Standing screen display size | 30 Inches |
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Screen Resolution | 2560x1080 |
Max Screen Resolution | 2560 x 1080 Pixels |
MSI Full HD Non-Glare 1ms 2560 x 1080 Ultra Wide 200Hz Refresh Rate HDR Ready USB/DP/HDMI Smart Headset Hanger FreeSync 30”Gaming Curved Monitor (Optix MAG301CR) - Black
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Screen Size | 30 Inches |
Display Resolution Maximum | 2560 x 1080 Pixels |
Brand | MSI |
Special Feature | Curved, High Dynamic Range |
Refresh Rate | 200 Hz |
About this item
- Curved Gaming display (1500R) – The best gameplay immersion
- FHD High Resolution - Game titles will even look better, displaying more details due to the FHD resolution
- True colors – DCI-P3 90% & sRGB 115%
- 1ms response time - eliminate screen tearing and choppy frame rates
- AMD FreeSync – prevent screen tearing
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Value for money | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
For gaming | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
Brightness | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Picture quality | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
Screen quality | — | 4.7 | — | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Sold By | Triplenet Pricing INC | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
display size | 30 inches | 30 inches | — | 32 inches | 29.5 inches | 34 inches |
resolution | FHD 1080p Ultra Wide | FHD 1080p | FHD 1080p Ultra Wide | FHD 1080p | (UW-FHD)2560 x 1080@200 Hz | QHD Wide 1440p |
display technology | LCD | LCD | — | LCD | LCD | 3440 X 1440 |
hardware interface | usb, hdmi | hdmi, displayport | usb, hdmi | hdmi, displayport | hdmi | displayport, hdmi, usb3.2 gen 1, 3 5 mm audio |
viewing angle | — | — | — | 178 degrees | 178 degrees | 178 degrees |
mounting type | VESA MOUNTING | Dashboard | Wall Mount | Wall Mount | Wall Mount | Wall Mount |
Product Description
MSI Full HD Non-Glare 1ms 2560 x 1080 Ultra Wide 200Hz Refresh Rate HDR Ready USB/DP/HDMI Smart Headset Hanger FreeSync 30”Gaming Curved Monitor (Optix MAG301CR) - Black
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MSI Full HD Non-Glare FreeSync 30”Gaming Curved Monitor
- WFHD Resolution - Games will look even better, displaying more details 2560x1080 WFHD resolution
- 200Hz Refresh Rate – Respond faster with smoother frames.
- 1ms Response Time – Eliminate screen tearing and choppy frame rates.
- Gaming OSD App – Create the perfect viewing settings for your games.
- HDR Ready – Stunning visuals through contrast and shadow adjustment.
- True colors – Colors and details will look more realistic and refined.
- Adjustable Stand – Easily change the position of the monitor for maximum ergonomics.
- AMD FreeSync – Prevent screen tearing or stuttering, producing ultra-smooth gameplay.
- Mystic Light – The ultimate gaming finish.
- Frameless design – Enjoy the ultimate gaming experience with super narrow bezels.
- 178° Wide Viewing Angle – Colors and details stay sharp with a 178° wide viewing angle.
- Anti-Flicker & Less Blue Light – Game even longer by preventing eye strain and fatigue.
Witness epic battles with the MSI Optix MAG301CR curved gaming monitor. The MAG301CR is built with a 30” 2560x1080 (WFHD), 200Hz refresh rate, 1ms VA panel. Combined with FreeSync, the MSI Optix MAG301CR is a curved gaming monitor designed to provide gamers with a captivating, tear free gaming experience.
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Technical Details
Brand | MSI |
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Series | Optix MAG301CR |
Item model number | Optix MAG301CR |
Item Weight | 19 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 27.75 x 2.25 x 12.75 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 27.75 x 2.25 x 12.75 inches |
Color | Black |
Manufacturer | MSI |
ASIN | B087M7CRVC |
Date First Available | April 24, 2020 |
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4.3 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | #305,559 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #6,170 in Computer Monitors |
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Customers like the quality, value, build quality, and ease of setup of the monitor. For example, they mention it's a great monitor for gaming and work, and the best option for widescreen gaming at 1080p. That said, opinions are mixed on color.
