MSI GT72VR 6RE-015US Notebook Review

Описание: The GT72S has been renewed as the GT72VR in time for Nvidia's all-powerful mobile Pascal series. While some new features have been added, a few have also been removed to make room for the higher-end GT73VR.

The star of the show here in the GTX 1070 Pascal GPU. The mobile Maxwell series only scratched the surface of 4K gaming despite the fact that many manufacturers were pushing 4K onto gaming notebooks that clearly couldn't handle most titles on such high native resolutions. The performance leap over the GTX 970M is so large that it makes a serious case for skipping over the 1080p configuration entirely in favor of the 4K UHD option with G-Sync. While we're not sure how the refresh rate of the higher resolution panel compares to the 1080p configuration, we may retest a higher-end GT72VR SKU in the future to provide the data. Pairing Pascal with a 4K panel makes much more practical sense moving forward.

It's easy for users to overlook the many minute changes MSI has brought to its venerable GT72 series because of the launch and performance benefits of Pascal, but this doesn't make them any less important. Users should be aware that when compared to the GT72S, the GT72VR is missing more internal storage options, includes no Thunderbolt 3, and has dropped all graphics switching features. In turn, users get optional 120 Hz refresh rates, 5 ms response times, minor hardware updates, and upgraded software. The system has been scaled back slightly to make room for newer models in the MSI G Series, but it is nonetheless still on equal or better footing than many of its current competitors.