When comparing Dell Alienware AW3418DW vs ASUS PB278Q, the Slant community recommends ASUS PB278Q for most people. In the question“What are the best monitors?” ASUS PB278Q is ranked 58th while Dell Alienware AW3418DW is ranked 65th. The most important reason people chose ASUS PB278Q is:
Headphone jack and microphone port available.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Supports G-Sync
The AW3418DW doesn't suffer from screen tearing thanks to its G-Sync support that lets it synchronize the monitor's refresh rate to match the framerate of your Nvidia graphics card.
Pro Immersive gaming experience
This monitor has everything needed to offer highly immersive gaming experience - it has beautiful, 34-inch curved ultra-wide screen, exceptional responsiveness as well as excellent overall picture quality and motion handling. This is a sporadic case of a monitor that offers outstanding picture quality without sacrificing the responsiveness.
Pro Audio I/O
Headphone jack and microphone port available.
Pro QuickFit Virtual Scale
PB278Q has the ASUS exclusive QuickFit Virtual Scale that allows for previewing documents as they would appear when printed.
Pro Sharp, color rich screen
ASUS PB278Q is among the first non-Samsung monitors to use PLS. PLS (plane-to-line) is a Samsung-developed update on IPS. It has a 5ms (grey-to-grey) response time, 16.7 million colors, 1000:1 contrast ratio and is LED-backlit.
Pro DVI, DisplayPort, VGA, HDMI connections
DVI is dual-link with HDCP.
Pro Lightweight
ASUS PB278Q weighs about 8kg. Because of this it is easier to find VESA mounts.
Cons
Con Requires beefy hardware
You'll need to have a high-end gaming rig to unleash this monitor's full potential in the current AAA titles since it takes a lot of power to drive its 3440x1440 pixels at the framerate of 120 FPS.
Con No USB ports
There are no USB ports.
Con Poor stand
Although the footstand is wide it's rather flimsy.