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5.0 out of 5 starsMSI Optix MAG272CQR - Great PC Gaming Monitor – Great Price
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2020
I received this monitor from Amazon.com and really like it.
Summary:
- Purchased MSI Optix MAG272CQR for PC Gaming. It is a very high quality monitor with great color and a great price. I recommend it. At this price, I don’t feel so bad replacing the monitor in 2-3 years with an updated one.
- Hooking up the USB 3.0 A-B cable made registration on MSI website easy as it read the Serial Number for me.
- Monitor comes with a great manual and setup guide.
- I’m Using with Nvidia RTX 2080 TI Video Card, 10ft Ivanky DP cable, 10 ft A-B USB 3.0 cable since supplied 6 ft cables don’t reach to my PC.
- The Box is not too big or wide so easy to store away. Monitor is not heavy but still sturdy.
- I easily wall-mounted using Amazon Basics Premium Monitor Arm so cannot comment on stand.
- No dead pixels, no back-light bleed, no noticeable panel glow.
- Text looks great, is easy to read, especially with True Type on.
- 165 Hz is smooth. I normally game with a high monitor refresh rate and frame-rate capped at 60fps so can’t comment on the freesync or gsync compatibility. However, at 165 hz, 60 fps and vsync on adaptive, I never see any screen tearing.
- I love the 1500R Curve, feels very natural when viewing.
- Pixel Pitch is very sharp at 27” and 1440p resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio.
- VA Panel type is my favorite for PC Gaming and this panel is bright, clear, focused with vivid colors and superior contrast ratios, dark scenes look great with lots of detail. Best VA panel I’ve ever used. I love the wide-gamut color.
- Gaming OSD software is easy to use and a great convenience for adjustments since I like my monitor further away than my arms can reach.
- Mystic Light is cool, I like the breathing setting.
- HDCR is great for games and can easily be turned off for normal viewing if desired.
- VA Panel Ghosting: This is a pass. I do not notice any VA panel grey-grey ghosting or smearing while gaming on normal, fast, fastest response times (I like fastest setting). I own an Acer Z35 which I don’t use any more but it had noticeable ghosting and this monitor does not.
- Motion Blur: Pass. I do not notice any motion blur while gaming and do not need to enable the Anti-motion blur setting.
- I have a Spyder Calibrator; however, the wide-gamut aware ICC profile it created actually made the image and color worse & washed out so I do not use an ICC profile at all as the monitor has a great image as is.
- ‘Calibrize 2.0 free app’ shows contrast, brightness, gamma as good at 75 contrast, 60 brightness, and normal color and I do not have it save a profile.
- I don’t use the blue-light filter so can’t comment on this.
- Hope all this helps with your purchase decision.
