MSI Katana A15 AI B8VG
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Reviews for the MSI Katana A15 AI B8VG
Source: Noticias 3D ES→EN
Positive: High gaming performance; large RAM and ROM; good autonomy; powerful processor. Negative: Poor display; overheats while using; noisy under loads.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/21/2024
Source: El chapuzas Informatico ES→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high performance; great dedicated graphics card; big screen; beautiful display; good connectivity; comfortable keyboard. Negative: Very high price; short battery life; mediocre speakers.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/22/2024
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NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 8 GB GDDR6 (128 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
R9 8945HS: A powerful Hawk Point family APU. This isn't an entirely new laptop processor; instead, this is a rebadged R9 7940HS (the two are identical in pretty much all regards). The 8945HS features 8 SMT-enabled Zen 4 cores running at 4.0 GHz to 5.2 GHz for a total of 16 processing threads and it also comes with the second generation Ryzen AI technology that aims to overshadow Intel's DL Boost and GNA technologies completely. In terms of the graphics, the top-of-the-line Radeon 780M iGPU is onboard that will make occasional gaming sessions a lot more pleasant.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.60":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.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.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.