frame rate of the game you’re playing, reducing tearing and flickering when the two don’t line up. While G-Sync only works with Nvidia graphics cards, AMD users can still take advantage of the VESA AdaptiveSync standard, which has the same core functionality.
I also appreciate both the inputs provided here, as well as the included cables. Alongside a DisplayPort 1.4 port, you’ll find three HDMI 2.1 ports, one with FRL and eARC, as well as a full USB 3.2 Gen 1 hub. Alienware includes the corresponding HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and USB 3.2 Gen 1 cables, so you don’t need to dig around in your bin of old cables wondering which might work.
If that all sounds appealing, Dell has the 4K Alienware panel marked down from $1,200 to $900, and then you can use the code MONITORS15 to take an additional 15 percent, bringing the total cost down to just $765. The code will be good through 7 am CST on February 3, but only as long as these stay in stock.
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