Since the monitor is so wide and the curve is more subtle, you might find the edges distort a bit in color if you sit too close – I had to sit a little over 2 ½ feet away for everything to look right in the viewing angle test. Gradients produced no noticeable banding, and viewing angles were okay-but-not-great – about what you’d expect for a VA panel. Both were right where they should be, ensuring you won’t miss out on those fine shadows and highlights – and since it’s a VA panel, those blacks will get darker than an IPS panel, which is great for gaming at night. For black and white levels, Lagom shows a series of squares getting closer and closer to the darkest black and brightest white possible – if each square is distinct from its neighbor, then it does a good job of keeping detail in ultra-dark or ultra-bright scenes. When it comes to the basics, the Optix MAG301CR does alright – Gamma came in right around the desired 2.2, erring on the higher (or darker) side. TestingI run all monitors I review through a series of Lagom’s LCD test patterns to see how they perform. The power supply is external, though, which means you’ll have a large brick under your desk – some may prefer this to a thicker monitor, but it’s rather annoying if you want your cables neatly hidden away. You also get the usual two USB 3.2 Gen1 ports for any peripherals you want to plug in. IO is fairly robust, providing two HDMI and one DisplayPort inputs, plus a USB Type-C port as an alternative to DisplayPort. The monitor claims 1ms response time, but since there are a myriad of ways to measure that spec, it’s almost never worth putting stock in what the manufacturer puts on the box – more on this in a moment. Apart from that, you also get FreeSync, the ability to accept HDR signals (though it can’t output anything near true HDR), and an Anti Motion Blur feature (which doesn’t work in conjunction with FreeSync). While it isn’t a night-and-day difference from 120Hz or 144Hz, it is definitely noticeable, and there aren’t many ultrawide monitors with that fast a panel – and certainly not for $350. The real draw here is the 200Hz refresh rate, allowing for super-smooth motion provided your graphics card is beefy enough to put out 200 frames per second. 1080p at 30 inches isn’t going to wow you with sharpness, but it’s acceptable, especially for a lower-priced monitor. And at only 2560x1080 – that is, the ultrawide equivalent of 1080p – I’m not sure I’d want anything bigger, lest the image become too soft or pixelated. 14 Images The 21:9 VA panel measures 30 inches on the diagonal, which is not huge, but the added aspect ratio does increase your field of view significantly over typical 16:9 displays.
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