Dell Alienware AW2521HFLA 63.5 cm (25") 1920 x 1080 pixels Full HD LCD Silver, White

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Even the best VA performers show quite pronounced shifts in saturation for such pastel shades when they’re shown towards peripheral sections of the screen rather than centrally. Facing downward on the back in a recess behind the stand, the panel has a power connector for a standard three-prong PC power cable, an input USB port for connecting to your computer, and two downstream USB ports to use the monitor as a hub. The monitor didn’t provide excellent depth and atmosphere here due to the static contrast and ‘IPS glow’ limiting things in that respect. The Alienware AW2521HFL is an excellent monitor overall with better imaging results over the dark gray-colored Alienware AW2521HF.

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The SpyderX Elite was also used to analyse variation in the colour temperature (white point) for the same 9 quadrants.They also come surprisingly close to the reference screen, with just a hint of ‘powdery trailing’ for the dark background (top row) that isn’t there on the reference. For users who wish to disable Adaptive-Sync they can just stick with ‘Fast’ without worrying about strong overshoot, too.

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The rear of the screen continues the Alienware aesthetic, with the creatively named ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ shade used extensively (or ‘Lunar Light’ for the ‘HFL’ model).Vegetation showed appropriate variety and included some reasonably rich-looking forest greens alongside a good variety of more muted shades. The Alienware AW2521HFL is a FreeSync Premium gaming monitor, but its also compatible with Nvidia’s G-Sync Compatible mode. I'd normally expect an IPS panel to hit around 96% of the sRGB colour gamut, but this was more in line with what I'd expect from a good TN panel. Some users prefer to leave VSync enabled but use a frame rate limiter set a few frames below the maximum supported (e. If you fancy connecting your mouse, keyboard and headphones to the AW2521HFL, all of the relevant ports are within easy reach on the bottom of the lower bezel.

Alienware AW2521HF 24.5 inch Full HD (1920x1080) Gaming

Note that there is always some disparity between how emissive objects (monitor) and non-emissive objects (printed sheet) appear.It’s a well-polished product and there are no uneven seams, gaps, and sharp edges on every corner of the device.