Got to be an all-time low. Might be able to reduce the price even further with the Techradar coupon code.
[edit] Techradar code works. This is an all-time low by far.
https://www.techradar.com/au/coupons/dell
With the new 16:9 OLED monitors being released, looks like the older ultrawide ones are quietly being cleared.
Next Gen is different and will be more expensive.
Bought a refurb a month ago. Died on Monday. Received replacement yesterday. Shame it died but the support is fantastic.
+1 with Dell Support.
My 3423dw died too and got replacement without the original invoice. Best OLED ever I have used.
Did you have to return the original monitor?
Tbc.
I'm hoping not and I can sell to someone who might know what to replace, good chance it's not an expensive component.
Where do you get your info on the next gen of monitors? Interested to read more
Monitors Unboxed YouTube channel.
@Noice111: Did one back around Feb talking of the monitors expected this year. Mostly woled sub pixel layout now.
Wait for Muzeeb to get a better deal.
what is a Muzeeb?
A divine being.
Bzzt. The correct answer is “who is Mazeeb?”
Get this if you're worried about price. The new oleds will be expensive but also be upgraded to have better readable text. Hoping a higher resolution is released as well but haven't seen anything yet
Better readable text will be useful!
are the new ones gonna have a better subpixel layout or just higher res?
All the new ones SHOULD have a gen 3 OLED panel which has the better sub pixel layout. The res just depends on what they release.
Personally I wouldn't upgrade unless I get something better than 3440x1440, I don't really care for an upgrade of Hz from 165 to 240hz. Especially when it's gonna be double the price of this
According to this article, they won’t be focussing on ultrawide gen 3’s for a little while.
https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/gen-3-samsung-qd-oled-2024…
Sorry newbie in monitor area, but how come this is cheaper than AW3225QF?
At minimum - the latter has a higher resolution.
Because it's a previous gen monitor (2022), WQHD (not 4K), 165Hz refresh rate. Back then all the OLED gaming monitors were 21:9 ultrawide, even though there was a lot of demand for more standard 16:9.
Now that everyone is buying the new 16:9 monitors, these older ultrawides are being discounted.
When the hell did I say one was superior or inferior? Stop putting words into my mouth.
There were 16:9 OLEDs (LG's 1440p WOLED panels), but all QD-OLEDs were 21:9
the 32" one is bigger (more inch square).
the 32" one has a higher resolution (higher DPI)
This one is Ultra Wide 34" 21:9 and AW3225QF is 32" 16:9
This AW3423DWF is a 34" WQHD 3440 x 1440 monitor (ultrawide 1440p in 34").
The AW3225QF is a 32" 4K UHD 3840 x 2160 monitor (standard 4K in 32")
The demands on your video card are different: driving either 1440p but wider, or 4K. It takes more GPU power to drive 4K.
Both are high-end Alienware monitors for serious gamers and you can do a lot better pricewise if you don't need high-end gaming features.
IMHO at the moment ultrawide 1440p is the price/performance sweet spot in monitors, because it's an immersive experience requiring slightly less video card expense and there are lots of good 34" ultrawide 144hz+ deals due to newer models coming out.
Thank you so much for the info.
I wonder if I could use this for my 2019 macbook pro, work use open, general outlook, excel etc.
2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
You "can", but you don't generally want to use OLED to main work stuff if you're doing static spreadsheet/Outlook all day, that's potentially asking to accelerate burn in.
I'm not sure if this model covers burn in, I know the 32" 4K new QD-OLED does.
@guichenmin: What I do is have all my static spreadsheet/outlook screens on to other monitors, and using the OLED for things that I will work on and close and not leave it static for hours and hours, switching them up once in a while.
I don't know Macs, so I didn't answer until now, but I know you wouldn't want to run games in 4K on that combination, not that Macs are gaming central anyway. But I guess productivity uses should be fine. As others have said, OLED is not what you want for those uses - OLED is what gamers currently want.
I'm working and writing just now on a 144hz 34" 1440p ultrawide (VA panel). Cost me $458 in March 2021.
I think an ultra wide 1440p might not look the best on a Mac.
perhaps your use go an IPS. Like some of the popular 4K Dells. But really Macs love 5k.
Last of the Intel Macs eh?
Do most games support ultrawide or are you going to get weird behaviours sometimes? What about hooking up a console to ultrawide? I lean toward 16:9 because I feel like stuff is just going to play more nicely as it's designed for it.
In my experience, most games do 3440 x 1440 (ultrawide 1440p) just fine. It's a very common resolution nowadays. There's not that much more performance overhead compared with running standard 1440p. I really enjoy it and won't go back.
