Adaptive-Sync support is included, allowing AMD FreeSync Premium and Nvidia’s ‘G-SYNC Compatible Mode’ to be used. So it’s a relatively deep design for a screen of this size, a bit of a desk depth hog although not as bad as some models.

This provides effective blue light reduction and can easily be assigned to a numbered ‘Game’ preset for easy activation and deactivation. It was free from the sort of shifts in perceived gamma that can significantly mask dark detail in some regions of the screen whilst revealing too much detail elsewhere. Not to the extent seen on models with a more generous colour gamut, but enough to stand out and have the intended look overall. Finally, note again that you can go to ‘Game Enhance Mode’ in the ‘Game’ section of the OSD to activate the ‘Frame Rate’ feature.I would be happy to hear some opinions from users that have more experience and can give good tips about the monitor in general. A slight reduction in powdery trailing at the expense of a bit of overshoot being introduced was the trade-off when stepping up the level, but the differences were not too profound. As things dipped even further, below the 48fps (48Hz) floor of operation for FreeSync, the monitor employed LFC (Low Framerate Compensation).

When we say obvious, it’s very subjective – sensitive users can certainly notice such things and it can be very nice indeed having them gone. However, when you consider the gaming features that this display includes, it doesn’t look all that bad. This displays the current refresh rate of the monitor and will reflect the frame rate if it’s within the main variable refresh rate window (e. Some isolated weaknesses such as bright markers or strongly illuminated objects against some shaded backgrounds leaving a ‘powdery’ trail – but as with our observations in BFV this wasn’t really a major weakness. The rather thick monitor sits atop a two-legged stand with no adornments other than a few "G-Sync" and "360Hz" stickers that you can pull right off.For those who play a variety of games, some competitive and some casual, having a screen that offers a 240Hz refresh rate and good colour quality can be very attractive. Based on an IPS panel, the Dell AW2521HF monitor delivers accurate, consistent, and vivid colors covering the standard and most widespread sRGB color space with 99% sRGB gamut.

Many gamers don’t use this technology as it introduces screen flicker and reduces the monitor’s maximum brightness while active which makes the picture dimmer. Medium chocolate brown and some neighbouring shades appear a touch more saturated and warmer in tone on the AW2521HF when displayed at the bottom vs. Finally, the screen has a 25% low-haze matte anti-glare coating, which eliminates reflections without making the picture appear too grainy. It has a tripod stand, an all gray matte anti-glare coating, and three LED-illuminated bars, as well as an Alienware logo, on the top-right corner of the backside of the screen; which can be customized to your liking via the Dell’s AlienFX software. The display itself sports a nearly-frameless bezel apart from the bottom, with a text-only Alienware logo in the middle.This could be reduced by turning up the ‘Response Time’ setting, but as explored earlier with Test UFO you’d need Adaptive-Sync enabled and suitably high frame rates to avoid strong overshoot if doing that.