I THOUGHT I Wanted This - AW2524H 500Hz Review

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Have monitors finally jumped the shark? The AW2524H from Alienware refreshes at an eye-watering 500Hz on a colorful IPS panel, but it's a 1080p 24.5" display that comes with a HEFTY price tag. Is it any good?



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MUSIC CREDIT

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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY

iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712

Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic



Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI

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Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana



Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/

Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp

Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4

Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE



CHAPTERS

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0:00 Intro

1:38 It's Pretty Good

2:30 Looking At It

3:30 CS:GO

4:30 Halo

6:55 240Hz OLED

8:20 Refresh Rate vs MPRT

11:30 360Hz vs 500Hz

12:55 BFI

15:00 Testing and IO

17:15 Conclusion

19:26 Outro