News Alienware's 34-inch AW3425DW QD-OLED beams down to Earth with 240 Hz refresh rate and new design language

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Alienware's new AW3425DW gaming monitor boasts a 240 Hz 34-inch QD-OLED panel and an $800 price tag

Alienware's 34-inch AW3425DW QD-OLED beams down to Earth with 240 Hz refresh rate and new design language : Read more

 

[A Stoner]

I am not sure how the 1800 R is of any real value. Who sits 6 feet away from their monitor at this size? Even with a 40 inch 21:9 screen I am far more comfortable at 32 inches.

 

[Findecanor]

I am not sure how the 1800 R is of any real value. Who sits 6 feet away from their monitor at this size? Even with a 40 inch 21:9 screen I am far more comfortable at 32 inches.

Not everyone wants to sit inside a circle. People are used to screens being flat, and for many people even 1500R is too aggressive.
The 1700R - 1800R are the most desired out there.

 

[Jame5]

I will confirm my next monitor will be this or the LG that has variable curvature so I can set it to 1800R.

I currently have the old Alienware 34" with an 1800R curve, and it's perfect for work and gaming on my standard issue 30" deep desk. Anything more curved than that starts to feel too fishbowl-y at the edges.

My ultimate decision is going to come down to which one is the first to also include USB-C with 90w+ of PD. My monitor is used both for my work laptop and my home system.

I want something that can handle both duties.

The 45" LG looks promising, but it also seems like only the 800R fixed curvature variant will have USB-PD 90w+. Which is extremely unfortunate.

 

[Mythris60]

I will not buy Alienware monitors again. I'm being harassed to install the alienware command center constantly after 24H2 and nothing I've tried fixes the issue. Maddening!

 

[funkyfunky]

I will not buy Alienware monitors again. I'm being harassed to install the alienware command center constantly after 24H2 and nothing I've tried fixes the issue. Maddening!

I found this on Reddit somewhere, the following registry changes worked for me.

Create a new text file and paste in the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions]
"DenyDeviceIDs"=dword:00000001
"DenyDeviceIDsRetroactive"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyDeviceIDs]
"1"="Root\\DellInsDrv"
"2"="SWC\\VID001&PID0001&AWCCWINUI3APP"

Rename the file to disable_alienware.reg. Run the file to add the changes to your registry and then uninstall the Alienware Command Center. This will keep Windows Update from reinstalling the driver the next time it searches for updates.

Note: this is for an AW3423DW, that last line may be different depending on your monitor. Open the device manager and look for "Alienware Command Center Win32 Component Device" or something similar (I believe it's under Software components). Double-click it and go to the Details tab, then change the Property drop-down to "Hardware Ids" to get the correct value. Hope this helps!

 

[Mythris60]

I found this on Reddit somewhere, the following registry changes worked for me.

Create a new text file and paste in the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions]
"DenyDeviceIDs"=dword:00000001
"DenyDeviceIDsRetroactive"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyDeviceIDs]
"1"="Root\\DellInsDrv"
"2"="SWC\\VID001&PID0001&AWCCWINUI3APP"

Rename the file to disable_alienware.reg. Run the file to add the changes to your registry and then uninstall the Alienware Command Center. This will keep Windows Update from reinstalling the driver the next time it searches for updates.

Note: this is for an AW3423DW, that last line may be different depending on your monitor. Open the device manager and look for "Alienware Command Center Win32 Component Device" or something similar (I believe it's under Software components). Double-click it and go to the Details tab, then change the Property drop-down to "Hardware Ids" to get the correct value. Hope this helps!

Thank you! So far this seems to have helped....I tried a bunch of other possible solutions on Reddit and none of them worked till now.

 

[Sixstringmonk]

There's a hidden story with this monitor that I haven't seen any media talk about. The AW3423DW and DWF had both pixel and panel refresh options. The 25DW only has a pixel refresh option. Why? Traditionally a pixel refresh is used for temporary image retention / voltage stickiness on the TFT layer whereas the Panel Refresh is a voltage compensation process on the OLED layer. Why has dell removed this?