MSI’s CES 2025 Innovation Award Roundup: A Testament to Continuing Excellence
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With FIVE prestigious CES 2025 Innovation Awards across several categories at CES 2025, MSI’s yearly CES showcase is off to a great start! From Gaming to AI and PC Hardware, our product showcases feature the very best of MSI this year – setting the stage for the coming year in style.
CES is an annual global event held by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which has served as a global platform for unveiling cutting-edge consumer technologies for decades. Today, it’s considered the central hub of innovation and brilliance in the industry, and serves as a platform for companies to set the tone for the upcoming year!
Product Spotlight: Our CES Innovation Award Winners
We’ve continued our winning trend at CES 2025, with several MSI products grabbing the coveted Innovation Award wins.
MPG Z890I EDGE TI WIFI Motherboard: Gaming & Esports Category
The MPG Z890I EDGE TI WIFI walked away with a well-deserved CES Innovation Award at CES 2025 in the Gaming & Esports category with its ability to support exceptional performance in a compact form factor.
It sports the perfect blend of looks, premium components, and a diminutive size. A 14-layer server-grade PCB in gorgeous white and a 13-phase (10 + 1 + 1 + 1) direct power VRM allow the MPG Z890I EDGE TI WIFI to handle even the most powerful Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) Desktop Processors with ease.
The MPG Z890I EDGE TI WIFI also features an enlarged heatsink with heat-pipe, FROZR Heatsink, MOSFET thermal pads, and M.2 Shield FROZR to cool the highest-end components within a Mini-ITX form factor.
In addition to raw performance, you can also enjoy the latest in both wireless and wired networking, with Wi-Fi 7 and 5G LAN.
MEG Z890 UNIFY-X Motherboard: Gaming & Esports Category
Another of MSI’s Z890 motherboards, the MEG Z890 UNIFY-X, was honored with a CES Innovation Award this year thanks to its focus on extreme performance and power. It employs an AI server-grade TLVR inductor to take efficiency to the next level and unlock the true potential of Intel’s newest Core Ultra (Series 2) Desktop processors.
The MEG Z890 UNIFY-X embraces speed at every level – featuring cutting-edge connectivity, including DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, Killer Wi-Fi 7, 5G LAN, and Thunderbolt 4. You’ll also find a powerful Direct 24-phase (20 + 2 + 1 + 1) VRM and MSI’s innovative FROZR design to handle even the most powerful components on shelves right now.
In addition to supporting powerful hardware and unlocking extreme performance, the MEG Z890 UNIFY-X also offers a suite of EZ DIY features to make PC building, overclocking, and tinkering so much easier.
MEG VISION X AI Gaming Desktop: Gaming & Esports + Artificial Intelligence Categories
Our crown jewel at CES 2025 is the MEG VISION X AI, which walked away with not one, but two Innovation Award wins this year. It integrates a 13-inch AI HMI touch panel with real-time hardware monitoring capabilities, active app recognition, wallpapers, widgets, and automatic performance profiles. The MEG VISION X AI also comes equipped with the features it needs to support future AI functionality.
It also gives you access to the Silent Storm Cooling AI function, which automatically grabs temperature data from your hardware and feeds it to an AI model specifically trained on this data – allowing it to dynamically adjust the fan speeds and respond to the temperatures of each component.
Its sleek, clean design incorporates geometric lines and an angled FHD IPS touchscreen display, enhancing ergonomics and aesthetics in equal measure. You’ll also find that we’ve used our MSI Project Zero motherboard in the MEG VISION X AI Gaming Desktop to conceal cables, enhance airflow, and simplify maintenance for a clean, gorgeous PC build that elevates the space around it.
The MEG VISION X AI Gaming Desktop was also recognized with an Innovation Award in the Artificial Intelligence category for enabling access to powerful AI functionality, while elevating user privacy and security in an increasingly ‘online’ world.
MPG 272URX QD-OLED Gaming Monitor: Computer Hardware and Components
The MPG 272URX QD-OLED was honored with a CES Innovation Award win in the Computer Hardware & Components category thanks to its combination of OLED and Quantum Dot technology, which delivers vivid colors, near-infinite contrast, 240Hz refresh rate, and a near-instant 0.03ms GtG response time.
As the world’s first 27" 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor with Display Port 2.1a (UHBR20), the MPG 272URX QD-OLED can handle a whopping 80Gbps of bandwidth—2.5 times that of DisplayPort 1.4a—allowing gamers to enjoy native, lossless 4K at 240Hz for a crisp, fluid experience like never before.
It is bolstered by the unmatched efficiency and longevity of a brand-new 5-layer tandem OLED panel with EL Gen 3 technology, which paves the way for stunning visuals. The MPG 272URX QD-OLED Gaming Monitor boasts the coveted VESA Certified DisplayHDR True Black 400 and ClearMR 13000 certifications. You can expect inky blacks without any backlight bleeding alongside crystal-clear images for an unparalleled visual experience.
The MPG 272URX QD-OLED is a G-Sync Compatible display, which further ensures a pleasant tear-free gaming experience with reduced input lag at a range of frame rates.
It also comes equipped with USB Type-C 98W power delivery to charge and power your more demanding devices like laptops. MSI’s Gaming Intelligence app takes customization to the next level by transforming how you interact with monitor functionality by supplementing traditional on-screen controls with an intuitive app.
MSI’s Commitment to Continuing Excellence
CES 2025 marks yet another milestone for MSI as we tirelessly innovate in the consumer technology space year after year. You’ll find a broad range of products at our CES 2025 booth, including monitors, gaming desktops, motherboards, laptops, and more, Follow MSI’s social channels, which are linked below, to keep up with our latest announcements at CES 2025 and upcoming product news!
