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5.9 out of 10

MSI GX700

First seen: 19 september 2007

Information found in: from 14 sources in 11 countries.

Best Price: £742.10

  • User Score (2)
    7.0 7.0 from 2 reviewers
  • Expert Score (5)
    7.9 7.9 from 5 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • comprehensive scope of delivery, compact case, hd dvd drive, integrated web cam, good battery runtime
  • partly edged edges, fan runs always, display unevenly illuminated, loud under load, keyboard with weaknesses
  • The Latest Intel® Centrino Duo™ Mobile Technology
  • Windows Vista® Home Premium
  • 17" WSXGA/WUXGA ACV (Amazing Crystal Vision) Display
  • NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT 3D Graphic Card with 512MB VRAM
  • The Exquisite and Stylized Design
  • Colorful W、A、S、D Buttons on the Keyboard for Gamers
  • Theater Class 4.1 High-Stereo Speakers and Subwoofer
  • Exclusive MSI VIVID Image Enhancement Technology
  • HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) Output

Manufacturer's Specs

Release Date

  • First seen
    19 September 2007

MSI GX700

Mesh’s GX700 is a high performance laptop that current range of gaming notebooks. It’s second in performance only to the more expensive flagship GX700. Even 3.2kg is light in the 17" size range. However, this is no bad thing - it provides something to hold when you are carrying the notebook.

Features

Powering the graphics output is an Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT chipset which comes with 512MB of dedicated DDR3 memory, but it is also able to access up to 255MB of the system memory for a …

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MSI GX700

Mesh’s GX700 is a high performance laptop that current range of gaming notebooks. It’s second in performance only to the more expensive flagship GX700. Even 3.2kg is light in the 17" size range. However, this is no bad thing - it provides something to hold when you are carrying the notebook.

Features

Powering the graphics output is an Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT chipset which comes with 512MB of dedicated DDR3 memory, but it is also able to access up to 255MB of the system memory for a total of 767MB.. Mesh has equipped the GX700 with 250GB of storage space Western Digital SATA hard drive. The drive is 8MB cache and a spin speed of 5,400rpm. To keep this drive free from clutter there is a DVD burner built into the left-hand side of the chassis. Built into the front of the chassis are a 4-in-1 card reader, a 4-pin Firewire port and three audio ports for the 4.1 audio system Gigabit wired Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth.

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  1. MSI GX700 Extreme Edition Review

    Reviewer: Crowdedbrain
    27 August 2008
    Overall 8
    7.8
    Value for money 8
    8.0
    Performance 7
    7.0
     

    The MSI GX700 Extreme Edition Laptop is only let down by the 8600M GT graphics card. However compared to most laptops you can at least play games and it is DX10. The rest of the Laptop was great, Vista performance, screen, HDMI port, build quality were all top notch. If only the Laptop had a HD-DVD player then this would have been even better, otherwise the HDMI port looses its appeal. We have to be honest though and say it is still a great laptop to use and it does give... Read more

  2. Review MSI Megabook GX700 Extreme Gaming Notebook

    Reviewer: Notebookcheck
    24 July 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    The MSI Megabook GX700 Extreme is based on the most up-to-date technology by Intel, a Core 2 Duo T7500 with a clock-rate of 2,2 GHz and 4  MByte L2-Cache. The processor is part of the current Santa Rosa mobile technology and is connected to the chip-set via a 800 MHz bus. Furthermore, there are two GByte DDR2-667-RAM available, which is a good choice for Windows Vista. The choice of the video card is clearly surprising. Although the look of the GX700 Extreme emphasises... Read more

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