I understand that one notable except is Elden Ring (displays in standard 1440p on an ultrawide) because its developers believe ultrawide gives you an unfair advantage. So there's a good reason for going ultrawide :) You can mod Elden Ring to play in ultrawide but you can't play online then.
Hooking up a console to ultrawide is case-by-case. I know there's a Gigabyte ultrawide that definitely doesn't work with PS4/PS5, but most others do. Check reviews before you buy.
Pretty sure around 6 months ago, I was able to bring the price to $11xx with the affiliate code, so not sure if this is all time low, but looks like $11xx is as low as it gets.
AMD FreeSync version is cheaper than NVIDIA G-SYNC version by $400.
Any other differences apart from refresh rate and colour of the exterior ?
Yeah, you can't update the firmware on the G-Sync version, and it has a fan noise problem. Ignore that crap.
I only found out this week but the G-sync model can now be updated via DP cable. It had been out since December with not much fanfare, but worked well for me.
Wait really? Do you have a link?
Not sure about the fan noise but can't hear anything on mine. And yeah, you can update the firmware now.
The only difference between the two and very noticeable before I disposed this version is the HDR Brightness. Otherwise yes, just the Sync diff native vs Gs.
I have a RTX 2070 Super, is there any difference between FreeSync and G-Sync? I would have assumed the G-Sync would work better with Nvidia Graphic Cards.
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I'm trying to figure out if the Triangular RGB this has is actually an issue or not. Its hard without seeing it first.
I've had mine for about 12 months now, 50/50 work (office docs, teams) and gaming. At a normal viewing distance (arms length from the screen) I can't see any noticeable text fringing. If you put your face right up to it you may see it. My dad when he visits plugs in and codes on it, never mentioned noticing the fringing stuff
The upside of how good everything else looks its worth it imo.
Thanks for the reply :)
I use my monitor ~70/30 desktop/gaming and have virtually no problems with text aberration that many people talk about. Coming from an AW3418DW, the difference in picture quality is night and day, and most importantly this monitor doesn't strain my eyes anywhere near as much, even with HDR set to 35.
Just as a contrast to the others here I find the 34 to be pretty average for productivity (I’ve got a 43 and 34 ips for that now)
I personally wouldn’t use the 34 oled for work, but I’m pretty sensitive to these things
For the record I’ve just ordered the 32 and I’m on the fence if that was a wise move or not. I love UW
What's the issue with 34 oled?
I find text/office apps don’t look as good as my ips monitors
I nearly returned it coming from a 38 IPS, but the oled is much better in gaming
Coupon also drops the AW3225QF to $1,412.77 which is only $1.01 higher than ATL.
Frustrating that these continue to drop in price so quickly, glad I was at least able to get reimbursed when the AW3225QF dropped to $1519 a couple weeks ago (I paid $1756 with student code), but my mate bought the AW3423DWF just over a month ago ($1300 with student code) so can't claim the reimbursement via price guarantee (Or use this coupon code which would've saved him $130 more).
Oh well. Buy the product for a good price, and don't look at prices after the fact!
Is the Dell price guarantee only valid for 1 month?
Yea, 30 days officially.
You may have some leeway for a few days after that if you can sweet talk a rep on the phone, but I haven't tried.
Cheers. Will try for a reduction after buying mine 29 days ago using student discount.
@JoeyJoeJoe: Yea, you should be set.
You'll have to settle for reimbursement on the the current reduced price without coupons, I doubt they'll reimburse you for the reduced price + your original student coupon.
@TheBargainDog: On the blower with Dell now and when I mentioned that I'd like the RRP list price difference as well as the Student discount (or I would return it and buy it new again) they combined both and offered me a refund of $128. Happy with that!
Note to others: the 30 day window starts when you received the product/Dell invoiced you, and not when your purchased it. That adds on a few days and in this case saved my bacon as my purchase date was 32 days, but from when I received it 28 days.
@JoeyJoeJoe: Oh really? Man, that's pretty great! I wish I had mentioned the student discount at the time, but I honestly thought they wouldn't add that ontop of the reimbursement.
I might just try my luck anyway.
@JoeyJoeJoe: Gotta say dell support seems undefeated at the mo. I remember a while back I ordered one of those cheap s2721ds for the office and it arrived with a spare screw floating around inside, dell sent a replacement straight away, I think before they had received the screen back.
@DeToxin: Yea, Dell support is THE GOAT. I'll definitely be considering them for other purchases in the future.
