![]() Should you want to have another opinion, head over to Reddit where a board member posted close up pictures of the laptop as well as few benchmarks plus a stark warning about the screen which he said, had washed out colors, poor contrast and brightness that isn’t good enough. The battery life is short, and fan noises are loud but all these are common problems with high-end gaming laptops.” “The MSI Vector GP86 HX offers gamers a lot of what they want in terms of gaming performance, a great keyboard, a fast stable 165hz display, and a super cool thermal solution. Gamerbraves is the only publication where I could find a review of the device. Unfortunately, it’s also overshadowed by barely any semblance of a battery life, effectively restricting you to the nearest power socket.” Back then, the reviewer noted that “ the MSI Vector GP66 is a mighty gaming laptop. TechRadar hasn’t reviewed the Vector GP68 but reviewed the older version, the GP66 which comes with a CPU from the same generation (Core i7-12700H) and an older GPU, the RTX 3080. Its big as well it’s about half the size of an A3 ream of paper. It’s heavy at more than 3Kg once you add in the 330W power adaptor. Also a unique feature from MSI is the partnership they have with BlueStacks that allows them to bundle a fully-fledged Android emulator, which opens the door for a wealth of possibilities. One word about the Steelseries keys, you can select the color on a per-key basis. I like the fact that it didn’t skimp on the wireless connectivity and went for an Intel Killer Wi-Fi adaptor, delivering Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3. ![]() The 4-cell, 90WHr battery should power the laptop for a couple of hours under load (when doing rendering or playing) and the pair of 2W speakers should give you basic audio capabilities. The webcam supports Windows Hello and when it comes to connectors, its size means that there’s ample space for ports: a 2.5GbE LAN, an audio port, a dedicated power connector, five USB ports (including three Type-C), a card reader and a HDMI connector. You will be able to add an extra three external monitors via a Type-C connector, Thunderbolt 4 and a HDMI connector. The screen is a 16-inch one with a FHD+ resolution, a 144Hz and a 16:10 aspect ratio. It uses two 8GB DDR5 memory in dual channel mode (that’s 16GB in all) plus has a 1TB SSD (PCIe Gen5) with the option to add a second one (albeit Gen3). Despite the fact that it is a 12th generation Intel CPU, it is faster than both the Core i7-13700H and the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H, scoring 28628 on popular benchmark, Passmark. ![]() It is clearly aimed at gamers but its subdued colors (bar the keyboard keys) and conservative design makes it a great choice for creatives as well who want a polyvalent machine that they can use for work and for leisure.Ī word about the processor. This notebook packs an Intel Core i9-12900H processor with a Geforce RTX 4080 GPU with 12GB GDDR6 at an unbeatable price.
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