MSI's Lower Cost 4K OLED Gaming Monitor is Going Global

[TheLostSwede]

Back in April, MSI unveiled the MAG 272UP QD-OLED X24 in China and now the display has tipped up on its global website, suggesting we'll see a world-wide release of what is set to be a more budget friendly 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor from the company. The base specs are quite similar to those of the MPG 272URX QD-OLED, as both models offer a 240 Hz refresh rate, a 0.03 ms response time, a peak HDR brightness of 1000 nits and a VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification. Both also have what MSI refers to as a graphene film with a custom heatsink to help cool the QD-OLED panel, as well as MSI's OLED Care 2.0 and a three-year warranty.

However, the MAG 272UP QD-OLED X24 only comes with DP 1.4a support, rather than DP 2.1a, although both displays sport a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports and a USB Type-C input with DP Alt mode. That said, the MAG 272UP QD-OLED X24 only offers a meagre 15 W USB PD charging, whereas the MPG 272URX offer 98 W charging and MSI has also dropped the USB hub and KVM support on the MAG model, but a headphone jack is still present. MSI has also gone for basic VESA Adaptive-Sync support, so no FreeSync or G-Sync support on this one. On the plus side, MSI has added console specific modes at 60 and 120 Hz at three different resolutions, something we haven't seen before and VRR is supported for consoles as well. The overall design remains the same though, making it easy to mistake the affordable SKU for the more feature rich SKU. So far there's no word on pricing outside of China, where it costs 5,499 RMB.



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[ARF]

DP1.4a doesn't support 4K@240.
It only supports HBR3 ~~25.95GBit/s ~~ 4K@120@8-bit, or 4K@97@10-bit.

 

[jhawl3]

DP1.4a doesn't support 4K@240.
It only supports HBR3 ~~25.95GBit/s ~~ 4K@120@8-bit, or 4K@97@10-bit.

With DSC it does.

 

[R-T-B]

With DSC it does.

Yeah and pretty sure it is 4K @120hz, and 1080p @240hz, anyways...

 

[truerock]

In 2025 there are 2 kinds of PC video monitors: those with DisplayPort 2.1a and those that don't...

Oh... except the are DP 2.1a PC video monitors that support UHBR20 and those that don't

 

[MCJAxolotl7]

Do i care? No! DSC exists and looks FINE. If it was noticible to most people, like upscaling, it would be off by default and the option to turn it off would be obvious.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah and pretty sure it is 4K @120hz, and 1080p @240hz, anyways...

Very likely. And that is perfectly fine as only 2 GPUs can get in the range of 120fps at 4k.

 

[Macro Device]

only 2 GPUs can get in the range of 120fps at 4k.

Depends on what you're playing. Not every title is Starfield or BMW level demanding. Pre-2021 Doom games, for example, can be played 4K120 even with a 200 dollar GPU.

Considering what I'm doing on my PC it's not the brightest idea to buy an OLED display but I damn sure would've loved to experiment with such a monitor.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Depends on what you're playing.

True. I meant generally.

 

[Aquilino]

Depends on what you're playing. Not every title is Starfield or BMW level demanding. Pre-2021 Doom games, for example, can be played 4K120 even with a 200 dollar GPU.

Considering what I'm doing on my PC it's not the brightest idea to buy an OLED display but I damn sure would've loved to experiment with such a monitor.

It took me a whole minute to guess that BMW is not a racing video game.

Spoiler

Black Myth Wukong

 

[Metroid]

If you are an enthusiastic only dp 2.1 + 240hz matters.

 

[Rover4444]

Would prefer more DisplayPort ports, I don't understand why they put only one on a monitor and at only 1.4a for even panels like these, it's pretty crazy.

 

[dyonoctis]

Would prefer more DisplayPort ports, I don't understand why they put only one on a monitor and at only 1.4a for even panels like these, it's pretty crazy.

There's actually two DP, a full size, and a Type-C

 

[N3utro]

$700 for a 4K oled low latency PC gaming monitor is very cheap compared to the competition. For the same thing you usually have to pay $1200. We'll have to see how it performs at this price range.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Yeah and pretty sure it is 4K @120hz, and 1080p @240hz, anyways...

Why? It clearly states its 4K 240 Hz on the product page.

