**MSI MA G271 CQID Gaming Monitor Review**

The MSI MA G271 CQi gaming monitor is a significant upgrade to the previous generation Ma G27 C, and it's clear that MSI has made several improvements to create a top-notch gaming experience. One of the first things that stands out about this monitor is its built-in profiles, which can be easily switched between to suit different gaming scenarios. This feature allows for quick and easy adjustments to settings such as brightness, contrast, sharpness, color profile, and even crosshairs. Additionally, the monitor comes with six different crosshair options to overlay onto the screen, providing a more immersive experience.

The monitor's included cables are also worth mentioning. MSI has provided an HDMI displayport USB Type B to Type A, and power cable, which should make it easy for users to set up their system. However, one thing to note is that the stand itself weighs around 5.6 kilograms, making it a bit awkward to use, especially when attached at maximum height. The monitor's dimensions are also quite large, measuring 61.2 centimeters in width, 56 centimeters in height, and 26.6 centimeters in depth. While this may not be an issue for some users, others may find it cumbersome.

Despite the stand's limitations, there are only a couple of adjustments available - minus five to twenty degrees of tilt adjustment and 0 to 130 millimetres of height adjustment. Fortunately, these adjustments are more than sufficient, and I found that a bit more force than usual was needed to move the monitor up and down. However, there is no pivot or swivel available, which may be a drawback for some users.

In terms of actual use, I found that the monitor performed well in both gaming and content creation scenarios. The 1440p resolution at 144 Hertz provides a great sweet spot for many games, especially when paired with an AMD graphics card that can handle the resolution with decent frame rates. I was impressed by how quickly I got used to the curve of the monitor, which helps create a more immersive experience in games. While I did notice some ghosting in the UFO toast mode, this could be improved slightly with the faster response time setting at the expense of some flicker.

The VA panel looked great, with good color gamut and contrast ratio that make it suitable for content creation. The RGB lighting was a bit too dim to really be noticeable, but the new OSD software to manage the monitor through Windows was a very convenient feature to have. Overall, I found the MSI MA G271 CQi gaming monitor to be an excellent option for gamers who want a high-quality display with a range of features and settings to customize their experience.

**Technical Specifications**

The MSI MA G271 CQi gaming monitor comes in several different models, including 1080p 24 and 27-inch options as well as a larger version of this one at 32 inches with the 1440p resolution. The monitor's technical specifications are as follows:

* Resolution: 1440p (2560 x 1440)

* Refresh Rate: 144 Hertz

* Response Time: 1ms MRP T

* Panel Type: VA

* Connectivity: HDMI displayport USB Type B to Type A and power cable

* Dimensions: 61.2 cm W x 56 cm H x 26.6 cm D

* Weight: 5.6 kilograms (with stand)

* Adjustments: -5 to +20 degrees of tilt adjustment, 0 to 130 millimeters of height adjustment

**Conclusion**

The MSI MA G271 CQi gaming monitor is a significant upgrade to the previous generation Ma G27 C, and it's clear that MSI has made several improvements to create a top-notch gaming experience. With its built-in profiles, high refresh rate, and good color gamut, this monitor is well-suited for gamers who want a high-quality display with a range of features and settings to customize their experience. While the stand itself weighs around 5.6 kilograms and has only two adjustments available, these limitations are more than made up for by the monitor's excellent performance in both gaming and content creation scenarios.

