MSI MAG401QR 40" Ultrawide Monitor Review - Is It Worth It?

[@Sh33]

i have watched many reviews but i was convinced after watching your video. i chose the MSI MAG401QR because i wanted the ultimate immersive experience for gaming and entertainment With its massive size 144Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time everything feels smoother and sharper than i ever imagined every moment in front of this screen makes me feel like I've leveled up in both performance and visual quality

[@shaun5902]

Do you work for MSI because this sounds like an ad 😂

[@Sh33]

@shaun5902 No buddy I don't work with them 🤣 i have LG OLED 48inch but i wanted to try something else and MSI has several versions but i separated this version price in exchange for distinctive performance 😎

[@Metical1312]

I actually own this monitor I purchased it in Dec , I like it my only complaint is the color accuracy , I have a Dell ultrasharp U2415 right above it on a dual arm and the color wasn't great compared to my Dell out the box and needed to be configured. Besides that monitor is great and an amazing value.

[@BrisyTechBytes]

Yeah I was a bit similar regarding the colour, not that I wsd unhappy with it out the box but more with trying to get it to match the monitor above, still can't get it right but it's not bothering me that much. Great monitor though and as you say, great value for what you get, appreciate the feedback 👍

[@MotoCollector]

Can you share your color settings?

[@cynicalskeptic]

Dude have you tried using the Dell's monitor stand on your new monitor? I am wondering if they are compatible.

[@dr.talhaawais3858]

Can we put USB and see movies only by Monitor ? Without connecting to any pc or laptop?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

I don't believe so, it would need it's own operating software like a TV for you to be able to do that.

[@SaveAmerica-TRUMP2024]

Been looking for a 34" / IPS / 144Hz / 1440 res. monitor to replace my aging 40" Sony TV. I just noticed the price drop on this 40". It definitely ticks all the boxes for me. I may have to pull the trigger on this. Good review. Thanks.

[@BarryJ84]

Great, thorough review. Thanks for this! Been looking at this monitor recently to replace my current 27" 1440 MSI and move ultrawide as well.

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@BarryJ84 really appreciate the feedback...and enjoy the new monitor if you do decide to purchase it 👍

[@Just_Jae]

Thanks for the review. I've been looking for a review for this particular monitor."

[@BrisyTechBytes]

Yeah I must admit when I was looking to buy it I had a look online and there wasn't a great deal of reviews on it, found that quite surprising considering it's price.

[@HamidBnj]

Hey, great review. I actually prefer it being flat as you can mount it on the wall. just a quick question, how does texts look on it? is it sharp enough for normal productivity?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

Text looks good on it, I use mine for gaming and work and the text all looks sharp, for what I paid I'm really pleased with this monitor so far.

[@HamidBnj]

Thanks for the response​@@BrisyTechBytes

[@cynicalskeptic]

Well thank you for the video! You did provide basically all the answers in the video and comment section to the questions I already had. However, three new questions popped up : 1. I don't know if you had any experience with Dell's monitors, specifically their monitor stand. I wonder if Dell's monitor stand can be used on this monitor? Personally, I already have Ergotron's LX monitor arm with a high pole which should handle this monitor but over the years I grew tired of it. It's not as practical as it once was, so I am looking for alternatives 2. What is the exact model of the chair you are using? I did try finding it on X Rockergaming website but X Rocker Strike chair doesn't exist nor there are any that look remotely close. Is it that some older model that you are using? 3. What app/widget are you using for your desktop background? That thing is awesome!

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@cynicalskeptic thanks for the feedback and I'm more than happy to try and answer those questions for you. 1. The only experience I have with dell monitors are ones I have used in work, in theory you would think other stands from other monitor manufacturers could work as long as it's a 100x100 vesa sized plate and would sit inside the square opening of this monitor. I always intended to have this mounted on a stacked stand and just had to make sure whatever I used could take the weight. My worry with using a different stand from another manufacturer is that there is usually some sort of locating catch/hook, that's probably the thing that would stop you from using a Dell stand if those were different. 2. The chair I had was indeed the X Rocker strike and even though it's a few years old can still be purchased for about £120 from Smyths toy store here in the UK, not sure if thatvis where youvare based? Few months ago I actually changed my chair the the Holludle ergonomic office chair, totally forgot to update my parts list in my video description 😬 3. The softwareci used is Wallpaper Engine that you can purchase on Steam, no doubt you'll have heard that, if you are interested in the name of the actual wallpaper give me a shout and I'll get that for you later

[@cynicalskeptic]

@@BrisyTechBytes yeah I thought it was Wallpaper engine. I bought it years ago but it had so much manga and anime that no matter what I did I couldn't filter out all of them,so i eventually uninstalled it. Please do let me me know of that wallpaper and any appropriate one to comes your mind. I would like a wallpaper with a clock and the day of the week fornat.