Depends on what you're playing. Not every title is Starfield or BMW level demanding. Pre-2021 Doom games, for example, can be played 4K120 even with a 200 dollar GPU.

Considering what I'm doing on my PC it's not the brightest idea to buy an OLED display but I damn sure would've loved to experiment with such a monitor.

Playing plenty of games that can top out the 160 Hz refresh rate on my 4K monitor...
Are they first person shooters? No.
Do they need 160 Hz? Most likely no, but at least I get more than 60 Hz.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Why? It clearly states its 4K 240 Hz on the product page.

Through the HDMI then? DisplayPort 1.4a can't do 4k 240hz. I think most people would be cool with HDMI. Unless they're talking about that USBC DP thing? They should be more clear and define specs with exacting precision.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Would prefer more DisplayPort ports, I don't understand why they put only one on a monitor and at only 1.4a for even panels like these, it's pretty crazy.

If you want DP 2.1a, buy the pricier model, it's already available.

 

[nageme]

costs 5,499 RMB

Wouldn't hurt to translate to a relatable currency.
So, that's $760.

 

[Wirko]

Wouldn't hurt to translate to a relatable currency.
So, that's $760.

How do we know you're not a Canadian?

 

[Macro Device]

How do we know you're not a Canadian?

 

[lexluthermiester]

How do we know you're not a Canadian?

Why would you doubt them, eh?

 

[nageme]

How do we know you're not a Canadian?

Or Singaporean?

It's not aboot who you are.
There are norms used in general internet contexts, such as $ = USD.

 

[_roman_]

Thanks for giving the focus on the DP connectors and not to the MSI marketing hoax

https://www.msi.com/Monitor/MAG-272UP-QD-OLED-X24/Specification

DisplayPort: 3840 x 2160 (Up to 240Hz)
1x DisplayPort 1.4a (HBR3)

Pay attention to the up to phrase. up to means = nothing. Seems MSI is another Hoax brand.

Looking for the 1.4a specs is not easy. Not sure if that is the right page but nope: https://www.displayport.org/faq/#tab-general-faqs

It's sad to rely on 3rd party unverified nonsense like wikipedia, although there seems to be displayport homepage.
that hbr3 means the display maybe be able to do 97 or 120Hz @ fake 4k resolution -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

So sad MSI is another hoax brand. Fancy 240 Hz sticker and a connector which may provide half of the advertised speed.

-- MSI homepage advertises a flaw in the panel. That monitor looks even worse when checking the homepage. It seems that monitor has issue with static images and brightness of certain things. Fancy promoting certain color features but do not provide a calibration certificate for delta smaller 1 from the factory. 3 years warranty is not much.

• Pixel shift.
• Panel Protect
• Taskbar protection -> i doubt this will work for non windows operating systems, who have top and bottom. or left and botton, and so on configuration with customiseable pixel width for the "notifcation" / "taskbar" panel
• You may look there yourself: https://www.msi.com/Monitor/MAG-272UP-QD-OLED-X24

My current Monitor runs for 12 hours non stop - without such fancy software demands.

 

[Tpanon]

Just to clarify: The main differences between this one and the pricier ($1200?) monitor are DP 1.4a -> DP 2.1a, 15W -> 98W charging over USB and KVM support? I have a feeling KVM support is mostly about software/drivers (which they have already made for the other monitor), so in reality we are talking about 2 slightly more expensive chips for DP and USB? And for those 2 chips we are being charged $440??!!?

 

[RejZoR]

It's nice to see OLEDs getting more affordable. It's just funny people keep falling into same trap as always. High resolutions, high refresh rates, no one taking into consideration GPU requirements needed to drive displays at ideal performance. When affordable 4K LCD monitors dropped, everyone rushed for them not realizing hardly any graphic card can run it, especially those owned by normies.

Even currently, it's better to buy a native 1440p OLED that you can drive at 240 framerates to really drive the refresh rate to the max to really experience the speed and responsiveness over "wow how sharp the image is" and game barely runs at 60 fps at which most people have to use such high levels of DLSS/FSR the image looks like poop.

Buy monitors smart to not put all the burden on owning expensive GPU to run it or to be forced to constantly upgrade GPU's because they have problems keeping up with games on high resolution monitors. Coz even 1440p is sometimes hard to drive fast on high end graphic cards, let alone 4K...