You control it via the Alienware Command Center software; it doesn't mandate a connection to an Alienware PC. This is the default expected by modern operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple’s MacOS.

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Colour accuracy isn’t great but it’s not terrible either – all told, the Alienware AW2521HF is just a crosshair’s breadth from greatness. Pixel response behaviour was similar under the ‘Fast’ setting whether Adaptive-Sync was active or not both in this test and more broadly.They're not particularly user-friendly, all told, and Alienware could probably do with chopping a lot of them to make the onboard menu settings easier to understand. With ‘VRR off’ the ‘Super Fast’ and moreover ‘Extreme’ settings show strong overshoot in the form of bright ‘halo’ trailing.

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On some monitors, particularly but not exclusively those with high refresh rates, interlace patterns can be seen during certain transitions. The SpyderX Elite was also used to analyse variation in the colour temperature (white point) for the same 9 quadrants.

Even on this title where there are lots of ‘high contrast’ transitions, with bright objects against much darker backgrounds, there was nothing that really caught the eye as a clear weakness. Slight changes could be observed at the very edges for some shades, such as the purple of Leela’s hair gaining a bit of an extra red vs. Note that if the monitor is running at a refresh rate from the first list, including 60Hz, steps must be taken to correct the colour signal on Nvidia GPUs.

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More pronounced at the left side due to the ‘glow’ taking on a cool tint rather than the subtler warmer tint towards the right side. This is a good practical speed to take such photographs at, highlighting both elements of perceived blur nicely. Gamma consistency was good, ensuring detail levels were largely appropriate (‘IPS glow’ affected regions aside) throughout the screen.

Whilst this setting did tone down the blue channel from the factory defaults and reduce blue light output as a result, it was far from an effective LBL setting. Lara’s skin also appeared much as it should, without the overly tanned appearance that a wider gamut would provide. Any game titles that use the previous FreeSync 2 HDR branding, are supported by FreeSync Premium Pro displays.