The Official *MSI Optix MAG251RX* Owners Thread

[Joel D]

The upper (very top) add" button is the one u click on to input the 240.000 resolution

Got it ! Thank you for the clarification.. I did it successfully now. Couple side notes is, I did indeed reset it to default and examined it was reset properly. When I went back to do the add thing, it actually did NOT work when I did as you just said and deleted nothing. (as nothing seemed to change after restarting in the Nvidia CP list)

But it did work when I deleted ONLY the ones in that top box (Detailed Resolutions) and then added the 240hz there. Once restarting it looks exactly as your guys' windows looks now. I have the entire list still, BUT only PC 1920x1080 @240hz is marked as "NATIVE". None other say "Native" besides them. Is this correct ?

The first instructions from a while ago do say to delete things.. just not descriptive where and thats what led me to the initial prob. So again, you do need to "delete all" in the default list of that top box "Detailed Resolutions" BEFORE you then "Add" the one.

The second oddity is (not like it matters but) - using CPU restart glitches out my PC. Im on 64bit too, so I choose that one. It works, and everything appears fine except it make it so my start menu won't appear. I have to restart it the real way then everything comes back.

To verify this I did the whole process a few times and it certainly is CPU issue. The solution is to not use its restart and just manually restart as you normally would (start menu, power, restart). This also causes the GPU setting to then properly take effect.

Just wanted to let everyone know in case someone new (like me) was looking for answers like this.

[Joel D]

Now, onto the next questions:

1) The Gaming OSD
a) Response Time = Set to ?? (currently on "Fastest")
b) Image Enhancement = Set to ?? (currently set to "Off")
c) HDCR = ?? (currently OFF)
d) Eye Saver = ?? (currently OFF)
e) Anti Motion Blur = ?? (currently OFF)
f) Adaptive Sync = ?? (how can you tell if this is off or on ? I just see a little circular arrow thing and when I press it, it seems toot indicate if its on or off)

2) Nvidia Control Panel
a) 3D settings = ??
b) Display Settings = ??
c) Video Settings = ??
d) G-Sync - I nowhere can find or see any G-Sync setting, on/off button, etc.. Looked everywhere on Monitor and Nvidia CP. Nothing mentioning G-Sync.

3) ControlMyMonitor App
Ok, how do I use this now ? What settings and what exactly do I do ? (and why)

[Ryno24]

Now, onto the next questions:

1) The Gaming OSD
a) Response Time = Set to ?? (currently on "Fastest")
b) Image Enhancement = Set to ?? (currently set to "Off")
c) HDCR = ?? (currently OFF)
d) Eye Saver = ?? (currently OFF)
e) Anti Motion Blur = ?? (currently OFF)
f) Adaptive Sync = ?? (how can you tell if this is off or on ? I just see a little circular arrow thing and when I press it, it seems toot indicate if its on or off)

2) Nvidia Control Panel
a) 3D settings = ??
b) Display Settings = ??
c) Video Settings = ??
d) G-Sync - I nowhere can find or see any G-Sync setting, on/off button, etc.. Looked everywhere on Monitor and Nvidia CP. Nothing mentioning G-Sync.

3) ControlMyMonitor App
Ok, how do I use this now ? What settings and what exactly do I do ? (and why)

G-sync will only show in the control panel if adaptive sync is on in the the gaming OSD.

[Gunta0]

Now, onto the next questions:

1) The Gaming OSD
a) Response Time = Set to ?? (currently on "Fastest")
b) Image Enhancement = Set to ?? (currently set to "Off")
c) HDCR = ?? (currently OFF)
d) Eye Saver = ?? (currently OFF)
e) Anti Motion Blur = ?? (currently OFF)
f) Adaptive Sync = ?? (how can you tell if this is off or on ? I just see a little circular arrow thing and when I press it, it seems toot indicate if its on or off)

2) Nvidia Control Panel
a) 3D settings = ??
b) Display Settings = ??
c) Video Settings = ??
d) G-Sync - I nowhere can find or see any G-Sync setting, on/off button, etc.. Looked everywhere on Monitor and Nvidia CP. Nothing mentioning G-Sync.