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Customers are satisfied with the performance of the monitor. They mention that it works well with racing sims, has a very fast response time, and has incredibly quick refresh rate. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"...Colors are great, high refresh rate is super smooth. Using a Radeon 5700 graphics card, so the Free-sync has been working great...." Read more
"...Hz that'll occupy 70% of your desk real estate, but it works like a charm for gaming, movies, or Youtube binging." Read more
"...Freesync appears to work well when tested using the nVidia demo and in COD Warzone...." Read more
"...Gaming on a PS4 and picture is good and refresh rate is crazy quick...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the monitor. They mention that it is a great option for widescreen gaming at 1080p, and is great for daily use. Some customers also say that the monitor is adequate but has too many shortcomings.
"...3 stars because the monitor is adequate but has too many shortcomings in my opinion for 2020 especially for gaming. "HDR Ready" is useless. "..." Read more
"Great for daily use 10+ hrs a day on Autodesk software 2D & 3D models, renderings,Bluebeam and Revu PDFs." Read more
"...It’s a nice monitor for doing work on." Read more
"This monitor is great and looks nice. It has a lot of options." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the build quality of the monitor. They mention that it is superb and impressive.
"The quality is just as good, if not better, than you can imagine in person. It's big though, really, really big...." Read more
"...Build quality seems to be good, easy to setup. Panel had zero stuck/dead pixels. No speakers but I already knew that...." Read more
"...But the entire monitor itself isn't all negative the Build quality is superb and if the performance was as good as it says it was you would be crazy..." Read more
"Impressive, most impressive..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the value of the monitor. They mention that it is an average quality for the price.
"Average quality for the price, but the refresh rate really helps it stand out from the crowd...." Read more
"...not only can you find it for nearly the same price it's base price is still amazing for the amount of features it comes with...." Read more
"Pleasantly Surprised, great value..." Read more
"Worth the money!..." Read more
Customers find the monitor easy to setup.
"...Build quality seems to be good, easy to setup. Panel had zero stuck/dead pixels. No speakers but I already knew that...." Read more
"...The monitor was very easy to setup and adjust with MSI's Dragon Center. Though one major complaint, monitor has severe ghosting...." Read more
"Easy to set up and great performance. Must have monitor for gamers." Read more
Customers are mixed about the color of the monitor. Some mention that the colors and viewing angles are good, while others say that it has terrible color and completely destroys any color accuracy. Some say that the monitor has a pinkish hue and struggles with dark to dark color transitions.
"...Colors are great, high refresh rate is super smooth. Using a Radeon 5700 graphics card, so the Free-sync has been working great...." Read more
"...Any picture mode but "user" completely destroys any color accuracy and somehow makes gradients crazy visible...." Read more
"...With a little fiddling the colors are close to my old IPS. Contrast is clearly better on this panel since it's VA, but that means viewing angles are..." Read more
"...Gaming on a PS4 and picture is good and refresh rate is crazy quick...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the ghosting on the monitor. They mention that it is noticeable, awful, and tracing is obvious in dark areas.
"...if you look at images of the UFO ghosting test, it does have quite a bit of ghosting. Especially in dark areas of the scene...." Read more
"...Getting right to the point there is ghosting especially on shades of grey. Easy to see in Windows just dragging the MSI OSD window around...." Read more
"...Though one major complaint, monitor has severe ghosting. Nothing can fix it and you're left with awful Ghosting no matter what...." Read more
"...4. Ghosting is so bad it makes games unpleasant to play, this is easily the worst possible problem with the product...." Read more
Customers find the monitor hard to use. They mention the settings are terrible and no combination of settings can fix them.
"...My only issue is some of the settings are just terrible...." Read more
"Monitor was hard to tweak setting s when I first set it up. Gaming on a PS4 and picture is good and refresh rate is crazy quick...." Read more
"This monitor has the WORST smearing I have ever seen. No combination of settings can fix this...." Read more
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Ultrawide is great for work purposes, and the screen isn't overwhelmingly large, so everything stays in view nicely.
1080p was all I needed, I don't really do any work or play games that would benefit from 2k or 4k resolutions. If you are looking for a wider view that won't overwork your graphics card, this is a great option.
My one complaint so far about the monitor was the stand and it's vesa mounting system. The panel was kinda hard to attach and detach from the stand, which also takes of a lot of depth space on my desk. Thankful it came with all the required parts to VESA mount it. However, the spacers required to be used didn't seem to want to screw in all the way, and the screws to attach to the VESA didn't seem to quite line up with the spacers perfectly.
