The MSI MAG 271QPX is almost an unthinkable monitor. It’s $750, which isn’t cheap for a gaming monitor , but is cheap for an OLED or QD-OLED gaming monitor . And yet not only is the MSI MAG 271QPX using this technology, but it’s also using one of the more recent 1440p/360Hz QD-OLED panels, like that found in the Alienware AW2725DF .
It’s even cheaper than the AOC Agon Pro AG276QZD was at the time I tested it last year, and that monitor runs 33% slower and has subpixel issues that this monitor avoids. With performance, value, and a shiny new panel on deck, the MSI MAG 271QPX is shaping up to be one of the best value gaming monitors around, so let’s see if it proves itself worthy. Despite its promise of visual splendor, the MSI MAG 271QPX is a bit of an understated monitor.
It looks about like any other MSI monitor from the front, with a flat, 27-inch panel, modest bezels around the display, and a little chin with MSI’s logo on it. Around back it has a plastic mound housing much of the hardware, and it sports a somewhat sports-car-esque design, but it’s not ostentatious and there’s not a spec of RGB lighting around back. The most the monitor does is show off a bit of how thin the QD-OLED panel is by having it stretch out beyond the plastic housing by a few inches.
While discussing the build, I think it worth noting that, for the MSI MAG271QPX QD-OLED, it’s actually critical that you take off all of the plastic wrap clinging to the chassis. On the rear, the wra.
