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When Samsung unveiled the world\u2019s first 27-inch 4K gaming OLED monitor<\/a> on Thursday, Engadget\u2019s Igor Bonifacic predicted that other vendors would soon follow suit. (After all, Samsung is also the biggest supplier<\/em> of OLED gaming monitor panels.) Sure enough, MSI followed suit the same day at CES 2025<\/a> with two monitors with familiar specs: a 27-inch 4K QD-OLED display and a 27-inch QD-OLED one with a crazy-smooth 500Hz refresh rate.<\/p>\n First up: the 27-inch 4K QD-OLED one, marketed to perfection as the\u2026 MPG 272URX QD-OLED. (Sure, why not!) MSI is differentiating its monitor as the first one to combine that panel with DisplayPort 2.1a<\/a>, which can provide a better combination of resolution and frame rates. Like Samsung\u2019s equivalent (the G81SF), it has a 240Hz refresh rate and should look nice and crisp at 166 PPI.<\/p>\n MSI says this panel \u201csignificantly reduces color fringing,\u201d which should help with the poor text clarity too often customary of QD-OLED screens. As my colleague Igor points out, this could be an ideal do-it-all monitor for gaming, work or anything else you can throw at it.<\/p>\n It supports NVIDIA\u2019s G-SYNC tech, so smooth gameplay won\u2019t likely be a concern. The MPG 272URX QD-OLED even took home a CES 2025 Innovation Award.<\/p>\n The 27-inch QHD QD-OLED model also has a catchy and memorable name: the MPG 272QR QD-OLED X50. (Yes!) MSI is marketing this monitor to \u201call the mainstream gamers out there,\u201d likely due to its lower (2,560 x 1,440) resolution. It also uses DisplayPort 2.1a and (like Samsung\u2019s) can have a 0.03ms gray-to-gray pixel response time. It received VESA ClearMR 21000 certification, so motion blur shouldn\u2019t be an issue when enjoying its blistering 500Hz refresh rate.<\/p>\n MSI hasn\u2019t yet shared pricing or release date info for either model.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n