The 3 Best 1440p 144Hz Monitors - Spring 2025

The best 1440p 144Hz monitor we've tested is the ultrawide Dell Alienware AW3423DWF. It's a native 165Hz monitor that works well at 144Hz. Its stand-out feature is its image quality, as it displays deep blacks in a dark room, and small highlights are bright enough to pop. On top of that, colors look very vivid on it for a remarkable HDR experience. Even if you want to use it in a bright room, it has fantastic reflection handling, but it doesn't get bright enough to fight really intense glare.

Also, it's outstanding for PC gaming as it has a near-instantaneous response time at any refresh rate for virtually no motion blur. Plus, with a 34-inch ultrawide screen, it provides more screen real estate than a monitor with a 16:9 aspect ratio, which is great if you want an immersive gaming experience. It also supports all common VRR formats to reduce screen tearing, but you can look into the similar Dell Alienware AW3423DW if you want a monitor with native G-SYNC support instead. This is great if you have an NVIDIA graphics card, but it tends to cost more.

If you're looking for the best budget 1440p 144Hz monitor, the AOC Q27G3XMN is a great choice that you can find for much less than the Dell Alienware AW3423DWF. It's different from the Dell in a few ways because it has a smaller 27-inch screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio. The biggest difference between them, though, is that the AOC doesn't have a QD-OLED panel like the Dell, so it doesn't have the same deep and inky blacks with vivid colors. That said, it still uses Mini LED backlighting and has a good local dimming feature that improves the picture quality in dark scenes.

In terms of gaming, it has a native 165Hz refresh rate like the Dell, and you can overclock it up to 180Hz if you want a slightly smoother feel. That said, its max refresh rate with an HDMI connection is 144Hz. It doesn't have the same near-instantaneous response time as the Dell either, and while it has a fast response time, there's still some smearing with fast-moving objects.

If you want a budget-friendly monitor that's in the same price range as the AOC Q27G3XMN but prefer an ultrawide monitor like the Dell Alienware AW3423DWF, look into the Dell S3422DWG. With a 34-inch screen and a 21:9 aspect ratio, there's more screen space than the AOC. However, it's different from both the AW3423DWF and the AOC because it has worse picture quality and lacks a local dimming feature, and small highlights don't pop against the rest of the image in HDR, either. That said, it still has a high native contrast ratio, which makes it a good enough choice for gaming in dark rooms. Even in a bright room, it gets bright enough to fight glare.

It's one of a handful of 1440p gaming monitors with a max refresh rate of exactly 144Hz, which you can achieve over DisplayPort. However, it's a step down from the AOC in terms of motion handling because it has more smearing and blur with fast-moving objects. It does have a backlight strobing feature to try to reduce persistence blur, but it doesn't work at the same time as VRR.