MSI updates its super thin gaming laptops with new Nvidia GeForce GPUs.
MSI GS60 Ghost & GS70 Stealth Now With GeForce GTX 800M : Read more
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But editing photos are waaay better on higher res screen such as Macbook's Retina Display or QHD display on XPS, or QHD+ (3200x1800) on Samsung ATIV 9 Plus for around the same price or even cheaper. Those MSI laptops only sport FHD display and yes, laptop GPU are all overpriced. If u can afford gaming laptops, most likely u have a great gaming rig as well on ur desk. I'll just play on my bigger screen with my desktop than tiring my hands on laptop palm rest and straining my eyes and neck on laptop smaller screen in unergonomic position to play (you have to choose between comforting ur hands but hurting ur neck in the long run or comforting ur neck but weird hands placement). If u are saying "then hook up a keyboard or hook it up to a bigger screen" I'd just play on my desktop, gaming laptop is overpriced hardware. Gaming on the go? I'll go for tablets, gaming with 15" or bigger on a car, bus, or plane is not comfortable except by train and the travel duration is long. Gaming anywhere e.g cafe, or friend's place? I'll make a gaming HTPC with portable monitor since u will need to connect ur charger anyway to get the max performance from gaming laptop otherwise 2 hours is ur max gaming time.Well if u are smart like me, I'll buy a better screen laptop with decent spec for editing photos (at least if u are saying professional level, if not then go ahead) and gaming anywhere as my comment states. This applies if you don't want to waste ur money buying this overpriced hardware. Otherwise, buy it anyway.It's Kepler. MSI's overseas announcements indicate a higher-end model (probably with the 2880x1620 display it was shown with at CeBIT) with an 870M which is Kepler-only. Speculation is they went with the Kepler 860M so they could use the same motherboard with both models.jasonelmore :Are these Maxwell 860M or Keplar 860M? God i hate what Nvidia did with the 860M naming scheme.This is pretty cutting-edge hardware. It's a quad core Haswell, which just by itself means about a $1000 laptop. On top of that it's got a gaming-worthy GPU. It's AFAIK the lightest quad core 15" laptop out there despite having a metal chassis (less than 2 kg) Unlike ultrabooks its memory and drives are all upgradeable. It actually has what looks like two M.2 SSD slots, not mSATA. So conceivably you could set it up with a ~2 GB/sec RAID-0. And you can also put in a 2.5" drive. The panel is PLA (IPS-equivalent) with the lone Russian review so far saying it covers 95%-100% of sRGB. And the keyboard has gotten rave reviews.If you're in the market for a $400 laptop, obviously it isn't being marketed it to you. But if you're like me and are willing to pay for a truly portable workstation which will let me edit my photos as well as play 3D games, it's very tempting. Cheaper and lighter than both the Macbook Pro and Dell XPS 15 with the same or better features with much better upgradability.RewCore :Overpriced hardware, YAY!
If you were smart you wouldn't have any professional relationship with editing photos lol, you'd have a better jobBut editing photos are waaay better on higher res screen such as Macbook's Retina Display or QHD display on XPS, or QHD+ (3200x1800) on Samsung ATIV 9 Plus for around the same price or even cheaper. Those MSI laptops only sport FHD display and yes, laptop GPU are all overpriced. If u can afford gaming laptops, most likely u have a great gaming rig as well on ur desk. I'll just play on my bigger screen with my desktop than tiring my hands on laptop palm rest and straining my eyes and neck on laptop smaller screen in unergonomic position to play (you have to choose between comforting ur hands but hurting ur neck in the long run or comforting ur neck but weird hands placement). If u are saying "then hook up a keyboard or hook it up to a bigger screen" I'd just play on my desktop, gaming laptop is overpriced hardware. Gaming on the go? I'll go for tablets, gaming with 15" or bigger on a car, bus, or plane is not comfortable except by train and the travel duration is long. Gaming anywhere e.g cafe, or friend's place? I'll make a gaming HTPC with portable monitor since u will need to connect ur charger anyway to get the max performance from gaming laptop otherwise 2 hours is ur max gaming time.Well if u are smart like me, I'll buy a better screen laptop with decent spec for editing photos (at least if u are saying professional level, if not then go ahead) and gaming anywhere as my comment states. This applies if you don't want to waste ur money buying this overpriced hardware. Otherwise, buy it anyway.It's Kepler. MSI's overseas announcements indicate a higher-end model (probably with the 2880x1620 display it was shown with at CeBIT) with an 870M which is Kepler-only. Speculation is they went with the Kepler 860M so they could use the same motherboard with both models.jasonelmore :Are these Maxwell 860M or Keplar 860M? God i hate what Nvidia did with the 860M naming scheme.This is pretty cutting-edge hardware. It's a quad core Haswell, which just by itself means about a $1000 laptop. On top of that it's got a gaming-worthy GPU. It's AFAIK the lightest quad core 15" laptop out there despite having a metal chassis (less than 2 kg) Unlike ultrabooks its memory and drives are all upgradeable. It actually has what looks like two M.2 SSD slots, not mSATA. So conceivably you could set it up with a ~2 GB/sec RAID-0. And you can also put in a 2.5" drive. The panel is PLA (IPS-equivalent) with the lone Russian review so far saying it covers 95%-100% of sRGB. And the keyboard has gotten rave reviews.If you're in the market for a $400 laptop, obviously it isn't being marketed it to you. But if you're like me and are willing to pay for a truly portable workstation which will let me edit my photos as well as play 3D games, it's very tempting. Cheaper and lighter than both the Macbook Pro and Dell XPS 15 with the same or better features with much better upgradability.RewCore :Overpriced hardware, YAY!
Right. I'll just pack up my desktop and monitor and take them with me everywhere I travel.and yes, laptop GPU are all overpriced. If u can afford gaming laptops, most likely u have a great gaming rig as well on ur desk. I'll just play on my bigger screen with my desktop than tiring my hands on laptop palm rest and straining my eyes and neck on laptop smaller screen in unergonomic position to play