MSI GT73VR GAMING LAPTOP REVIEW
Gaming laptops have marked their place in the genre of gaming. MSI is one of the leading brands that manufacture gaming laptops. The MSI GT73VR is a high end, majestic specimen of MSI powerful gaming laptops. With desktop-grade performance, the MSI GT73VR gaming laptop has a unique eye-catching design.
MSI GT73VR Ready Gaming Laptop Specifications
SPEC
SPEC
Processor
Intel 6th-Gen Skylake 2.7GHz Intel Core i7-6820HK
Display Resolution
1920 × 1080
RAM
64GB DDR4-2400MHz
Touchscreen
No
Storage Space
1TB SSD/1TB HDD
Battery Life
2hrs 28 min idle/1 hr 35 min full load
Graphics Card
Nvidia GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5
Display Size
17.3”
Let’s deeply scrutinize this alluring rig.
Design and Features:
The MSI GT73VR ready gaming laptop nearly looks like its predecessor. It is designed to be a desktop replacement. With the weight of 9.1 lbs and measuring 16.85 × 12.36 × 1.76, the MSI GT73 gaming laptop is on the hefty side as being packed in a refreshed Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU, it needed to schlep on a few extra pounds.
Instead of being covered with general plastic shell having various ports located around the critical components (GPU, CPU, etc), a giant grate to vent heat from every orifice imaginable resides at nearly the entire bottom of the laptop. It helps to keep the massive GTX 1080 graphics card cool under pressure. One drawback is that it could be problematic for people who are usually not as careful around their technology as others. As all it would take is just one water spill on your desk or placing the laptop on dusty surface to risk all the main internal components.
Software:
The GT73 VR ready gaming laptop comes with its own collection of software such as MSI TrueColor and Dragon Center. The Dragon Center has major improvements to its overall functionality and UI, most notably in its tuning section which allows you send the laptop into overdrive if you are intended to run any graphically intense games. This process is intuitive and simple.
Hardware:
The MSI GT73 VR ready gaming laptop is one of the most powerful gaming laptops with a 6th-Generation Intel Core i7-6820HK processor, 64GB of DDR4 RAM, an 8GB GDDR5 GTX 1080, a 17.3” G-Sync display with 1920 × 2080 display resolution and a 1TB PCI-E SSD/1TB HDD combo.
The connectivity options the GT73 gaming laptop provides meet your expectations from a gaming laptop these days. This gaming laptop features five USB 3.0 slots, one HDMI 1.4 out, one HiFi headphone out/mic in combo one line-in/out combo, a single RJ45 port, one Thunderbolt 3.0 port, one mini-DP out and an SD card reader.
The membrane SteelSeries Keyboard of GT73 VR ready gaming laptop is responsive to game on, it is comfortable to type on and is even spiced up by the inclusion of RGB LED backlighting which you can customize according to your choice. The trackpad also is responsive and comfortable and it provides a bit more grip because of its grittier polished plastic. The touchpad has illuminated surrounding, which offers much easier inputs in dark environment.
Using the Nahimic soundboard app, when you tune the onboard 3W speakers, they appear acceptable for movies but they probably might not be your first choice for music listening or longer game sessions because they lack bass response.
Display:
The MSI GT73 VR gaming laptop is loaded with the highest end of gaming laptop spectrum with 17.3” FHD 120Hz 1920 × 1080 G-Sync ready display, providing you the option to up that to 3840 × 2160 if you choose. From the outset, it is obvious that MSI has taken its display especially into consideration to beat out the other up scaling gaming laptops and have succeeded splendidly.
The display of GT73 clocks a perfect sRGB score of 100% and record-breaking score of Adobe RGB 88%. The GT73VR gaming laptop projects vivid colors that pop right off the screen during both games and movies.
Processor:
For notebooks you want to overclock, the Core i7-6820HK is a great choice because of the free multiplier. Because of its additional overclocking, the MSI GT73VR ready gaming laptop is a bit faster as compared to other gaming laptops that are equipped with a Core i7-6820HK with lower OC or without OC.
Performance:
MSI uses high-end components in this gaming laptop as expected for the high price. Both the Nvidia’s Pascal architecture GPU and the Intel Skylake generation CPU are very modern. It is also convincing to have two PCIe-SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration.
GPU Performance:
The GT73VR gaming laptop’s Turbo mode also overclocks the graphics card besides CPU. Depending on the 3D application, +200 MHz for the 8GB GDDR5.VRAM and more +100 MHz for the core create a nice performance boost.
Battery:
With all that power under the hood, unfortunately the battery life is the one area that MSI GT73VR gaming laptop may not measure up. Though the battery life of this gaming laptop is not as terrible as many others, providing 2hrs 28 min when idle and 1 hr 35 min when fully loaded, but it could better.
Warranty:
The MSI GT73 VR ready gaming laptop comes with 2 years warranty, collect and return service.
Pros:
Powerful CPU and GPU
High contrast FHD display with 120Hz
Moderate noise development
Cons:
Heavy
Meager battery life
Unconventional keyboard layout
If you don’t mind the heft chassis, the GT73 VR ready gaming laptop is an absolutely powerful desktop replacement and it utilizes the space very well. It includes the cooling 10 heat pipes and features SLI optional, up to four storage devices. In combination with MXM graphics card and customer-friendly maintainability, the 17 inch VR ready gaming laptop is easy to clean and upgrade.
Even with the Turbo mode with GPU and CPU overclocking, it never gets inconveniently loud in practice. The sound and picture quality are convincing as well, the full HD panel is also very good except for low color accuracy. The combination of Nvidia’s G-Sync technology with 120Hz creates a smoother picture preventing annoying tearing.
Despite the mediocre battery runtime, heavy weight and expense, the GT73 VR ready gaming laptop can secure the top spot in gaming laptops.