MSI OPTIX MAG272 27" - good budget monitor?

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Hey all.

Recently built my first pc and had an Asus 60hz monitor laying around so have stuck with that.

Certainly feel that it is sub par for my intended use of gaming. Certainly a lot of screen tearing, enough to be difficult to deal with at times.

I found the MSI OPTIX MAG272 27" whilst browsing. Looking to get 1440p and 27" seems good size for what i need. Is this good value for money vs the £210 budget? .

Have found monitors around £300 but realistically this is not within budget.

Or are there suitable alternative around the same price?

TIA guys
 
That monitor is a 1080p monitor, not 1440p.

The MSI OPTIX MAG272QR is a 1440p monitor that I won't hesitate to recommend, but it comes in about £280, if you can find it in stock anywhere, but the plain MAG272 is a "Full HD" 1920x1080 product AFAICT.

For a 27" 1440p in your budget ... I will defer to others, I have no idea!

I was clearly being a late night numpty ha!

Anyone else able to put any input in?
 
@hybridpwn - Vouch for this monitor, cracking for the cash. It's worth saving those extra pennies if you can find one in-stock. I managed to nab one not so long ago for £279 on the rainforest and can't fault it!

Thanks Mr G. I did find this to start and seemed good based on reviews and cost but is a little stretch. Think i will just wait until funds permit. Thanks my dude

EDIT - Seems to be cheaper for the newer curved models from what im searching. hmm
 
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Hi all,

So I got my monitor today (MSI Optix MAG272C) and I have to say, I think it's a mixed bag, but it has improved. Overall summary:

1. No back light bleed is present.
2. Good uniformity in all areas.
3. Excellent colours out of the box (with official colours/driver installed from MSI website) in comparison to my old TN monitor.
4. Response time - mixed bag.

More on that last point. There are 3 response time settings: normal, fast, fastest and one additional option "Anti Motion Blur". Normal and fast response times are too slow for me, the monitor was clearly too slow to keep up with any fast action. Fastest was just about OK, but I could still tell the picture was blurred due to the response time. Enabling "Anti Motion Blur" did little to stop it. The UFO test proved obvious ghosting in the high refresh rates, but I didn't see that in any games, just a bit of blurring as I mentioned (on fastest setting).

I tried the monitor in a few games: Doom, World of Warcraft, The Witcher 3, Total War Thrones of Britannia. The first 3 games proved to have motion blur, even with the various settings disabled to ensure there wasn't any additional effects running to produce it. But, I persevered since I want this monitor to be great.

The best way to completely resolve the blurring was to enable FreeSync. WoW looked as quick as my TN after enabling it, and I'll be trying a few other games again later. That said, I had to hook it up to my GFs machine to test this as my old GTX 970 doesn't support FreeSync. Looks like I'm getting me a new GFX card to go with this monitor. That said, if I feel there are more problems, I'll return it and get a refund. I'll keep you guys posted if you're interested.

Sorry havent been able to get back online for a while. Thank you for your informative input.
 
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