**Pricing**

The MSI MA G271 CQi gaming monitor will launch with a price tag of around $449 US dollars in the US or $549 Australian dollars in Australia. This is slightly higher than some other 1440p monitors on the market, but the added features and improvements make it well worth considering for serious gamers.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe ma g27 one cqr is a new 27-inch 1440p 144 hertz curved gaming monitor from msi so let's check it out and see if it's something you should consider as mentioned this is a 27-inch monitor with a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and runs at the 1440p resolution so 2560 by 1440 it's got AMD's precinct too so you'll need an AMD graphics card in order to take advantage of this you can still use an Nvidia graphics card with it perfectly fine but you'll still get screen tearing although I think it's less noticeable with higher refresh rate monitors if you can push high frame rates anyway the panel also runs at 144 Hertz with a one millisecond mr PT response time which makes it an excellent choice for gamers the great great response time isn't listed but I don't have the tools needed to test response times the monitor has three response time settings normal faster and fastest I didn't really notice a difference in the UFO tests between normal and faster while fastest did appear to reduce ghosting at the expense of adding flicker although I could not see this with my own eyes it was only picked up on camera as you may have noticed it's also got an 1800 our curve this is a fairly noticeable curve especially for a monitor of this size but after using it for a while I did start to get used to it and prefer it not having the corners further away was nice it's also using a VA panel and to me the colors look great with great viewing angles I couldn't notice any changes even while looking at the screen on sharp angles msi lists that it's capable of 178 degree viewing angles both vertically and horizontally i've previously reviewed msi as ma g27 see the older version of this model so i'll also mention throughout the video how they differ so far the specs mentioned have been the same in terms of color accuracy msi note that the panel is capable of 115 percent of srgb and 90 percent of DCI p3 my spider 5 doesn't show results above 100% of srgb and doesn't as DCI p3 so with that in mind I got 100% of sRGB 79% of ntsc and 84% of Adobe RGB exactly the same as the older ma g27 see a pretty good result for a gaming monitor in my opinion it's gonna peak brightness of 400 nits a fair bit better than the 250 nets we got from the older ma g27 see with my own measurements of 100% brightness in the center I got 396 nits above average brightness compared to other gaming monitors I've tested MSI also specified that it has a 3,000 to 1 contrast ratio fairly high as ba panels are great for blacks and in the center of the screen I measured this one with a 1040 to 1 contrast ratio so I'm not sure what settings you need to get 3000 to 1 even if I max out the contrast setting I can only raise it to 1090 to 1 still though it's a pretty nice result compared to some IPS ones I've tested the bezels are fairly thin too at around 9 millimeters around the sides and top based on my own measurements and then around 2.5 centimeters down the bottom with the subtle MSI logo in the center with the power button found down the bottom right corner I've taken a long exposure photo in a dark room as a worst-case backlight bleed test there did appear to be a bit of bleed which seems to be more common and curved monitors although I could hardly notice it with my own eyes in this worst case instance and never while actually using it normally however results will vary between monitors it's not all just about the panel though taking a look at the rest of the monitor it's got a matte black metal v-shaped stand the rest of the stand is a dark grey plastic with a brush textured finish and it's got a hole in it for cable management overall I found the stand pretty solid even while bumping my desk card the monitor didn't move much the stand can be removed from the back of the panel by removing two screws with a Phillips head screwdriver underneath the stand mount we get access to a 100 millimeter face amount allowing you to attach your own mount and this is larger than the 75 millimeter mount present in the older ma j27 see the rest of the back has a mixture of black matte glossy and brushed finishes with the MSI logo on the left and dragon lugar on the top of the stand there's also some RGB lighting on the back a bit of a difference to the red only lighting on the older ma g27 see however all of these new ma G models also have non RGB counterparts which should be a little cheaper if you prefer not to pay more for lighting through the on-screen display you can only turn the RGB lighting on and off if you want to customize it you'll need to install the MSI gaming up to use MSI as mystic light sync software to do this you'll need the monitor plugged into your computer with the included USB type B cable in order to control it there are 10 different effects available or you can disable the lighting if you prefer and MSI's website does a good job of demonstrating roughly how the look in a normally lit room I couldn't actually notice the lighting even with my room lights off it was still difficult to notice you'd probably have to have your monitor bright against a wall to properly see it as I've got mine in a corner further away from the walls it's not that bright and quite subtle with no way of adjusting brightness the IO is on the back toward the bottom and faces down on the left there's a standard power input so no external power brick needed here on the right there are two HDMI 2.0 inputs a DisplayPort 1.2 input 3.5 millimeter audio output