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Amazon is hosting a lot of good deals during October Prime Day, but it can’t compete with Dell when it comes to its sale on the Alienware AW2725Q. The 27-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor that a couple of Verge staffers have tested is $699.99 right now, which is $200 off its original $899.99 price. It has sold at a similar price before, but discounts have been infrequent these past several months.
Alienware AW2725Q $ 700 $ 899 22 % off $ 700 Alienware’s AW2725Q is a 26.7-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate, .03ms of latency, two HDMI 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort 1.4 port, and support for Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro. Read More $700 at Dell
I love this monitor (I published a review earlier this year at Polygon). My colleague Nathan Edwards digs it, too, posting recently about how making the jump to a high-refresh-rate 240Hz OLED can truly spoil you. I can attest to this; it was a little heartbreaking to go back to my 1080p IPS panels after returning the AW2725Q to Alienware.
This Alienware monitor made waves in early 2025 by proving that companies could deliver a 4K OLED for under $1,000. It wasn’t all that long ago that 1440p was the standard at that price. Whether you actually have a PC that can play games in 4K at respectable frame rates or not, it’s good to have a monitor that’s ready to play high-resolution content for when you upgrade your PC. Also, you can connect a console like a PS5, Xbox Series X, or a Nintendo Switch 2 to play titles at up to 4K at 120Hz, and they’ll look great on the AW2725Q’s 16:9 aspect ratio.
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