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MSI GX660R Laptop Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 5th March 2011 | Source: MSI | Price: £1099 | Author: Tom Logan

Introduction

Laptops have have had a very hard life as a product.

In the early days they were very slow when compared to desktops and hideously expensive. Gradually as time has moved on they've split into two very distinct types.

There are the "free with a large fries and coke" ones that are fine for net surfing and that's about it. Or, if you were willing to sell a kidney or two you could get a gaming laptop that has a battery life of about 3 minutes and would house a family of five.

For the former the modern smart phones are about the same price, but naturally much more useful and considerably smaller. Even a budget gaming rig will annihilate the latter for a nth of the money, and if you spend "gaming laptop" money on a desktop system you would probably end up with a solid gold case.

Enter MSI with their GX660 Laptop. Today in R guise. Available for right on the £1000 mark it promises a hell of a lot, being a good looking thing with a great spec-list and yet for about half the price of what a normal gaming-capable laptop would be.

So does that body write cheques that it can't cash, or will you soon be writing cheques that MSI can cash?

Technical Specifications

Popping across to the MSI site we can see the GX660R comes with a hefty set of specifications. Our review model has a Core i5-460M CPU running at 2.5 GHz. Coupled to the Mobile HD5870 it's certainly tasty on paper.

Basic specifications would actually be enough to be able to stop right here. For the money, that's a good system. Of course things aren't that simple thankfully, so let's grab a look at the MSI close up.

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04-03-2011, 20:25:06

tinytomlogan

Today we're taking a look at the latest high end gaming laptop from MSI. Does it go as well as it looks? I think we all hope so!



Continue ReadingQuote

04-03-2011, 20:32:57

Delusion77

Nice to see some laptop reviews on OC3D! And to kick it of with such a firecracker!Quote

04-03-2011, 20:36:37

dugdiamond

that's a nice lappie.

the keybard is very similar to my two brothers' lappies.

they have a Sony VAIO F12 MOE/B Intel I7-740QM and a Sony VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI Intel i7-2630QM.Quote

04-03-2011, 20:38:47

Tortuga

Thats a good looking laptop. When I first bought my Xps m170 i thought it was sexy as all hell. I'll never buy a big laptop again. That one looks huge, but what a great resolution.Quote

04-03-2011, 20:43:47

SieB

It's definietly better than the old Toshiba Satellite SPA40 I have lying around somewhere. The sound on the MSI one is impressive in the vid I don't think I have ever seen a laptop with that level of sound quality before. The gaming performance was good too, it was funny seeing Crysis on Gamer I have never seen it on that setting before, it looked like a PS2 game but still, for a laptop to run it at above 30fps is good.Quote

04-03-2011, 20:44:13

tinytomlogan

TBH fellas for £1000 theres nothing on the markets that comes close in all the areas this ones does tbh.

Its nothing short of epic IMHOQuote

04-03-2011, 20:49:19

dugdiamond

^ i agree with tom - great review - you really showed off its' true colours (as always)

how heavy is it?Quote

04-03-2011, 21:19:26

tinytomlogan

Its not light like my current one but its not a lappy that needs weight watchers! It really did need 50mins imho! (that was the cut down single video version )Quote

04-03-2011, 21:33:09

Tortuga

You should slap a couple SSDs in that bad boy.Quote

05-03-2011, 06:09:09

Xplosiv

small mistake, just in technical specifications you put cpu down as core i7Quote

05-03-2011, 06:23:14

silenthill

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinytomlogan TBH fellas for £1000 theres nothing on the markets that comes close in all the areas this ones does tbh. Its nothing short of epic IMHO

Scan are selling the same laptop & same specs but without the bluRay drive for 913£ now that’s a real bargain isn’t it tom or you don’t like scan for some reason ?????



http://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-msi-gx660r-i5-460m-253gh-6gb-ddr3-1tb-hdd-r0-ati-r5870-1gb-supermult-wifi-n-bt-wcam-9c-w7Quote

05-03-2011, 06:32:11

Qubo420

Nice Laptop.Quote

05-03-2011, 08:10:06

adamjamesroe

Very niceQuote

05-03-2011, 12:54:09

MichaelH

A lovely laptop from MSI. Anyone even daring to compare this to AlienWare: prepare to feel my wrath.

