Dell G2524H Monitor Review

The Dell G2524H has a simple yet gaming-oriented design. It has a two-tone dark gray plastic body, with some horizontal etched lines on the back. It also has thin bezels on three sides, and a thicker bottom bezel.

The build quality is good. There aren't any obvious issues, and the plastic materials feel good. That said, there's still some flex when you press the back panel, and it wobbles a bit on an unstable desk.

The ergonomics are incredible. You can easily adjust it in a number of ways, and the stand features a cutout for cable management.

The monitor has four buttons and a joystick to control the on-screen display, as well as a power button underneath the bottom bezel.

• DisplayPort cable
• USB-C to DisplayPort cable
• USB-A to USB-B cable
• Power cable
• User guides

The Dell G2524H has a mediocre contrast ratio. Blacks look gray next to bright highlights, and it lacks a local dimming feature to further improve it.

Settings

• Preset Mode: Custom Color (after calibration)
• Brightness: Max

The SDR brightness is good. It gets bright enough to fight glare in most well-lit rooms, but struggles to combat glare if you have it opposite a sunny window.

This monitor doesn't support HDR.

The horizontal viewing angle is great. The image remains consistent if you're viewing it from the sides, ideal for sharing your screen with someone else, but it gets darker at really wide angles.

The vertical viewing angle is okay. While colors wash out at wide angles, it's still fine if you're standing up and looking down on the monitor.

The gray uniformity is great. Although the edges are a bit darker than the rest, the entire screen looks uniform.

The black uniformity is bad. It has noticeable backlight bleed in the top left corner, and clouding throughout.

The accuracy before calibration is decent. As it lacks a dedicated sRGB mode, colors are oversaturated, and it has some other issues with its white balance, but these are minor inaccuracies. Besides that, gamma is off as most scenes are too bright, and it has a cold temperature, resulting in a blue tint. The Gain, Hue, Offset, and Saturation settings are locked out in the 'Standard' mode, and you can access them in 'Custom Color,' which performs similarly.

The accuracy after calibration is remarkable, as it fixes nearly all issues.

The SDR color gamut is fantastic. It has perfect coverage of the sRGB color space used in most web content, with minimal inaccuracies. It also has decent coverage of the Adobe RGB color space used in professional publishing, but it doesn't display the full range of green and cyan, and slightly oversaturates red and blue.

This monitor doesn't support HDR.

This monitor doesn't support HDR.

The text clarity is decent. Although there's a bit of blurriness around letters, even with Windows ClearType enabled (top photo), text still looks clear enough to read. These photos are in Windows 10, and you can also see them in Windows 11 with ClearType on and with ClearType off.

The reflection handling is great. The matte coating diffuses light well, but visibility is a problem if you have it opposite a sunny window.

The gradient handling is excellent for the most part. However, because it's limited to 8-bit color depth, there's still banding, especially with dark colors.

The Dell G2524H has an Overclock setting that you can use to get a 250Hz, 260Hz, 270Hz, or 280Hz refresh rate over DisplayPort.

On top of supporting FreeSync and G-SYNC compatibility, this monitor also supports HDMI Forum VRR.

The Dell G2524H has great motion handling across its VRR range. It's consistent as the refresh rate drops, as it has some blur, but it isn't too distracting, and there isn't much inverse ghosting. While all three Response Time overdrive settings perform similarly, 'Super Fast' is consistently the best across the VRR range, while 'Extreme' is the best at high refresh rates.

The refresh rate compliance is good. Although its response time isn't fast enough to make full-color transitions before the monitor draws the next frame at high refresh rates, it's much better at low refresh rates.

The CAD at the max refresh rate of 280Hz is great. Fast-moving objects look sharp without much blur or inverse ghosting. Like some other Dell monitors, its Response Time overdrive settings perform differently depending on whether you enable VRR from your PC or not. At its max refresh rate, motion actually looks the best if you disable VRR and use the 'Super Fast' setting, but if you prefer leaving VRR on, then 'Extreme' is the best. That said, it has a bit more blur than using 'Super Fast' with VRR off.

The CAD at 120Hz is very good. There's a bit of blur and inverse ghosting, but it isn't bad. The overdrive settings perform similarly with VRR on or off, but using 'Super Fast' with VRR enabled produces the best results. That said, if you prefer not using VRR, then 'Extreme' looks the best.

The CAD at 60Hz is good. There's a bit of blur, but there isn't much noticeable inverse ghosting. While using the 'Extreme' overdrive setting with VRR off results in the best motion handling, using 'Fast' is the best option if you want to enable VRR.

This monitor doesn't support backlight strobing to reduce persistence blur.

This monitor has minimal VRR flicker with changing frame rates, so it isn't distracting in dark scenes.

The backlight is completely flicker-free as it doesn't use pulse-width modulation for dimming.

This monitor has very low input lag at any refresh rate for a responsive feel.

This monitor has limited compatibility with the PS5, and you need to enable Console Mode to use VRR.

This monitor has limited compatibility with the Xbox Series X|S, and you need to enable Console Mode to use VRR.

Although Dell advertises that this monitor has an HDMI 2.1 port, it's still limited to 2.0 bandwidth. Besides that, the lack of an audio jack is something to think about if your source doesn't have connectivity for sound, like if you want to use a console with wired speakers.

The easy-to-access USB-A ports are great to use if you want to connect peripherals and you don't have any ports available on your computer.

This monitor works well with macOS. If you're using a MacBook over HDMI and close the lid, the monitor goes to sleep, and reopening the lid causes windows to return to their original positions. However, if you're using a DisplayPort to USB-C connection, you can continue working on the screen.

This monitor has a few extra features, including:

• Game Enhance Mode
  • Timer: Displays a timer on the screen.
  • Frame Rate: Shows the current frame rate from your source.
  • Display Alignment: Overlays a grid to help you align the monitor next to another display.
• Dark Stabilizer: Allows you to adjust the black level so that you can see opponents better in dark scenes.
• Vision Engine: Includes crosshairs and vision modes that your games' anti-cheat tools won't detect.

You can learn more about the available settings in the user manual.