MSI Optix MAG272QR 27" gaming monitor release date?

Guyver · 11 Nov 2019 at 14:54

Anyone know when MSI's new 27" 1440p monitor will be available? seen on amazon funnily enough today but says 1-3 months postage lol. looking an upgrade to a 27" after many many years using 3 24" monitors. will eventually get 3 27" but only the one at 1440p.

was hoping overclockers would have them at least for preorder atm but cant see them. only that they have sold out of the older version.

Guyver · 4 Dec 2019 at 18:09

Anyone any update? Keep seeing it pop up in other places but no date or solid price. MSI suck at this sort of stuff, though tbh so does Asus.

Guyver · 5 Dec 2019 at 11:20

Jimmy Weirdarms said:
The only place I've seen this pop up so far is the giant retailer of doom, promising to deliver between early jan and mid feb. They have it listed at £279.

ye thats all iv seen, MSI have the monitor on their site but as always very little actual release info. Price has to be wrong as that super cheap for a 1440p 165hz monitor. thats why i was hoping someone here would know.

Guyver · 5 Dec 2019 at 12:10

i was thinking about jumpin on the MSI one as well, its a nice upgrade from my old 24" monitors. AOC have very few reviews on them, dont think they like giving out samples. id review the MSI one as its new as well so id accomplish 2 things with one purchase. i get next to nothing when i ask for review stuff, games i get a few but hardware i get naff all unless i buy it for myself.

i'll keep an eye out for any more MSI info though as the new monitor looks real nice as well, wish they would stop with the RGB on the back though, such a waste of money unless its bright enough to be a proper ambient light like a full on led strp set.

Guyver · 5 Dec 2019 at 13:17

ye seen that one and was wondering what the difference was. might have a look at that as well.

Guyver · 11 Feb 2020 at 12:25

Ye was gutted scan changed the date but overclockers has it for pre order now so hopefully they start arriving soon. Seen the AOC version but not seen many good reports on their monitors so want to stick with msi, plus I would like to get 2 curved 1080p monitors in the future to go either side of this one and this way they will all look the same. Hope it's due in soon,
Fingers crossed overclockers staff can keep us up to date with delivery dates for stock.

Guyver · 19 Feb 2020 at 09:29

Ye I contacted msi a d they said early March so fingers crossed. Was all excited for a nice new monitor and then delayed

Guyver · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:02

Cool, mine is at home still in the box. Arrived today but working 12 hour shifts till the weekend. Wil set it up sat night I hope and get a blast. I'll be doing a video review in a couple of weeks after using it for a bit. Looking forward to 1440p gaming tbh.

Guyver · 29 Feb 2020 at 01:32

Got mine home and can't get it going on displayport. Works on hdmi at 144hz and 1440p.not had time to play anything on it yet. Did notice some strange lines appear now and then across the screen when in Windows folders and stuff. Need more time to play it but might be an rma at this rate. Will get another displayport cable and see if the one they gave me was the problem. Gpu has never used the ports so shouldn't be that.

Guyver · 1 Mar 2020 at 10:34

Ye the led craze needs to end on the back of monitors, waste of time.
Got the monitor going at 1440p at 120hz.think my hdmi cables are cheap and can't handle anymore. Hopefully the displayport cable sorts out this problem or its going back. I can never get anything that works right off the bat.

Guyver · 5 Mar 2020 at 18:57

I got 1440p at 120hz but my hdmi cables were a bit naff. Got a new displayport cable and now running at 1440p at 165hz with G-Sync enabled. Looks great and in process of doing a review atm. Will be live in a week or 2 as only limited usage time atm. I will say it looks amazing and runs very smooth.