Alienware 34"

The Alienware AW3425DW is the best ultrawide gaming monitor you can buy, with a stunning QD-OLED panel and blistering 240Hz speed. Just buy it and thank us later.

This is the one. If you want the absolute best ultrawide gaming experience right now and your PC can push the pixels, the Alienware AW3425DW is it. The QD-OLED panel delivers perfect blacks and colors so vibrant they almost feel like cheating, all wrapped in a buttery smooth 240Hz package. It's expensive, sure, but this monitor makes every game you launch feel like a new experience.

The speed here is just silly. We're talking a true 0.03ms response time that makes even the fastest IPS panels look blurry in side-by-side motion tests. In our database, this thing sits in the 98th percentile for performance, which means it's basically top of the charts. What surprised us most wasn't just the speed, but how the 240Hz refresh rate and instant pixel response make fast-paced shooters feel almost telepathic. There's zero ghosting, and the motion clarity is the best we've seen outside of a high-end esports TN panel, but with infinitely better colors.

The price is all over the place depending on where you look, with a wild spread from $730 to over $19,000 from some third-party scalpers. Ignore the crazy numbers. If you can snag this near the $730-$800 range, it's a steal for a top-tier QD-OLED. At its standard retail price around $900-$1000, it's still the best premium ultrawide gaming monitor you can buy, period.

The ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQDMG is a fantastic 1440p OLED, but it's a flat 27-inch panel. Once you go ultrawide with this Alienware, it's hard to go back. The LG UltraGear 45GX900A-B is a bigger, more aggressive 45-inch curved OLED, but its lower pixel density makes it less sharp for desktop use. For pure gaming immersion, the Alienware hits the sweet spot of size, resolution, and speed. The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 is a monster 57-inch mini-LED display that gets brighter, but it can't touch the per-pixel contrast and motion clarity of this QD-OLED.

If you're a competitive esports player who only cares about raw frame rates and doesn't want an ultrawide, go get a 360Hz or 500Hz 24-inch TN panel instead. And if you're primarily a console gamer, this monitor's 21:9 aspect ratio will leave you with black bars on the sides, so you're better off with a 16:9 OLED TV or monitor.

Buy it. If you have the desk space and a GPU that can drive 3440x1440 at high frame rates, the Alienware AW3425DW is the no-compromise gaming monitor you've been waiting for. It's a genuine leap forward from any LCD-based panel, and the inclusion of a burn-in warranty from Dell makes it a much easier recommendation than early OLED monitors. This is our pick for the best high-end gaming monitor on the market right now.