Best Settings Guide for the Dell Alienware AW3225QF

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Get the best settings for the Dell Alienware AW3225QF in our quick guide video, covering SDR and HDR modes. You can use these settings from a PC input, or equally for external devices like a games console.

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00:00 SDR mode
03:33 HDR mode

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[ccsstorm]

thanks, i was waiting for this. i come here everytime i get a new monitor to follow the recommended settings for my last 3 monitors.

[rickgear]

Thanks for this video. I have ordered this monitor and it will arrive on friday!

[techiegk]

Not the screen I'm looking at, but I can't thank you enough for creating this kind of content. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll have the money and the dual mode screens will come out and be good... I'll hope for a kvm in them too... But that might be too greedy

[pixelox]

just got the monitor, thanks for the settings!

[GuilleGuillaume]

Just received mine and this was quite helpful. Thanks!

[GingerKitty]

Thank you for the settings guide, all of your quality content is why I will continue to support you on patreon 😍. Could you please let me know where you got the blue space wallpaper you are using during the OSD shots in the video?

[Zoduk]

Finally the review we all were waiting for

[Gates-Tech]

After returning a 49, 34 QD OLED due to the horrible text fringing, I'm finally settled with this beast. Thanks for the video!

[redx]

How about a guide on how to set up ICC profiles and change it back if the user ends up not liking it?

[moritztritschler]

Great video! Quick question—if HDR1000 is set permanently on a QD-OLED monitor, could that cause any long-term damage to the screen? Thanks!

[applemonkey]

Yay!! Finally you guys did a best setting on this display 😊

[GingerKitty]

Will applying a firmware update change / remove any factory color calibration? (I'm not referring to the gamma 2.2 fix in a prior firmware.) -- Thanks ^^

[willnicol]

Thanks for the video, interestingly I changed to Creator, HDR peak 1000, and Dolby vision black and this fixed the issues with SDR displaying too bright on PC on things like skin tones, also seems looks besqt on my eyes both using PC and PS5 as i didnt want to change settings everytime i switch inputs

[Anacleto]

Is it recommended to use the windows hdr tool"?
Otherwise should I use some profiles or should I delete them all?
What is the best thing to do?
Thanks for the settings!

[appugowdaks]

Sir can u pls make a video for the best settings for the Samsung oddesey Neo g8

[kayzzen]

My operating system has changed the brightness and contrast settings, I already have some settings made and I don't want to have to reset to factory default 🙃. Can you confirm that the default brightness and contrast setting is 75%/75% for AlienWare monitors? 😊

[deanwood]

Thanks for the vid. I was pretty much there but this helped. For consoles p5s, would you use the console mode with source tone mapping on ?

[Chopin]

Hi! Setting the Gamma to 2.2 on sRGB seems to have an issue on my end. It has weird artifacts/pixelated on dark videos etc.

edit: Setting the Gamma to 2.4 removes the artifacts/pixelated stuff. Does that work? or its not accurate anymore?

my monitor firmware is M2B105

[alendulac]

Thanks for the great content, I have a question about how I should set my NV control panel setting, for example, colour, 12bpc or 10 or 8?

[majorgear]

Your menu looks a lot different than mine, it puts a menu on the bottom of the screen. Maybe I have a newer firmware version. Are there any settings for Windows or Nvidia control panel that make the display look better for gaming?