MSI GE60 evaluation

If you need to buy a smooth operation of the mainstream large 3D games notebook, often need to put more budget, but MSI's game this product has always been known for cost-effective and high-performance, won the recognition of the players. At present, MSI is also the first batch of its products to upgrade to the Intel Haswell processor manufacturers, significantly improve the overall performance of the product.

After GE40, GT 60, GT70, MSI also launched the Haswell version of the 15.6-inch midrange game GE60, the price of 1299 U.S. dollars (about 7964 yuan), equipped with 2.4-ghz frequency of the Intel Core I7-4700MQ four nuclear processors, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M Independent Graphics and a 128GB msata SSD. At the same time, as a full HD game notebook, GE60 body weight is only 2.5 kg, quite portable. So here's a look at the actual application experience of the machine.

MSI GE609 (model 2OE 003US) main parameter information:

Screen: 15.6-inch 1920*1080 Resolution screen

Processors and graphics cards: 2.4-3.4ghz Four core Intel Core I7-4700MQ processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M Independent Graphics (2GB Independent video memory)

Memory and hard disk: 8GB memory, 128GB Solid State Drive

Operating system: Windows 8

Wireless network: 802.11b/g/n wireless network, Bluetooth 4.0

Interface: 4 USB ports, Ethernet, HDMI, headset/microphone, VGA output, SD card reader, DVD burning optical drive

Camera: Front 900,000 pixel

Fuselage size and Weight: 383*249.5*37.6~32.3mm mm, weighing 2.5 kg

Price: USD 1299 (about 7964 RMB)

Appearance design and details

Basically, MSI GE60 continued the previous mold design, overall and GE40 and other midrange models are similar, the fuselage uses a variety of types of materials. First, the top cover uses a glossy black plastic, supplemented by two red lines, looks similar to the evil "dragon" eyes; When you open a notebook, you can see a 15.6-inch matte screen with a 1080P Full HD resolution and four weeks wrapped in a matte black plastic border.

MSI GE60 overall fuselage design

MSI GE60 's keyboard deck uses a red plastic-wrapped metal drawing panel, and the chocolate keyboard has a long, narrow loudspeaker and is decorated with red. On the left side of the speakers are keys that control keyboard backlight and MSI cool boost, and the power button is on the right. Backlight keyboard, the design of the aluminum wire drawing process of the touchpad, located in the center of the left, the touchpad below to use a blue status display light, used to display WiFi, batteries, hard disk activities, and other states. Finally, MSI GE60 's 383*249.5*37.6~32.3mm millimeter, weight 2.5 kg fuselage is slightly larger than Dell Alienware 14, but lighter. Generally speaking, MSI GE60 fuselage design does not jump out of the inherent style, material congratulations slightly disjointed, unlike the Alienware series feel so upscale.

MSI GE60 keyboard design

MSI GE60 used the game peripherals manufacturer SteelSeries design of the island-type keyboard, equipped with a full number of buttons, are used matte plastic material. In addition, it also has a blue backlight design, but slightly lower brightness. The keyboard feels very comfortable, but slightly soft, while the accuracy of the need to be improved.

MSI GE60 Touch Board Design

Touch board aspect, the size is still very wide, brought a decent feel. Unfortunately, after the driver has been upgraded, the use experience generally, Windows 8 gesture operation is slow, and the updated two-point click Function has been canceled. Using this touchpad to play is also a challenge, basically we are in the "biochemical surprise", we can only use the WASD key and touch pad to view some of the surrounding environment, and can not move, so we recommend players to play or external mouse.

As the fuselage size is more abundant, MSI GE60 has enough space to arrange various interfaces rationally. The right side of the fuselage, you can see an Ethernet interface, equipped with MSI killer E2200 network technology, can automatically reduce network latency phenomenon, provide a better use of experience. In addition, you can see a VGA interface, a USB 2.0 interface and DVD burning optical drive; the left side of the fuselage is designed with a secure lock hole, power Interface, a USB 2.0 interface and two USB 3.0 connectors. In front of the fuselage, also has HDMI output, headphones/microphone and an SD card reader.

Although MSI GE60 has a rich fuselage interface, its front-facing camera does not impress anyone. Because only 900,000 pixel resolution, the image is blurred, lack of detail, but the color performance is accurate. Although the video format is recorded using 720P resolution, the effect is generally more general.

Screen and sound effects

MSI GE60 uses a 15.6-inch 1080P Full HD resolution fog screen with very accurate color and detail performance. When you play the video, you can clearly see the hair details of the characters, while the game, the excellent visual angle of almost no color distortion, the other game when the screen brightness and contrast better, we can see in the dim room in a variety of detail performance. At the same time, MSI GE60 's screen has a high brightness of 260 lux, much better than Dell Alienware 14 's 161 lux.