and two USB 2.0 type-a ports you can use the monitor as a USB hub once you connect the USB 2.0 type B port on the far right to your computer the USB 2.0 speeds aren't great but at least it has a USB hub the older ma g2 7c didn't have one at all and if you're just using usb to control the monitor via software it doesn't really matter msi note that both the DisplayPort and HDMI ports support 1440p at 144 Hertz a little difference over the older ma g2 7c monitor which only went to 120 Hertz with its HDMI 1.4 port and needed DisplayPort for 144 Hertz on the left hand side of the monitor there's a headphone holder which comes out by first pushing it in so you can conveniently store your headphones there otherwise on the right or on the left when you're sitting in front of the screen there's a and lock and then on the opposite side there's a single joystick which made it easy to navigate through the on-screen display when compared with your typical buttons rather than using this though I highly recommend installing MSI's gaming OST software basically after you connect the USB type B cable to the monitor and plug it into your computer you'll be able to manage all of the settings through the software in Windows it's much easier because you can just use your mouse instead of the joystick on the back there are also some options available through the software that aren't found in the on-screen display such as changing the RGB effects as discussed earlier there are quite a few built-in profiles which will change the settings to best match what you're doing you can easily change things like brightness contrast sharpness color profiles and even pick between six different crosshairs to overlay onto the screen and much more as for the included cables you get an hdmi displayport USB type b to type a and power cable both the stand and the display together weigh in at around five point six kilos although due to the awkward size I wasn't able to test this myself with the stand attached at maximum height that I mentioned a sixty one point two centimeters in width 56 centimeters in height and twenty six point six centimeters in depth there are only a couple of adjustments available minus five to twenty degrees of tilt adjustment and 0 to 130 millimetres of height adjustment I found that a bit more force than usual was needed to move it up and down so you definitely don't have to worry about the panel staying in position unfortunately there's no pivot or swivel available here however I think both of those adjustments are less useful for a curved monitor anyway so far the monitor looks pretty good but how was it to actually use day to day I've used a few 1440p 144 Hertz gaming what it is now and I think they're a great sweet spot for many games as long as your graphics card is able to run the resolution with decent frame rates after getting used to the curve I was finding that it does help in regards to immersion and making youssef resync with my AMD rx 580 was icing on the cake in my previous video on the msi ma g27 see a lot of people asked in the comments of using the monitor with the console while you could definitely connect this up to an Xbox 1x or PS board no problems those consoles don't support 1440p at 144 Hertz so depending on the console the monitor would just run at a low resolution or refresh rate I think PS ball runs at either 1080p or 4k while the Xbox can run at 1440p which is downsampled 4k but neither support 144 Hertz at this resolution so you could probably save money getting a lower refresh rate panel I've also used the monitor to edit some videos and no problems there either thanks to the decent color gamut I think it's also good enough for some content creation at least for a gaming monitor personally I still prefer my 32 inch 4k monitor for that but if I needed one for both gaming and content creation this would be my preferred option for updated pricing check the links in the description as pricing will change over time at the time of recording I've been advised that the monitor will launch with the 549 Australian dollar price tag here in Australia or 449 US dollars in the US for my international viewers and the non RGB models should be around 20 to 30 dollars cheaper MSI also have a few other models available including 1080p 24 and 27 inch options as well as a larger version of this one 32 inches with the 1440p resolution so you've got a few options available with the new ma G Series so what did you guys think about the new ma G 271 CQ ID gaming monitor from MSI overall I found it to have many nice improvements over the previous generation ma g27 C it's improving on what was already a popular monitor although if you've already got one I don't think it's worth upgrading from as it's still a good monitor 1440p at 27 inches is a nice sweet spot in my opinion and combined with a 144 Hertz refresh rate and AMD freesync it's got the makings of a great gaming monitor despite the one millisecond response time its MRP T rather than greater gray and as shown I did notice some ghosting in the UFO toast although as we saw this could be improved a bit with the faster response time setting at the expense of some flicker the curve is to come down to personal preference at first when I swap to a curved monitor it always feels a little strange but I get used to it quickly and when I go back to a regular monitor I always miss the curve there's just something about having the corners closer to you rather than further away especially in games otherwise the VA panel looked great good color gamut and contrast ratio were also really nice and make it decent for content creation to the RGB lighting was a little too dim to really be that noticeable and the new OSD software to manage the monitor through Windows was a very convenient feature to have let me know what you guys