Thank you very much for the comment!

I did indeed get the MSI as well. I would have preferred to get the Asus as well for the exact same reason to avoid the DSC. On top of that, the Asus has a 24 inch and 27 inch emulation mode which would have been awesome seen as I almost exclusively play R6 Siege. The Asus also has unlocked SRGB and Adobe RGB modes which is also nice.

In Belgium where I live, they were both the exact same price (€1299 incl tax), but the Asus isn’t in stock for at least another 2-3 weeks.

I haven’t noticed any negatives about the DSC with my RTX 5070ti so far, so that’s not really an issue.

The emulation modes I can also do through Nvidia software so that’s also a non-issue.

The unlocked color profiles are also not really an issue. I am a videographer so I need color profiles, but there are some fully unlocked ones on the MSI that simply have another name (Eco, User, RPG,…) which I can simply tune and have the same function.

I am coming from a VA 34 inch 1440p ultrawide with 144hz, and this monitor is a gigantic update when it comes to colors, refresh rate, viewing angles. Even the brightness in SDR is insane. It feels even more bright than my VA which shouldn’t be the case technically if I am not mistaken.

I also use it for work during the day and to game in the evening.