MSI Announce the MPG 242R X60N, a 24″ Rapid TN Film Gaming Screen with a 600Hz Refresh Rate

Originally published 2 January 2025, last updated 27 May 2025

Back at CES in January MSI announced a new gaming screen in their popular MPG series, a model which we later saw in final form at Computex 2025 in May. The MPG 242R X60N is a 24.1″ sized screen with a 600Hz refresh rate ‘Rapid TN Film’ panel. These smaller LCD screens are still popular for competitive and esports gaming, with the latest 600Hz refresh rate panel offering something even higher than current 540Hz options (e.g. the Asus ROG Swift Pro PG248QP we’ve reviewed in the past), for improved motion clarity, latency and frame rate support.

It’s built around a ‘Rapid TN Film’ technology panel with a massive 600Hz refresh rate. It has a 1920 x 1080 resolution and a 0.1ms G2G response time spec and the high 600Hz refresh rate is supported by adaptive-sync for VRR. It also has a wide colour gamut covering 93% DCI-P3.

Gaming features are of course a focus, with MSI’s Gaming Intelligence app supported as well as things like ‘AI Vision’ and ‘AI Crosshair’ included. This gaming screen also supports 4:3 aspect ratios at 1280 x 960 or 1024 x 768, up to 600Hz for those who play certain games in those configurations. A motion blur reduction (“MPRT Sync mode”) is also supported that can be used at the same time as VRR too, for those who want to game with the absolute best motion clarity possible.

For connectivity it doesn’t scrimp either, despite the target market. There are 1x DisplayPort 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1 and 1x USB type-C (with DP Alt mode, data and 98w power delivery). There’s also 3x USB data ports and a headphone jack.

Pricing and availability

It’s a small and pretty expensive monitor (RRP $999 USD, released in June) but is aimed at a specific niche of gamers in this segment and in line with competing high end esports monitors in that regard. You can check out full coverage of MSI’s monitors from Computex 2025 in our round-up here.

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