MSI GT780 Hands on (another 6 months to a yr)

YouTube - MSI GT780 Hands On auf der MSI Pressekonferenz / CES 2011


there is some pics of it at notebookcheck

my 2 cents

its not as good looking as gt760

it has a slightly reduced thickness which is good

i hate the power button

its based on gtx 500m series (who knows when it will come?? i really hope in Q2 2011)

if nvidia releases gtx 500m after 6 months then it will take msi even late to release and remember gt760 got shelved

 

I think it's much nicer looking than the GT660/760 chassis. More stylish with the anodized aluminum.

Thanks for the video link.


Another image of the GT780 from Laptopmag.com


GT780 is the one further back.

Seems you can change the colors of the keyboard backlight.

 

if they werent so big...

 

i dont know but th i really dont like matte i like glossy and colorful

the gt780 chassis has matte screen back is of brushed aluminum the wrist pads are also brushed aluminum and speakers are not circular red its rectangular

 

MSI's GT780 gaming notebook detailed

More photos at Fudzilla. You may not like it Riddhy916 but I say good riddance to the tacky lighting and the high-gloss fingerprint magnet surface.

 

I see Its a Beautiful machine...all new thing are. But I was hoping they would keep the Eco Button..I find it quite nice when your in a area without a outlet and you just want to do some light work. Beats buying two different laptops and fumbling each one when you can have it all in one...That is the meaning of life people...."ALL IN ONE"

 

Well if the Fudzilla specs are correct about it having an HM67 chipset switchable graphics might be supported.

On the other hand, an HM67 chipset would kill my hopes for a dual-GPU notebook.

 

Not for another .5 to a full year? MSI is the worst of all the gaming brands.

The all black is mad sexy though.

 

They're the worst because I'd really like to buy one and they won't friggin' sell me one right now.

 

and there is proof that gtx 560m exists i want it to be a gtx 470m rebrand

MSI's GT780 gaming notebook detailed

 

Fudzilla isn't proof....especially when it comes to anything involving Nvidia.

 

You want it to be a rebrand, instead of an all new, more powerful GPU. Whiskey tango foxtrot.

 

Ears On With MSI’s GT680 and GT780 Notebooks With Dynaudio Sound

 

This thing looks really good.

I like how more gaming notebooks are going for a backlight keyboard, always wanted one.

Just wish it had 2 GPUs.

 

I'm not holding onto much hope for those rumors of dual-GPU in the GT760 coming true, but the chances aren't exactly nil yet. The notebook still looks thick enough but that thickness could also be going towards making room for a single GTX 485M.

If we're lucky Q2 '11 will mean another showing at CeBit 2011 and a launch in April, and not mean another showing at Computex 2011 with a release in July (Q3 '11).

Luckily it seems like I have to wait until March anyway, just to see HD6970M in notebooks.

 

it's not only Fudzilla - it's MSI itself -
YouTube - MSI GT780 Early Hands On during MSI Press Conference at CES 2011
so, there's no doubt that they will put GTX 560M (former GTX 475M) inside - or something else beginning with number "5" - not GTX 485M.
I actually don't care for dual GPU - GTX 485M is as fast as GTX 460M SLI (or - HD5870 X2), and I think GTX 560M will be almost or at least on the same level as well, if not faster - Nvidia's cards are getting better and better with time - for example, GTX 470M is faster than GTX 480M. so, I think dual GPU is just twice more heat and meager increase of performance and nothing else.

 

MSI GT780 looks just great - I like it much, much more than the outdated design of Alienware M17x (and now - of Alienware M17x R.3).

 

If MSI showing something at a computer expo means it will happen then where's the GT760 with the GTX 460M?

 

Another video.

YouTube - MSI GT780: restyle del gaming notebook da 17 pollici


Looks like a single fan design again though there is a large vented area on the bottom at the back center. Very disappointing as I think a dual-gpu config is definitely out of the question.

 

I don't know Phin, we all know the MSI engineering department can work wonders when they actually try!

