MSI MAG 275QF Reddit Verdict: Great Value, Bad Defaults

Note that shipping is extremely slow; I ended up asking Best Buy to price match and got 5% extra with Paypal BB cashback, ETA is by 10/09.

Have you tried changing some of the settings like brightness, HDR mode, etc?

It's a gaming monitor, hence the lower resolution and high refresh rate. It's not good for anything else. Agree with getting a 4K monitor at minimum, or a 5K Studio Display if you can swing it.

Your eyes / head are the absolute & best judge. If they hurt, run! Monitors for loads of text work need to be different than video than gaming. The general comments here make sense - 4K 27'' is probably the way to go.

Ignoring these disrespectful, intelligence-insulting advices about wrong brightness, I can say that you will probably not get used to it. Reasons for discomfort are diverse and are not restricted to brightness, gamut, color temperature etc; you may be sensitive to backlight spectrum, polarization direction, subtle flickering due to improperly configured panel. Just return and buy something else. G2724D is a good candidate.

This is good pricing, $150-170 is good pricing for a monitor with these specs. Prime day is very unlikely to bring 1440p 144+ IPS monitors down further.

Return it. That display is ~110dpi and text looks bad on 110dpi displays with modern versions of MacOS. A 27" 4K display in 2560x1440 scaled mode will look good.

Keep in mind that Dell is using different type of panels on G2724D. I don't know if it's just me but I didn't like colors of it.

I did purchase few days ago. Very good. 0 dead pixels, no backlight bleed. Colors are good. After trying so many different RGB color settings, this came out best for me: R: 45, G: 45, B: 97

Amazing monitor, great for gaming and streaming, 100% buy. Definitely buy for someone who values the screen and really wants an amazing product. Rating: 5/5 stars.

If you have ghosting just put the response time to fast instead of fastest in monitor settings.

I picked up two of the g2724d and also have the MSI QPF from last year's deal and the QPF is better in a side by side comparison than the Dell panels I received.

Just wanna say, I followed all these instructions, instantly it looks a lot better. Text isn't hard to read, the screen doesn't look like my eyes are out of focus. I played a round of CS2 and hadn't realised how green and yellow some things actually are, or how colourful the buy menus can be. Looking forward to playing and watching more with this on.

I was looking at these earlier in the year on amazon and the amount of light bleed photos in the reviews instantly put me off.

It's ghosting.

This is a blessing, thanks mate.

I had to send my 1st order back since it had about 50 pixels that were only showing red green or blue. Also the 2nd one that they sent me has 3 dead pixels and about 10 to 20 pixels stuck on red or blue or green. I have the older gen 274qpf and gotta say the panel and the stand on that one has a better quality. Either buy the 274qpf or go with something else that can beat the 274qpf quality in the same price range.

It's a great monitor. I've got the white version on my desk and I've got no complaints. As for IPS glow, I'm not staring at dark screens all day, so it's not really an issue for me. Every panel type has its pros and cons anyway — OLED has burn-in concerns, IPS has glow, and VA panels have those bad viewing angles. Just depends what matters most to you.

I daily drive this, its a great monitor, and as long as you don't look for perfect blacks and just want a decent responsive monitor, go for it. My wife has an Asus strix OLED and even next to hers I'm content and happy.

Bought and returned last year, owned for over 2 weeks, it had terrible light bleed around the edges. Ymmv I just didn't have good luck. I purchased the 40" monitor from MSI for $280 on Black Friday.

Don't buy MSI monitors. Idk what panels or models are affected, but since years, the panels start to fail after ~2 years. I'm a massive MSI fan, but I'll never buy a monitor from them again. I saw at least 30+ confirmed cases of those panel/PSU issues, and mine broke down too after barely 2 years, and according to MSI, can't be repaired.

I have 2 of these monitors, had them for the last 2 months. So far so good. Paid $189.99 each on sale though.

I just purchased this monitor 3 days ago. Absolutely love it. It's paired with a 9800x3d and 5080. As long as your rig can push 300fps then it's forsure worth it.

I own it, and it's great. I also have the 4K oled Alienware, several more ips alienwares and I actually use this more for gaming than the others.

I have one and am happy with it for the price.

Bought it in August and I'm happy with it tbh.

I bought one a few months ago. So far so good.

I bought the 274UPF 16 months ago. The panel went out. It was going to cost over $200 to ship it and insure the package for RMA. I won't buy MSI monitors again.

Yes in fast mode it's amazing but the color temperature is very yellowish and the colors look kinda washed!

Had mine for a week now, no issues. It doesn't have any built in speakers though.

Hey, it's just me or this monitor brightness is kinda low? I mean it has 300 cd/m² but I have another monitor with the same cd/m but this one is way brighter. Does anyone know how to get more brightness?

I recently got mine and after using it for 1-2 hours, I feel uncomfortable and there's bad eye strain no matter what brightness/contrast I set. Coming from a 24inch IPS monitor.

Absolute legend! Thanks for the well done guide on how to make my monitor look great!

Can't thank you enough, you are a goat.

I have this monitor and an AMD GPU and it did help, I will keep your settings thank you my bro!

It's amazing but with the racing mode everything has an added sharpness to it.

I just bought 3 of them for my triple monitor setup. I upgraded from an Alienware PC with an i7/2080 Super to a Lenovo with a 285k/5090 RTX. I originally had triple Dell Ultrasharps at 1080p/60hz. So far the upgrade is great. You really can tell the difference between normal office work and gaming. Everything just seems smoother.

I decided to buy the cheaper 274QF, I'm very happy about it, it's night and day compared to my old 1080p 60Hz TN monitor. I was impressed by the vibrant colors the first time I turned it on, and the fluidity of having 180Hz. The included DisplayPort cable is very handy and decent quality, supports QHD at 180Hz perfectly so no need to buy it separately.

I just bought the 274 for €170 in Spain. Very happy with the change from my old MSI 60hz 1080. Night and day... now I can enjoy my 5070.

Does anyone know how to fix FPS mode on the 275QF? Everything green is grey. I've reset the monitor multiple times and can't find anything online about this. I do not recommend this monitor at all, it's the worst monitor ever made.

I suffer from ghosting. Is there any settings that reduce this?

I saw this post and it actually looks good after trying all these out. Do you always prefer HDR on? On the MSI MAG 275QF sharpness on 5 looks really good I have to say so but it's probably personal preference.

Finally, can't thank you enough!

I'm looking to buy this monitor, but I saw some people saying it has too much ghosting. Did you notice any? Would you recommend it?