MSI Full HD Rapid-IPS 1ms 2560 x 1080 Ultra Wide 200Hz Refresh Rate HDR Ready G-Sync Compatible 30” Gaming Monitor (Optix MAG301RF)

good monitor great pic. works flawlessly

Came together as the last (for now) Crown Jewel.

I’ve been using the Lenovo Y25-25 for a year or so. It’s a superior panel in terms of refresh rate, but lower resolution. My initial impressions of this panel is that it’s nearly identical in image quality aside from the obvious pixel density making text appear more clear. Gaming on it has been pleasant so far. There’s a curved Acer monitor with similar specs (30” ultrawide, 2060x1080, 1ms response, 200hz) that is curved, and is $60 cheaper than this. You have a VA instead of IPS on that, so I’ll see tomorrow how they compare. Only other criticism, and I imagine it’s so the depth of the monitor itself is reduced, is an external power supply, which I’m not a big fan of. I preferred the built in PSU, with the desktop PSU cable on my Lenovo rather than the laptop style external PSU. Will update this review in the coming days as I test that competitor from Acer (XZ6) and ASUS ROG STRIX XG309CM. UPDATE: so my summary between the three monitors is that this unit is the best value of the 3! For $269, you’re going to be hard pressed to find an ultrawide with similar response time and refresh rate. Most will be lower refresh rate, and the one that is (ROG STRIX) is over $100 more for just 20hz additional. The ROG has superior refresh rate, and arguably more features, but none that make up for the cost difference. The Acer has identical specs to this but far too much ghosting and streaking due to its VA panel for me to recommend it to any FPS gamer, and it’s VESA mounting takes 3-5 inches of depth from your desk. But at $220 (it’s sale price), it’s a strong value for productivity or people that won’t need the high refresh rate / low response time when gaming. Summary: The 1080p ultrawide market is lacking as more and more panels move to 1440p. It seems people are valuing resolution far more than frames since 2021, despite the graphics cards that can take full advantage of them still being cost prohibitive. For those of us that are using older cards or want to emphasize frames per second over all other factors, 1080p still makes a lot of sense. So if you need a 1080p panel for gaming and productivity, I can’t think of one I’d recommend that packs as much value per dollar over this one. SYSTEM SPECS: (for context to my gaming-related comments): Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition 32GB Kingston Fury Renegade 3600 DDR4 RAM (4x8 configuration) Msi B550 Pro-Vdh motherboard Game used for testing: Halo Infinite w/ Custom Video settings (FOV 98°, mostly Low settings with Terrain, Flocking, and two other CPU bound settings set to Ultra).

I wish I could get a video or a picture of the problem I am experiencing, unfortunately I can not. Im not if its just me or the monitor. On static images and youtube videos the image and picture looks perfectly clear. I set windows to 200hz and i have freesync enabled on both the radeon software as well as the monitor. I am coming from an LG ultrawide 29 2560x1080 IPS panel with only 75hz freesync. The freesync never really worked very well on that monitor but the picture was always great. Going to this monitor the 200hz refresh rate was a game changer for me, wow. Even just surfing the web scrolling down feels so much better. The mouse movement looks better and moving windows around on the desktop just looks and feels way smoother. The adaptive sync works great and im loving how smooth the gameplay is with a properly working adaptive sync and around 100fps. The problem is that when in games while moving including walking strafing or just looking side to side. The image becomes pixelated and its very noticeable at times. It almost looks like a black boarder surrounds each individual pixel. I have spent hours searching the web for a fix. I have tried multiple cables both DP and HDMI i have tried multiple frame rates, i have played with nearly every setting available in the OSD etc. So far nothing has fixed how pixelated the image looks in games while moving, its driving me crazy! If you stand still in the game, the image looks great. I have been really hoping its a setting that I can change that will resolve the issue but after days of trying im starting to worry that its something to do with the monitor itself. Windows 10, vega 56, driver 21.40.03.01 If anyone who has this monitor knows of a fix please post a review about how to fix it.

Received the monitor for my sons school computer and it didnt include a power adapter... I now see that I am not the only one with this issue. Now I have the pleasure of calling MSI to try to get a power cord that will likely take weeks. A waste of time and money. Buy something else from another seller... not worth the hassle and I cant even fathom how the power cord would be removed or overlooked. Shoddy.

Very nice monitor.

Best gaming monitor in the market at a very charming price.

Ordered 10/28/21, sold and shipped by Amazon, and mine did come with a power adapter.

mu bueno 10/10

Excelente compra, llegó tristemente con un píxel aparentemente muerto. Sin embargo, le hice un poco de presión donde estaba el pixel y se ajustó, solo estaba mal conectado al parecer y si a alguien le sirve podría intentarlo. De resto es excelente, tiene freesync por lo que le puedes sacar provecho con gráficas amd o nvidia.