News MSI's Titan 18 Pro Ryzen Edition ships with monster specs — Ryzen 9 7945HX3D returns alongside RTX 4090

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MSI launches a new super high-end laptop on Chinese e-commerce site JD.com sporting the second-ever sighting of the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, making it the second-ever laptop with 3D V-Cache. The new model will be in the $3,000 range, with specs to match.

MSI's Titan 18 Pro Ryzen Edition ships with monster specs — Ryzen 9 7945HX3D returns alongside RTX 4090 : Read more

 

[KnightShadey]

MSI launches a new super high-end laptop on Chinese e-commerce site JD.com sporting the second-ever sighting of the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, making it the second-ever laptop with 3D V-Cache. The new model will be in the $3,000 range, with specs to match.

MSI's Titan 18 Pro Ryzen Edition ships with monster specs — Ryzen 9 7945HX3D returns alongside RTX 4090 : Read more

'bout time, the 17" models are lacking (keyboard sucked too buf Titan is CherryMX like Alienware) and odd configurations with most 4080/4090s gone a couola weeks ago, and just 4070s left here north of the 49th.

If AMD's strix has a bug or gets delayed, will likely be getting a dozen of these... but would prefer they were selling for the Same price as dell's Alienwares... but that's unlikely given the newness in the 18" chassis. Would still prefer a good strix solution for ppwer and efficiency, but we can't always get what we want.... so... Tryin' Real Hard... to get what we need. 😎🤙

Edit: Oooh and 96GB of RAM as an OEM option likely means I can upgrade them all to 128 (2x2R like Alienwaare) probably for less than 64GB would cost from MSI. OK,,so still no TB4, but hope at least a single USB 4, as it's the only thing Alienware is sorely missing.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

The original Pro and more expensive HX variants of the laptop have a maximum of 64GB RAM and PCIe Gen4 SSDs, though the Intel variants run two 2TB SSDs paired in RAID-0. Another sacrifice for leaving behind Intel processors is the loss of Thunderbolt 4.

The display remains the same: an endgame-worthy 18-inch 240Hz IPS panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio (2560x1600 resolution) and DisplayHDR 1000 certification.

FYI, MSI has several Titan 18 models, some exclusive only for the Asian markets. So the specs are not consistent either, and a direct comparison would be tricky.

The original Titan 18 HX Intel series models feature 4 DDR5 memory slots for up to 192GB expansion, and 3 M.2 SSD slots (1 PCIe Gen5, 2 PCIe Gen4).

So yes, they also have support for Gen5 SSDs. Again this depends on which model we are comparing here.

Titan 18 HX Intel model: "2x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen4), 1x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen5) Compatible"

The display remains the same: an endgame-worthy 18-inch 240Hz IPS panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio (2560x1600 resolution) and DisplayHDR 1000 certification.

Depends on which Model we are comparing this Ryzen laptop with. The original comes in two flavors:

18” UHD+ (3840x2400), MiniLED, 120Hz
18” QHD+ (2560x1600), 240Hz, IPS-Level

The original Pro and more expensive HX variants of the laptop have a maximum of 64GB RAM

No, the Intel HX variants support either 128GB, or max 192GB DDR5 memory. Even the review page says so, 128GB DDR5-5600 (32GB x 4):

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/msi-titan-18-hx-review

While the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is a powerful chip, and it is exciting to see it released on another computer, it may only be AMD's highest-end laptop chip for a few more weeks. Strix Point will hit shelves with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 mobile APU on July 15th, and early Geekbench results show it beating the 7945HX3D in single-core performance even while not hitting max clock speeds.

But do realize that we are talking about a high-end gaming Laptop here from MSI. That's why this is paired with a 175 Watts GPU like the RTX 4090, with max TDP varying between 250-270 W depending on the model.

That's also why the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D's graphics capabilities are pretty weak, with the CPU only sporting a 2 CU count "610M" graphics processor.

Strix Point CPU Laptops on the other hand, target a different market segment. High-end gaming is most certainly not one of them, IMO. Yes, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 can easily beat the above "Dragon Range" APU, but Strix Point laptops won't come paired with high end discrete laptop GPUs.

And the 16 CU count 890M iGPU in the flagship in itself is powerful than the 2 CU count 610M igpu.

 

[KnightShadey]

FYI, MSI has several Titan 18 models, some exclusive only for the Asian markets.

Agreed, but still hopin' for a break in our luck these past few weeks.
I didn't know about the 192GB config for the intel variant, good to know.🤙
Hope for anything above 64GB is always nice.