Specifications / Chassis

CPU	Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz Standard, 2.9 GHz Turbo)
Operating System	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Chipset	Intel HM67 Express Chipset
Memory	DDR3 1333 MHz, 2 x SODIMM, 8 GByte Total
Display	15.6'' Full HD 3D LED 120Hz, 1920 x 1080
Graphics card	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M (3D Vision), 1.5 Gigabyte GDDR3
Hard drive / Drive	1 x 120 Gigabyte Intel SSD 1 x Blu-ray and DVD Burner
Video Camera	Web Camera 720p@30fps
Connectors	Gigabit LAN WLAN b/g/n Bluetooth 3.0 1 x VGA 1 x HDMI 1.4 3 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0 1 x eSATA 1 x Mic-out 1 x Line-in 1 x Line-out
Audio	Built-in Speakers and Microphone Dynaudio 2.1 Speaker System
Battery	78 Wh 9 cell
Dimensions	428 x 288 x 55 mm (W x D x H)
Weight	3.90 kg

Chassis / Design / Build quality

As soon as you take the GT 780 out of its box, you'll notice that MSI has found a good compromise concerning the weight which this powerful gaming notebook has. Taking a closer look at this portable gaming machine with the lid closed you see that MSI put an aluminium plate into the LCDs back panel which provides some more stability and it also give the notebook a classy finish. Opening the lid reveals the input peripherals weheras the keyboard comes from a cooperation with SteeSeries. Furthermore the GT 780 also features back-lit status LEDs which start shimmering as soon as the notebook is powered up. Generally the build quality is on a reasonable level and because of the aluminium plate behind the display panel it is well protected.

MSI equips the GT 780, which weighs 3.9 kilogram with an Intel Core i7-2630QM CPU, 16 gigabyte memory, an Intel 120 Gigabyte SSD (Intel SSD 320) as well as a 750 Gigabyte hard drive, a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics chips with 1'536 Megabyte graphics memory as well as a 17.3 inch display. The CPU features four cores with a total of eight threads which come with a standard clock frequency of 2.0 GHz and a turbo clock of 2.9 GHz. Unter load conditions the GT 780 produces a noise level which is adequate for a gaming notebook. Although the built-in fans are well audible there is no disturbing high frequency noise.

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Page 2 - Preview	Page 8 - Web browsing / Data decryption / Windows Defender
Page 3 - Specifications / Chassis	Page 9 - Futuremark
Page 4 - Display / Keyboard	Page 10 - Gaming Benchmarks
Page 5 - Test Setup	Page 11 - Battery Eater / Power Consumption
Page 6 - Video Playback / Downscaling Transcoding / Storage	Page 12 - Conclusion

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