MSI GE70 Gaming Notebook Review
Published by Marc Büchel on 11.02.13Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| Generally the MSI GE70 leaves a good impression and it is a solid gaming notebook. We especially liked the big display with the very good colors as well as brightness. Additionally you get a gaming notebook which features an unusually sleek form factor and is therefore much more comfortable to carry around. Furthermore we like that MSI equips this device with a quick mSATA SSD, which, when compared to a standard hard drive, improves usability, by quite a margin. There is only one thing we would like to see different: when it comes to the cooling system we think that this configuration requires two heatpipes on the CPU and three on the GPU as well as a bigger radial fan. With these changes this device would be substantially more silent under idle conditions. | - Display - Form factor | -Cooling | |
| Display / Input devices | + | - | |
| MSI equipped the
GE70 with a very good 17.3 inch display. The colors and
contrast ratio as well as the brightness were able to convince us.
Altogether it is
simply perfect for a gaming notebook. The keyboard could be of higher quality. We would have loved to see it not bending while typing. Furthermore there is the touchpad which is not perfect. We like it's accuracy and the fact that multitouch functions have been well implemented but it takes to much force until the two buttons release. |
- Display size - Readability - Colors - 3D | - Touchpad Buttons | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| Equipped with a Core i7-3630QM quad core CPU that features eitght threads clocked at 2.4 GHz there is plenty of performance slumbering under the bonnet. Combined with the new NVIDIA mobile GTX 660M this notebook quite easily keeps up with the fastest models in our comparison lists, when it comes to 3D performance. But also regarding 2D performance there is plenty of performance thanks to the Ivy Bridge CPU. | - Gaming Performance | ||
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| If you should be looking for a gaming notebook that comes with a sleek design, a very good and big display and offers enough performance for gaming then the GE70 will definitely be a good choice. You should be aware that the fan is always well audible. | - Gaming Notebook - Desktop Replacement | ||
| Rating | |||
| The MSI GE70 Gaming Notebook receives good four out of five stars. | |||
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