MSI GE60 screen display effect

Sound effects, a larger area of the speaker and gold-plated headset interface has brought a very good effect, coupled with MSI audio enhancement technology, can be the original headphone output volume up 30%. In the test, we found that MSI GE60 speaker volume, sound clear, but the bass part slightly cloudy, and the use of headphones, the overall sound quality compared to the speaker up a grade, or is very satisfactory.

Processor and video card performance

Our benchmark MSI GE60 (model 2OE 003US) is equipped with the Intel fourth Daicouri I7-4700MQ four core processor, the frequency of which is 2.4-3.4ghz (xotic boost overclocking using redline pc), It also has 8GB memory and 128GB of Samsung mSATA III SSD solid-state drives. By contrast, Dell Alienware 14 uses the same processor, but the memory and solid-state drive space is larger, the overall configuration is better, and of course the price is more expensive.

e-Form batch processing test scores

In most of our performance tests, MSI GE60 and Dell Alienware 14 levels are comparable. MSI GE60 has a WINDOWS8 boot time of only 6.3 seconds and completes a portable file transfer test in 27 seconds, with a transfer rate of 188.5Mbps, while Dell Alienware 14 starts Windows 7 for 30 seconds, but file transfers faster. Is 204Mbps. In the OpenOffice Spreadsheet batch processing test, MSI GE60 time 4分钟5秒 completed 20,000 contact information matching, the leading 5分钟49秒 average result, is only 5 seconds slower than the Dell Alienware 14, the processor performance gap is not big. In total, MSI GE60 has excellent processor performance, which enables the system to quickly start, load complex games, and multitask switch between applications.

World of Warcraft high-definition frame rate

MSI GE60 is equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M Independent graphics card with 2GB DDR5 independent video memory, which is basically consistent with the Dell Alienware 14 configuration. In the actual game test, the machine can achieve the "World of Warcraft" high quality 1080P resolution of the 100fps frame rate, and "biochemical surprise Unlimited" high quality 1080P resolution of the 26fps frame rate, overall performance slightly higher than the Dell Alienware 14, can achieve a better large-scale 3D gaming experience.

"The Infinite of biochemistry" high-quality frame rate

Heat dissipation and endurance capability

Although have cool boost intelligent cooling technology, but MSI GE60 cooling effect is still not satisfactory. After 15 minutes of the game, the bottom temperature of the fuselage rose to 48.8 degrees Celsius, and after the cool boost function, the temperature reduced to 46.6 degrees Celsius, still a "toaster". In addition, the fan cooling sound is also similar to the original Xbox 3,601. And in daily use, watch online video 15 minutes later, the overall temperature is slightly lower, but still not suitable for use on the knee.

Although the Haswell processor was used, it was disappointing that MSI GE60 's endurance had not been significantly improved. When using Nvidia Optimus Technology (using integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 for general graphics tasks and 40% screen brightness via WiFi), MSI GE60 can only achieve a 3-hour, 41-minute endurance, well below the average of 6 minutes and 10 hours, Also less than Dell Alienware 14 in 5 hours and 17 minutes. In addition, the lower-end MSI GE40 can reach an astonishing 8 hours and 20 minutes in terms of endurance, even more so that GE60 's endurance is unsatisfactory.

Software and warranty

In addition to the built-in standard Windows 8 applications, MSI GE60 has convenient processor overclocking and graphics tuning software, as well as Qualcomm Atheros network management software that monitors other components such as Ethernet, WiFi, and cameras. In addition, the machine also has a two-year spare parts and manual maintenance services.

Configuration information

We evaluate MSI GE60 for $1472 (about 9025 RMB), with 2.4-3.4ghz four core I7-4700MQ processors, 8GB DDR3 memory and 128GB solid-state drives, plus xotic The PC's overclocking service and a 15.6-inch Full HD screen that can support professional display calibration. The basic model of the processor, graphics and memory configuration unchanged, no overclocking services, the hard drive to replace the 7200-turn 750GB SATA Hard Drive, the price is 1299 U.S. dollars (about 7964 yuan).

Evaluation Summary

In general, in this price of the game notebook, MSI GE60 has a good performance and lower prices, the overall price is very high, but in the industrial design of a number of trade-offs, such as poor touch pad, are the place to endure. Of course, compared to similar models, its advantages are not only cheaper, but also has a full HD resolution of the large screen and the lighter fuselage, is a recommended high-performance game book.

Advantages:

· Lighter fuselage

· Game performance is not a feat

· Backlight keyboard

· Affordable price

Disadvantages:

· Touch Pad Design General

· Poor battery life

· Heat dissipation of general