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Im coming from a 1440p 60hz monitor so adjusting back down to 1080p is going to take some time. But even with the lower resolution (which I can clearly tell, sadly) Im very happy with this monitor. I currently dont have a GPU that can push 1440p 144hz and I probably wont for a while so I wanted to try a 1080p 144hz for the time-being. I only have a gtx 1060 and running dual monitors i cant even push 144hz on most of the games I play. The last 144hz monitor I tried was the HP Omen 25" 144hz monitor and it was an awful experience. The backlight bleed was horrendous.. the color was terrible.. the backlight was not uniform with the left, middle, and right side.. the only good thing about that monitor was the superb build quality. I just dont understand how that monitor has good ratings. Maybe its just TN trash.. I dont know. Im not sure if I got super lucky or what but there are 0 dead pixels, 0 backlight bleed showing at all.. this is the first monitor Ive ever owned out of 2~ dozen that is just completely black when on.. without any sort of bleeding light. The curve is definitely noticeable, but it doesnt bother me.. and I think this is probably a huge personal preference where it might irritate some people. Luckily, Im easily able to adapt. If MSI had a 1440p 144hz 24" version of this monitor.. I think I would gift this, MAG24C, to a friend and buy that.. because personally I think 1440p on a 24" is perfect... or 4k on a 27"+... I think 1080p is good on 22" or lower.. 1080p quality just doesnt look good on a 24" in my eyes. That said, this monitor is really nice.... so Im going to adjust. The only thing I need to test more/try and notice is ghosting. I mostly play games like overwatch, hearthstone, fortnite, dead by daylight (perfect monitor for this darkish game) and single player titles like the witcher/tomb raider. I might have to try the Optix MAG27CQ.. owning the MAG24C gives me a lot of confidence in this brand/model line-up. Edit: after using for a day, I have noticed that the brightness does shift depending on vertical and horizontal orientation. Its not bad, but noticeable coming from IPS. Update 10/2/2018: removing 1 star because the vesa mounting should have had a better solution. MSI should have included adapters with this monitor to make the vesa mounting usable. (one thing I liked about the HP omen 25" was they included a very nice vesa adapter) If vesa is deal-breaker for you I would STAY AWAY from this monitor. It might work for you, it might not... again.. monitors like this should 100% include a vesa adapter to help with mounting. UPDATE 11/26/2018: removing 1 star because I started to notice a buzzing sound during the night. I couldnt figure out where it was coming from, but then I noticed that it corresponded to the BLUE LED on the front when the monitor was in sleep mode. I tried to look in the OSD for an option to disable this light completely, but there isnt an option for that. This is a pretty annoying buzz I have to deal with during the night (I could just turn the monitor off, but its 2018.. there should be an option to disable it in the settings). I really hope there is a firmware update that can resolve this issue. I still think this is a great 1080p 144hz display, but definitely some quirks one has to deal with (vesa is awkward and will not work with some vesa solutions. Buzz coming from blue LED with no option to disable/turn-off) The buzz is not noticeable during regular usage.
