If you thought Nvidia’s G-Sync Ultimate screens had been a bit bonkers, you then higher brace your self for what Alienware’s simply beamed in for this yr’s Gamescom. Introducing the AW5520QF, the world’s first 55in OLED gaming monitor. Because why the heck not?
Arriving on September 30 for a cool £3200 / $4000 (excuse me a second whereas I rearrange my jaw that’s simply smacked onto my desk), the AW5520QF is successfully one other TV-like gaming monitor to your front room. I’ve checked out a pair earlier than, such because the considerably cheaper 43in Philips 436M6VBPAB (which is at present one in every of our high best gaming monitor picks for these after a superb 4K gaming display screen) and considerably costlier HP Omen X Emperium G-Sync Ultimate show, however Alienware’s large display screen seems to be much more engaging than both of those TV replacements, principally due to that beautiful OLED display screen.
You might keep in mind me going a bit ga-ga for the OLED show of their Alienware 13 laptop computer some time in the past, and holy moly was {that a} attractive show. I imply, OLED shows are attractive normally, what with their excessive color accuracy, extremely deep blacks and ludicrously excessive distinction ratios, however a 55in a single with a 4K decision and a 120Hz refresh price that’s additionally extremely slim like a correct telly? Consider my curiosity piqued.
Like loads of OLED TVs, the AW5520QF is chunky on the backside, however the panel itself is gorgeous and skinny.
Alienware say the AW5520QF’s OLED panel may even have the ability to present 98.5% of the HDR-grade DCI-P3 color gamut, which is lots larger than Nvidia’s G-Sync Ultimate requirement of simply 90%, and it ought to imply that colors actually come out of the display screen. The solely potential draw back (other than its worth)? It’s a FreeSync display screen, not a G-Sync one, so anybody with an Nvidia graphics card of their PC might effectively discover its variable refresh price help will not be fairly pretty much as good as a correct G-Sync or G-Sync Compatible display screen. That’s to not say it gained’t work with Nvidia graphics playing cards in any respect, in fact – Nvidia’s G-Sync (small ‘c’) suitable driver ought to maintain that – however till I can take a look at it myself, or Nvidia give it correct G-Sync (capital ‘C’) Compatible standing, I’d maintain hearth on clicking that pre-order button.
I’m additionally a bit of nervous about its claimed peak brightness of 400cd/m2. After all, if OLED screens have a single weak point in comparison with their common LED rivals, it’s brightness. I imply, 400cd/m2 is often completely effective on a traditional gaming monitor, nevertheless it clearly gained’t be a lot good if it’s important to shut the curtains each time you need to play games in your front room, for instance. Still, at the very least it comes with a distant management for fiddling about with its onboard menu, and you’ll VESA mount it on the wall as effectively.
The AW5520QF isn’t the one new gaming monitor Alienware introduced right this moment, although. There’s additionally the G-Sync enabled AW3420DW, their first 34in curved 3440×1440 120Hz monitor whose IPS panel can be meant to cowl 98% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, and the AW2720HF, a 27in 1920×1080 IPS panel with a 240Hz refresh price and AMD FreeSync help. The former will launch on August 28 for £1100 (US pricing TBC), whereas the latter will arrive on September 17 for £420.
