Customer Ratings & Reviews

It was between this monitor and a Samsung, but ultimately went with the MSI, and glad we did. The Hz and refresh rate compared to the 34-inch curved monitor I was using prior was highly noticeable, with very little lag when playing GTA V and COD.

works great so far, starting using two weeks before Christmas bright colors, good stand, the holes for the hdmi cord are under the monitor and hard to get to, but you should only have to do this once or twice. Overall great monitor and specs for the price!

Excellent monitor. Great fir Tarkov. Smooth refresh rates and minimal lag.

For the price this is one of the best monitor I could’ve bought. I walked in for a cable only and saw this on display. 300hz and 2k blew me away for $250!

This monitor is amazing, the switch from my old monitor which was 1080p 60hz, to this 1440p 300hz beast is very very noticeable. The interactive menu is good as well. Overall great monitor in my opinion.

The best monitor I’ve had so far the fact it was that cheap and runs 300fps is insane would recommend

Msi hits it out the park with this budget baller option. I went from an old 75 hz 1080p it’s a land and space difference. I was looking for weeks I found this deal I had to take it compare to oled that can burn out I think you should consider this product.

So far so good. Only played on it a couple times. Graphics are dope. Still trying to figure out how to set the hz. Button layout really confusing. Fits with my setup great.

Wonderful product that is easy to setup , and offers great picture quality for thoses who want the best money can buy.

10/10 Monitor. Really clear and setting are easy to use on it. FYI if your buying a 300hz monitor make sure ur pc runs 300+fps if not there’s kinda no point.

Excellent Monitor with one drawback. Backlight Bleed/IPS glow is a slight problem, but you will never notice unless you viewing something extremely dark. Just turn down brightness and contrast a little bit and you will be fine. Has G-Sync and FreeSync, and the 300hz is exceptional with a 0.5 ms response time. Overall very good

Great monitor! Looks wonderful. Fit on my dual mount perfectly.

Great gaming monitor for the price! I’m on pc and get great fps with 2k.

Been using this with console for a couple of weeks now and it’s great for the price.

This my first time i chosee MSI, before i have acer but when i used this its like expensive monitor i like the colour, the sharpness its very legit monitor with good price

Shipped in what can only be called classic MSI packaging, inside you will find the display panel, arm, base, power cord, HDMI cable and 4x screws and some literature. Unboxing is a regression as it is cumbersome to unbox with zero easy bar attachment system unlike some displays that slide right out and present the rear of the unit to you stabilized to mount the arm/base assembly. Another drawback is most modern displays have you simply snap the backplate into place and you're good to go but this one harkens back to the age of having to manually screw down the backplate with four Phillips screws. With that being said, assembly was straight forward. Another mild irritant is for some reason display makers will sometimes make the HDMI/DP ports too close to the back of the display for vertical insertion. You might as well install the HDMI cable first before standing the unit up because unless you insert it as straight as possible, it is a problem to insert. Powering on you get a nice MSI splash screen and off we go. Control is via a small push knob situated towards the right hand side. I tested the display with my MacBook Pro 16 M4 Max and hooking it up to the HDMI port it fired right up. I set it as my primary display for testing. MacOS detected it properly and set it to 300hz so full MacOS support is there. Color wise, it is a slightly above average panel in a good way. Colors are balanced decently and it is sufficiently bright. It does support HDR which I enabled in MacOS and both HDR on or off provided a decent picture. The colors aren't anywhere near on the level of my internal MacBook Pro 16 M4 Max display but good enough. I gamed in World of Warcraft for a few hours and ran 3Dmark's new Mac port and everything was smooth and as fluid as expected especially compared to the 60hz panel I usually use with my MacBook. Frame rates were above 150fps and above 200fps in delves and everything was silky smooth. The display itself has a very high level of adjustability. Up, down, tilt side to side and forward and backwards.The display mounting is solid enough that keyboard use and movement did not have the display moving or jiggling like some lesser gaming displays I've tested. This is what I would call a "gamers first everything else second" display in that you get a QHD panel with a very nice refresh rate of 300hz, IPS, good angles and excellent response time for a decent price. There's nothing else fancy or of note to this display except it is definitely for high refresh, fast response time gaming and for that it shines along with above average picture quality. If you are looking for a good QHD gamer focused 27" display at a solid price, this is definitely a solid choice.

