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what's up guys SBT here and this is a review of the Alienware aw 25 18 H full HD monitor now what's so special about this 25 inch teen monitor is not that it has a 1 millisecond response time nor is it the fact that it comes with g-sync or freesync nor is it the fact that ninja uses it but that it has a native refresh rate of 240 Hertz and a 16 by 9 aspect ratio now this is my first 240 Hertz monitor my monitor before this was actually an Acer predator 27-inch 165 Hertz for reference so I wanted to really test this and see if it's worth using over some of the other options on the market and if I can actually tell if there's a difference so today guys I'm gonna be letting you guys know what I found when it comes to this beast of a monitor and to see whether it's worth that $500 price tag now in the box you're gonna find a display cable a USB 3.0 upstream cable and a power cable as well as the monitor and the monitor stand now in the past I've used Alienware monitors and all of them have this in common this ugly big monitor stand that just spans your desk taking up so much space alien where I didn't need a whole alien spaceship on my desk it does have a slot where you can run your cables up the back but if you're using like a large or excel pad or a extended mouse pad like I have on my desk right here it actually gets in the way I definitely recommend getting and monitor arm for this monitor especially if you don't have that deep of a desk like I do it the stand will allow you to actually turn the monitor left and right and up and down and also turn it around into portrait mode but what I didn't like is if you want to move this monitor closer to you obviously those little feet or stands or whatever are gonna get in the way of you gaming so kind of defeats the purpose you're putting out this amazing game monitor yet you have something that won't get in the way of gaming Alienware what are you doing as for the ports on the monitor you're gonna have a display 1.2 and audio out a headphone jack up front and you're gonna have four USB 3.0 it's two of which are right up front underneath the Alienware logo on the front of the monitor it's also got one upstream USB 3.0 port on the back and what upstream does do or it allows for is for your monitor to actually act like a USB hub so you can connect whatever you want transfer data use a mouse whatever floats your boat outside of that this monitor has amazingly small bezels around the edge which I absolutely love and it's got RGB on the backside of the monitor that can be customized which is actually pretty cool the menus have the usual suspects such as brightness and contrast with different gaming presets I'll leave everything at normal I leave the response hyman normal because we started to move up to like that fast and super fast it really messes with the image and the monitor becomes too unstable in my opinion now this monitor is ATM panel so you're gonna get the best viewing angles when you're looking at this thing straight on it's got 160 to 170 degrees for the viewing angles and I found them to be not bad but it's a TN panel it's not gonna be like a VA or IPS so for most people this won't be a problem because you're gonna be looking at this monitor straight on so yeah you don't have to worry about that because this is a gamer focused monitor yeah I don't see you like going down or going to the left or having this angle you should have it straight on and having that 240 Hertz of goodness straight in your face it's got contrast ratios of 1,000 to one which is decent for a team panel it also has 400 nits of brightness and a resolution of 1920 by 1080 I do have to say that this is one of my favorite TN panels that I've ever used because of the colors the blacks don't look washed out or faded like some other panels that I've used in the past it almost has that IPS feel to it but not quite overall though I must say that the picture quality on this is actually really good I might be eating my words in a little bit when I try some of the other 240 Hertz monitors but for now this panel has blown me away and it's picture quality is actually pretty good I've actually done some color grading on my with this monitor and I think the colors turned out pretty great it's also great when you want to watch movies or you know you wanna watch some of BT's YouTube videos shameless plug I must say though I do miss having 1440p as it makes everything just looked a little bit more sharper but this monitor is really focused towards the eSports professionals out there and people that really take gaming seriously and don't really care about sharpness they just want to have that performance now this monitor does have G sync and that smooths out and eliminates tearing if you've ever used the G sync monitor before you know that it is night and day when you're using one that doesn't have it so let's move on to the million dollar question can I tell the difference between 144 Hertz and 240 Hertz and I think I've come up with the best description on the difference you know going from like a 60 Hertz to 144 Hertz monitor your eyes will see a significant difference it'll look overly smooth and it's a whole new world when you go from like a hundred forty-four Hertz to 240 Hertz your eyes are less of a factor and it becomes more of a feeling when you're playing you'll have more frames to work with per second so when there is actually in a game let's say you drop from 240 FPS to 200 FPS it's going to affect your gameplay less and if you are using a 144 Hertz panel where you have 144 FPS and dropped 280 FPS during an intense battle that's when you actually definitely see a difference in overall smoothness and it can't affect your gameplay and shots causing you to be less consistent overall in apex personally I would get stuttering when my FPS would drop below 100 FPS you know in the shots but not anymore I found that I've become way more consistent in my shots since getting this monitor and that's just facts for reference I am using a 1080 Ti and you'll want to use at least a 1070 to get the most out of this monitor my tracking in overwatch has become God Tyr instantly and I hadn't played that game in months okay well I'm still trashed but still my eyes enjoyed every second and I couldn't believe my eyes at how well I was tracking targets it was just simply amazing it's like you can see exactly where your opponents are with no input causing you to be more accurate and more consistent in game if you are playing competitively or you're just a competitive person like myself this monitor is definitely worth looking at going up from a 240 Hertz monitor from 144 Hertz monitor you won't really notice a difference but once you get used to the 240 Hertz you'll definitely feel it when you move back down and refresh rate personally I think most people will be perfectly fine with 144 Hertz monitor but if you are in the market for a new monitor and want the best of the best experience with little to no impact I really think this monitor is worth looking at just don't expect to be blown away but instead look to feel the difference and see your consistency as a whole go up as a whole I can't say my accuracy did go up once I got adjusted to this monitor even in Kovacs so alright guys I will see you guys in the next video thank you guys for watching for all your support thank you for liking sharing and commenting I will see you in the next one it has been your boy