The best PC gaming monitor of 2024 is here

polygon.com:

Picking a new, high-end PC gaming monitor isn’t fun. Once you know your budget, you then have to consider the image resolution, refresh rate, and size that’s right for your desk, not to mention the actual quality of the screen. Even after you select a brand, you’re still stuck sifting through monitor names that read like poorly considered email passwords. Do you want the S32BG85 or the OL231UHD? (Only one of those is real!)

We intend to simplify the process for the average monitor-seeker who’s willing to splurge on the right screen. If you want an excellent, reliable pick (and would rather spend time playing games than researching the latest and greatest in display hardware), we recommend the Alienware AW3225QF, which we initially wrote about when it debuted in mid-January.

This monitor will make the most of whatever power your PC has to offer with its 4K resolution support, 240 Hz max refresh rate, and a QD-OLED panel with near-instantaneous response times and generous viewing angles. Worried about variable refresh rates? It supports all the usual formats, including G-Sync and FreeSync compatibility. Have no clue what variable refresh rates are? That’s fine, it’ll handle everything for you and look damn good doing it.

What I love about this monitor is its ability to do practically everything well — with no major caveats. This hasn’t been the case for OLED monitors, with some of the best models of 2023 still emphasizing one use case over the others. For example, previous Alienware QD-OLED models were great for gaming, but had mediocre text clarity; that was a big gripe for anyone like me expecting the monitor to pull double duty for work and play. Plus, using an OLED for stark white text docs would cause the overall brightness to plummet. This model, by contrast, is a much more polished draft of Dell’s QD-OLED efforts, equally solid for gaming, work, or watching movies — the latter being a reasonable option when compared to Alienware’s 21:9 monitors, since the