Over the past year, several top laptops have been in our hands from MSI : GF66 Katana, Sword A11ue and Pulse Gl76 11uek. They were united by strict but stylish design, solid performance and thoughtful cooling systems. True, without shortcomings, like harsh restrictions on energy consumption, too. Today on the tests 17.3-inch Vector GP76 12UGS with RTX 3070 Ti and Core I7 of the 12th generation. Let's check what he is capable of.
Design, materials and assembly
The case is made of high -quality black matte plastic, there are almost no fingerprints on it. Laconic design does not imply elaborate lines, bright colors and other decorations. Unless a recognizable logo and hinges are covered with slightly protruding plastic inserts on a metal upper cover. Thanks to this, the laptop looks restrained. We have a familiar style of the MSI game line, which makes the main accents on a smooth surface without patterns, ventilation cuts around the entire perimeter of the laptop and RGB-backlighting the keyboard.
There are no complaints about the quality of the assembly: all spare parts are perfectly fitted, the case is not playing back, the parts do not creak, and the keyboard does not bend. The screen opens with one hand and is fixed in any position. In general, modestly and without any revelations in the design, but reliably and convenient.
Ergonomics and autonomy
MSI Vector GP76 has one significant feature. The laptop cover does not open completely-due to the same plastic inserts in hinges, the screen is fixed at an angle of 140 degrees. However, this almost does not affect the convenience of work.
On the full-sized keyboard, there was a place for a large touchpade of 10×6.5 cm in size, a full-fledged digital block, arrows and ANSI-range with long left SHIFT and one-story Enter. Additional functional buttons regulate brightness, keyboard backlight and sound, turn off the touchpad, start aircraft mode, activate forced cooling and sight in games. The last cheat chip, by the way, is very useful in shooters: you can shoot from any hip rifles.
The keyboard with adjustable backlight was developed by manufacturers of popular SteelSeries gaming devices. Pre-installed software allows you to configure each separate button and choose one of ten available RGB effects.
Vector GP76 ports and connectors are slightly different from other manufacturer models. On the left side are USB 3.2 Type-C, USB 3.2 and 3.5 mm jack, and with the right-two USB 3.2.
The advantage of the Vector GP76 is that the key inputs and outputs are located behind, and this allows you to get rid of most wires at the workplace. The nest for the external power supply, RJ45, Mini-DisplayPort and HDMI, which supports the connection of devices in several modes: with a resolution and update frequency of 8K and 60 Hz or 4K and 120 Hz, respectively, was transferred to the back.
With autonomy, the case here is about the same as that of other MSI laptops. In a balanced mode, with maximum brightness, the battery is enough for 30 minutes in War Thunder and other resource-consuming games or for an hour and a half of Internet surfing.
The weight of the device together with the battery is 2.9 kg, dimensions – 39.7×28.4×2.59 cm. Quite a decent result for a 17-inch game machine.
Display, sound and webcam
The review of the IPS display with a diagonal of 17.3 inches, a resolution of FullHD and the update frequency of 360 Hz came to us. The model has a version with a 240 Hz QHD screen. In the games, such a display is given by most stationary analogues and the clearness of the picture, and in saturation of colors. Even with medium brightness, the image is high-quality, with natural colors and without any tone defects.
With a response, too, everything is in order, even in dynamic shooters. There is only one significant minus-the absence of G-Sync. Despite the good FPS indicators, which we will talk about below, Vector GP76 this technology would definitely come in handy.
The speakers this time placed on the sides, closer to the narrow edge of the device. The sound is clear, albeit rude. The volume is enough for games and watching video. At the maximum level, it is enough to listen to music from the other end of the room. There are almost no bright bass, the upper and average frequencies prevail. Everything changes when the headset is connected to a 3.5 mm connector. In good gaming headphones, the device gives a very high -quality sound, and the built -in audio successfully copes with games, and with films, and with music.
