MSI CR61 Series
Processor: AMD A-Series A4-5000, Intel Core i5 4200MGraphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 8330, Intel HD Graphics 4600
Display: 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.4kg, 2.5kg
Price: 600 euro
Average of 3 scores (from 4 reviews)
MSI CR61-i5U45FHDW7
Specifications
Notebook: MSI CR61-i5U45FHDW7Processor: Intel Core i5 4200M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4600
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 600 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section
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Average Score:
Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip Test & Kauf - Heft 3/2014
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/16/2014
Rating: Total score: 78%
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/14/2013
Rating: Total score: 65% price: 55% performance: 61% features: 80% display: 93% mobility: 40%
Source: Computerbild - Heft 25/2013
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 81%
MSI CR61 3M-009XTR
Specifications
Notebook: MSI CR61 3M-009XTRProcessor: AMD A-Series A4-5000
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 8330
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebook-Center.ru RU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Attractive and inexpensive; good brightness of the display; good ergonomic; short battery charge time.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/12/2014
Comment
MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI) was founded in 1986 in Taiwan. MSI is especially known as a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards for PCs, but also offers computer accessories, complete systems, motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, desktop PCs, monitors and other components. However, the Microstar brand name in Germany belongs to the Medion company. MSI is known for its gaming products and has developed a wide range of gaming laptops and desktop PCs. The company is also active in workstations, servers and industrial automation. MSI has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
Intel HD Graphics 4600:
Integrated processor graphics card found on a number of Haswell CPU models. Offers varying clock speeds depending on the CPU.
AMD Radeon HD 8330:
An integrated GCN-based GPU with 128 shader units and no dedicated VRAM. It is typically clocked at 500 MHz and paired with AMD Richland A4-5000 "Kabini" APUs.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i5:
4200M: Haswell-based dual-core processor clocked at 2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 3.1 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4600 GPU and a dual channel DDR3 memory controller.
AMD A-Series:
A4-5000: Quad-core APU for low-end laptops, codenamed Kabini. Based on the Jaguar architecture. Integrates an Radeon HD 8330 graphics card.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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74.67%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.