Gaming displays are getting ludicrous. Alienware has simply introduced the AW3926QW, which is a 39-inch OLED show with an enormous 5K decision and a refresh price of 165Hz. Not solely that, however it may possibly additionally run at 330Hz in a reduced-resolution mode, and its RGB-stripe OLED tech pushes picture high quality to a brand new stage. It won’t be your best option for each PC gamer, however the Alienware AW3926QW is prone to be one of the fascinating when it lands.
Introduced on the Computex tech commerce present at present happening in Taiwan, Alienware unveiled the brand new show alongside three different 30-inch+ shows, noting that the launch coincides with the corporate’s thirtieth anniversary. As excuses go for justifying a gaming monitor improve, a thirtieth birthday appears nearly as good as any. Anybody qualify?
The Alienware AW3926QW leads the quartet of recent shows and is clearly going to be probably the most coveted. The huge 39-inch 5K ultrawide panel measurement is equal to a 32-inch, 4K show with one other vertical half of the show tacked on the facet. This will get you a 5,120 x 2,160 decision that’s going to wish probably the greatest graphics playing cards round to take advantage of it when taking part in video games.
That is such a big panel that it successfully must be curved to keep up an affordable viewing angle for the far-flung edges of the show. And, certain sufficient, Alienware has bestowed it with a 1,500-inch radius (1500R) curve.
At its full native decision, the panel is restricted to a comparatively modest – by trendy requirements – 165Hz refresh price. That is nonetheless completely advantageous for principally any single-player sport – even faster-paced titles like Doom: The Darkish Ages, and never simply controller-focused video games like 007 First Mild.
For quicker multiplayer titles the place response time is every little thing, the show may swap to a 330Hz mode at a decision of two,560 x 1,080. These kinds of dual-mode gaming displays have gotten extra frequent today, with the likes of the LG 32GS95UE and Alienware AW2725QF utilizing the tech. On this occasion, such a modest decision on such a big show will look a bit stretched, nevertheless it technically does get you that additional pace.
As for the RGB stripe tech used within the OLED panel right here, that is principally the last word incarnation of OLED know-how that we have seen to this point. Many earlier OLEDs use pixels made up of pink, inexperienced, and blue subpixels organized in an odd sample, however these new RGB stripe panels have the subpixels organized in a uniform trio of stripes. This produces a sharper picture and stops the tendency for OLED shows to supply fuzzy multicolored fringes round excessive distinction edges, comparable to black textual content on a white background.
All this and the AW3926QW even features a KVM, so you’ll be able to plug your keyboard and mouse into the show and it will swap them between the units you may have plugged into the panel’s video inputs. The corporate is but to announce an Alienware AW3926QW value, however count on it to hover across the $1,500 mark.
For a extra inexpensive possibility – although pricing is once more not confirmed but – Alienware additionally introduced its newest addition to the long-running 34-inch OLED gaming monitor lineup. The brand new AW3426DW follows within the footsteps of the AW3425DW and ups its refresh price from 240Hz to 280Hz, provides RGB stripe OLED tech, and has an enormous peak brightness of 1,300nits.
In the meantime, finishing the brand new monitor stack are the AW3426DWM and AW3226DWM. These are each 240Hz LCD displays, with the previous being a 34-inch ultrawide (3,440 x 1,440) and the latter being a 1440p show. Crucially, these are priced at simply $399 and $319, respectively. All these shows will likely be accessible this summer time.
