MSI MAG 27CQ6F Reddit Verdict: Great Value or VA Gamble?

60 to 180hz is a huge jump and the smoothness will make it hard to go back. Going from 180hz to 300 will be far less noticeable for most people.

Picked up the MSI MAG 27CQ6F recently and honestly, it's a solid gaming monitor for the price. 27" QHD looks super sharp, the 180Hz refresh + 1ms response makes games feel buttery smooth, and the curve adds a nice bit of immersion. Colors are decent out of the box and it doesn't feel cheap. Stand is kinda basic, but does the job. Overall, great bang for your buck if you're after a high refresh 1440p monitor.

Yeah, the contrast ratio, price and response time are what's causing me to lean towards MSI as well.

I have been using it for two months, and i had some problems with it, but i managed to partially solve some of them. First, deactivate all the enhancements that the monitor brings (Night vision, ia vision, mprt, response time), most of them completely destroy the image, giving you much lower quality.

Got it for 80 dollars cuz it was listed as 'scratched display'... welp there isn't even any scratch. Contrast/colors are very nice, brightness is also good, pretty much everything is fine but since its VA panel, sometimes i experience ghosting. That issue was solved with turning the 'response time' setting to 'normal'. For its price its very good, better value than samsung odyssey monitors.

IPS panels are more color accurate and have better viewing angles than VA panels.

I'm pretty satisfied with it so far. It's a great deal for the price I got it for but don't expect OLED level of contrasts in this.

My monitor is this, but i have a hard problem with the dithering, the pictures and multimedia (Especially in Netflix and max), i use monitor as main with ps5. I think been qc problem.

Do you notice flickering in games? The cons I found are: Stand only allows for limited tilt adjustment, some visible motion blur, no HDR support.

Indeed, the monitor has flickering, this comes when VRR is active, in some games are noticeable, in other not so much, so I prefer to turn it off. The other type of flickering is the black smearing, you can see it when scrolling on white text and black background.

For the price is a very good VA panel ($180), the problem comes if you used or have an IPS panel you will notice the ghosting, it is not that bad, but it does have. If you come from a panel VA you will appreciate the deep blacks it achieves in addition to its high contrast quality, if you like cinematic gameplay and multimedia content, it is an excellent monitor.

Compared to other VA panels, this one has VERY LOW ghosting.

I'm running it at the full 180Hz and ghosting is same as regular IPS panels have. So that means lowest ghosting you can get on VA panel. I am using SRGB mode, all the AI enhancements and similar bullshit features disabled. Colors are very good. However if you are gonna run it under 120Hz, the image gets weird glitches in movement.

Je ne recommande pas ce moniteur. Les couleurs sont ternes. Le rafraîchissement d'image semble saccadé. L'image brille.

Yes, it does support HDR. However, it doesn't perform well with this. It looks better than other VA and IPS HDR I've seen, but nowhere near OLED quality. If you're banking on good HDR in a monitor but can't afford OLED, you'll want to look into one with local dimming.

Bought 3 of them. Using it for more than a month now. It's value for money. No issues for me till now.

I bought the monitor yesterday MSI MAG 27CQ6F and cyberpunk runs raytracing low at 60 FPS and other games I tested like RDR 2, all are stable at 60 FPS. Surprisingly, when I connect the monitor to my laptop via HDMI cable, the GSYNC option shows in the Nvidia control panel and runs via HDMI.

No solution at all. I was thinking on claiming the warranty but I figured it would just probably be how the monitor is. I also think it's pretty weird that there aren't almost any reviews on the internet about this monitor. Anyways I wouldn't go for a VA panel again, no matter how improved they make it look.

I got used to it, at the end of the day I got it for an extremely good price but I would not recommend it. You can probably get a better deal for a little more and be able to read text in movement.

I've bought one, for me it only starts ghosting when I use the fastest response time. If you use normal it should be good even at 120 Hz. Also sometimes when you change the gaming mode it also changes the response time to fastest by default — just switch it back to normal and you'll be good.

I have read many reviews about this monitor on sites like Newegg, Amazon and other similar sites. The ghosting problem seems very rare. Have you tried the overdrive settings, motion blur, other modes etc?

I have one too and its abysmal.

The costco panel is 400 nits and IPS vs the 300 nits and VA of the staples monitor. So it will be brighter which you could need if you have natural light in your room. IPS panels also generally have better colours/viewing angles, and less blurring than VA.

FWIW I got the 27cq6pf alongside a new prebuilt from Micro Center and I love it. My previous setup was from ~2010 so tbf anything was an upgrade at this point.

For being a factory renewed unit, it's an amazing buy. I'm running my PS5 and PC off of it as well as occasionally using Dex. When you start the monitor, there is some light along the corners, but once you start running your video, the image is great. Would definitely recommend it.

That's a good monitor, but if any person plays competitive games especially then IPS Panel would be better, as this is a VA panel.

Eu também fiz essa mudança e praticamente eliminou qualquer rastro até mesmo em cenas escuras. O modo padrão é o rápido, e o mais rápido pra mim é inutilizável, o rastro que gera é enorme.

I just bought one of these — it's to differentiate between the two types of stand, one is short and the other is height adjustable.

Now this is a helpful comment!

Exact opposite, with mine the ghosting gets more notable when going up the hz, it's really annoying.

I was about to buy this monitor, thanks to chat gpt for finding your comment on internet.

I considered the LG 27GS60QC and Samsung Odyssey G5, I landed on MSI because it's cheaper, has better sRGB and contrast ratio, and Samsung has 1000R curvature which is more aggressive than 1500R and might be inconvenient for productivity tasks.

Does it pose any black smearing problem? I'm planning to buy it and it's in my budget but the VA panel gets me wondering actually.

Meme problème les couleurs sont ternes impossible de bien paramétrer le tout.

Yo tengo problemas con este monitor, llevo unos 4 a 5 meses con él y ahora cada que lo uso salen lineas negras horizontales parpadeantes en la parte inferior, no sé si es un problema de temperaturas.

I wouldn't go for a VA panel again, no matter how improved they make it look.

Hey have you tried the worst case scenario for this monitor? The black background + white text situation.

Can you share more of your experiences or feedback about the 27CQ6F monitor? This is a relatively new model and I haven't been able to see reviews about this yet. I plan on buying this as a second monitor. Does it have any ghosting or blurring issues at default settings in the OSD?

Do you think the ghosting problem is bad? The ghosting problem seems very rare based on reviews I've read on Newegg and Amazon.

I've only gamed on TV (4K 60Hz), is the difference between 180hz and 300hz really noticeable? Like both are pretty high.

It says its HDR ready on the photos though, does it not have any HDR? Do y'all know of any good HDR budget monitors?