Dell s2409w review gaming

Sign up for our daily newsletter Newsletter. Dell SW review PC monitors. Our Rating. Price when reviewed. See related. The best monitors to buy in During two color tests, Low Saturation Colors and Intensity Color Ramp, the BenQ showed clear signs of expansion at the light end of the scale, while the Dell displayed the colors in the scale smoothly. Contrast ratio was more favoring to the Dell as we measured it at a 1, contrast ratio, virtually the same as Dell's claimed 1, rating.

This beat out BenQ's contrast ratio by more than We got a huge surprise when we looked at World of Warcraft on the Dell SW; it looked crisp, colorful, and darn near perfect running at 1,x1, WoW looks great on pretty much every monitor we test, however, we do want to point out a viewing angle problem. Unfortunately, viewing the game from a lower-than-optimal viewing angle made the screen darken to the point that graphic details of the game could not be seen--typical of most TN panels.

See the paragraph at the bottom of this section for more details on viewing angle. When watching our favorite test scenes in the Kill Bill Vol. The blacks were deep without losing any dark details in dark scenes.

We didn't notice any streaking or ghosting, and the screen remained sharp for a DVD. The p Blu-ray version of House of Flying Daggers looked great for the same reasons stated above; however, we did not notice any quality advantage to the screen's aspect ratio.

The best settings we determined for watching games and movies on the Dell SW, was Standard preset mode, with a contrast of 65, and the brightness set however high your eyes can take. We settled on an 87 for brightness.

The optimal viewing angle for a monitor is usually directly in front, about a quarter of the screen's distance down from the top. At this angle, you're viewing the colors and gamma correction as they were intended. Most monitors are not made to be viewed at any other angle. By PC Pro on October 12, 83 A clean design and good quality panel, but it isn't quite cheap enough to challenge By Electronicsme on August 31, 72 The Dell SW represents a low cost entry into the world of computer monitors.

By cnet on February 11, 71 The Dell SW is a incher that sacrifices features for price, but makes up for it in performance and ease of use. By GamePyre on August 26, I remember the days when video games did not include warnings about photosensitive seizures and other important safety and health information. By CNET. Did you mean:. Last reply by Crossbow7 Unsolved. MO 2 Bronze. Is the Dell SW Monitor good for gaming?

Hello Dell community, I just ordered the sw an amazing price comparing to other 24" monitors in the market now. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 5. ApproachingZero 3 Argentum.