Alienware AW2721D

My review sample seems to have a lot of backlight bleed around the edges when viewing a dark background in a dark room. While gaming however I never r...

When we throw one of the fastest IPS monitors into the mix, it becomes pretty clear how good the Alienware actually performs.

I bought this panel last week due to a lot of recommendations from users and Bijan's video (even cancelled my Alienware AW2721D order for it). Unfortunately I ordered it before a lot of people started reporting the image retention error and my monitor was already on the way. I received it yesterday and played with it and was fine until late at night after some warzone games. I opened a chrome tab and saw vertical artifacts and then image retention of the google logo on my desktop wallpaper.

I quickly decided gaming on it was not fun, bar MFSM and found myself using my AW2721D for almost all games as the stretching on either side of the screen (common for 32:9 aspect) was annoying. Switched to the AW3821DW, as my main monitor and since then I have used it a lot more for gaming & the extra vertical space is big for me. Don't get me wrong the G9 is awesome and on paper its the best monitor of all time and im sure you will love it as I did, but just bare all the above in mind.

I got my Alienware AW2721D for only £30 more than the reserve price of the Eve monitor with similar specs minus the G-Sync ultimate the Alienware has. That price will go up if you wait until it releases too. The Alienware comes with a 3 year Dell warranty and I am using it right now.

I went with the Alienware. Edit: Dell has amazing customer service and comes with 3 years of warranty on the aw2721D.