MSI Sword 16 HX B14VGKG
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Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix
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Average of 1 scores (from 5 reviews)
Reviews for the MSI Sword 16 HX B14VGKG
The MSI Sword 16 HX has all the bells and whistles of a modern-day gaming laptop, complete with an Intel Core i7-14700HX, a 115 Watts Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, 16 GB DDR5 RAM, 1 TB SSD, and a 16-inch 144 Hz WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200) screen. In this review, we determine how the Sword 16 HX fares against peers with similar hardware and look at some of its strengths and compromises.
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Medium, Date: 05/31/2024
Source: Laptop Media
As we mentioned at the beginning of this article, there isn’t a big difference between the MSI Sword 16 HX B14V and the 17-ich model that we have already tested. Still, the smaller device has its advantages – its bottom plate feels way more solid while opening the laptop for servicing or upgrading. The whole chassis also seems sturdier compared to the Sword 17 HX B14V. Last but not least, the lid of the 16-inher goes back fairly far and it almost reaches the 180-degree mark while the max angle of the opening of the bigger sibling isn’t that wide. The noise levels under full CPU or GPU loads are under control – the fans aren’t too noisy despite the high RPM values. Regardless of the huge cooling system, the 20-core Intel Core i7-14700HX can’t show its full potential because of the modest 200W power adapter.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/31/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: Jagat Review
ID→ENPositive: Powerful hardware; high performance; great GPU; beautiful display; SSD 1TB; 16GB and expandable RAM; affordable price. Negative: Mediocre design; noisy under loads; relatively heavy and bulky.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/31/2024
Source: Laptopmedia CN
zh-CN→ENPositive: High gaming performance; powerful hardware; nice display; premium design; excellent display; great ergonomics; solid workmanship; rich set of ports; decent autonomy; stereo speakers; good cooling and silent system. Negative: Heavy and bulky; plastic case; 3 USB-A ports.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/31/2024
Source: Eprice.com.hk
zh-TW→ENPositive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; affordable price; great ergonomics. Negative: Mediocre design; overheats while using; relatively heavy.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/16/2024
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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.
i7-14700HX: High-end mobile hybrid processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture with 20 cores (8 performance and 12 efficiency cores) and 28 threads. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.00":
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.
79%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