Amazing quality, especially for the price point! I couldn’t not ask for better

The MSI MAG is a 27 inch WQHD monitor with 300 hz refresh rate and rapid response time. It’s definitely geared for competitive gamers, or at least those that care about performance. IN THE BOX You’ll get the monitor, the stand, HDMI cable, and power cable. Installing the monitor to the stand was relatively simple, but it does require a Phillips screwdriver (no such tool inside the box). SPECS You have one DisplayPort and 2 HDMI and a headphone out for your inputs. The HDMI ports are 2.1 so they handle increased bandwidth. This allows for HDR and higher resolutions and higher refresh rates. In short, HDMI 2.1 gets you many of the same features that DisplayPort provides. This is beneficial to me at least, because I game on a laptop that has an HDMI port. As is obvious, the screen size is 27 inches, and the resolution is 2560X1440. This is a slight step up from your typical HD resolution and strikes a nice balance between HD and 4K. It takes a serious machine to output in 4K at high resolutions, and the WQHD panel generates a little sharper visuals than HD while allowing more modest machines to push higher textures at higher refresh rates. Although obviously your mileage will vary depending on your machine, I’m only speaking in the most general sense. The panel is IPS, and it offers G-Sync and FreeSync (Nvidia and AMD’s variable refresh rate technology to minimize screen tearing). The screen is flat and the brightness gets up to 400 nits. It has standard VESA mounting 100 x 100 mm for those that want to attach it to a different arm/mount. The built in stand has some adjustability which is a really nice feature. The height goes up and down, it has a slight tilt and swivels to the side. The adjustments are easy to make as it slides easily without the use of loosening/tightening any bolts/screws. DESIGN AND BUILD QUALITY The design is very pedestrian, which is neither good nor bad. It’s a simple black. The bezels are pretty thick and I wish it had a more sleek look. The stand itself is rather large and imposing and takes up a lot of space. I didn’t feel any creaks or flexing when moving or adjusting it, so I was pretty impressed with the build quality. It’s very sturdy. The navigation via the joystick is a little bit cumbersome, at least not intuitive to me at first. But this is a small quirk. You hold the joystick in to turn it on and off, and I’m used to a different pattern with my LG monitor. The menus are fairly complex yet intuitive to navigate (once you figure out how to navigate with the joystick, point is, finding the settings you want is easy as the UI is approachable). PERFORMANCE I found the picture quality to be very sharp. While I didn’t perform any color calibration, I found the colors to be vivid for general desktop use, and it looked great while playing Cyberpunk. The panel has a wide color gamut and I thought the colors popped. There’s a little bit of backlight as it is an IPS panel (and not OLED) it was nothing that really stood out. I thought ti has pretty good contrast. The brightness was plenty good for a bright room, although some darker scenes in Cyberpunk were a little washed out - but again, I was playing in the middle of the day in a bright room. At night, it looked great. While I’m generally playing directly in front of the monitor, the viewing angles were superb. The HDR performance was basic, but it definitely helped make the colors pop, especially when watching content. While I couldn’t quite get my machine to push 300Hz with my laptop, I got to about 200 (I might have gotten it higher but I didn’t want to completely sacrifice image quality). I found gameplay to be super smooth and silky. The high response rate was also on full display as I had little to no ghosting or blur when moving frantically in action sequences in Cyberpunk. There are additional features such as MSI’s “Smart Crosshair” where you can put an aimdot on your screen. I didn’t like this feature, mostly because I don’t play competitively for a living, but I can certainly see that as a benefit to some. You are essentially able to go into the monitor’s settings and put a crosshair in the middle of your screen. CONCLUSION I really like the high refresh rate and the fast response time. The screen is really crisp and I like the full ergonomic stand that you’re able to easily adjust. This is a monitor for those gaming professionals or those that want the best, but you will want to make sure you have a reasonably specced PC to take full advantage of the features. I could have used a smaller base for the stand and I wish it had a USB hub, but those are only small quirks. If you aren’t gaming, this monitor is probably overkill for casual gamers or those focused primarily on office work. But it is reasonably priced for what you get, and can serve as a nice upgrade with anyone still using an HD monitor.

I’ve had a few 27in gaming screens in the past but this MSI MAG is pretty solid, given the price point. TL;DR to help with some answers, details follow … GOOD: Color Clarity Weight Refresh Rate No bulky power brick BAD: Nothing stood out as bad or problematic MEH: Joystick Monitor Menu Control Man, when I opened this out of the box, the protective film around it made me think that the bezel was an inch all around and I was a bit nervous. However, after taking the film off, the sleek near bezel-less frame quickly made me smile. In this scenario, I was replacing an older 22in 60Hz screen and wow is it a huge upgrade! A monitor arm that effortlessly held my 22in, was a 1 for 1 swap with this MSI screen and even the screws transferred over without issue. The super light weight of the display had me expecting a big power brick, but no - it was just the standard computer / monitor power cord. Given that, MSI must have done some serious engineering to keep it this lightweight with such a high refresh capability. Seeing that it was mounted on an arm before it was even powered up, I don’t have anything to say about the stand for the monitor itself, sorry! With a Windows 11 desktop running a RTX3060, there was nothing needed to get this screen going - totally plug and play and there wasn’t even a need to adjust the location of the screen in a multi-screen setup. I did see that there’s a joystick button in the rear as I was putting it on the mount, but only needed it to power the screen on so far. This gaming scenario was primarily Fortnite and Roblox and wow did it make a difference in the snappiness! All aspects of the game were enhanced and took a regular gaming experience up a few levels. I was super impressed with the colors and crispness were shown to me and I’m a bit sorry that I didn’t upgrade this screen sooner as it would have made the time even more enjoyable. Now the performance is fantastic. Historically on this setup, I’m used to a bit of blur on a mouse snap, but in this case the blur was gone. Right left, up to see where shots are coming from and quick pans brought about a whole new experience. Side note, I even found a setting to keep blur in the game and was like — um, why would you want this if you have a great scree and refresh?! According to NVidia, I was able to push 160Hz from what I could see, when spot checking and from a max of 60Hz, this was a totally new experience. All in all, for a 27in screen, this thing packed color and crispness that I now wish I had years ago. Recommended!

Horrible monitor and the backlit is completely awful. Also, when I was playing the Halo 4 Campaign on the Master Chief Collection this happened. You can see the screenshot that I went ahead and attached. This shouldn't have happened.