[@muharremacar34]

I want to buy this monitor but I'm not sure about the size. I'm not sure if 40 inch is too big or ideal for 3440x1440p resolution. How does the text look? Have you had any problems with text clarity? And how far away are you looking at the monitor?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

Text clarity is good on this monitor, it wasn't a major factor for me but I did wonder if the text would look more pixilated due the different in pixel density between my old 34" and this monitor, but the figure difference is marginal. Regarding the distance, without measuring if say I sit a couple of feet away, think you can see that in the video although when gaming with a controller I tend to sit a little further back.

[@muharremacar34]

@@BrisyTechBytes Thank you for your answer. It looks like I'm going to buy this monitor.

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@@muharremacar34 enjoy 👍

[@rehakmate]

Bro, I have a 34 inch 1080 p monitor, it will be a huge upgrade. 1440p is king

[@Zedman3333]

I just bought this, really looking forward to it

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@@Zedman3333 enjoy it when it comes 👍

[@vertyisprobablydead]

I bought it on BLACK FRIDAY lol could've waited one month and saved $200

[@jennyj1348]

Thanks for the review! I have a question too, what keyboard and mouse is that in the beginning of the video?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

Thanks for the feedback. It's the Corsair K70 RGB mk.2 low profile rapidfire keyboard and the Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro SE mouse

[@jennyj1348]

@@BrisyTechBytesthanks 😊. Also curious, how deep is your desk? I’m trying to figure out if this will be too big for me and my desk or if I should go for it. The alternative is MSIs G2712 , but I’m scared the pixel will be showing on that after reading reviews, have you seen that monitor too?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@jennyj1348 my desk is 635mm deep, monitors are mounted on a moubt attached to the table, if they were wall mounted I could get them a little further back. Yeah I've seen that other monitor you mentioned, seems a really good price, can't say I've looked at any reviews of it though.

[@sakurosozac6605]

anyone know if t works with gsync? not listed on official supported list but sometimes they still do

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@sakurosozac6605 it does work with GSync, monitor has adaptive sync so shows up as GSync compatible devce under the Nvidia Control panel.

[@BwlGog]

What are you using instead of the stock stand? Looks great 👍🏻

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@BwlGog I'm using the Duronic DM35V2X1 dual monitor stand, have actually tried a few stands including ones with gas lift arms, although the Duronic DM35V2X1 might be a little limited with movement it is by far the best one for keeping the monitors as close tothe wall as possible.

[@BwlGog]

@@BrisyTechBytes thank you. Looks like the perfect set up for me and don’t need something with a lot of movement as my desk is quite shallow

[@millynac]

Great review, really thinking about getting this monitor myself! I was wondering what the height is from the stand to the top of the monitor? Bummer this cannot be adjusted and mounting it is not an option. Thx

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@millynac Tjabk you, appreciate the feedback. When you say mounting isn't an option, do you mean not an option for yourself? Mine is mounted on a stacked monitor stand clamped to my desk. With stand attached to the top of the monitor the height is 530mm or , just over 20 inch and 3/4"s

[@millynac]

@@BrisyTechBytes Thanks i appreciate the reply. I should of clarified better, mounting is not an option for me as i sit in front of a window. My desk is all glass as well so i'm not certain i could use one of those desk arms as well.

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@millynac yeah I'd never risk mounting anything on a glass desk unless it was specifically designed that there was a mounting point seperate from the glass, real pity in this case that the monitor has no height adjustment 😕

[@remicius974]

Hello,could you tell me the monitor gsync working range?thanks

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@remicius974 this monitor doesn't officially support gsync...but gsync tends to be for 30hz to the maximum refresh rate of the monitor..so in the case of this monitor 155hz

[@remicius974]

@@BrisyTechBytes thanks

[@pinkcatfish5127]

great review! thanks for your work

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@pinkcatfish5127 thank you, always appreciate the feedback 👍

[@alexcoady9777]

As an entry level 4k monitor, would you reccomend this? I have a 30 inch flat screen TV I'm looking at replacing with this, to compliment my second 28 inch curved monitor.

