MSI Gaming notebook
Sunday, 14 December 2008
After the tiny but very capable Wind mini notebook, MSI is back with a notebook from the opposite side of the spectrum - a big all-in-one gaming notebook with some pretty impressive specifications. The GX620, as it's called, is based on the new Centrino 2 platform, and comes with a speedy Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor which runs at 2.4GHz. Of course, a gaming notebook is not a gaming notebook without a speedy graphics processor to support it.
The GX620 comes with an nVidia P9600M GT graphics processor and a Blu-ray drive. However, since the maximum resolution of the GX620 isn't quite 1920 x 1080pixels, it'll only display 1080p Blu-ray movies in effectively 720p resolution.
In the box, the GX620 has a pretty good bundle - apart from the notebook and its charger. The notebook itself is a pretty large beast although unlike 17in desktop replacements. The GX620's design is not particularly attractive, as it has an anodised black body but with some red plastic trim around it.
Apart from being a gaming notebook, the GX620 has a couple of features that make it a worthy multimedia machine as well, namely a HDMI port and a Blu-ray drive. Although the screen itself is more a 720p compliant display than a true 1080p (which requires at least a 1920 x 1080pixel resolution), one can easily output the video and audio to a 1080p HDTV using the HDMI port.
The Blu-ray drive itself only reads Blu-ray media, although it can burn data to DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs. Together with the drive, MSI has also thoughtfully included a Blu-ray capable software player, namely Corel WinDVD which does the job just fine.
The GX620 can dynamically scale up its performance when plugged in to external power and has an extra Turbo mode for better performance, as well as an Eco mode to eke out as much battery life as possible when not plugged in. Unplugged, the GX620 last about 2.5 hours on a single charge, with the brightness set to a comfortable level -not great but in line with most game-capable notebooks.
— Hardware Tech
The GX620 comes with an nVidia P9600M GT graphics processor and a Blu-ray drive. However, since the maximum resolution of the GX620 isn't quite 1920 x 1080pixels, it'll only display 1080p Blu-ray movies in effectively 720p resolution.
In the box, the GX620 has a pretty good bundle - apart from the notebook and its charger. The notebook itself is a pretty large beast although unlike 17in desktop replacements. The GX620's design is not particularly attractive, as it has an anodised black body but with some red plastic trim around it.
Apart from being a gaming notebook, the GX620 has a couple of features that make it a worthy multimedia machine as well, namely a HDMI port and a Blu-ray drive. Although the screen itself is more a 720p compliant display than a true 1080p (which requires at least a 1920 x 1080pixel resolution), one can easily output the video and audio to a 1080p HDTV using the HDMI port.
The Blu-ray drive itself only reads Blu-ray media, although it can burn data to DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs. Together with the drive, MSI has also thoughtfully included a Blu-ray capable software player, namely Corel WinDVD which does the job just fine.
The GX620 can dynamically scale up its performance when plugged in to external power and has an extra Turbo mode for better performance, as well as an Eco mode to eke out as much battery life as possible when not plugged in. Unplugged, the GX620 last about 2.5 hours on a single charge, with the brightness set to a comfortable level -not great but in line with most game-capable notebooks.
— Hardware Tech