I raised an order support ticket with them earlier today, and they're going to reimburse me for the student discount off the current price of the AW3225QF, as I didn't realise I could claim the student discount as well when I previously asked for a reimbursement, even though it has been 35 days since I got the purchase invoice. Super impressed.
Great monitor. I have it. Very fragile coating. I scrached it in the corner while setting it up.
I wonder if I can claim a discount due to the price drop (with code) so quickly?
If you're within 30 days since the invoice was sent to you, you can definitely be reimbursed for the now discounted price with code.
If just outside 30 days, I'd still try your luck, as am I.
Follow up:
I'm 35 days out since invoice was provided by Dell, and they are still going to provide a reimbursement/refund for the discounted price. Super impressed with them.
@TheBargainDog: Great to know, I wanted to wait until end of June to see if they don't do a flash sale, but I think I will order tomorrow and ask for a refund if it drop by EOFY
Are you saying you price checked against the pre-code price? My invoice doesn't show anything about my discount promotional code, my invoice only shows the final price ($1,170.33). Just curious in case the price drops further during EOFY
What represents better value for money, this for $1171, or the Dell G3223Q for $556?
I already have two Dell G3223Ds (the QHD version) and they serve me well.
Better value for money is not to spend it since you already have 2 monitors serving you well
I wouldn’t really consider it on value; one would be a great improvement in clarity/(pixel density) and experience, the other would be an incredible improvement in colour and contrast and experience.
If you’re planning on playing (immersive) games or watching movies on it, I’d go for this one. both are at good prices for their technologies/RRPs
Thanks, ordered S3422DWG for $463.44
Thanks! Don't have $1171.33 and also don't have RTX 4070/4090 to drive G3223Q for $556
he's being a little hyperbolic, but it was not the best choice at that budget. The panel in this monitor has not great not terrible black smearing, relative to other monitors in the same budget (AOC)
@xrailgun: probably, but I really want deeper blacks and can't afford OLED, so VA panel for me. I'll have to live with some smearing, unfortunately. That's ok, life is full of compromises.
I have two S3422DWG monitors and they're pretty good, I brought them a few years ago for $550ish which was great at the time.
Yes if you put the screen into the fastest response time the smearing is quite significant but you get used to it.
Considering they have a handy usb hub as well, I think they're a go to at this price point.
I'm wating for OLED to get a little better or the prices to drop more, considering my pc often likes to keep my current screens awake because of my various peripherals its not worth the burn in risk. They are gaining more of reputation.
But this deal is tempting
Ignore SvcKpc.
For the price, it's a decent option. A mate of mine has owned a S3422DWG for over a year and is more than happy with it.
I'm on my 5th day with the S3422DWG, and I'm loving it. When I first got it out of the box, I almost wanted to pack it back up and return it. The colors were dull, and there was some terrible flicker once I enabled G-Sync. So, I started doing some calibration. I'll list it here in case someone already has it or is thinking of buying it:
First things first:
1. Update the firmware by checking it on the Dell website or using Dell Display Manager.
2. Download and install the display drivers.
On the monitor:
1. Set Preset Modes to Custom Color. Now set Gain to 100-100-91 and Offset to 53-50-53.
2. Set Response Time to Super Fast.
3. Make sure AMD FreeSync Premium Pro is set to On.
4. Set Smart HDR to DisplayHDR 400.
5. Download the ICC profile from Rtings and apply it in Display Settings (turn off HDR in Windows first and then re-enable it once applied).
In Windows:
1. Go to Settings -> System -> Display and enable "Use HDR".
2. Then go into HDR settings and make sure Auto HDR is off.
3. Set SDR content brightness to 30 (or whatever you prefer up to 50).
4. Download the Windows 11 HDR calibration app from the Windows Store and follow the instructions. Be careful while doing the HDR calibration because you need to set the value of black and white when you cannot see the difference anymore, not simply selecting the maximum or minimum value.
5. Obviously, don't forget to set your Refresh Rate in Settings -> System -> Display -> Advanced Display to 144Hz.
For Nvidia cards (sorry, I have no idea about AMD cards as I have an RTX 3070):
1. Make sure you have the latest drivers.
2. Open Nvidia Control Panel & go to "Set up G-SYNC", make sure it's enabled, and also in Display Specific settings, make sure you check "Enable settings for the selected display model".
Now comes the funny part. I initially used a standard DisplayPort cable and experienced flicker on low FPS (40-50), in game menus, or when alt-tabbing to a different app while the game was running. It turns out the cable wasn't good at all. So, I ordered the "UGREEN 16K DisplayPort 2.1 VESA Certified Cable 2M, DisplayPort to DisplayPort Male to Male Cable Nylon Braided DP to DP 16K@60Hz 8K@240Hz Support HDR" from Amazon for $30. And BAM, the flicker disappeared—no more noticeable flicker on low FPS or game menus.
