Dell 144Hz Gaming Monitor FHD 24 Inch Monitor - 1ms Response Time, LED Edgelight System, AMD FreeSync Premium, VESA, Gray - S2421HGF

After returning my LG UltraGear 24GL600F-B for its horrible color banding, I was worried that I wouldnt find anything better in this price range for gaming AND artwork. I do a lot on my computer, and I need a monitor that supports that. No pixel issues, the stand is amazing, the whole thing is ergonomic with how it stands higher up than others, allowing you to view at a more natural angle. The thing is really close to being borderless, it looks so smooth and doesnt suffer from any glare issues. I only had to adjust my computers gamma, and going into testing contrast, black and white saturation, etc through Lagom, I can say this monitor has surprised me. Im just so glad I decided to refund that other one, and go for this. Who knew Dell makes such good monitors? I guess I do now.

I got this for my PS5 and I love it. It supports 120hz on the games that support it. No this monitor does not support 4K, but that’s fine because not many games will support 120hz AND 4K on the PS5.

currently using it as my main monitor with 2 sides, this monitor is perfect size, can tilt up and down, can slide up and down, would def buy another

Overall this Dell Gaming monitor is a gem for gamers on a budget. I have my Xbox One S connected via hdmi. I am able to get 1080p on 120hz. Graphics are real crisp once you adjust the picture settings under custom. The other presets are horrible. I have my response time on super fast which equals 2ms response. Very crisp with no ghosting or blurred picture. I mostly play Warzone and Fortnite. If this monitor supported HDR it would be a game changer!

A few things to note for those interested in buying this monitor. - The default colors look awful and will disappoint you at first. But dont fear, a few setting tweaks and it will look fantastic! - Ghosting issues come when trying to use the Extreme Response time setting while connected to HDMI. Use a Display Port to use this monitor to its full potential - Make sure you pay attention when setting the resolution with NVIDIA Control Panel. If you pick Ultra HD 1080p, 1920x1080 (native) setting you will only see a 120hz max refresh rate. You need to make sure you choose PC, 1920x1080 to unlock 144hz

To be clear, this is a review of the 24 model, not the 27. Ive only had it for a couple days, so Ill have to wait and see whether my long-term experience matches my initial impressions, but so far it has met all my expectations. Easy to assemble and hook up, with no stuck pixels or other cosmetic issues. It only comes with an HDMI cable so I had to buy a DisplayPort cable separately but thats not a big deal. Also, I was pleased to discover that it does indeed support G-Sync. The store page listings gave me the impression that the 24 and 27 models both support FreeSync but only the bigger one had G-Sync, so when I ordered the smaller one I expected to have to figure out how to make FreeSync work with my PCs Nvidia card. But the actual packaging (and a sticker on the stand base) make it clear that the 24 one absolutely does support G-Sync too, and once I had it connected it was easy to enable it from the Nvidia control panel. Im upgrading from a basic 60 hz office-style monitor, so Ive immediately noticed a big difference when gaming. My PC isnt particularly powerful, so most games cant stay above 100 fps without turning down the graphics settings, but even running at 80-90 fps, everything feel noticeably smoother. The 1 ms response time also makes a big difference there - my old monitor had an input lag of something like 8 ms. And G-Sync seems to be doing its job as far as avoiding tearing or stuttering, and even when I keep the graphics settings high and allow the framerate to fluctuate, it still feels smooth. The overall image also looks brighter, clearer and sharper, with noticeably more vibrant colors. Thats especially true when gaming but it even applies just to web browsing. As gaming monitors go, this one is pretty much the most affordable option without sacrificing quality, so its probably outclassed by most other gaming screens, but if youre upgrading from a generic 60 hz monitor its a substantial improvement. My only complaint is that, for whatever reason, the default gamma setting is way, way too high, so when I first plugged it in the whole thing looked really washed out, with colors that were actually less bright than on my old monitor. At first I thought it was a contrast problem so I tried to fiddle with the monitors own contrast and brightness settings but that didnt work. But then I went into the Nvidia control panel and turned the gamma down by about 30% and voila - instant fix.

Everything about this monitor is great, except that it was not ever G-sync compatible and instead only Free Sync. The quality is good and the framerate from 60hz to 144hz is significant. The brightness and color needed adjusting.

This was a good purchase for a nice 144 hz monitor. The color needed some adjusting but it wasnt anything that couldnt be fixed with NVidia control panel.

Pretty.. okay picture. Reminds me of the old school 4:3 lcd monitors, how the picture was washed out. Normally, I spend a good amount of time tweaking the picture settings to get it looking good, this monitor doesnt seem to have that ability. (At least not for game mode) so the best I could get is not very good. In the image, the monitor is on the left and the TV on the right is very accurate. Hope this helps to understand what youre getting. Again, everything else is great. The pixel blur effect is mild, easy to play games on. But everything else about this monitor is fantastic, especially for the price.

Love this thing. Mainly play apex and cod. Blows my more expensive acer away! Highly recommended