The Alienware AW2524H is the quickest gaming monitor on the planet, spitting out 500 refreshes per second — in case your gaming PC can deal with it, in fact. Your pockets must be fairly beefy to deal with it too, because of an $830 price ticket. If that’s supplying you with sticker shock, then you definately would possibly need to take a look at the brand new AW2524HF, which swaps out the G-Sync tech for AMD’s platform-agnostic FreeSync.
The brand new monitor is $650, a powerful low cost. Granted, that’s nonetheless fairly dang dear, particularly for a 24-inch, 1080p display screen. However for esports aspirants who want absolutely the quickest factor round, it would simply be value it. AMD’s FreeSync will work with each AMD and Nvidia graphics playing cards…and admittedly, if in case you have a PC that may pump out 500 frames each second, you in all probability gained’t be noticing any display screen tearing anyway.
Different charms of the refreshed {hardware} embody a color-accurate IPS panel with .5ms response time, DisplayPort 1.4 and double HDMI inputs, 4 USB 3.2 ports for devices and charging, a spring-loaded headset hanger, and a hexagonal base designed particularly with an oddly angled keyboard in thoughts. If that’s not your jam, an ordinary VESA mount is hanging ’spherical again. The AMD taste of the monitor drops the RGB-illuminated rear emblem, which is a positive trade-off for those who ask me.
The Alienware AW2524HF will go on sale on Dell’s web site on September 12. For a deeper take a look at the costlier G-Sync model of the monitor, take a look at our evaluate of the AW2524H. And if each of those are a bit too wealthy in your blood, you’ll discover nice finances picks in our roundup of the perfect gaming displays.
