MSI GT683 Series
Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM, Intel Core i7 2670QMGraphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
Display: 15.6 inch
Weight: 3.4kg, 3.5kg
Price: 1500, 1600, 1700, 1900 euro
Average of 7 scores (from 15 reviews)
mobility: 50%, workmanship: 75%, ergonomy: 10%, emissions: - %
MSI GT683R-242US
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: MSI GT683R-242USProcessor: Intel Core i7 2630QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels
Weight: 3.5kg
Price: 1500 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section GT683 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 4 scores (from 6 reviews)
Source: Comp Reviews
The MSI GT683R-242US is a high performance 15.6-inch gaming laptop with a street price of $1,470. For under $1,500 you get a full 1080p display, excellent NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 1.5GB GDDR5 graphics card, and 12GB of memory. The MSI GT683R-242US performs very well in the latest DirectX 11 games, and you can max out settings in many titles.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/20/2011
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: PC World
MSI's GT683R is definitely a powerful machine, but its peripherals (built-in as they are) leave something to be desired. This is a desktop replacement, so it's likely you'll have an external mouse, keyboard, and even speakers, but it'd be nice if these felt like an option rather than a necessity.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/12/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Gaming Rig
This is definitely one of the best gaming laptops currently available and it does that for a sub $2000 price. It has Nvidia’s latest notebook oriented video card and a Core i7 processor, as well as 12 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage, so we can easily say that this is a very solid configuration for gaming, at least for the next 12 to 18 months.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/01/2011
Source: Hot Hardware
Overall, we were very pleased with the performance of the GeForce GTX 560M as well as the MSI GT683R in general. The notebook also includes a few extras such as Dynaudio and THX TruStudio Pro to enhance the multimedia experience. If you like the aggressive aesthetics and are in the market for a powerful notebook that's speedy enough to churn through DX11 games and HD multimedia, the MSI GT683R is worthy of consideration.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/13/2011
Source: Computer Shopper
When we reviewed the MSI GT660R last year, we gave it high marks for its overall performance, edgy design, and killer sound system, but we lamented its loud fans, short battery life, and relatively low-resolution display. The GT683R delivers superb gaming and application performance for dedicated mobile gamers. It delivers very good value considering what's inside.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 91%
Source: PC Games Hardware - 8/11
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 07/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 94% performance: 96% features: 95%
MSI GT683R-289US
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: MSI GT683R-289USProcessor: Intel Core i7 2630QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels
Weight: 3.5kg
Price: 1700 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section GT683 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: Comp Reviews
With a quad core processor and 16GB of RAM, it's easy to call the MSI GT683R-289US a high performance laptop. But if you're looking for a laptop that runs the latest PC games with ease, the system must have a decent graphics card. Luckily, the MSI GT683R-289US offers PC gamers a great experience with a high performance NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1.5GB GDDR5 graphics card and a full HD display.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/29/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Notegear
KO→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/15/2011
MSI GT683R-i71691BLW7U
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: MSI GT683R-i71691BLW7UProcessor: Intel Core i7 2630QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels
Weight: 3.4kg
Price: 1900 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section GT683 (Series)
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/16/2011
Rating: performance: 85% features: 90% display: 70% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 10%
Source: Notegear
KO→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/24/2011
MSI GT683DXR-423US
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: MSI GT683DXR-423USProcessor: Intel Core i7 2630QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels
Weight: 3.5kg
Price: 1500 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section GT683 (Series)
Source: Best Gaming Laptop
The turbo fan. The turbo fan is designed to drastically increase fan speed when the laptop overheats. While this is a great quality to the laptop, it has not been tweaked to perfection. The turbo fan does not always kick in when the laptop overheats, and there is no easy way for the user to manually turn on the turbo fan.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/05/2012
Source: Gadgetmix
With all the orange lights, we might have expected a backlit keyboard, though just an avarage typing experience would have made this a quite briliant notebook. But for anyone wanting top-notch capaabilities, get your hands on an external keyboard, and perhaps a gamer’s mouse, and the MSI GT683DXR is a superlative notebook.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/23/2011
Source: Engadget
You know the idiom: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Well, MSI, unfortunately some of it is broken, but by and large, the GT683DXR manages to pack quite a punch -- a surprisingly long lasting one at that -- and does it all for an admirable price. As with all things, there are niggles, sure, but when it comes down to it, you'll be hard-pressed to find more bang for your mobile gaming buck.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/10/2011
MSI GT683DXR-478FR
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: MSI GT683DXR-478FRProcessor: Intel Core i7 2630QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels
Weight: 3.5kg
Price: 1600 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section GT683 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: 01Net
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/30/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
MSI GT683DXR-473US
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: MSI GT683DXR-473USProcessor: Intel Core i7 2670QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels
Weight: 3.5kg
Price: 1500 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section GT683 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: Hardwareheaven
Starting with the build quality and design of the GT683DXR we have a system which very much falls into the love it or hate it category. For some the silver trims and orange LEDs will be a bit of a turn off, for others it is something that little bit different that elevates the unit past being a black box.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 04/19/2012
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 90% workmanship: 80%
Comment
MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI), is a Taiwan based computer hardware manufacturer since 1986 best known for desktop computer motherboards. MSI also designs and manufactures graphics cards, barebone PCs, notebook computers, networking products, servers, multimedia, consumer electronics, and storage devices. MSI, as most Taiwanese computer manufacturers, sells products on OEM/ODM basis. It also sells products worldwide based on its own brand name "MSI". The market share of laptops with the MSI brand is rather low.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M:
The successor of the GeForce GTX 460M based on the new GF116 chip. The performance is about 13% better than the 460M but with similar power requirements due to hardware optimizations.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M: High-end mobile GPU based on a stripped down GF114 chip.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
2630QM: Fast Quad-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.
2670QM: Fast Quad-core processor clocked at 2.2-3.1 GHz based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.
15.6: 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.4 kg:
This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in this class of weight.
3.5 kg:
85%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
