Reviews - MSI GT72 2QE Dominator Pro

[HEXUS]

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980M put to the test in an MSI Gaming laptop.

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[LeetyMcLeet]

mmmm sexy

[Badbonji]

The mobile maxwell GPU is very impressive.

[manocheese]

I just bought the 970M version of this series; the lack of Optimus support will probably be good for me, I hear it interferes with the Oculus DK2.

[tribaljet]

The other unexpected omission is the lack of Nvidia Optimus technology. Rather than have the laptop switch automatically between the Intel HD 4600 IGP and the Nvidia GTX 980M, MSI has opted instead for a manual configuration that allows the user to switch modes by pressing a hardware button. Doing so requires a full reboot, and as a consequence we suspect most users will have the Nvidia graphics chip engaged at all times.

I don't think people realize how horrendous dynamic IGP-GPU switching actually is, otherwise this paragraph would never come into existance. It's an immense boon to actually have hardware muxing as it circumvents literally all issues that IGP-GPU switching has, even though Optimus is the lesser evil by a large extent. Now, ideally there would be the option to have an automatic switching system as well as a manual one, but if only one can be picked, manual switching wins every single day for system usability purposes.

So, major thumbs up for MSI to go on and revert the evil that is the current state of software muxing, and a slight thumbs down for not offering the option for those who which to use so.

[rm19]

Why no HDMI 2.0?

[Alex-007]

I would really welcome also review/comparison with Asus J751 + 980M, which is currently the only real competition to this notebook. Co you plan to review / compare it too?

[gwp]

For a gaming laptop like this, how long will the thermal paste between the cpu and its heatsink or cooling fan last before it drys out?

And is it any better in a desktop?

[jackjack]

MSI GT72 2QE Dominator Pro sleek and performance pretty outstanding! Great review guys