![]() The keyboard doesn’t feel particularly robust, either. However, they’re not as reactive as those on competing, cheaper gaming notebooks, such as the Alienware 15. The keys offer decent travel and are suitably spaced out, despite the addition of a full numberpad on the right. The Dragon Edition’s backlit SteelSeries keyboard is generally very good, but again, not the best I’ve seen on a gaming notebook. MSI GT72S Dragon Edition with Nvidia GTX 980 – Keyboard and Trackpad If it’s carried in a case, the Dragon Edition will be able to survive the odd bump and scrape – but it doesn’t feel anywhere near as robust as the Gigabyte P37X. The red metal top feels solid, but is let down by the Dragon Edition’s plastic bottom, which suffers a fair amount of flex. The notebook is equally impressive when it comes to wireless connectivity: it has 802.11ac Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth 4.1 and Killer DoubleShot anti–lag technology.īuild quality is also pretty decent, although not the best I’ve seen. I received many glances while using the Dragon Edition on my train ride home at Christmas – unfortunately, they weren’t of the envious kind.Īlthough there will be those out there who consider the flashy lights cool, I wish that more gaming notebook makers would follow Gigabyte’s lead with the understated P37X, which ditches the over-the-top aesthetics.īeneath the red dragon, however, things look up – MSI has loaded the gargantuan notebook with all the hardware and connectivity a gamer will ever need.Īlong its chunky sides the Dragon Edition houses stereo jacks, four USB 3.0 ports, two USB 3.1 ports, twin Mini DisplayPorts, an Ethernet jack, an HDMI port, a BD–RE Blu–ray rewritable drive, a wired Gigabit Ethernet connector and a proprietary power jack. It’s not mine.įor added pizazz, the dragon’s eye lights up when the machine is turned on to introduce the “cool” factor when you’re playing on it. It has a striking red chassis with a dragon graphic emblazoned on its front that looks very Game of Thrones. The Dragon Edition is one of the gaudier-looking notebooks on the market. Unfortunately, I fall into the latter category. The special Dragon Edition here adds a few visual and subtle technical changes to the design.Īs far as the visual changes are concerned, some will love them others will hate them. MSI brought out the GTX 980M “Dominator” version of the Dragon Edition in 2015. MSI GT72S Dragon Edition with Nvidia GTX 980 – Design And no, I haven’t missed off the M in error when I say GeForce GTX 980, I mean the real deal. The MSI GT72S Dragon Edition aims to fix this by including a GeForce GTX 980 GPU. But for hardcore gamers and avid overclockers, it’s meant that a trip to the parents or a holiday with their significant other involves giving up on top-end graphical performance. Some will argue the GPUs are fine – and to be fair, the more expensive M variants in Nvidia’s 2015 roster have been more than good enough for 1080p gaming. Sure, there are plenty of super-powerful gaming laptops out there, but they all suffer one critical flaw – they use laptop GPUs. PC gamers regularly on the move are an under-served market. That's not to say images have less blue in them, but that a range of light wavelengths sometimes called "blue light" have been reduced, which is purportedly better for your eyes (the science behind this is inconclusive).What is the MSI GT72S Dragon Edition with Nvidia GTX 980? MSI says this display also reduces the amount of blue light emitted. The anti-glare coating was welcome, it mutes the pop of colors and contrast a little but I think the tradeoff is worth it to eliminate screen glare. The native resolution is 1,920x1,080, which is fine for most purposes, but many smaller gaming (and non-gaming) laptops blow past that, all the way to 4K, and with much less powerful hardware. The display, arguable the most important part of an all-in-one desktop, has a lot going on. ![]() The mouse, packed with multiple side buttons that even gamers may never use, was better. The painfully shallow, clacky keys led to many typos and the space bar and other keys sometimes failed to register clicks while typing. The keyboard, similarly black and red, looks the part of a gamer's keyboard, and was decent for gaming, but drove me crazy when typing. Wireless models would have been nice, especially for over $2,000, but some gamers prefer wired versions to eliminate any possible input lag. You'll need a couple of the USB ports for the included wired keyboard and mouse. ![]()
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