 

Yeah wonders....as in wonders how they can't get this notebook launched in less than 9 months. Sorry, I can offer MSI no more good faith.

Unlike the GT760 chassis we saw last year this notebook is not big enough for dual-GPU....and despite how attractive the GT780's chassis now looks, as a single GPU notebook it's not as feature rich as the M17xR3, and months behind the ASUS and Sager alternatives.

 

i dont think it will be a dual gpu leave it to big boys like clevo/sager sometimes alienware

 

Hehe aye, heck i'm not fussed where technologies going at the moment, still not heard much talk about DX11 but i may be missing out, my 4850 is still plumitting along, running everything very high without AA, the whole xbox/ps3 game and port saga continues :'),

Alot of companies do slouch off, lets face it MSI do too hah.

 

But it still has a GTX 560 which will probably easily beat the 460M of the G73SW or M17xR3.

 

The GTX 560M will be only marginally faster than the GTX 460M, and the way MSI has been I'd still expect ASUS to beat the GT780M to market with upgraded cards.

Alienware and Sager already have options for faster cards than the GTX 560M, that are out now. HD6870M & HD6970M for the M17xR3, or GTX 470M & GTX 485M for the Sager.

 

I'm really looking forward to this laptop. I really do not want to be disappointed like the GT660.

Fan noise on turbo = Very sad me T_T

 

Why doesnt MSI just slap a GTX 485m in this laptop and have it out to the public at the same time as the GT680? Top tier card in a 17'' laptop. I would really like to look at the bottom of the notebook to see if the cooling is going to be as good as the 660 models. I'm not a fan boy of any laptop maker. I just like the fact that MSI has made it so easy to repaste your gpu and cpu. Take off the bottom cover and its right there for you to get to. Only upgrading the RAM sucks to get to the one RAM module on the back side of the motherboard.

 

1. The price. MSI doesn't target the $2k notebook market, and the 485M is way above their $$$ per machine budget.

2. Power requirements. Few notebook makers want to or can tackle a 100W GPU.

 

man this laptop looks sooo damn sexy. I use to love the g73 look, but its getting pretty old now, since they have made zero changes at all, besides change the innards. Its nice to see some sort of innovation. I really like this model a lot, it looks very expensive though. I bet it will have a 1800 dollar pice tag on her.

 

It was just a wet dream. Sandy Bridge with the 485m in a proven laptop for cooling for $2k, but one's wish is not always answered. I've looked a Sager and that set up is around $2500 with not alot of goodies added.

 

A ~$2500 retail P170HM gets you an i7-2820QM, GTX 485M, 8GB RAM, 4x Blu-ray, and Intel Ultimate-N 6300. Not a bad setup.

 

Drop the blu ray and its sitting on around $2k. I like the bottom cover design and the dual fans but will it cool as good as or better than msi design? If we cant have the 485m in the gt780, then why not everyone ask for the 470m? I havent found out alot about the new 500 series cards. I'm looking to get a new laptop and was wanting a 17''. I like the gt660-003 and the gx660-260. I play games and do my college home work on a computer. I don't need the best but I would like to have a i7 chip and the power to play games like COD4, COD MW2, Black OP's. I have looked at Asus, MSI, and a few other brands. Asus I can't tinker with because I would have to take apart the whole laptop to get to the inside if I needed a repaste. MSI I can get to everything pretty much. I've gone to a few websites and compared the GT660 to other notebooks and it still hangs with them. Bad side its only a Dx10 card. Thats my only beef with it. The GX660 I like has the i5 in it and less RAM for a $100 more, but the better and most of the time faster 5870 gpu. I have looked at the GX740 also, but the screen looks weird to me and I have seen a few problems with heat issues. My only beef with that laptop. I almost jump on the band wagon for the G73jh till I started reading all the issues it was having. Then I saw pics and videos about taking it apart to repaste and what not. So I decided that it wasnt for me. I kinda like the G73jw, but then again there's having to bust the case open to tinker with it. As for alienware, to more for to little. Paying for a name isnt me. I want to pay for parts and have kick azz performance and the company that has that for the best price and lack of overall issues is the company I will choose. My only beef with MSI as of now is there customer service. I've read alot of bad things about what goes on with RMA's and having to pay for the shipping to them. I also understand that this is from anger customers that feel hurt for spending there hard earned money on a product and having it fail on them makes them have a bias opinion towards a company. But when I caught word of the GT780 coming out this year, I started trying to find info on it. It's the size I want. Looks pretty nice on the outside. Backlit keyboard is a plus. It's not flashy like 660 and 680 models. More like a wolf in sheep clothes. LOL Looks that can kill other professional looking laptops in performance.

