Dell 240Hz Gaming Monitor 24.5 Inch Full HD Monitor with IPS Technology, Antiglare Screen, Dark Metallic Grey - S2522HG

So far this monitor has meet all my expectations. Right out of the box it hooked up to my gaming PC and went to town. Didnt have to make hardly any adjustments although its easy enough to check the on screen menu and move around with the little toggle button on the back of the monitor. Im running at 144Mhz with G-Sync enabled through another Dell monitor that wasnt supposed to support G-Sync, but it does for a fact. I dont use the speakers on the monitor although I think it does have some. The up and down adjustments are pretty easy and putting in cables at the back bottom was pretty easy. Just remember this is a large, wide monitor so youll need help laying it down to plug it in. Also, depending on what youre coming from, youre going to need new wallpaper for this huge screen. I would definitely buy it again!

I had some quality issues at the beginning with my unit, but Dell has been great with dealing with me and supported me more than any other brand I thought wouldve. Those looking for G-sync can enable it in the Nvidia control panel but be warned that with this panel you may experience flickering on games (most notably with Apex legends). I have gotten used to it, but the device isnt certified to work with G-sync, but for most games it is fine. Overall, Dell has done a fine job supporting me with problems on this monitor and the monitor itself can be a great introduction into the ultrawide landscape. I have this hooked up to my 3080 and am lucky enough to experience most games at 144Hz at this resolution; recently Halo Infinite has been a blast and games like Microsoft Flight simulator are a wonderful experience, second only to VR. The monitor is a VA panel, so expect common problems with it - but since it is curved it still does a much better job in viewing angles compared to most TNs on the market. The monitor is light, relatively speaking, for a 34 inch ultrawide with these features as I am able to use my VESA monitor stand at the end of my desk. The included stand is fine with it being height and angled adjustable - but a monitor stand with VESA should be the way to go.

I was able to snag one from the warehouse for $300 it was like new but had one dead pixel in the upper center and also a stuck pixel on left side when black. It does have bad flickering with the freesync/gsync when the fps drops below 75fps. So games that only run at 60fps Ive had to turn it off for those games. Even though it does not have the best HDR it looks good to me even fire looks great. The colors pop for games like Genshin. Blacks do look black even though its not OLED. So if your on a tight budget and want a ultrawide and flickering does not bother you this may be a good buy for you!

This is a really great monitor. I picked it up on a Black Friday sale for ~$200. Because it was so cheap, I honestly didnt realize it was going to be so big! (which is not a complaint, the measurements are right in the title). I was replacing a small tv monitor that i had been using for work & gaming. This is a huge upgrade. Pros: - its not a weird widescreen resolution, so websites dont get stretched oddly - the stand allows for a lot of control on height and tilt, right out of the box. - Really good clarity and color balance without much adjustment - a simple cable management hole in the stand made all the difference in keeping my desk neat with a wired keyboard + webcam. Really a nice touch. Cons - It is VERY heavy once set up. It can be difficult to adjust on a desk because of that. If you have noodle arms like me, a second person might be helpful to have around if you need to pick it up and move it off the floor.

