MSI Throws Down 15.6-inch Gauntlet with GT685 Gaming Notebook
MSI Throws Down 15.6-inch Gauntlet with GT685 Gaming Notebook
Posted 01/03/2012 at 8:36am
| by Paul Lilly
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For whatever reason, we envision the "god of war" being bigger than 15.6 inches, but let's not fault MSI for being excited about its new GT685 gaming laptop and calling it such. With a traditional screen size in tow, the GT685 has the chops to be a desktop replacement, and could even be a desktop killer depending on how it's spec'd out. Let's have a look at what it brings to the table.
The GT685 sports an Intel Core i7 2630QM processor (2GHz, 6MB cache), which you can surround with up to 32GB of DDR3 system memory via four DIMM slots. That's way more than most people need, though if you plan on using the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M discrete GPU for anything other than gaming, there are some applicatons where a massive amount of RAM can come in handy.
You can configure the GT685 with up to two storage drives -- 1.5GB/1TB/640GB 7200 RPM, Intel SSD optional -- with RAID 0 support. It has a Blu-ray reader, two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, eSATA, multi-memory card reader, Wireless-N, GbE LAN, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, HDMI, VGA, 2.1 channel speakers with THX TruStudio Pro, Windows 7 Home/Professional/Ultimate, and a 9-cell battery.
No word on price or availability.
Image Credit: MSI
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Belboz99
January 03, 2012 at 9:52pm
I'm currently using an MSI GX630 from 2009 which I bought "as-is" on eBay and fixed myself.
It's a good little machine, it's got pep, discrete Nvidia graphics, 4GB RAM, 250GB HDD, AMD Athlon X2 proc.
The biggest issues that it has are the akward keyboard layout (they crammed in a full num-pad into this 15.4" laptop), and all the function keys are color coded with some really, really hard to see colors. We're talking all the F# keys and the arrow keys are maroon on black. For a gamer this is a pure nightmare, as what gamer games with bright overhead lights? The actual funtion keys, volume up and down, mute, display brightness, etc) are all painted on with a medium blue-grey on black keys.
Battery life is sub-par for a laptop of this class which also doesn't help.
I'm wondering if they can possibly put those spec's into this machine's price tag on release ($900).
Dan O.
iceman08
January 03, 2012 at 11:10am
wouldn't mind seeing MSI throw down a little contest for this baby :D
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