It's a hefty, 2K monitor @200 Hz that'll occupy 70% of your desk real estate, but it works like a charm for gaming, movies, or Youtube binging.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: First some corrections/explanations to the specs provided. The colors are actually DCI-P3: 98.29% / SRGB: 127.39% according to MSI. The 1ms response time is MPRT, not G2G. And at 300 max brightness this thing is not for HDR, as the minimum is considered 400.
My system is 9700k / GTX 1070 / 16GB RAM
Connection to monitor using Display Port
Set Windows to 2560 x 1080 @ 200Hz
My current monitor is a 1st gen LG 29UM68 (60hz, no freesync). It's IPS so the colors and viewing angles are good. Wanted to stick with 30' so I've been waiting for a good updated panel with high refresh rate and freesync/g-sync.
Getting right to the point there is ghosting especially on shades of grey. Easy to see in Windows just dragging the MSI OSD window around. Also I used the Blur Busters UFO ghosting test to see if the monitors "Response Time" feature would make a difference. The three options are Normal, Fast and Fastest. Honestly I couldn't tell a difference between them. Either it doesn't change much or there's a firmware issue.
Freesync appears to work well when tested using the nVidia demo and in COD Warzone.
There's an "Anti Motion Blur" mode which I assume is black frame insertion, since the brightness output of the monitor effectively cuts in half. In fact the brightness scale is disabled when using this feature. So you'll be using about 150 brightness, useless except in the deepest depths of space.
With a little fiddling the colors are close to my old IPS. Contrast is clearly better on this panel since it's VA, but that means viewing angles are worse. Not a huge deal since you should be playing near center anyways. Very slight panel uniformity issue on left side when viewing on a solid grey background but not noticeable in general use.
Now for actual hands on impressions:
-Played several hours of COD Warzone and felt pretty good running Freesync around 120fps. Much easier to track enemies than with my 60hz. To be honest I couldn't even detect ghosting while playing so that's great, however the game is "daytime" so most areas are well lit.
-Next played a game with dark areas/level (STARCRAWLERS) and the ghosting was immediately visible. While looking around, areas that are dark will lose detail and actually darken the entire screen a bit. When I stopped moving everything lightened up again and details returned. Visually much worse than my 60hz IPS. It's quite jarring.
Build quality seems to be good, easy to setup. Panel had zero stuck/dead pixels. No speakers but I already knew that. If you mostly play games that are dark/night then you will certainly want to look elsewhere.
3 stars because the monitor is adequate but has too many shortcomings in my opinion for 2020 especially for gaming. "HDR Ready" is useless. "Anti Motion Blur" is useless. "Response Time" is useless. Obvious ghosting in dark areas.
I'm sure the fear is that a really good 30' monitor will be expensive enough that gamers will just jump to a 34/35 inch 1440p 120Hz+ instead. But maxing those monitors takes a lot of hardware that many folks don't have or cannot afford. Guess I'm left still hoping for that 30' IPS 120Hz someday...
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Reviewed in Mexico on October 19, 2020
Cuando son escenas claras aqui es donde este monitor ofrece buena calidad de imagen! Colores reales y vivos!
El que yo adquiri tiene muchas fugas de luz y en cualquier escena oscura sale mucho a tal grado que es imposible disfrutar! Yo lo devolví por esa razon desconozco si es un fallo de fabrica.
El precio de 9209 no lo vale yo creo este monitor con esos problemas de luz y ghosting deberia de costar la mitad. En todo lo demas una muy buena calidad! Si alguien tolera esos problemas y quiere tener un ultra wide “economico” esta es tu opción! Espero msi arregle los problemas de este monitor en un futuro
Reviewed in Mexico on September 21, 2020
Cuando son escenas claras aqui es donde este monitor ofrece buena calidad de imagen! Colores reales y vivos!
El que yo adquiri tiene muchas fugas de luz y en cualquier escena oscura sale mucho a tal grado que es imposible disfrutar! Yo lo devolví por esa razon desconozco si es un fallo de fabrica.
El precio de 9209 no lo vale yo creo este monitor con esos problemas de luz y ghosting deberia de costar la mitad. En todo lo demas una muy buena calidad! Si alguien tolera esos problemas y quiere tener un ultra wide “economico” esta es tu opción! Espero msi arregle los problemas de este monitor en un futuro
Reviewed in Mexico on October 11, 2020