 

When the hell is this notebook coming out?

 

Around the June or July of this year.

 

GT780 and GX780 are going to make another showing at CeBit but that doesn't mean jack when it comes to a release.
See also: GT/X660, and GT760.

MSI to Show 5 NB Series, 20-plus Models at CeBIT 2011 | techPowerUp

My estimate is the SB problems will push release back to Oct. or Nov. in the U.S (from what was probably originally an Aug. release)...and if the wrong parts of this image is true it'll not be worth waiting for.


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GT 540M.

 

GT 540m? . Really, like such a waste of a machine.

 

Heh, at the moment of its release there will be a lot of GT 540Ms for sale, and demand of AMD (ATI) Radeon 6870Ms

 

Comedic gold. Well played, MSI.

That just has to be a misprint, right?

 

I read some where that the Fx720 was coming out with the 540m so maybe they just got a misprint of the two when that was taken. I thought the GT780 was coming out with 8gb of Ram like the GT680 was. Thats why I think's its a misprint The RAM and the GPU dont match the GT780 but it does match the FX720. But then the CPU's dont match. But if they really go slap the 540m in the GT780 with only 6GB of RAM, then they are only hurting themselves in sells. That model will be over looked for the GT680 as of now. It ws the same way with the GT660 and GX660. One has the better GPU with DX11 and the other the older GPU some what weaker GPU that was only DX10 and which model sold the most? Thats why Newegg has the GT660 on sell trying to get that Discontinued item out of there warehouse. Great Laptop for the price of performance as of now. Like $900 and you have a i7-740qm with 6gb of ram and a 285m gpu. But you can get the cheaper GX660 for $1100 and have the 5870 with a i5.

 

Wait wasn't GTX 485m the new gaming standard? Not this GT 540m? Whats the difference between the GT and GTX series of GPUs? Nvidia just confuses me...

 

It's obviously an error but I wouldn't classify it as a misprint so much as whoever is responsible for making these spec cards probably doesn't know a CPU from a cup.

Of course now you've got to wonder what else they've gotten wrong...like how in the press release it says GX680 is using an nVidia card and so wil GX780.

 

LOL, nVidia in the GX models. Thats a first there. ATI must be raising cane over there.

 

It'll be the GTX 560M, no doubt.

 

YouTube - MSI GT780R Gaming Notebook - Cebit 2011

 

It confirm, the MSI GT780 is equipped with the new Geforce GT 555m 1Gb
GDDR5 Nvidia, the MSI GX780 use the new Geforce GTX 560M GDDR5, that weird...

 

Well that sucks. And is weird. I guess from now on GX series are not necessarily ATI equipped.

 

There's nothing in that video that confirms that. Some sub-titles Notebookcheck.com adds to a video are not an official detailed spec sheet.

 

Well, the good thing here is that they're going to review it ... soon

 

I really dont see them putting the 555m in the laptop. That's going backwards and to keep to there model names the GT is always been Nvidia and GX is always ATI. I'd like to see what the new 560m will do with the Sandy Bridge i7 chips. I think it will open up a whole new can of worms and the GPU wars are going to me even more interesting.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/558669-gtx-560m.html

Not the can of worms you're expecting....they clipped the memory bus down to 128-bit.