thought of MSI is ma G 271 C Qi gaming monitor down in the comments leave a like if you found the review useful and of course subscribe if you want to see more tech videos like this onethe ma g27 one cqr is a new 27-inch 1440p 144 hertz curved gaming monitor from msi so let's check it out and see if it's something you should consider as mentioned this is a 27-inch monitor with a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and runs at the 1440p resolution so 2560 by 1440 it's got AMD's precinct too so you'll need an AMD graphics card in order to take advantage of this you can still use an Nvidia graphics card with it perfectly fine but you'll still get screen tearing although I think it's less noticeable with higher refresh rate monitors if you can push high frame rates anyway the panel also runs at 144 Hertz with a one millisecond mr PT response time which makes it an excellent choice for gamers the great great response time isn't listed but I don't have the tools needed to test response times the monitor has three response time settings normal faster and fastest I didn't really notice a difference in the UFO tests between normal and faster while fastest did appear to reduce ghosting at the expense of adding flicker although I could not see this with my own eyes it was only picked up on camera as you may have noticed it's also got an 1800 our curve this is a fairly noticeable curve especially for a monitor of this size but after using it for a while I did start to get used to it and prefer it not having the corners further away was nice it's also using a VA panel and to me the colors look great with great viewing angles I couldn't notice any changes even while looking at the screen on sharp angles msi lists that it's capable of 178 degree viewing angles both vertically and horizontally i've previously reviewed msi as ma g27 see the older version of this model so i'll also mention throughout the video how they differ so far the specs mentioned have been the same in terms of color accuracy msi note that the panel is capable of 115 percent of srgb and 90 percent of DCI p3 my spider 5 doesn't show results above 100% of srgb and doesn't as DCI p3 so with that in mind I got 100% of sRGB 79% of ntsc and 84% of Adobe RGB exactly the same as the older ma g27 see a pretty good result for a gaming monitor in my opinion it's gonna peak brightness of 400 nits a fair bit better than the 250 nets we got from the older ma g27 see with my own measurements of 100% brightness in the center I got 396 nits above average brightness compared to other gaming monitors I've tested MSI also specified that it has a 3,000 to 1 contrast ratio fairly high as ba panels are great for blacks and in the center of the screen I measured this one with a 1040 to 1 contrast ratio so I'm not sure what settings you need to get 3000 to 1 even if I max out the contrast setting I can only raise it to 1090 to 1 still though it's a pretty nice result compared to some IPS ones I've tested the bezels are fairly thin too at around 9 millimeters around the sides and top based on my own measurements and then around 2.5 centimeters down the bottom with the subtle MSI logo in the center with the power button found down the bottom right corner I've taken a long exposure photo in a dark room as a worst-case backlight bleed test there did appear to be a bit of bleed which seems to be more common and curved monitors although I could hardly notice it with my own eyes in this worst case instance and never while actually using it normally however results will vary between monitors it's not all just about the panel though taking a look at the rest of the monitor it's got a matte black metal v-shaped stand the rest of the stand is a dark grey plastic with a brush textured finish and it's got a hole in it for cable management overall I found the stand pretty solid even while bumping my desk card the monitor didn't move much the stand can be removed from the back of the panel by removing two screws with a Phillips head screwdriver underneath the stand mount we get access to a 100 millimeter face amount allowing you to attach your own mount and this is larger than the 75 millimeter mount present in the older ma j27 see the rest of the back has a mixture of black matte glossy and brushed finishes with the MSI logo on the left and dragon lugar on the top of the stand there's also some RGB lighting on the back a bit of a difference to the red only lighting on the older ma g27 see however all of these new ma G models also have non RGB counterparts which should be a little cheaper if you prefer not to pay more for lighting through the on-screen display you can only turn the RGB lighting on and off if you want to customize it you'll need to install the MSI gaming up to use MSI as mystic light sync software to do this you'll need the monitor plugged into your computer with the included USB type B cable in order to control it there are 10 different effects available or you can disable the lighting if you prefer and MSI's website does a good job of demonstrating roughly how the look in a normally lit room I couldn't actually notice the lighting even with my room lights off it was still difficult to notice you'd probably have to have your monitor bright against a wall to properly see it as I've got mine in a corner further away from the walls it's not that bright and quite subtle with no way of adjusting brightness the IO is on the back toward the bottom and faces down on the left there's a standard power input so no external power brick needed here on the right there are two HDMI 2.0 inputs a DisplayPort 1.2 input 3.5 millimeter audio output and two USB 2.0 type-a ports you can use the monitor as a USB hub once you connect the USB 2.0 type B port on the far right to your computer the USB 2.0 speeds aren't great but at least