MSI Full HD Rapid-IPS 1ms 2560 x 1080 Ultra Wide 200Hz Refresh Rate HDR Ready G-Sync Compatible 30” Gaming Monitor (Optix MAG301RF)

I’ve been using the Lenovo Y25-25 for a year or so. It’s a superior panel in terms of refresh rate, but lower resolution. My initial impressions of this panel is that it’s nearly identical in image quality aside from the obvious pixel density making text appear more clear. Gaming on it has been pleasant so far. There’s a curved Acer monitor with similar specs (30” ultrawide, 2060x1080, 1ms response, 200hz) that is curved, and is $60 cheaper than this. You have a VA instead of IPS on that, so I’ll see tomorrow how they compare. Only other criticism, and I imagine it’s so the depth of the monitor itself is reduced, is an external power supply, which I’m not a big fan of. I preferred the built in PSU, with the desktop PSU cable on my Lenovo rather than the laptop style external PSU. Will update this review in the coming days as I test that competitor from Acer (XZ6) and ASUS ROG STRIX XG309CM. UPDATE: so my summary between the three monitors is that this unit is the best value of the 3! For $269, you’re going to be hard pressed to find an ultrawide with similar response time and refresh rate. Most will be lower refresh rate, and the one that is (ROG STRIX) is over $100 more for just 20hz additional. The ROG has superior refresh rate, and arguably more features, but none that make up for the cost difference. The Acer has identical specs to this but far too much ghosting and streaking due to its VA panel for me to recommend it to any FPS gamer, and it’s VESA mounting takes 3-5 inches of depth from your desk. But at $220 (it’s sale price), it’s a strong value for productivity or people that won’t need the high refresh rate / low response time when gaming. Summary: The 1080p ultrawide market is lacking as more and more panels move to 1440p. It seems people are valuing resolution far more than frames since 2021, despite the graphics cards that can take full advantage of them still being cost prohibitive. For those of us that are using older cards or want to emphasize frames per second over all other factors, 1080p still makes a lot of sense. So if you need a 1080p panel for gaming and productivity, I can’t think of one I’d recommend that packs as much value per dollar over this one. SYSTEM SPECS: (for context to my gaming-related comments): Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition 32GB Kingston Fury Renegade 3600 DDR4 RAM (4x8 configuration) Msi B550 Pro-Vdh motherboard Game used for testing: Halo Infinite w/ Custom Video settings (FOV 98°, mostly Low settings with Terrain, Flocking, and two other CPU bound settings set to Ultra).

Having graduated from gaming laptops and building my first desktop PC, I was in the market for a new monitor to pair with my RTX 3060ti. I primarily play simulators and driving games (American Truck Simulator, Dirt Rally, Farming Simulator) so a wide aspect ratio was attractive to me. I knew a 1440p wide monitor would be pushing up against what I was comfortable with asking of my GPU, so the MAG301RF seemed to be a perfect fit. Not massive, but the additional side space makes a huge difference. The pricepoint of this monitor is a fantastic value for anyone wanting to get into wide monitors, and the refresh rate and response time only sweeten the deal.

Me gusto mucho el monitor pero encontre un error pero fue el no informarme , para hacer uso del g sync como tal debes si o si tener una entrada DISPLAYPORT de lo contrario con HDMI no te agarra la funcion de g sync y te limita a 180 hz que no esta para nada mal, pero si tienes una laptop en este caso como el mio que no cuenta con un puerto Gsync o thunderbolt no podras hacer uso de este, mi laptop es una MSI gf65 rtx3060 me agarra a la resolucion 2560x1080 a 180hz compatibilidad con HDR, cabe mencionar tambien que el monitor cuenta con opcion adaptive sync que se habilita desde menu opciones esta algo oculta pero puees habilitarla ahi. A pesar de eso me sorprendio que tan bien y que es bastante grande mas de lo que hubiese imaginado, pensaba comprarme uno de 34 pulgadas pero esde de 29.5 se me hace inmenso, es para uso de escritorio y a una media distancia. Muchos juegos no tienen compatibilidad a ese aspecto ratio, recomiendo usar Flawlesswidescreen

Its not well optimized for gaming, it only does 1080p with games that dont support ultrawide like valorant and warzone. It also stutters a lots of ghosting and it doesnt stay at 200hz constantly. But this is a great monitor for productivity and multitasking. good picture and color quality.