I've had a AW3423DW (not the F model) since launch. Mine is the G-Sync model, while this one is the Freesync model.
It's been utterly incredible to both game and work on (WFH full time), however there's a few gotchas that people should be aware of.
Poor anti-glare coating QC
I've had to have my monitor replaced twice due to bubbles forming under the anti-glare coating on the screen. I presume this is due to moisture getting trapped under there when they apply it, then after use that moisture heats up and creates a bubble.
Flakey power supply/firmware
About once in every 15 times my monitor goes to sleep/goes to standby, it doesn't properly sleep and instead "freezes". The only way to get out of this unfrozen is by unplugging and plugging the monitor back in after the capacitors have discharged. This has happened on two of the monitors that I've had (due to aforementioned bubble issue). The monitor is on a high-end filtered powerboard in a < 10 year old house so it's not likely to be a dirty power issue.
Image retention/burn-in
The monitor has a few tools to prevent this from happening, however after only 2 years of fairly heavy usage (~8-12 hours a day) I'm starting to see some burn-in banding on the monitor, especially on grey-ish backgrounds. I've done everything I can do to prevent burn in wherever possible (dark mode/dark theme, varying window positions, auto-hide taskbar, etc) - but it still appears to be happening quicker than I'd like/expect for the original RRP of this device.
Aside from the above, I have no regrets. And at the advertised price, it's almost a no-brainer. Just make sure you grab PowerToys if you use Windows so that you can set up FancyZones to make everything easier :)
Good tips.
Is it possible to fix the burn-in like it was with late generation plasma displays? By leaving it on a bright white screen for awhile? Seems a bit of a worry.
Regarding your power issue, I have found the best "power board" is a UPS for both PC and monitor. I use a CyberPower PFC tower, and it's easily the best surge protector. Added benefit of keeping the power on during a blackout, long enough to shut down properly. This may not apply to your particular monitor sleep issue. But I will never go back to normal power boards.
Is it possible to fix the burn-in like it was with late generation plasma displays? By leaving it on a bright white screen for awhile? Seems a bit of a worry.
The monitor itself has a built-in "self heal". After being on for 4+ hours, it will do a "Pixel Refresh" when it next goes to sleep. It's doing an intentional light burn-in during this cycle to make the burn-in more uniform across the whole screen. There's also a "Panel Refresh" that should only be run once every 1500 hours or so. This helps when the "Pixel Refresh" is no longer doing a great job.
However, both of these "self heals" are simply damaging the panel more, but so that the whole panel is uniformly damaged. After 2 years, the burn-in certainly isn't bad and is only noticeable on a flat grey background, but it's definitely present.
Regarding your power issue, I have found the best "power board" is a UPS for both PC and monitor
I have the monitor directly connected to a rather expensive dual-port voltage filter which also provides filtered power to my desktop amp. I was getting line noise before that, so it's not really just a "power board".
Is it fair to say Agon Pro AG344UXM is a better deal right now or an I missing something?
1152 dimming zones is nowhere near enough for a 34" panel, the blooming looks awful. People whinged like crazy about miniLED blooming on 12.9" iPads which had 2596 local dimming zones, now imagine less than 0.5x the dimming zones on a display panel 6x bigger.
You'd definitely regret saving $300 opting for the AG344UXM over an OLED ultrawide.
I ordered this monitor yesterday before the Price dropped, I talked with live chat and they opened a case for price match refund, but I'm still skeptical.
has anyone had any experience with Dell price matching or refunding the difference?
Otherwise I could order now and return the original order when received.
I have a lot of experience with this; the live chat window is the most useless thing.
They will just say they don't support it because you used a student discount.
But when you apply for other support on your order status page, they will refund the difference with super high efficiency.
Thanks so much, did what you said and refund confirmed, including the student discount. I appreciate your help
MUZEEEEEBBBBB!!!!!!
Does anyone know what delivery service Dell uses in Victoria as most likely no one will be home.
does it matter if you choose the FreeSync or the GSync?
I have a Nvidia graphic card, I now GSync = Nvidia and FreeSync = AMD, but it also work both sides. any inconvenience?
Deal expired, says they've run out of codes :(
There's a 7% code available here from Cuponation that works:
If I am interested in using this monitor for work-related activities as well (e.g. excel, etc.), would the AW3423DWF or the newer 32" AW3225QF be a better pick?
So is it worth just getting this or just waiting for the next gen?