The First MSI Gaming Laptop with Intel Core i9-8950HK 6-Core Processor

MSI, renowned for providing powerful gaming laptops introduced a whole new series of Intel’s 8th Generation powered gaming laptops. These laptops are named under GT75 series and said to be the first gaming laptops with Intel Core i9-8950HK processors. The GT75 series laptops are powered with some of the high-end configuration and unique design.

Introduction

MSI is not a new name in the gaming world. They are specifically known for raising the bar from the league. And this time as well MSI introduced GT75 Titan 8RX, the first gaming laptop which is powered with 8th Generation Intel Core i9-8950HK 6-Core Coffee Lake processor, stealth thin design, vivid display and high-end NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card. The Intel Core i9-8950HK is Intel’s Killer processor in terms of performance and quality.

The new Intel Core i9 processors said to increase 70% of efficiency in comparison to Intel Core i7 processors. The processor is Hexa Core which provides multi-core performance with 6 cores and 12 threads. The system design is highly optimized. This laptop suits you well on gaming and business needs without any issues. Every feature is incorporated with a lot of creativity which provides you exceptional gaming experience, true graphics, and multi-tasking with ease.

There is 17 inch of full HD display which delivers bigger image quality and smooth handling of games. Apart from top hardware unit, there are some of the added elements like Cooler Boost which avoids any heat for processor and graphics card, mechanical keyboard with different set of a RGB lighting, Dragon Center 2.0 for fancy games, 120 HZ display and AC-1550 wireless connectivity which connects up to 1.73 Gbps of data transfer. These entire hardware configurations make this laptop first of its kind and truly a killer gaming laptop.

Design

There are lots of design tweaks done on this MSI gaming laptop for making this a true premium gaming laptop on the very first look. You get impressed from the first look itself and want that device in your kitty to make neighbors or friends envy.

On the outer, you can notice two red bold line characters on the black panel which makes it attractive. The MSI logo is embarked on the back as well. There is two massive vents provide on the back designed aerodynamically for superior cooling. The back design is unique and gives this laptop an advantage over its competitors.

Another designing advantage is the mechanical keyboard which is again superb change from the other general and gaming laptops. The Red backlit keyboard seems to be an old thing now looking at this laptop’s keyboard. There are different lighting options provided for every key pressed which means that every distinct key click delivers different backlighting. It looks more like a disco lighting but it makes fascinating to work on this keyboard as quickly as possible.

The outer Red line character extended on the side of the keyboard which looks beautiful. There is LED bar slipped above the track pad which is again a unique experience. You can customize keyboard illumination using steel series engine software. This gaming laptop is really big as it possesses massive 17” of full HD screen. This laptop is thin up to 2.28 inches and weighs approx. 4.56 Kg.

Hardware and Configuration

As already stated that this laptop holds latest 8th Generation Intel Coffee Lake Core i9 6-Core processor backed up with 32 GB of RAM. There are three models launched in the GT75 series. Two models are in GT75 Titan 8RF which possesses Intel core i7 processor, 16GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI graphics card and one model GT75 Titan 8RX holds Intel Core i9, 16GB DDR4 RAM and high-end NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card.

All new hardware configurations improve the performance of this gaming laptop. In addition to all, there is Cooler Boost Titan cooling design which keeps the extra heat on processor and graphics card at bay. There are 11 heat pipes provided for ultra-cooling performance and smooth gaming experience. Six cores 12-threads deliver up to 70% of improved performance in comparison to Intel Core i7 processors.

Display

If the hardware is of the top end then the display follows the same for this laptop. There is 17 inch of full HD large screen attached. This screen is dazzled with NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphic chipset with an exclusive cooling design for driving 40% improved graphics performance.

There is 120HZ/3MS display which deliver vivid picture quality and graphics looks really smooth on this display. The graphics card and massive screen delivers excellent picture quality overall.

Conclusion

There are not many disadvantages seen to be on this laptop as it is still very early to predict something. In general, there is new design, high-end hardware configuration, mesmerizing mechanical keyboard, massive trackpad, huge 17-inch screen, cooler turbo boost design and strong red lining characters which makes this laptop a unique proposition in the gaming arena.

There is a beautiful line written somewhere that high end things costs you bit more and it proves on this laptop as well. So if you want to feel the power of this MSI GT75 Titan 8RX laptop, you will need to spend more.