I bought this mainly for gaming, but it is an excellent choice for anything else like work or art. Ive had several monitors now and this is my first ultrawide one. I was initially worried it would be too big for me or cause neck pain from looking at both ends of the screen, especially when gaming, but I can tell you that is not a problem here. Its a beautiful monitor with the right amount of curvature and adjustability to fit my needs. It promises on all of its advertised features and offers choices to accommodate what a lot of gamers look for in a high-end monitor. Before buying though, youll want to make sure your PC can handle it. I have an RTX 2080, and this monitor is pretty much the best I can get with it, and I cant tell much of a difference in power draw or graphics quality (This monitor replaces a 2560x1440 curved one, which was still an amazing monitor, too). Now, to the design flaw I mentioned in the title, and the main reason Im writing this; to give a little PSA on a weird quirk of the monitor. There are four settings available for response time: Fast, Super-Fast, Extreme, and MPRT. MPRT is 1ms response time and is what I prefer to use. However, every time I turn my PC on or wake it up from sleep, the response time resets to Fast. Every. Single. Time. A quick message from the monitor will pop up for 10 seconds or so when booting up saying that the refresh rate is too low and needs to be 100Hz or higher to use MPRT. Youre probably thinking the Hz is too low, then, and so did I. But lo and behold, the Hz has not changed AT ALL from 144Hz when I go to check. I have to manually change the response time to MPRT (buttons on the side of the screen) for every power on or waking up. Oh yeah, and when it resets to Fast, the screen brightness goes down. You can see the screen get visibly brighter when putting it back to MPRT. I contacted Dell support and they were troubleshooting with me for over a month. Their final conclusion was that it is working as intended. What? I can see why the monitor does this: in the split second its turning on, its going from 0Hz to 144Hz and so it thinks that you cant have MPRT on when its below 100Hz. So, it resets it, telling you to up your refresh rate to get MPRT back. But, come on... really? Its not a deal-breaker but is so annoying. Im on my computer every day and I have to have a sticky note on the monitor to remind me to change it. Even then, I still forget! Im sure a lot of people will read this and go Oh, first world problems! Youre entitled, dont be lazy, etc.. Normally Id agree, but this is a $500 ultrawide monitor with all the bells and whistles and comes from a well-known brand. I have a second, $200 monitor that does everything this one can but has never reset any of the settings. Ive owned a $100 one that also does the same thing with no resetting. The only difference is resolution and size. I dont think its laziness to expect an expensive product with a lot of good features to work correctly and not need manual input and handholding on a daily basis. Not to mention going from no worries on all my previous monitors to having to think about response time every day and wondering why my screen looks dimmer. TLDR: Best monitor Ive ever had and Im glad to have made the decision to get an ultrawide. Has all the features it advertises. Amazing for gaming or any use. Only flaw/annoyance is that your response time may reset every time your PC turns on or wakes up from sleep; a lower response time will also dim the screen. You have to manually change it back each time. Not really a big enough reason to not buy it, but certainly something I thought others should be aware of. UPDATE 6/12/2022: I recently upgraded my graphics card from an NVIDIA RTX 2080 to a 3080. Since doing that, the monitor no longer resets the refresh rate. I tried replicating the issue and it now stays at MPRT. I have no idea why the graphics card would affect that, but here we are. Maybe I had a setting somewhere that was reset upon installing the 3080? Or my PC needed a little more power in order to remember the setting? Im happy that I dont have to remember to change the refresh rate every time, but its weird that this was a fix. UPDATE 11/28/2022: The response time issue came back. If I have my timeline correct, it reappeared when I got a new PSU for my PC which was shortly after getting my 3080. Theres got to be a setting somewhere that fixes all of this but Ive tried everything I can think of. Still a fantastic monitor, but this is pretty annoying.

Great display but DP cable that came with display caused screen to turn black intermittently. Doesnt appear to be properly shielded.

I love this monitor its very fairly priced, Alienwhere (Owned By Dell) has a monitor that is more expensive and the only thing different is just cosmetic. This is up with Scepter for bang for the buck in my opinion.

I bought this to use for gaming as I recently updated my graphics card and wanted to game at 1440p and use the higher refresh rate of this unit. I wish it had HDR support but for the money that I paid, can not complain. Would recommend this monitor if you are upgrading from a 24 60Hz 1080p monitor like myself.

I almost returned this monitor, as the picture quality was garbage when gaming, with significant blurring and color bleed/smearing with any kind of motion at all. It took me a while to realize that this monitors response time just isnt good and doesnt work well with Freesync. So, I enabled MPRT for the response time, which automatically disabled Freesync (as it should), and all those above problems went away. With my current GPU I get 85-100fps running with the 144Hz refresh rate, and dont experience any screen tearing at all, and with MPRT enabled its a very smooth experience. Id expect with my upgraded GPU (on order) that Ill get near 144fps to match the refresh rate and it will improve all that much more. I dont know if this experience was specific to me and my build, but just sharing my experience for any out there struggling with the advertised quality of this monitor.

I love Dell products so this is a hard review to write. But, I am just so disappointed with this monitor. The display was never stellar, but it seemed to be OK for what I needed. As I began using it with Linux, however, it fought me tooth and nail for compatibility (something Ive never experienced with Dell in the past). Between a lack of documentation at Dell (which admittedly does not profess Linux compatability) and an unusual lack of even forum support for dealing with resolution issues on this model, it was a nightmare of tweaking and holding my breath. It should NOT be this hard to get a monitor to play nice with LInux. The button controls are awful, ridiculously UN-intuitive and their integration with what you can set/change from the desktop is just not up to snuff. It seems to me monitor vendors need to make up their minds about whether they want their devices to be plug-and play or annoyingly customizeable only through advanced manual dexterity. I bought this is October of 2022 and I am literally throwing it out today in February of 2023 because the screen is apparently broken. Ive had a lot of monitors over the years and this is a first - Ive never had a screen break on me. I use my tech a lot, but am not by any stretch of the imagination physically hard on it. I had a curved monitor once before and found it fragile but it NEVER broke on me - in fact I gifted it to a business associate during COVID and they are still enjoying it. The entire right side is of the screen is taken over with spider webs and the bottom half is like someone added a gray overlap on top of the screen. I am assuming constant use of the button controls must have stressed the screen, but who knows as this point. I have a couple HP monitors I will replace this one with and manage with dual screens instead of a single curved display - cheaper and FAR more manageable.