3) ControlMyMonitor App
Ok, how do I use this now ? What settings and what exactly do I do ? (and why)

What's your Nvidia graphics card? Because only 1x00 Nvidia and more recent have G-Sync older don't have.

[Joel D]

What's your Nvidia graphics card? Because only 1x00 Nvidia and more recent have G-Sync older don't have.

I got Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (but its the Asus ROG Strixx O11G overclocked for gaming version)
This one here: https://www.asus.com/us/Graphics-Cards/ ... 1G-GAMING/
They say its suppose to have it.

[Joel D]

G-sync will only show in the control panel if adaptive sync is on in the the gaming OSD.

Ahhh, got it. lol Ok. I bet thats what's happening to me, cause I can't figure out how to get Adaptive Sync on in the first place, as its not a obvious "on/off" button. Furthermore, waiting from RLCS to say if I even want Adaptive Sync or G-Sync on in the first place.

So still, RLCS, what's the best settings for all these things I outlined above ?

[RLCSContender*]

hey Joel D, what CPU do you use?

1080p at very high framerates are mostly CPU bound and not GPU. But bcuz you have the fastest GPU in the world right now, there hsouldn't be any bottleneck

with settings, i suggest you find a way to get some CPU performance. I use MSI afterburner to overclock my CPU(but i immediately turn it off once i'm done gaming). GPU isn't really that important at 1080p , at 1440p and especially 4k, GPU is very important

[Joel D]

hey Joel D, what CPU do you use?

1080p at very high framerates are mostly CPU bound and not GPU. But bcuz you have the fastest GPU in the world right now, there hsouldn't be any bottleneck

with settings, i suggest you find a way to get some CPU performance. I use MSI afterburner to overclock my CPU(but i immediately turn it off once i'm done gaming). GPU isn't really that important at 1080p , at 1440p and especially 4k, GPU is very important

Ok, let me tell you what it is. I don't know much about this, but I always try to do things right, and I bought this computer special built for me and my requests from a custom Gaming Computer building place (called Xidax). They build turnkey systems. I will list out what it is and you tell me the best settings.

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 8C/16T 5.0Ghz
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080Ti (Asus Rog Strixx O11G)
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z390-E
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR 3600mhz 32Gb
Drive: Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 NVME SSD
Power Supply: Seasonic Focus Gold 750
CPU Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240 Pro X

Thats copied from my receipt.

[WayUpGaming]

my MSI MAG251RX can't get here soon enough, I'm dying over here lol

[sanoff]

Now, onto the next questions:

1) The Gaming OSD
a) Response Time = Set to ?? (currently on "Fastest")
b) Image Enhancement = Set to ?? (currently set to "Off")
c) HDCR = ?? (currently OFF)
d) Eye Saver = ?? (currently OFF)
e) Anti Motion Blur = ?? (currently OFF)
f) Adaptive Sync = ?? (how can you tell if this is off or on ? I just see a little circular arrow thing and when I press it, it seems toot indicate if its on or off)

2) Nvidia Control Panel
a) 3D settings = ??
b) Display Settings = ??
c) Video Settings = ??
d) G-Sync - I nowhere can find or see any G-Sync setting, on/off button, etc.. Looked everywhere on Monitor and Nvidia CP. Nothing mentioning G-Sync.

3) ControlMyMonitor App
Ok, how do I use this now ? What settings and what exactly do I do ? (and why)

Good questions I think about it myself. FR33THY I don't know if he is right but he seems to know what he is talking about - say d) freethy say 'g sync always off' :p b) no scaling, perform scaling on display and override the scaling mode set by games... 'on'. a) threaded optimization 'on' texture filtering 'high performance' preferred refresh rate 'highest available' power mode 'prefer max performance' monitor technology 'fixed refresh' (i don't have this option) Gamma correction 'off' low latency mode 'on' c) under PC resolutions, 1080p SHOULD be "native" 240hz ( I create custom res in cru and have only 8 bits colors why?)

When it comes to OSD I am currently testing what is best here, I think a lot depends on each of us. but I would like someone to say who took the measurements. I play csgo myself and I would like to get the fastest setting. Does anyone know what is the fastest setting for this monitor ( osd+nvidia?)?