"Web" issues standard MSI HD resolution and 30 fps for laptops. Image in Zoom, Skype and messengers acceptable. Suitable for working calls and streaming in good lighting. In any other high -quality conditions, you should not expect, especially in the dark. But this laptop in any case is created for another – for games.
Iron and cooling system
The filling of the Vector GP76 went very solid: the Intel Core i7-12700H processor with hybrid architecture, 14 nuclei and 20 streams, the NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti Laptop graphics with 8 GB of video memory GDDR6, 16 GB of 3200 MHz and CL22 GB in a two-channel mode and the Intel Killer AX211 network with Wi-Fi 6 support and the Bluetooth 5 module.2. For storage of data, the NVMe SSD-drive Micron 2450 with a volume of 1 TB is intended. The speed of linear reading and recording is 3.7 GB/s and 3.5 GB/s, respectively: the loading of the system and games occurs almost instantly.
Cooler Boost 5 with two fans and six heat tubes is responsible for cooling. On the back, left and right are the holes for the heat of heat. The scheme works great: in normal tasks, the device is almost noise. But with a high load in games, noise indicators increase significantly: up to 27 dB in a downtime and up to 56 dB at the maximum load. But the case and the keyboard are almost not warming up and do not burn their hands during the game.
A similar cooling system is equipped with MSI Sword and Pulse GL76. In a simple average temperature of the CPU is 36 °, in games – 82 ° and 77 ° in Prime95. In the maximum load mode, the processor receives 70 watts of power and a significant increase in performance – up to 45% compared to the previous generation. In the games, the CPU stably holds the frequency of 4 GHz, occasionally dropping to 3.8 GHz.
The power of the graphic subsystem, taking into account dynamic acceleration, reaches 150 watts. The average temperature is in a state of downtime is 40 °, in games – 78 °, and the clock frequency at the maximum load rises to 1780 MHz.
From innovations, a special power supply to the CPU-GPU subsystem with MSI Overboost technology was introduced into the laptop. It is activated through the MSI Center when connecting the device to the mains in extreme performance mode. As a result, the total TDP of the central and graphic processors can reach 195 watts – even for the most difficult games with a margin.
With such iron in all games, you can use maximum settings: the device copes with any tasks without problems. Image drawing occurs smoothly without jerks and freezes. For the sake of tracing rays, you will have to abandon high FPS only in the most demanding projects. However, Cyberpunk 2077 works at the "maximum" at 45-50 fps-and what else is needed from the game laptop?
Conclusions
Vector GP76 does without any problems with everyday tasks and fully reveals its potential in games. The laptop shows the high FPS values and is able to instantly run the most severe 3D applications. A powerful filling is complemented by a restrained appearance, an excellent build quality and a technological display. Small shortcomings like the absence of G-Sync and the inability to open the cover of 180 degrees the impressions do not spoil at all. A strong car, the capabilities of which any gamer with a margin is enough for the next couple of years.
Technical characteristics:
- CPU : Intel Core i7-12700h, 14 nuclei, 20 flows, 1.7–4.7 GHz, 10 Nm
- Video card : Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop, 8 GB, 8 Nm
- RAM : 16 GB DDR4, 3200 MHz CL22, expanded to 64 GB
- Chipset : Alder Lake-P
- TDP central processor : 30–70 watts
- TDP graphic chip : 125-150 W
- Display : IPS, 360 Hz, 17.3 inches, 127 ppi
- Sound : 3.5 mm combined jack
- Net : LAN 2.5 Gb/s, Wi-Fi 6e 802.11AX, Bluetooth V5.2
- Entrance and outputs : Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2, 3x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen1, HDMI 2.1, Mini DisplayPort
- Battery : 65 Richy Farmer Casino W/h
- power unit : 280 watts
- Drives : Micron nvme pcie 4.0 SSD, planting slot for m.2 nvme pcie 4.0
- Webcam : 720p, 30 fps
- Dimensions : 39.7×28.4×2.59 cm
- Weight : 2.9 kg
- Price for June 2022 : 200,000 rubles (2500 €)