This beats other manufacterers in many areas: including external appearance and internal specifications.

Good review OC3D...and a great laptop worthy of the OC3D gold award!Quote

06-03-2011, 01:44:38

JCBenton

Looks fantastic for a laptop.Quote

06-03-2011, 09:39:43

ionicle

thats mental, its gorgeous, and its rather good Quote

06-03-2011, 14:23:16

steve30x

Ive found a replacement for my so called gaming laptop. That laptop has much better cooling than my Zepto Mythos G15 also the speakers are a thousand times better. My laptop is a C2D @ 2.4GHZ with a 9600GTm wnd its got a tiny fan cooling the lot.Quote

07-03-2011, 05:43:37

ionicle

sounds like my dell, too powerful, but skimpt on the cooling side of thingsQuote

07-03-2011, 12:30:14

Todd

Decent laptop. Expected more from that 5870, though :/

lol, Tom at around 25:50 I thought you had some special needs Quote

07-03-2011, 17:18:10

steve30x

Check this out. Ebuyer is trying to say that this laptop is discontinued lol http://www.ebuyer.com/product/237490 I saving for one of these laptops.Quote

09-03-2011, 05:59:52

DiogoPRT

Hi there Tinytomlogan!

I have a question for you!

How do you do the benchmark for Black Ops? Is there any tool?

Thanks (;Quote

09-03-2011, 06:14:15

dugdiamond

hi

the way most game benchmarks are done are like this:

get hold of a copy of FRAPS here

then find a point in the game that has alot of AI, physics, particle systems, or volumetric lighting

create a save point

then,

run the game, from the same save point, with various settings and/or overclocking the graphics card(s), for the same amount of time.

you will be looking for lowest FPS and highest FPS (frames per second) during this time. the average is the two numbers added together and divided by 2.Quote

09-03-2011, 06:23:33

DiogoPRT

Should I move during the bench?Quote

09-03-2011, 06:36:15

dugdiamond

if you notice in TTL benchmarks, he plays the same parts of a game and tries to do exactly the same things every time.

nobody is perfect at this type of benching, it is only supposed to be a guide and a comparison

sure... you can move. it is best to. just try and do the same moves for each test. but, remember this: it is hard to keep track of the FPSs when you are doing TOO much moving about and stuff Quote

09-03-2011, 07:07:41

DiogoPRT

Ok, I'll try to do that! Thank you! (;Quote

12-03-2011, 09:25:17

mgally

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinytomlogan TBH fellas for £1000 theres nothing on the markets that comes close in all the areas this ones does tbh. Its nothing short of epic IMHO

Have you seen this Tom, granted not as good quality chasis as the MSI but plenty of bang for buck

http://www.pcpro.co....on-erazer-x6811Quote

12-03-2011, 13:55:53

steve30x

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgally Have you seen this Tom, granted not as good quality chasis as the MSI but plenty of bang for buck http://www.pcpro.co....on-erazer-x6811

The specs on that laptop arent near as good. The screen resolution is 1366 x 768 and its only got 4GB of ram , Its only got one HDD and the sound isnt as good. I would much rather the MSI becauyse it looks better and is much better. The only thing I would change is the graphics card.Quote

12-03-2011, 20:10:47

mgally

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve30x The specs on that laptop arent near as good. The screen resolution is 1366 x 768 and its only got 4GB of ram , Its only got one HDD and the sound isnt as good. I would much rather the MSI becauyse it looks better and is much better. The only thing I would change is the graphics card.

I take your point that the specs are not as good as the MSI, but if you have a lower budget and want a gaming laptop then it may do the job for some ppl. If I had the cash I woud probably buy the MSI over most other £1000 + lappies.Quote

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