MSI MPG 321URXW QD-OLED: What Real Users Actually Think

DP1.4 on this is taking the piss a bit, it's not like there aren't DP2.0 devices to test with even if Nvidia doesn't support it.

While OLED is a night and day difference compared to IPS, I'm not sure how I could ever justify purchasing this. It's over double the price of a decent 4k IPS monitor and has a real risk of burn in, and worse text clarity. I love OLED but I'm passing until these hit $500-600.

I really want this but I'm certain I'll destroy it very quickly. I tend to dual boot with Linux where I use a tiling WM. Not just that but I tile the same programs in the same ratios 90% of the time for full work days. OLED would be so awesome to game on but I just don't see how it would work out for me as a dual use screen.

I don't get how you can't find five minutes time in 16 hours to let your monitor go to Standby once and just do its thing. Bad firmware can kill the whole display experience, however that's not exclusive to OLEDs.

Wait until 2025-26 then, when they should drop down to under £1000.

I've had the same monitor and have had 0 issues. If oled care pops up at a bad time, I turn off display, turn on, use as intended and then let it run its course when it needs to. This post is some of the most dramatic emotions about a monitor I've seen.

Worse text clarity is the kicker for me. I don't just use my monitor for gaming.

AW3423DWF can be found for $800 already, pretty close to the price target for this category.

That's a whole lot of writing for what basically boils down to: I didn't do enough research before my purchase.

There are honestly not a lot of monitors with native G-Sync coming out anymore. It's not really worth the cost of putting an extra chip in them. The G-Sync compatible that your monitor has is good enough generally.

Nice to see more focus on burn-in mitigation features. Price is also good and will hopefully see more discounts on earlier OLED monitors.

Eh how is an OLED inferior to IPS? It looks way better unless you are doing something very wrong. Did you update firmware and calibrate it? Did you even change settings?

No such issue on my Samsung G80SD — zero requirement or notification to run the refresh and I can easily interrupt it and continue doing whatever I want. This is entirely on more gaming-focused brands like MSI.

I used to run a LG C2 42" before also moving to the 321URX and to be honest, I completely agree with your pain points — I just think your initial statement for not buying an OLED again doesn't apply because this seems to be a MSI-only thing. The LG C2 + LGTV Companion seemed to work way better than 321URX + Gaming Intelligence.

I use mine for work and I have had it since release, I have never seen the thing popup. Whenever I get up to get food or coffee the monitor enters standby and does the thing itself, sometimes I just turn it off and it does oled care stuff before turning off.

Most of your issues here aren't exclusive to OLED. I've never seen a panel that didn't let you skip or delay the panel refresh. I have mine and love it.

I just purchased one after reading this thread. It's a protection for the OLED monitor. I wouldn't buy a QD-OLED without it.

Most of what you're describing doesn't happen on the vast majority of OLEDs. Even just the notification popping up isn't an issue on most displays because you can massively delay the cycle — mine is set to 16 hours — or just ignore it entirely.

There was a firmware update in June that changed the Protect Notice for OLED Care from 16 hrs to 24 hrs. I don't deal with the OLED care issue anymore while actually on and using the PC. It hasn't been an issue since FW.016 and overall feels good to me.

FW0016: Panel shows the display needs to run Pixel Cleaning. You have 3 options — Run now, Postpone 24 hours, or cancel and dismiss (it will run when monitor is in standby). If you ignore it the message auto-dismisses itself in one minute and the message box is pretty much transparent.

I've owned 4 OLEDs so far — 27GR95QE, 321URX, AW2725Q, 272URX — and on all of them you can defer the OLED care function long enough unless you run the monitor 16 hrs straight.

I've had this since day 1 and have not had any of these issues. You can select cancel and it'll either wait until the screen isn't getting input or after 16 more hours. The pixel refresh lasts for 10 minutes at most.

You can use it for anything — my main usage is gaming, YouTube, and video editing. For me it was either MSI or LG. In the end I went MSI simply because of the extra burn-in warranty and the built-in OLED care. Just a bit of peace of mind. Color wise, magnificent.

The brightness and colors on the AW3225 are absolutely atrocious. Do NOT recommend.

Text fringing is subjective but I would argue that in this case you, like me, are more sensitive to it. I just could never get past the text clarity issues with QD OLED even though it was supposed to be so much better. My move was to just keep my IPS panel for work and productivity, and keep a separate setup for gaming and content consumption.

I personally enjoy mine. I work on it 95-98% of the time in MacOS.

I find it strange that people tolerate these interrupts from these manufacturers when the makers of OLED panels like LG and Samsung never have these popups for their own monitor models.

Change the warning to 4 hours, and click cancel when you get the warning. Then make a mental note to step away from your computer for a few minutes sometime in the next 12 hours. I've had this monitor since launch and it's never been an issue for me.

Mine's a pile of trash. Has a black dot that developed on top of the screen after 2 months of use. Always buy ASUS.

Love my 321URX. I'm not sure what the W means, but I've had zero problems and I wouldn't trade it.

I went with this over the LG 32GS95UE Dual Mode Monitor. The LG doesn't seem to have the same warranty in regards to burn-in as MSI does, and doesn't have the same Panel Protect feature. I ended up getting the 321URX cause it went on sale on Currys. I think I made the right choice — the colours look way better.

Best monitor for a PS5 Pro hands down.

I totally agree. I'm super happy with my purchase.

I made the jump to OLED a few months back with the same model and honestly it's hard going back to anything else now. The colors really do pop compared to standard IPS panels. The 3-year burn-in warranty gave me peace of mind when I grabbed mine.

Text on all current OLEDs is rubbish currently. It's why I have a 321URX for gaming, and right next to it an LG 32GQ950-B 4K IPS display for anything MacOS/work related.

I had the fringing issue till I went to 4K and that fixed it for me. I had both WOLED and QD-OLED side by side, both 32-inch 4K. You either get text fringing with QD-OLED or some blurriness with WOLED. I found the text better for me personally on the QD-OLED.

I'm sensitive to text issues too, so I got a 27-inch 4K QD-OLED and text looks great on it. That size and resolution is very crisp.

No doubt OLED has some of the best picture quality but I returned mine — could simply not live with the purple tint because it was worse blacks in daylight and my PC is mostly used in daylight environments.

So now I want to buy this monitor even more, because cash allows it, and you didn't stop me. I need something to do with yourself bro, this is some anti-technology hate writing.

If the picture is only slightly better you must be using it in a light room. OLED is always good, but the primary benefit of infinite contrast ratio is for use in a dark or darkened room.

You can literally just turn off the display and it will automatically run the refresh if it needs it.

A matte screen also helps with the fringing as the matte coating diffuses the effect quite a bit. I am also pretty sensitive to it and I didn't really notice the fringing on a G8 with matte coating.