it has a USB hub the older ma g2 7c didn't have one at all and if you're just using usb to control the monitor via software it doesn't really matter msi note that both the DisplayPort and HDMI ports support 1440p at 144 Hertz a little difference over the older ma g2 7c monitor which only went to 120 Hertz with its HDMI 1.4 port and needed DisplayPort for 144 Hertz on the left hand side of the monitor there's a headphone holder which comes out by first pushing it in so you can conveniently store your headphones there otherwise on the right or on the left when you're sitting in front of the screen there's a and lock and then on the opposite side there's a single joystick which made it easy to navigate through the on-screen display when compared with your typical buttons rather than using this though I highly recommend installing MSI's gaming OST software basically after you connect the USB type B cable to the monitor and plug it into your computer you'll be able to manage all of the settings through the software in Windows it's much easier because you can just use your mouse instead of the joystick on the back there are also some options available through the software that aren't found in the on-screen display such as changing the RGB effects as discussed earlier there are quite a few built-in profiles which will change the settings to best match what you're doing you can easily change things like brightness contrast sharpness color profiles and even pick between six different crosshairs to overlay onto the screen and much more as for the included cables you get an hdmi displayport USB type b to type a and power cable both the stand and the display together weigh in at around five point six kilos although due to the awkward size I wasn't able to test this myself with the stand attached at maximum height that I mentioned a sixty one point two centimeters in width 56 centimeters in height and twenty six point six centimeters in depth there are only a couple of adjustments available minus five to twenty degrees of tilt adjustment and 0 to 130 millimetres of height adjustment I found that a bit more force than usual was needed to move it up and down so you definitely don't have to worry about the panel staying in position unfortunately there's no pivot or swivel available here however I think both of those adjustments are less useful for a curved monitor anyway so far the monitor looks pretty good but how was it to actually use day to day I've used a few 1440p 144 Hertz gaming what it is now and I think they're a great sweet spot for many games as long as your graphics card is able to run the resolution with decent frame rates after getting used to the curve I was finding that it does help in regards to immersion and making youssef resync with my AMD rx 580 was icing on the cake in my previous video on the msi ma g27 see a lot of people asked in the comments of using the monitor with the console while you could definitely connect this up to an Xbox 1x or PS board no problems those consoles don't support 1440p at 144 Hertz so depending on the console the monitor would just run at a low resolution or refresh rate I think PS ball runs at either 1080p or 4k while the Xbox can run at 1440p which is downsampled 4k but neither support 144 Hertz at this resolution so you could probably save money getting a lower refresh rate panel I've also used the monitor to edit some videos and no problems there either thanks to the decent color gamut I think it's also good enough for some content creation at least for a gaming monitor personally I still prefer my 32 inch 4k monitor for that but if I needed one for both gaming and content creation this would be my preferred option for updated pricing check the links in the description as pricing will change over time at the time of recording I've been advised that the monitor will launch with the 549 Australian dollar price tag here in Australia or 449 US dollars in the US for my international viewers and the non RGB models should be around 20 to 30 dollars cheaper MSI also have a few other models available including 1080p 24 and 27 inch options as well as a larger version of this one 32 inches with the 1440p resolution so you've got a few options available with the new ma G Series so what did you guys think about the new ma G 271 CQ ID gaming monitor from MSI overall I found it to have many nice improvements over the previous generation ma g27 C it's improving on what was already a popular monitor although if you've already got one I don't think it's worth upgrading from as it's still a good monitor 1440p at 27 inches is a nice sweet spot in my opinion and combined with a 144 Hertz refresh rate and AMD freesync it's got the makings of a great gaming monitor despite the one millisecond response time its MRP T rather than greater gray and as shown I did notice some ghosting in the UFO toast although as we saw this could be improved a bit with the faster response time setting at the expense of some flicker the curve is to come down to personal preference at first when I swap to a curved monitor it always feels a little strange but I get used to it quickly and when I go back to a regular monitor I always miss the curve there's just something about having the corners closer to you rather than further away especially in games otherwise the VA panel looked great good color gamut and contrast ratio were also really nice and make it decent for content creation to the RGB lighting was a little too dim to really be that noticeable and the new OSD software to manage the monitor through Windows was a very convenient feature to have let me know what you guys thought of MSI is ma G 271 C Qi gaming monitor down in the comments leave a like if you found the review useful and of course subscribe if you want to see more tech videos like this one\n"