MSI MAG 272QP X50: What Real Owners Say on Reddit

Their DP 2.1 version comes out a few months later for $50 more.

Another 10% more brightness. Assuming the same pace in 5 years oled monitors will finally hit 500 nits full screen and gonna be usable in brightly lit rooms. The progress is still painfully slow though.

WHY DP1.4 =(

Unfortunately this is a 3rd gen panel, the monitor doesn't even have the IR sensor to detect if you're in front of the monitor. MSI should really re-think their naming scheme.

I mean if you need 500hz for CS2, that's about the only use case. Anyone else is better off with something else.

4th gen QD-OLED panels are monsters. A couple more panel generations and I could honestly see a 5 year burn in warranty becoming the new normal.

dp1.4 and DSC lol, no thanks.

Dp1.4 again?! On a brand new probably 1000 euro (with the tax) monitor? Yeah, no. Skip. It's 2025, hate me all you want, but come on. It's starting to remind me of 8GB VRAM video cards. Enough is enough. We ain't talking about cheap monitors here, it's top of the top.

It gets brighter in SDR mode than previous QD-OLED generations (250nits avg vs 300) and gets brighter in hdr (around 18-19% brighter). Glossy tandem W-OLED is not available in the US yet, so this monitor is mainly for those who want a qd-oled and care for superior motion clarity due to its refresh rate and/or want higher brightness. $600 is all time low for this panel anyway.

How much do you need a monitor that's both 500Hz and QHD? Do you play competitive games enough to make this worth?

Have you used it? (responding to someone claiming it was too dark — implying the claim is obviously wrong from actual experience)

cs2 on oled is like going to mcdonald's and asking for a salad.

Having just received a diff monitor with the same panel, I'm not sure I would've switched if I knew the difference between 360Hz and 500Hz. I would keep your $250, 1000%.

QDs are so much better than Ws it's not even funny.

Nope, it's the best 500hz monitor out currently. It even beats the new ASUS tandem 540hz which has many issues.

It matches tandem OLED in all window sizes except the tiniest 1-2% brightness windows now. The brightness is not 'dark at all'.

For 1440p DP 1.4 should be enough.

DisplayPort 1.4 is 32Gbps bandwidth, 2.1 is around 80Gbps. As soon as you push past 360hz even on lower resolutions, your GPU will activate DSC — a controversial compression technology which some swear by and some swear against.

I have a 360hz monitor and even at like 180-200, the motion clarity is absurd because OLEDs have amazing pixel response time.

Potential down side: it has glossy coating, so if your room has a lot of ambient light it can make blacks look washed out.

I have tried A LOT of OLED monitors and really like MSI ones, especially the 500hz ones (MPG and MAG).

I got this just before the sale and am very happy with it. Did the promo and got a free RE9 steam code for leaving a review.

I have this monitor and it's great. If you don't care about it being 3rd gen panel, DP 1.4, and glossy — it's awesome.

It's only the glossy coating that makes the difference.

If you want to use the 24 inch mode you'll be capped at 240hz.

Its a great OLED. If you are willing to spend $800 you get one of the few 500Hz monitors available on the market. If you have a 50-series card that can do multi-frame gen you'll be able to really take advantage of that 500Hz.

I have to crank the brightness down tremendously at night because of how bright this monitor is, especially with whites which give my eyes floaties. Calling it 'dark' is inaccurate to say the least.

Its my first and most likely only OLED in a long time. Its nice and definitely a step up from my ASUS 1080p IPS 280hz monitor. What they say about OLED is definitely true. Blacks are black, contrast is great, response time is instant, and no complaints on clarity. My room is really dark with blacked out windows so I don't have any of the common complaints about qd-oled getting washed out.

Good monitor! I had it for a week and a half and I got the RE9 code so I can vouch for both! It still feels decently bright even coming from an 1100 nit mini LED.

The first thing I notice is the response time of OLED is just unbeatable and the 2nd was how enjoyable HDR in OLED is — it's not offensive like it was with my previous monitor. Coming from a mini-LED, the motion clarity is on a whole different level.

It's great, I have it, no complaints at all. Brightness is damn good on this monitor.

Mine is tremendously better than the 271QRX I returned in almost every way — no more vertical banding in dim areas, much brighter, more accurate color, much better gamma and color temp options, slightly less color fringing on text.

Regarding 2K/500hz, it's an amazing monitor. Personally I tried the Asus tandem OLED 540hz model and it was terrible. The grey banding and noise is not justified at $1000+. If you don't have a 2.1 GPU probably get the MAG. I have a 5090 and out the box it looks great and 0 banding issues.

The AI features/RF sensor thing didn't really work for me at all, even with firmware updated. I also get a weird white (sometimes dark red) flicker when switching tabs in any browser or switching around windows/folders — it's extremely annoying.

I just bought this monitor today and I am very upset that I can't play true stretched at 500hz. I know I should have done more research but it's just disappointing.

It works flawlessly and has great colours for gaming and movies. I spent the whole weekend testing it. I would give it a solid 9 though it's a bit more expensive than my previous purchase.

The Innocn model sells for 300 less right now on Amazon. Same panel.

Comes out 8/15 for $750 on Newegg?

DP 2.1 like 500 more dollar?? Gigabyte version is 2.1 dp and price now on Amazon is 1.3k usd lol.

My first model arrived damaged and I returned it. Before that I tried it and did not notice any VRR problems, but for the replacement the flickering is horrible and I had to turn adaptive sync off.

Does the 24.5" mode work on full 500hz? The MSI website says 24.5 mode up to 240hz, so I am confused.