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Andy Edser

MSI's clever new 500 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor can detect when you leave the screen and turn itself off to begin its anti-burn-in cycle

The MSI MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50 gaming monitor showing a colourful background at Computex 2025.

If you thought your gaming monitor was fast, well, it might be. But as fast, as clever, and as luscious to look at as the newly-announced MSI MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50? I doubt it. MSI's 27-inch, 1440p, QD-OLED beauty was in front of my very eyes today at Computex 2025, and it's got quite the spec sheet—including MSI's AI Care Sensor for a spot of monitor peek-a-boo.

Allow me to explain. A CMOS sensor module sitting at the bottom of the display captures images of whoever's sitting in front of the monitor every 0.2 seconds, then filters that information through an NPU (yep, here comes the magic of AI).

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