Moving into color performance and the AW2721D is a wide gamut display, featuring 96% coverage of the P3 color space, so that’s great for creators that want to leverage this display for their wide gamut work.

However, a big negative is the AW2721D does not have an sRGB mode, so there is no way to emulate or clamp this gamut down to sRGB for viewing regular content. This will leave viewers with an oversaturated experience in many instances, especially when (for example) watching YouTube videos, something that does not play nicely with ICC profiles. This is a huge oversight for a premium monitor and PC Gaming.

Alienware AW2721D – D65-P3, tested at native resolution, highest refresh rate
Portrait CALMAN Ultimate, DeltaE Value Target: Below 2.0, PC Components CCT Target: 6500K

On the positive side, the AW2721D does feature excellent factory greyscale calibration. My unit had near perfect adherence to the sRGB gamma curve, and a negligible deviation from the accurate CCT curve.

This led to low deltaEs from the factory, and virtually no appreciable tint to the monitor. One thing that G-Sync Ultimate monitors tend to succeed at is factory greyscale calibration and that’s no exception with this display.

Unfortunately when viewing sRGB content there is going to be some level of oversaturation. All things considered this isn’t the worst result I’ve seen from a wide gamut display Gaming Systems, and some people actually like this look, but it could be better.

Similar results in ColorChecker, the positive being that skin tones aren’t affected significantly so it’s unlikely you’ll see a “sunburned” look, however oversaturation is still present.

Alienware AW2721D – D65-P3, tested at native resolution, highest refresh rate
Portrait CALMAN Ultimate, DeltaE Value Target: Below 2.0, CCT Target: 6500K

Grayscale, Saturation and ColorChecker

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