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@alexcoady9777 it's not 4k bud, only a 1440p monitor

[@alvarsantini2653]

Can you please sir. Enable MPRT you would need to disable Freesync to use MPRT in some cases. Is a strobbing feature you can go to ufotest/ghosting to see if you like the image better. I wanna know when you enable it if the resolution and the size of the display still prevails or it changes. I wanna get the monitor in amazon prime day and I wanted to see if that features was good enough. Thankyou

[@mostechroom9780]

I would love to purchase this. But I want to see whether it can split the screen in half

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@mostechroom9780 if you are looking to have 2 different sources displayed on this screen at the same time the monitor supports PIP and PBP

[@mostechroom9780]

@@BrisyTechBytes thank you so much. I’m a researcher so lots of code and I like gaming. I wanted to be able to game and also create two separate displays on the same monitor where 1 runs VMware Ubuntu and the other runs windows. Effectively I would have 3 displays - 1 laptop screen + 1 left side split and right side split. How could I do this ? Do I install display fusion or is it done on the monitor itself ?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@mostechroom9780 another added benefit of this monitor is having the built in KVM switch would be handy in a spilt screen scenario too if someone perhaps hooked up their desktop and laptop to it for work purposes, really is a decent monitor for it's price.

[@KhaiGK]

6:09 where to get that exact wallpaper

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@@KhaiGK wallpaper engine on Steam 👍

[@meconicuk]

Great review. I think the new OLED monitors will cause price reductions in existing models. Worth hanging on till the end of the year?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

Thanks for the feedback. Not so sure about this coming down in price later, only reason I say that is that the 34" Ultrawide that I had for a few years is still the same price today as it was back then 😬, in saying that I think this MSI was originally being sold for around £450

[@Zedman3333]

I cannot get the mystic lighting to work on the back of the screen, any ideas?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@@Zedman3333 I'm assuming you've tried to turn it on through the monitors menu or through the desktop app?...in saying that, mine came on by default when first powered it on, turned it off as I have other lights I use on the back of the monitor.

[@razaaali]

nice setup, can you send me link for your 2nd monitor and desk ?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@razaaali in the video description if you scroll down you should see all the items in my setup and be able to Google search for them 👍

[@razaaali]

@BrisyTechBytes monitor model shown different than video ?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@razaaali yeah, hadn't updated the main monitor details on that vid, actually only noticed I hadn't done that the other day so there has been a few others since with the old monitor in the description 🙈

[@razaaali]

@@BrisyTechBytes monitor arm is not the sam3 as this model only supports max 27 inch. You installed 40 inches and probably 27 inches right ?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@razaaali 40 inch ultrawide and 25 inch above, even though the arm says 27" max it's a really solid arm and takes my 2 monitors no problem, it can take 2 monitors up to 8kg each and both monitors I have are lighter.

[@MrLoorduae]

Thanks how i can get the background or screensaver

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@MrLoorduae it's Wallpaper Engine that you can find on Steam

[@STRampo500]

Hi how does this work with Nvidia GPUs? Is your second monitor mounted to the wall or it it a stacked arm?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@STRampo500 I have an RTX 4070ti Super and it works well with that, I imagine it would work well with any decent graphics card that can handle 1440p. It's a stacked monitor arm that I use, property is rented so don't really have the choice of wall mounting and feeding the cables inside the wall unfortunately. The monitor stand that I am using is the Duronic DM35V2X1 if you are interested.

[@STRampo500]

@@BrisyTechBytes thank you very much 👍

[@STRampo500]

@@BrisyTechBytes Thank you is your second monitor 27 or 24?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@@STRampo500 it's actually 25"...oddball size

[@STRampo500]

@@BrisyTechBytes ah ok any idea if a 27 woud would on that stand? A little concerned the Ultra wide might sit too low

[@filo196]

i would lke to see how to works the hdr is this monitor

[@michaelallen2221]

I need a moniter for warzone fps. Wld this be good? Right now on sonyx90k 120fps.

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@michaelallen2221 for a 1440p 40" ultrawide that runs at 144hz and 1ms response time it's excellent for it's price, of course of you are prepared to spend more you could get better.

[@michaelallen2221]

@@BrisyTechBytes thanks mate!

[@michaelallen2221]

@@BrisyTechBytes what brands are built well? Samsung g5?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@@michaelallen2221 Can't personally comment on the G5's but they seem to get good reviews...and more reviews of them. One of the reasons i decided to make this video was down to the lack of reviews on this monitor, bit of a gamble buying one but have had no complaints so far and that was me coming from a 34" curved utralwide before with very similar specs

[@michaelallen2221]

@@BrisyTechBytes thanks man

[@Spazilton1]

I snagged one for $299 on Prime Day only regret didn’t buy 2

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@@Spazilton1 superb....brilliant price, what do you think of the monitor?

