1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,880 I love QD OLED gaming monitors, but you know what I've got at home? 240 Hz. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:15,200 That's not fast enough. What I want is MSI's new 500 Hz QD OLED gaming monitor, the MPG272QR. 3 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:22,160 This thing is fast. Unfortunately, we can't really game on it, but it's got a clear MR 21,000 rating 4 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:28,480 from Vesa. The typical 0.03 millisecond gray-to-gray response times for lightning fast QD OLED pixels. 5 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:37,120 UHBR 20 for full-fat DP 2.1 and 98 watts on the USB-C port so that you can actually charge 6 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,440 basically whatever you want while you're doing everything else on this monitor. 7 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,280 And while I can't game on it, I can look at everything else physically, like this really 8 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:50,400 nice single-piece base that just rests on your table. No legs jutting out anywhere, 9 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:55,920 takes up just a minimal amount of desk space. It's great. We've also got the typical laser 10 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,720 case for the monitor, other than the rest of the control box on the back of the monitor. 11 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:05,280 But hey, we don't talk about that. We just talk about how thin the panel is at its thinnest point. 12 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:10,240 As for the stand, seems decent. It's got some up and down. I don't want to move it too much because 13 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:16,800 we're just at CES, but it's got swivel. It's got tilt. Can it pivot? It can pivot. I'm not going 14 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:25,200 all the way, but it can pivot. It's got AI, but what's really cool is this true black 500 rating 15 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:32,160 from Vesa. I have been waiting for a monitor that's OLED that can do true black anything other than 16 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:37,680 400. But as cool as this is, I've seen 500 Hertz monitors before. You know what I haven't seen? 17 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:45,840 600 Hertz and MSI's got that. This is the 600 Hertz 24.1 inch monitor from MSI. It's the MPG 18 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:52,560 242R X60N. It's a TN panel. So obviously you're going to be sacrificing some of the nicer 19 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:58,240 color and viewing angles that you're going to get from something like a QT OLED that we were just 20 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:04,800 looking at. But 600 Hertz? That's wild. That is so incredibly fast, and I can't wait to try it. 21 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:11,280 We turned everything to as low as we could, set it to 720p, and we're still getting only 300 frames 22 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:16,640 a second. This is MSI's computer. I don't know what's in it. You can go faster with the 4090 or 23 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:22,160 even a 5090, but you know what? We just wanted to see how good it could look at a high refresh rate 24 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:27,360 with as much FPS as we could crunch into this thing. And I've got to say, while the game might 25 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:33,360 look like ass, the monitor itself does it. It's very typical TN, which is fine, because most of the 26 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:41,920 time you're going to be like this whenever you're gaming. It's of course 1080p, HDR 400. There are 27 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:49,200 two HDMI 2.0 B inputs, which should let you get that full 600 Hertz at 1080p. And one of the nicest 28 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:55,360 touches is that, like the other monitor we looked at, it's got 98 watts of power delivery on the 29 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:03,120 USB-C. That's a lot of juice. It's pretty dang fast. And until other technologies like OLED or just 30 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:08,640 even regular IPS are fast enough to run at 600 Hertz, this is the fastest you're going to find. 31 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:13,280 And so all the eSports gamers, this is probably what you're going to get. Another major difference 32 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:19,760 between this and the monitor we just looked at is it is a chunky boy. It's big. It's thick. There's 33 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:26,640 no laser thin panel on this guy. But you know what? Does it really matter? Unless you're on an ARM 34 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:31,360 trying to get as close to the wall as possible. Who cares? I could be gaming on a CRT for all I care. 35 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:36,720 But I can't not tell you how thick it is. As for the stand, it's got most of your typical features. 36 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:43,520 It can go up and down. It can swivel left and right. It can tilt. But I think I don't. Oh, 37 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:49,360 it can pivot as well. Both ways. Both ways. So no matter whatever configuration you want, 38 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,600 you're going to be able to get it to there. There's an absolute ton of stuff at MSI this year. 39 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:58,080 We can't take a look at everything. But thanks for taking a look at this one with us. We've got a 40 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,400 lot of other CES coverage. Make sure to check it out. Thanks for watching. See you next time.