Monday, February 19th 2024
Incoming MSI QD-OLED Gaming Monitors Receive Permanent Price Cuts
MSI is preparing to launch its MPG 321URX QD-OLED monitor this month—we first spotted this model during an official expansion of the company's QD-OLED gaming monitor lineup—utilizing Samsung Display Gen 3 panels. The announcement outlined an initial MSRP of $1199 for MSI's MPG 321URX gaming monitor, although a time-limited special introductory offer of $949 was later advertised. ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) released its Swift OLED PG32UCDM gaming monitor (in USA and UK markets) late last week—competing at a $1299 price point with MSI's 321URX model. The two companies are attempting to outdo each other—earlier this month MSI pledged a 3-year warranty on its OLED panel products, semi-forcing ASUS into matching that generous offer—they previously advertised a two-year period for ROG Swift OLED monitors.
Monitors Unboxed has investigated alleged permanent MSI MSRP price cuts—affecting the MPG 321URX, as well the 49-inch 491CQP and 27-inch 271QRX QD-OLED models. The manufacturer appears prepped to undercut its competition to the tune of $350 (MPG 321URX vs. PG32UCDM): "I've gotten a second update from MSI regarding the MSRP of their QD-OLEDs. They have decided to change their mind and offer their previously lowered pricing permanently, instead of just as an introductory price. That means the official MSRPs of their products are as follows (read more after the jump)." At the time of writing, MSI's MPG 321URX QD-OLED is available to pre-order at a few North American and UK e-tailers, although a couple of listings state the item is "coming soon," or due in stock by early April.
According to a Monitors Unboxed comment, the revised prices are:
Sources:
Monitors Unboxed, NoteBookCheck, VideoCardz
Monitors Unboxed has investigated alleged permanent MSI MSRP price cuts—affecting the MPG 321URX, as well the 49-inch 491CQP and 27-inch 271QRX QD-OLED models. The manufacturer appears prepped to undercut its competition to the tune of $350 (MPG 321URX vs. PG32UCDM): "I've gotten a second update from MSI regarding the MSRP of their QD-OLEDs. They have decided to change their mind and offer their previously lowered pricing permanently, instead of just as an introductory price. That means the official MSRPs of their products are as follows (read more after the jump)." At the time of writing, MSI's MPG 321URX QD-OLED is available to pre-order at a few North American and UK e-tailers, although a couple of listings state the item is "coming soon," or due in stock by early April.
- MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED 32" at US$949.99
- MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED 27" at US$799.99
- MSI MPG 491CQP QD-OLED 49" at US$1099.99
27 Comments on Incoming MSI QD-OLED Gaming Monitors Receive Permanent Price Cuts
Add KVM switch and DisplayPort.
Very competitive price. Inferior LG WOLED 42" C3/4 panel is the same price. More real estate but it could be too much for some. I already have a 32" so I know it will work for my setup. I'll be getting this once some reviews are out and confirm all is well.
They seem like console first displays to me. Like they're not meant for PC but they'll work with PC.
Both ports can handle 240Hz. If DP1.4 bothers you still why not use HDMI instead?
Display Port: 3840 x 2160 (Up to 240Hz)
HDMI™ 2.1: 3840 x 2160 (Up to 240Hz)
Type C(DP alt.): 3840 x 2160 (Up to 240Hz) and 90W PD charging
I had way too many problems setting up one of the new 240Hz 1440p LG displays via HDMI 2.1. I ended up having to use a 3rd party tool and delete some stuff related to LG's implementation of HDMI and its metadata. I did like LFC+G-Sync though, that was pretty cool once I got the display working.
But with Display port you just don't have those problems when connected to a PC. DP 2.1 is also much faster than HDMI 2.1
HDMI 2.1 is good for like 4K 150Hz 10-bit uncompressed.
DP 1.4a is like 95Hz
DP 2.1 is like 265Hz
that US/EU delta for those specific monitors is absolutely bonkers, they won’t have my money, I’ll wait for asus/gigabyte/hp to release their own version of that panel in EU
- 32" Asus PG32UCDM QD-OLED – $1,299.00
- 27" MSI 271QPX QD-OLED – $749.99
- 27" MSI 271QRX QD-OLED – $799.99 (with USB ports)
- 32" MSI 321UPX QD-OLED – $899.99
- 32" MSI 321URX QD-OLED – $949.99 (with USB ports)
- 34" MSI 341CQP QD-OLED – $899.99
- 49" MSI 491CQP QD-OLED – $1,099.99
Here are the prices so far. Could save $50 if you don't need USB-A ports on your monitor.Here is all that's coming out.
Gonna have to be DP 2.1 with actual Gsync hardware for 4K 240 OLED. So probably an alienware around the release of GTA6 on PC.
There's plenty of competitive titles you can run over 144fps at 4K. Can I tell the difference? I don't know I don't really wanna find out. Hardware costs too much leave stuff on the table like that.
I would imagine it gets worse the higher your fps but I don't know exactly how dsc behaves. Compressing your data stream in half has to be noticeable somewhere.
I was shopping around for an AV receiver a while back and a lot of brands were really bad about advertising their HDMI speeds so I just gave up until they get past the transition models.