MSI GE72VR Apache Pro Gaming Laptop Review

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The MSI GE72VR Apache Pro-010 marks the 4th MSI laptop we've reviewed. So far, MSI has a stellar track record, with the Titan Pro and Stealth Pro being two of our top picks. Can the Apache Pro keep up with these two heavy hitters?

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[cats_Paw]

Wait, am I getting this right? $1599 and a 1060, but HDMI 1.4?

 

[anbello262]

I'm really impressed by the fact that not even 12GB of memory is enough now. Last time I checked 8gb was enough for even high end systems. I really wasn't expecting this to change so quickly. Makes me glad I recently upgraded from 8 to 16, but makes me feel that I will have to upgrade again sooner than expected.

 

[nzalog]

All those long heatpipes and so much wasted space JUST to keep the battery in the back. Imagine how much more efficient of a design it would be if they moved the motherboard flush to the back and shorter heatpipes going left and right.

 

[Clamyboy74]

Pleas please please review a clevo laptop, any! If you want it to match up with simillar hardware to the ones you've already reviewed, try the P650rs-g aka sager np8156

 

[timf79]

Are you going to test a MSI Dominator, too?
Maybe someone could should some light on the MSI gaming laptop branding with: Titan, Dominator, Apache, Stealth...

 

[hst101rox]

I'd rather get a MSI GS series, they have 3 fans in them while still not being a heavy laptop. 5.3 pounds for the 17" model.

 

[Henk Hilti]

I don't know what is slowing down the GTX 1060 in this notebook but it for sure isn't the 12GB memory size (wrong assumption!!!).
Put is in a total of 16GB and you will see it will perform exactly the same ins games.

I expected a more thorough investigation from Tomshardware.

 

[quilciri]

At the $1500 mark, it needs a 1070, imho. But I love MSI for giving us a gaming laptop that doesn't look like a dudebro or a 12 year old designed it.

 

[zthomas]

costs more than my tabletop.. and with less stuff.. tiny monitor.. not a laptop fan here..

 

[JeffDaemon]

I'm not sure whats with the linked laptop but searching ge72vr nets you the cheaper laptop at the same specs. This is the laptop I have, and so far I have been pretty happy with it. Cooling is highly satisfactory, zero problems with gaming performance. Its a shame to see the poor lcd performance, I mostly use an external monitor but from what I have used of it, the lcd didn't seem BAD in anyway. I found it only a slightly worse then the IPS in my last notebook. About the only things I found disappointing was the lack of thunderbolt, and maybe the Xboost feature. In short, I reinstalled windows 10 from scratch outside of the box because I was getting 100% cpu spikes, and it may have been this feature. However because of that I have had no issues at all, I reinstalled MOST of MSI's software utilities.