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MSI Katana GF66 12UGS

Specifications

MSI Katana GF66 12UGS
MSI Katana GF66 12UGS (GF66 Series)
Processor
Intel Core i7-12700H 14 x 1.7 - 4.7 GHz, 100 W PL2 / Short Burst, 38 W PL1 / Sustained, Alder Lake-H
Graphics adapter
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU - 8 GB VRAM, Core: 1035 MHz, Memory: 1500 MHz, 105 W TDP, GDDR6, 30.0.15.1215 (512.15), Optimus
Memory
16 GB 
, DDR4-3200
Display
15.60 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 141 PPI, AU Optronics AUOAF90, IPS, glossy: no, 144 Hz
Mainboard
Intel Alder Lake-P PCH
Storage
Micron 2450 1TB MTFDKBA1T0TFK, 1024 GB 
, 781 GB free
Soundcard
Intel Alder Lake-P PCH - cAVS (Audio, Voice, Speech)
Connections
1 USB 2.0, 3 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI
Networking
Realtek RTL8168B/8111B (10/100/1000MBit/s), Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (a/b/g/h/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.1
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 27.5 x 359 x 262 ( = 1.08 x 14.13 x 10.31 in)
Battery
52 Wh Lithium-Ion
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Camera
Webcam: 0.9 MP
Additional features
Speakers: Stereo, Keyboard: Chiclet, Keyboard Light: yes, 24 Months Warranty
Weight
2.27 kg ( = 80.07 oz / 5 pounds), Power Supply: 540 g ( = 19.05 oz / 1.19 pounds)

 

Pricecompare

Average Score: 80.3% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
price: - %, performance: 94%, features: 48%, display: 81% mobility: 53%, workmanship: 72%, ergonomy: 78%, emissions: 76%

Reviews for the MSI Katana GF66 12UGS

80.3% MSI Katana GF66 12UGS laptop review: The update to Alder Lake brings significantly more performance | Notebookcheck
This is exactly what the Katana GF66 offers. After the upgrade to Alder Lake, the Katana gaming laptops are even more powerful. However, to end up at a sales price of around 2000 Euros ($2142), MSI cuts some corners in many areas. With this, the gaming laptop looks better on paper than some of our measurements reveal.
[REVIEW] MSI Katana GF66 (12Ux) - Be careful!
Source: Laptop Media English
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/22/2022
MSI Katana GF66 (12Ux) - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media English
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/13/2022

Comment

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU: High-End laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA104 chip. Available in different versions with a TDP from 80 to 125 Watt and different maximum Boost clock speeds of 1035 - 1485 MHz.

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.


i7-12700H: Alder Lake based mobile CPU with 6 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 20 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 1.7 to 4.7 GHz and supports vPro.» 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.


80.3%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.


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

 

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Stefan Hinum, 2022-09- 3 (Update: 2022-09- 3)