If youre using this monitor primarily for gaming, you will not be disappointed. The high refresh rate was a big step up from my previous 60hz monitor, and the extra FOV from the space on the sides was useful. However, gaming is not my main hobby and I also use this monitor for work (computer programming) and watching videos. My main issue with this monitor is the color accuracy. Bright reds always seem to be very washed out in comparison to my old ASUS ProArt, no matter how much calibration I did. Then again, if youre just looking for a gaming monitor and dont care about color accuracy, then do consider this monitor. In my case I think I will trade this for a 27 4K monitor from Dell.

this monitor looks amazing i think its the best monitor for the price i cant find a single thing to complain about.

I wish I could get a video or a picture of the problem I am experiencing, unfortunately I can not. Im not if its just me or the monitor. On static images and youtube videos the image and picture looks perfectly clear. I set windows to 200hz and i have freesync enabled on both the radeon software as well as the monitor. I am coming from an LG ultrawide 29 2560x1080 IPS panel with only 75hz freesync. The freesync never really worked very well on that monitor but the picture was always great. Going to this monitor the 200hz refresh rate was a game changer for me, wow. Even just surfing the web scrolling down feels so much better. The mouse movement looks better and moving windows around on the desktop just looks and feels way smoother. The adaptive sync works great and im loving how smooth the gameplay is with a properly working adaptive sync and around 100fps. The problem is that when in games while moving including walking strafing or just looking side to side. The image becomes pixelated and its very noticeable at times. It almost looks like a black boarder surrounds each individual pixel. I have spent hours searching the web for a fix. I have tried multiple cables both DP and HDMI i have tried multiple frame rates, i have played with nearly every setting available in the OSD etc. So far nothing has fixed how pixelated the image looks in games while moving, its driving me crazy! If you stand still in the game, the image looks great. I have been really hoping its a setting that I can change that will resolve the issue but after days of trying im starting to worry that its something to do with the monitor itself. Windows 10, vega 56, driver 21.40.03.01 If anyone who has this monitor knows of a fix please post a review about how to fix it.

This is a tldr review first impression since Ive not had it long. I bought direct from Amazon rather than 3rd party. I received all necessary items, including the power brick. So if youre worried buy from Amazon certified. The monitor impresses out of the box, feels fast, has pleasant color reproduction. No noticeable artifacts. Ips bleed was very good on my model, barely noticeable. Out of the box it might be crushing blacks which is odd for an ips, is probably fixable with some tweaking. Its worth noting I used 165hz 10 bit, which might be affecting things in normal 8 bit rgb range. Not worth doing since HDR support is an afterthought but its also doubtful this monitor can hold 200hz stable. That is just how it be with these ips screens. It is way better than normal FHD, the extra fov you get is fantastic. edit: Automatic aspect ratio is broken, so on games that dont scale to 16:9 even with GPU scaling enabled require you to go into the OSD. It is a missed opportunity that you cannot make a shortcut to aaspect ratio config. This monitor has poor gamma settings, night vision is the closest to a gamma setting, but it just overblooms things. AI Nightvision is just weird as well. Other than that the colors on this monitor are really, really good. It is fun to play with, and those negatives dont affect gameplay, but if youre like me it will eat at you slowly. Unfortunately there arent many good options in the 30in UW category (34in is too big for me)

Bien

The width of the monitor is awesome and it reduces the headache on switching between multiple tabs between windows. Good monitor for work.