Review on MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD 2560X1440 Monitor 🖥️ with Adjustable Stand, 165Hz, High Dynamic Range by Julio Hoffmann

TLDR: Too bright (like a flashlight), 165hz is pointless and has no significant difference to 144hz (just take a 144hz or 120hz monitor seriously), I had a defective panel and had to send it back. Pros: The software for this monitor is great. Switching between monitor modes, creating personal settings profiles, etc. is really good. The MPRT option is pretty good. Unfortunately, this tends to oversaturate the screen, but eliminates motion blur very well in games (and in the UFO test). It doesn't matter, tbh, but it's a bit palpable. good trick. Cons: I received a relatively faulty monitor. The backlighting around the edges was pretty poor, so I see black gradients all over the place and a weird yellow bleed in the center that the camera doesn't pick up. The more you look at the white screen (read textbooks, write comics), the more it appears. This shit is unacceptable. To be honest, the brightness of this monitor is ridiculous and can be painful. The main problem is that the monitor's default color settings are too damn saturated. It's disgusting. There's a downside, though: enabling sRGB or Adobe RGB monitor modes (via monitor or OSD software) will eliminate oversaturation. However, the contrast of the monitor cannot be changed from 70, and for this monitor 70 is a lot. You can only change the brightness, which I don't think helps much. The stand wobbles slightly to the left and right. Also, you CANNOT rotate this stand 90 degrees, so there is no portrait mode on this monitor. He just banged on the table once warmed up to 70 degrees. Not sure what went wrong there. And finally, a small shortcoming, but worth mentioning: 165 Hz is exaggerated in my opinion. 144Hz is the best solution, and 120Hz is fine too. The reason is, let's do some math"Hz" means "updates per second", so: 60Hz => 1/60 updates per 1 second -> 16.66ms (milliseconds) 120Hz = > 8.33ms 144Hz => 6.94ms 165Hz => 6.06ms From 60 to 120 we see an improvement of 8.33ms, from 60 to 144 we see an improvement of 9.7ms, from 60 on 165 we see an improvement of 10.6 ms. Have you noticed how much the recoil decreases when we reach 120? The difference between 120 and 144 is only 1.38 ms. From 144 to 165 - 0.88ms. But the computer you need to run those frames is no joke. Even if you go from 144Hz to 240Hz, you'll see a difference of just 2.7ms! And will you see the difference? A little, of course. Will it really matter? no Can you run it? I doubt. EDIT: Added some images for reference. "Edge dimming" is a bit of an exaggeration, but note that my other, smaller monitor doesn't have this issue. I guess I went roulette on bad panels, it could have been worse, but I'm still unhappy with it.