Friday, December 27th 2019
MSI Unveils the Optix MAG272QR 27-inch Fast 1440p Monitor
MSI today unveiled the Optix MAG272QR, a 27-inch fast gaming monitor. Slotted in the company's Arsenal Gaming family, the MAG272QR features a VA panel with WQHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) resolution, 165 Hz refresh-rate, 1 ms (GTG) response-time, AMD FreeSync support, and 95.6% DCI-P3 coverage. Other key panel specs include 10 bpc color (1.07 billion colors), 178°/178° viewing-angles, 300 cd/m² maximum brightness, and dynamic mega-contrast ratio, besides 3000:1 static contrast.
The Optix MAG272QR features a stand that lets you adjust height, 90° rotation to portrait mode, ±75° swivel, and 5-20° tilt. Behind the monitor are RGB LED embellishments that you control with MSI Mystic Light RGB app, and can also configure as mood-light. Display inputs include USB-C (DisplayPort TMDS passthrough), standard DisplayPort 1.2a, and two HDMI 2.0b inputs; all of which support the monitor's full 1440p resolution. Using HDMI 2.0b caps the refresh-rate to 144 Hz. Available now, the Optix MAG272QR is priced at USD $350.
The Optix MAG272QR features a stand that lets you adjust height, 90° rotation to portrait mode, ±75° swivel, and 5-20° tilt. Behind the monitor are RGB LED embellishments that you control with MSI Mystic Light RGB app, and can also configure as mood-light. Display inputs include USB-C (DisplayPort TMDS passthrough), standard DisplayPort 1.2a, and two HDMI 2.0b inputs; all of which support the monitor's full 1440p resolution. Using HDMI 2.0b caps the refresh-rate to 144 Hz. Available now, the Optix MAG272QR is priced at USD $350.
28 Comments on MSI Unveils the Optix MAG272QR 27-inch Fast 1440p Monitor
27 + WQHD + high refresh rate + VA panel (Yes!) + FLAT screen + FLAT monitor base that can be set anywhere!
300cd is a little bit low - especially for HDR (350 would be perfect), but I will have to live with it :)
LG is also preparing some good UHD stuff , hopefully it will get decent pricing www.tftcentral.co.uk/blog/lg-27gn950-with-27-ultra-hd-nano-ips-panel-160hz-refresh-rate-and-dsc-support/ so looks like 2020 will be an exciting year for those looking to upgrade their monitor .
HDR itself is a completely different matter. Most of the screens currently sold on the market have a brightness of 350cd and somehow they manage to receive HDR certification ... 400 :)
LG 950 looks nice, but it's an IPS panel. All those who do not tolerate the lack of black levels and clouding/BLB want VA, not IPS-based monitors.
I had the opportunity to test Samsung LC27JG50QQUXEN (VA @ 300cd) for 2 weeks and compared to my old monitor Iiyama ProLite X2483HSU (VA @ 250cd) Samsung with the brightness set at 100% seemed ... much more darker than Iiyama (set to 84%!). The projected image seemed "washed out" and underexposed (even with Black Equalizer turned off). I would say that it was missing additional 15-20% to display exactly the same lit level as Iiyama.
Since the brightness is measured in cd / m2, the screen size should not affect the backlight. Someone (Samsung / Iiyama) has probably measured something wrong here or the standards of light units have changed;)
To be fair i haven't tested a good IPS vs a good VA myself to make my own opinion but i don't expect the difference to be so dramatic .
Yet more VA panel garbage, flooding the PC Monitor space, overloaded as it is with VA panel garbage.
Only 2 (literally: TWO) of them have a flat screen.
Biblical flood, really... ;)
I sincerely care more on imput lag than Hz, this msi have 7ms imput lag, where monitor like the ASUS VG27AQ have 3.5ms imput lag.......
VA @ 200Hz + perfect black + 2ms response time...
Regardless of whether you like widescreen, curved monitors, professional FPS games etc. - VA panels can have and DO have very LOW input lag.
Fast refresh screens based on VA and IPS are intended for ordinary players for whom 1ms delay is not a problem. The problem for them is: tragic viewing angles and poorly reproduced colors on TN panels.
People who use their monitors not only and exclusively for professional gaming but also for e.g. watching movies, processing photos etc. have the choice:
- VA with great black levels and contrast and (depending on the panel used) a slight smearing.
- IPS with slightly better color reproduction, no black levels and in most cases larger or smaller BLB and clouding.