[@babydave2662]

How long were the cables?

[@-avion-5624]

I have this monitor and it’s awesome I am currently looking for a good desk and mounting arm for it !!!

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@-avion-5624 might up having to buy a new mount for it myself, I have a stacked monitor set up and this 40" screen is just a tad heavy, mount wants to tilt forward no matter how much I tighter in, will need to buy something that can handle a bigger load.

[@EgonSpengler1977]

Hi can you tell me if there is any fan noise form the monitor

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@EgonSpengler1977 no noise....got to be honest, that would be a first for me having a monitor with a fan inside, is that even a thing?

[@chriswilliams8121]

Hi mate is this monitor g sync compatible

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@chriswilliams8121 it's not officially compatible with G sync but it does offer Dynamic Refresh Rate which I believe is a similar to G sync

[@Epicpedestrien]

Thanks for the review! Has anyone ever told you that you bear a striking resemblance to Greg Davies?

[@mulutsegaw]

Can you adjust it?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@mulutsegaw that's one major disappointment about it, only seems to have tilt adjustment, can only assume that they expect folk to be using wall mounts

[@mr.mok7]

I have that monitor and i like it , very nice and immersif

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@mr.mok7 for the cost it's a fantastic screen, thoroughly enjoying playing games on it

[@MayhemMilIer]

were you forced to make this review ?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@@MayhemMilIer no, bit of an odd question, why would you ask that?

[@MayhemMilIer]

@@BrisyTechBytes you looked sad and maybe i thought they gifted you the monitor in exchange for a good review

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@MayhemMilIer ha ha....no, unfortunately it's just the way I am, not as overly enthusiastic as most other youtubers 🤣

[@MayhemMilIer]

@@BrisyTechBytes why didnt you go for a curved monitor for a ultra wide? isnt that the best emersion for gaming experience ? why flat ?

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@MayhemMilIer had a 34" curved ultrawide before and for the price this monitor was I thought I'd give it a try, personally I see no difference from playing on this flat monitor but do understand why others wouldn't like it

[@Denvercoder]

Good review... to bad it's not in English. Hard to understand this foreign language. ;)

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@Denvercoder if you give Braveheart, Trainspotting and Mrs Doubtfire a watch you'll pick it up no problem 🤣

[@sampoison9166]

Giga pass 40 flat is BIG NO

[@steinanderson]

can't take this seriously after seeing you use a controller on a pc

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@steinanderson ha ha...I can assure you that I only use a controller on games like Assasins Creed and driving games, anything else is with keyboard and mouse. You should actually see me even try any FPS game on an Xbox 🤣

[@Thalasaur]

I can tell you're not a real gamer. I've been gaming since the 90's and back then controllers were called gamepads and we used them for all kinds of games, including GTA 1 and 2. Consoles stole the concept from PC, not the other way around.

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@Thalasaur well I'm going to show my age here, when I first started gaming, controllers/gamepads were not a thing, it was joysticks with one button 🤣 But yeah, I don't game anywhere near as much as I used to, hit my peak playing with a clan on CS 1.6, then the kids came and it was all downhill from there.

[@steinanderson]

@@Thalasaur I can tell you're a douche bag

[@Thalasaur]

@@BrisyTechBytes Ah yeah, we had those too for the Amiga. I played on that when I was very young, but I wasn't around for its introduction. Btw, I didn't mean you. I meant the smartmouth that was commenting on the controller. :P

[@BBoyJamalloRock]

Hey. Good review. I have a question: What desk mount are you using for this monitor? And what is the one above the MSI hanging on? I'm asking because I want to do a similar setup at my place. www.youtube.com/@BrisyTechBytes

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@BBoyJamalloRock thanks for the feed back 👍 So the monitor stand which is clamped to my desk is the Duronic DM35V2X1 which I got from Amazon, property I have is rented so can't wall mount them so tried a few that kept the monitor as close to the wall as possible and I found this to be the best. The monitor above is the Acer Nitro XF252QX, had this for quite a few years now, only a 25" 1080p 240hz monitor, the Ultrawide is used for most things.

[@JeremiahRodriguez-gi4mu]

If only it was 4k, I’d definitely buy it 🥲

[@BrisyTechBytes]

@JeremiahRodriguez-gi4mu I think the appealing bit about it is the price, can only imagine if it was 4k the price would be a good bit higher and might then not be such a good option 😕