MSI CreatorPro X17 Series

MSI CreatorPro X17-A12U, i9 RTX A5500

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Average Score: 90% - very good

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90% MSI CreatorPro X17 Review
Source: PC Mag
The best components combine with a proven, performance-maximizing design to make the MSI CreatorPro X17 one of the most formidable workstations you can buy. It dominated nearly every test we put it through, and its capabilities frequently trounce some of the best competing workstations we've reviewed. It's enough to unseat the Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 as the best premium workstation in terms of raw performance. But independents will pay dearly for that leading performance, with a design that's big and heavy, and a price tag that's even heavier. If you're less concerned with reliability and software compatibility, you can opt for the gaming-focused MSI GT77 Titan, but it's almost the same machine, aside from a few cosmetic RGB lights and a gamer-grade GPU. The MSI CreatorPro X17 is the workstation laptop to get if money is no object and performance is an absolute must, producing numbers that our previous Editors' Choice award holders, the HP ZBook Fury 15 G8 and HP ZBook Studio G8, could only dream of.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/02/2022
Rating: Total score: 90%

MSI CreatorPro X17 HX A13VM

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MSI Creator Pro X17 Hands-On: The Ultimate Workhorse
Source: Unbox
MSI did not reveal the official price of the Creator Pro X17 while we are at their booth at COMPUTEX 2023. Instead, they told us to contact them should we (or any professional) is interested to buy one.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/31/2023

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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.

These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.

NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU: High-End professional laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA103S chip. Based on the consumer GeForce GTX 3080 Ti with certified drivers. Available in different performance variants ranging from 80 - 165 W TGP (max. power consumption).

With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

NVIDIA RTX A5000 Laptop GPU: High-End professional laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA104 chip. Based on the consumer GeForce GTX 3080 with certified drivers. Available in different performance variants ranging from 80 - 165 W TGP (max. power consumption).

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Alder Lake-S:

i9-12900HX: Alder Lake based mobile CPU with 8 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 24 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 1.7 to 5 GHz. The CPU does not support vPro and ECC memory.

Intel Raptor Lake-HX:

i9-13980HX: Mobile CPU of the Raptor Lake series that offers 24 cores (8 performance, 16 efficiency cores) with a Boost core of up to 5.8 GHz for the P-cores. Similar to the Desktop i9-13900K but with reduced clock speeds and TDP.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3.3 kg:

A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.

3.3 kg:

90%: There are not very many models that are rated better. Most of the assessments are in percentage ranges below that. The tested product is not considered perfect, but the sources give a clear purchase recommendation.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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