Our favorite gaming monitor of the past 2 years drops to $199, an all-time low on Dell's incredible 32-inch display

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Holy cow! You can now get our favorite gaming monitor, the Dell S3222DGM, for less than $200 on Dell.com. This 32-inch curved display has an epic, 3,700:1 contrast ratio to make colors pop and a 165 Hz refresh rate to go with its sharp, 2560 x 1440 resolution. It has never been this cheap.

After it was discounted to $249, which was $20 more than it was on sale for a couple of months ago, the Dell S3222DGM gaming monitor has now fallen to $199, its lowest price ever by $30 and way less than its $329 non-sale regular price.

The Dell S3222DGM tops our list of the best gaming monitors and has for a couple of years, because it offers a unique combination of eye-popping colors, smooth gaming and superior build quality. Sure, you could spend hundreds more to get a higher resolution display or QD-OLED, but if you want to improve the way everything on your screen looks without breaking the bank, this is the best choice for you at its best-ever price.

When we reviewed the Dell S3222DGM in 2022, we were really impressed with its combination of vibrant images and tear-free gaming. "There is nothing better than a high-contrast VA panel, and the Dell S3222DGM is one of the best I’ve seen," Contributing Editor Christian Eberle wrote. "It strikes a rare balance between gaming performance and image quality."

In our tests, the monitor showed a contrast ratio of 3,718:1, which even beats other VA monitors we tested and it absolutely destroys IPS monitors, which usually can't even hit 1000:1.

Dell S3222DGM Contrast Ratio — (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

The screen was also highly accurate, with a Grayscale error DeltaE of just 0.54, better than any of its competitors.

Dell S3222DGM Grayscale Error — (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

According to our colorimeter, the Dell S3222DGM can reproduce a strong 122.6 percent of the sRGB gamut and 85.9 percent of the DCI-P3 gamut. The color quality also stands out because of the high contrast ratio. Those bright colors will look extra bright when the dark pixels next to them look really dark.

Dell S3222DGM Color Gamut — (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

The monitor also has excellent build quality and comes with two HDMI 2.0 ports, a single DisplayPort 1.2 port and a 3.5mm audio jack.

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Avram Piltch is Tom's Hardware's editor-in-chief. When he's not playing with the latest gadgets at work or putting on VR helmets at trade shows, you'll find him rooting his phone, taking apart his PC or coding plugins. With his technical knowledge and passion for testing, Avram developed many real-world benchmarks, including our laptop battery test.