MSI Intros "World's Thinnest, Lightest" 17-inch Gaming Laptop
Here's another "world's lightest and thinnest" gaming laptop.
The battle for the title of "world's thinnest and lightest" in the gaming notebook arena continues with MSI's latest release, the GS70. Available in two configurations, the GS70 20D-002US has a starting price of $1,999.99 and the GS70 20D-001US has a starting price of $1,799.99. Both measure just 0.85 inches thin and weigh 5.73 pounds.
Based on the list of specs, the only difference between the two models is what they offer in terms of storage. The 002US version has a Super RAID configuration spanning two 128 GB SSDs in RAID 0 and a 1 TB HDD. The 001US model merely offers one 128 GB SSD and one 750 GB HDD (7200RPM). All other hardware features are identical.
That said, the new GS70 series sports a 17.3 inch Full HD Anti-Reflective display backed by Intel's Core i7-4700HQ "Haswell" processor (2.4 GHZ, 3.4 GHz) with 6 MB of cache, and Nvidia's GeForce GTX 765M GPU with 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM. The laptop also has 16 GB of DDR3L memory at 1600 MHz driving Microsoft's Windows 8 platform.
The laptop doesn't have an optical drive, but an SD card reader is provided for additional storage. Wireless connectivity is handled by Killer E2200 Game Networking providing Wireless N and Bluetooth. There are also a handful of I/O ports including four USB 3.0, one HDMI 1.4, two mDP, SPDIF output and a microphone/headphone combo.
The laptop's audio is powered Creative's Sound Blaster Cinema, two speakers and an integrated subwoofer capable of delivering the quality of 5.1 surround sound. There's also a 720p HD webcam mounted above the display for making video calls with Skype, taking profile pictures and whatnot. A 6-cell battery powers this portable performance PC.
Additional features highlighting this new laptop include a SteelSeries full color backlit keyboard with Anti-Ghosting keys, and a dual-fan cooling design that pulls heat from the top side of the laptop and dissipates heat at a 45 degree upward angle. Nvidia's GPU supports up to three displays (HDMI x1, mDP x2), thus widening the gaming field and increasing productivity.
"The MSI GS70 sets a new mark for gaming rigs," said Brian Choi, Senior Product Manager at Nvidia. "With the super-fast and super-efficient GeForce GTX 765M GPU on board, MSI is able to offer the thinnest chassis ever seen in the gaming segment."
Both configurations are available now.
@classzero
You know this is a gaming laptop, right? It's a successful niche product.
Quick edit: At .85 inches, I wonder about the thermals after prolonged "heavy" usage. I know that with laptops this size it will sit on a desk, but having previously owned a gaming laptop or two (the joys of being traveling for work) - they can be annoyingly noisy.
But they do for gaming laptops.
You know, all this talk of horsepower, and they don't even brag about the thing people will spend 100% of their time looking at, the display. I'm betting it's a typically crappy TFT screen without even 95% color gamut, slapped on with the 1080p FULL HD Sticker ooommgggg.
Plus, Windows laptops have poor resale value since PC's are spec based unlike Apple where they have extremely good resale value. That combined with the fact that it's $1700 and by the time you are done using it, you'll get little money back, not a good buy for me.
Dual fans rather than the single super powerful 12V fan in the GT60/GT70.
I don't understand Asus with their G750 flagship heavy gaming laptop, it also has the 4700HQ rather than a socketed CPU, but for no reason! It's a big laptop.
Dual fans rather than the single super powerful 12V fan in the GT60/GT70.
I don't understand Asus with their G750 flagship heavy gaming laptop, it also has the 4700HQ rather than a socketed CPU, but for no reason! It's a big laptop.
Is the HQ less expensive?
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