TRADITION DICTATES that PC manufacturers sell different products for different purposes. Creative type?
Get a Macbook Pro. Gamer? Try the Razer Blade 15. However, as we’ve all become multi-hyphenates—gamers who livestream, influencers who photo edit, office workers who side-hustle— we’ve needed machines that can adapt and keep up. MSI recognizes this trend, as its MPG Artymis 273CQRX-QD is a gaming monitor that pulls double-duty as a creative display. That means it boasts gamer-friendly features such as a high refresh rate and adaptive sync, but also has 95 percent DCI-P3 color space coverage and USB-C display support.
Often when companies try to please everyone, they end up appealing to no one, but that thankfully isn’t the case here. Yes, there are compromises, but these are mostly on the creative side. The VA panel doesn’t quite have the color and contrast uniformity of an IPS display, the curve isn’t ideal if you’re a video editor, and for some inexplicable reason, the USB-C port’s power delivery is only 15W, which means it can’t charge a laptop while you’re working.
However, if you primarily want a monitor for gaming with some creativity on the side, then the MSI is well worth checking out. The panel’s resolution hits the 1440p sweet spot, its refresh rate is a whopping 240Hz, and it supports AMD’s FreeSync Premium Pro. There are plenty of inputs, including DisplayPort, USB-C, and two HDMI, meaning you can have a desktop, laptop, and multiple consoles all connected at the same time.