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Deal | RTX 4080-powered MSI Creator 16 with 4K mini LED display discounted to lowest-ever price

The RTX 4080-powered Creator 16 Studio boasts an impressive 4K mini LED display. (Image source: Amazon)
The RTX 4080-powered Creator 16 Studio boasts an impressive 4K mini LED display. (Image source: Amazon)
The MSI Creator 16 Studio is a great laptop aimed at creative professionals. Thanks to its beautiful 16-inch 4K 120Hz mini LED display, the Creator 16 becomes an easy recommendation for content creators. Under the hood, the laptop is powered by the Core Ultra 9 185H CPU and the RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, delivering ample performance for creative needs.

For a creative professional on the go, buying a great laptop is often a difficult choice to make. Great performance is not hard to find these days, but a combination of performance, display quality, and portability is rare. The MSI Creator 16 Studio is a decently equipped laptop that ticks many of the boxes, albeit with a hefty price tag. Thanks to an ongoing sale, the laptop can now be purchased from MSI's online store for just $2,279, when the "IPC1124" coupon code is used.

At its core, the Creator 16 Studio is powered by Intel's Core Ultra 9 185H processor paired with 32 GB of DDR5-5600 memory. A 105 W RTX 4080 Laptop GPU with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory handles the graphics, which is quite a beast by itself. Although laptops with higher TDP GPUs and better gaming performance are available, those seldom come in form factors that are as convenient to haul around as the Creator 16 Studio.

Coming to the display, we arrive at one of the most crucial aspects of this laptop. Being targeted at creators, the quality of the display is a determining factor. Thankfully, the 16-inch 4K mini LED panel with a 120 Hz refresh rate and a claimed 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut hardly leaves any room for complaint. Although we did not get a chance to test the laptop ourselves, ZDNet's review paints a promising picture of the laptop, praising the display in particular.

However, the battery life for this machine is not as good, unsurprisingly. ZDNet found the Creator 16 Studio's 99.9 Wh battery to last only about 4 to 5 hours of mixed usage, which is serviceable but nothing to write home about. The selection of ports is also decent, including a Thunderbolt 4 port, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, dual USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, HDMI, and a micro SD card slot. Wireless connectivity is taken care of by Bluetooth 5.4 and WiFi 7. Although the laptop is undoubtedly on the pricier side, MSI's ongoing offer makes it far easier to recommend.

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Sambit Saha, 2024-12- 9 (Update: 2024-12- 9)