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MSI GF72 Series

MSI GF72 8RD-081XESProcessor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H, Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
Display: 17.30 inch
Weight: 2.7kg, 2.8kg
Average Score: 91% - very good
Average of 2 scores (from 3 reviews)
features: 100%, mobility: 65%, workmanship: 100%

 

MSI GF72 7RE-1055XES

Specifications

MSI GF72 7RE-1055XESNotebook: MSI GF72 7RE-1055XES
Processor: Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Links: MSI homepage
 MSI notebook section

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Foreign Reviews

Portátil para juegos 17,3": MSI GF72 7RE-1055XES
Source: Putoinformatico Spanish ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Large screen; decent hardware; nice display; good connectivity.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/14/2018

 

MSI GF72 8RE-062XES

Specifications

MSI GF72 8RE-062XESNotebook: MSI GF72 8RE-062XES
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Links: MSI homepage
 MSI notebook section

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Average Score: 90% - very good

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

90% ▷[Análisis] MSI GF72 8RE-062XES, Opiniones y Review del portátil gaming definitivo
Source: Mi Mundo Gadget Spanish ES→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/18/2018
Rating: Total score: 90% features: 100% mobility: 60% workmanship: 100%

 

MSI GF72 8RD-081XES

Specifications

MSI GF72 8RD-081XESNotebook: MSI GF72 8RD-081XES
Processor: Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Links: MSI homepage
 MSI notebook section

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Average Score: 92% - very good

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

92% ▷[Análisis] MSI GF72 8RD-081XES, el portátil gaming que esperabas al precio que soñabas
Source: Mi Mundo Gadget Spanish ES→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/25/2019
Rating: Total score: 92% features: 100% mobility: 70% workmanship: 100%

 

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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.


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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile: Pascal based high-end mobile graphics card based on a cut down GP104 (like the GTX 1080) and GDDR5 graphics memory. Successor to the GTX 980M with a 10 Watts higher TDP. Similar to the desktop GTX 1070 performance wise, but with more shaders and lower clock speeds.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile: The mobile GTX 1060 is based on the GP106 chip and offer 1280 shaders. Compared to the identically named desktop version it features a slightly lower clock rate. Games in Full HD and maximum details should run fluently on the card.

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile: Mainstream graphics card based on Nvidia's Pascal architecture and successor to the GeForce GTX 965M. Is manufactured in a 14nm process at Samsung and the technical specifications are very similar to the desktop version.

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


Intel Kaby Lake:

i7-7700HQ: Quad-core notebook processor based on the Kaby Lake architecture. Besides four CPU cores (including Hyper Threading), the chips also integrates the HD Graphics 630 GPU and is manufactured in an improved 14 nm process.

Intel Coffee Lake:

i7-8750H: On Coffee Lake architecture based processor for big and heavy laptops. Integrates six processor cores clocked at 2.2 - 4.1 GHz (4 GHz with 4 cores, 3.9 GHz with 6 cores) that support HyperThreading. Manufactured in an improved 14nm process (14nm++).

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


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


2.7 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

2.8 kg:


91%: 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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Stefan Hinum, 2019-01- 1 (Update: 2019-01- 1)