We love the USB 3.1 ports as these will keep the model relative in the future. The higher idle consumption of the new GT72 could be due to the panel (IPS vs. The Intel Broadwell architecture barely makes a difference in the power consumption, when compared to the consumption values of the Haswell predecessor. 212 W is the max consumption of the GT72, but this is acceptable as the power adapter can supply up to 230 W. The max power consumption cannot be directly compared as the notebooks throttle differently.
The Asus model is a little more conservative than our model (~93 W). At load, the GT72 does not have to hide itself from the competition: the test model consumes 101 W in the first scene of 3DMark06, which is trumped by far by the Alienware 17 R2 with its consumption of 124 W ( Core i7-4980HQ). The Asus G751JY, which does not require graphics-switching technology, consumes 22.0 to 32.6 W (slightly less). The Alienware 17 R2 consumes 8.9 to 26.6 W whereas our model requires 28.0 to 35.7 W. 16 GB DDR3-RAM and a Blu-ray are also included.Īs the notebook lacks Optimus, the idle power consumption is much higher than other GTX 980M notebooks. The rest of the hardware is typical: for 2,000 Euros (~$2211), the GT72-2QE16SR21BW also offers a 1,000 GB HDD and a RAID 0 mode with two M.2 SSDs (128 + 128 GB). Although the Sound Blaster Cinema 2 engine of the predecessor was quite good, MSI has swapped it out for a program named Nahimic. The package is rounded off with the new sound software.
The ports have also been refreshed: 4x USB-3.0 and 2x USB-3.1 ports (before it was 6x USB 3.0), which offers even faster speeds for external devices. The manufacturer has updated the 17-inch gaming laptop: the test model is equipped with a Wide-View panel with True Color technology, which offers far more stable viewing angles and higher color accuracy.įurthermore, the Core i7-4710HQ of the Intel Haswell generation (22 nm) has been replaced by a Core i7-5700HQ of the Broadwell release (14 nm).
Thankfully, MSI has not sat on their laurels, basking in their success. In our previous review, we rated the GTX-980M configuration as "Very Good," which is impressive as few models can muster this rating. The MSI GT70 has sat on the throne for a long time and is now surpassed by the MSI GT72. For the original German review, see here.
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