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MSI Laptop: Dive into virtual realms with this 17.3-inch MSI Apache Pro gaming laptop. Its 16GB of RAM, VR-ready NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics and Intel Core i7 quad-core processor provide seamless gaming performance. This MSI Apache Pro gaming laptop's 1TB SSD and 256GB HDD offer ample storage for the latest VR titles.
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Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to my review of the GE72VR.
I'll make this quick..ish..
This laptop is a great laptop, clean graphics, good look, runs great! A really great laptop for gamers and students if it means using it for casual gaming, hardcore gaming, or even just using it for Microsoft Word!
Packed with a 7th Gen i7(Quad Core) and a 3 GB GTX 1060, this guy definitely gets the job done in my opinion. One thing that is kind of annoying is that the top of the laptop gets warm to the touch if running graphical games such as Witcher 3, GTA 5, Etc.
Even with H1Z1, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, The Sims 4 and CSGO, this computer does get hot on the top so note that. Have had no real FPS issues with this guy, usually capping my games at 60 FPS because that's all I really need. Some games I have jitters where the FPS will drop from 60 to 55 to 50 to 60 to 57 FPS but nothing too too bad. CSGO runs beautifully, GMOD runs beautifully. Blah Blah blah... Witcher 3 and GTA 5 do have FPS issues (30 FPS and below) and may result in you messing with the graphics settings a bit to achieve smooth FPS.
The screen is a Anti Glare screen which means it shouldn't glare in direct sunlight but yet it does just not too bad and the screen IS NOT 120 mz (5ms) as I do get a lot of screen tearing that results in me turning on vsync in a game to get rid of that. The fans in it are loud...ish.. and yes they do sound like a jet taking off if you turn on the CoolBoost button that is located on top of the laptop, so yeah don't activate it in a library! The fan on the left side (CPU side) will always blow more than the one on the right side(GPU side) IF the game is a "low graphical" game. (If its a game that is crazy with graphics, such as Witcher 3, it will use both CPU and GPU power and result in the fans blowing hot air out of both vents).
I always keep the charger plugged into my laptop because you only get 30 mins or so of gaming off the charger so yeah... I don't mind that. (Also, you get 60 fps if you are plugged in and if you unplug, your fps will drop, yeah weird huh?)
Fast load up times with videos if streaming YouTube. Starting up the computer is perfect, no problem there because it has that 128 GB SSD
(Please note, games will save on C: drive and will use up the 128 gigs. You have to change the directory to D: drive (1 TB) when installing games and programs, which isn't hard just.. yeah).
The computer chassis is a dirt magnet, hair magnet, dust magnet, oil magnet and does get annoying, cleaning it every time I lay my palms on it and what not to make it look nice again but I'm not too bugged about it.
I'll make this quick..ish..
This laptop is a great laptop, clean graphics, good look, runs great! A really great laptop for gamers and students if it means using it for casual gaming, hardcore gaming, or even just using it for Microsoft Word!
Packed with a 7th Gen i7(Quad Core) and a 3 GB GTX 1060, this guy definitely gets the job done in my opinion. One thing that is kind of annoying is that the top of the laptop gets warm to the touch if running graphical games such as Witcher 3, GTA 5, Etc.
Even with H1Z1, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, The Sims 4 and CSGO, this computer does get hot on the top so note that. Have had no real FPS issues with this guy, usually capping my games at 60 FPS because that's all I really need. Some games I have jitters where the FPS will drop from 60 to 55 to 50 to 60 to 57 FPS but nothing too too bad. CSGO runs beautifully, GMOD runs beautifully. Blah Blah blah... Witcher 3 and GTA 5 do have FPS issues (30 FPS and below) and may result in you messing with the graphics settings a bit to achieve smooth FPS.
The screen is a Anti Glare screen which means it shouldn't glare in direct sunlight but yet it does just not too bad and the screen IS NOT 120 mz (5ms) as I do get a lot of screen tearing that results in me turning on vsync in a game to get rid of that. The fans in it are loud...ish.. and yes they do sound like a jet taking off if you turn on the CoolBoost button that is located on top of the laptop, so yeah don't activate it in a library! The fan on the left side (CPU side) will always blow more than the one on the right side(GPU side) IF the game is a "low graphical" game. (If its a game that is crazy with graphics, such as Witcher 3, it will use both CPU and GPU power and result in the fans blowing hot air out of both vents).
I always keep the charger plugged into my laptop because you only get 30 mins or so of gaming off the charger so yeah... I don't mind that. (Also, you get 60 fps if you are plugged in and if you unplug, your fps will drop, yeah weird huh?)
Fast load up times with videos if streaming YouTube. Starting up the computer is perfect, no problem there because it has that 128 GB SSD
(Please note, games will save on C: drive and will use up the 128 gigs. You have to change the directory to D: drive (1 TB) when installing games and programs, which isn't hard just.. yeah).
The computer chassis is a dirt magnet, hair magnet, dust magnet, oil magnet and does get annoying, cleaning it every time I lay my palms on it and what not to make it look nice again but I'm not too bugged about it.
In conclusion, I have not had any real problem with this laptop. I think its a great laptop! The price is ridiculous though. Any other questions, ask away in the questions section and I will do my best to help!
Game On,
Patrick
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