MSi GT660 vs. GX660R big difference?

I am set on either one of these after reading Ryeki's review Definitely the laptop i have been looking for.

Only thing is, the price. I am fine with GT660's price, but GT660R is a jump.

MSI GT660 - Search Result - Future Shop

Futureshop has it for: 1514.99
Canada Computers has it for: $1399.00

futureshop i'm pretty sure does price match.


Here is the GX660R - MSI 15.6" Intel Core i7 740QM Gaming Laptop (GX660R-060US) - Black : 15" Laptops - Future Shop

Futureshop Price: 1686.99
canada computers does not have it.

Is it worth spending the extra 200 and purchasing the GX660R? Blu-ray and 1080p looks very nice, but how is the battery life with 1080p?

 

In a few days there might be something interesting with sandy bridge, might be worth waiting just a little bit to see what happens.

 

Yep, at this point wait it out.

 

When will the released be for those new laptops? And price ranges?

I know they will be a big jump, but normally the first batch of any electronic always has its faults, and its better just to wait it out, and buy after a gen or two. Is it not?


My plan was to buy this weekend, but when will the release date and prices be released to public?

 

Ah so CES starts this Thursday and goes till Sunday. I'll wait and see what is being released, but i don't think i'm waiting another 6months for a laptop. In need of one soon.

 

There are a new series of chips from intel to be launched next year at the same time, or at Q4 this, do you really think one can afford to delay the product because they were lazy?

You do know that SB chips and chipsets have been sent to OEM for sometime since Q3 last year, they had 6 months approximately to design the new lappies and all that. There are some Ivy Bridge being produced as we speak... so yeah... MSI is always quick to introduce the new chips, since they usually maintain the chassis through those revisions.

 

Was a bit confused by this.

From reading around apparently after CES 2010, msi announced the gt660 or something like that, and then re-announced it in June, and released in July.

Personally, July is way to long, latest would be February, however i am not sure if i want to buy the new chipset right away. I saw a video of sandy bridge speed test on something, and it was super fast compared to i5's.

Just not sure,this bring a whole new problem to the table.

 

I'd say that the GX660R is the way to go, but you should definitely wait a bit to see whats ahead, maybe prices will drop a bit?

 

Is this true about the GX660R?

Found it as a review on tigerdirect.com.

When i go to youtube as well, there are only a handful of videos on this laptop, not many at all. But when i look up say the GX660, or GX740 there are tons. Is there a lot of faults to this machine?

 

It's true that some people have had problems with the 5870 (Lot's of posts about it in the ASUS subforum for the G73).

I don't know about MSI.

 

There are a few faulty unites reported, but nowhere nearly 50% chance at all. Actually, I only remember about 4 total reported users with real problems. This machine does not have a high failure rate and the review is extremely exaggerated. Worst case, if you do get a faulty unit for whatever reason, you can get it exchanged and thats it. Mine worked flawless out of the box, and I even use it quite overclocked.

the particular issue with HD5870m in the Asus series ws because Asus made those particular GPU, and they had faulty vbios or something like that. It got fixed recently but yeah, when they came out, they were quite in problems. In this case, MSI hasn't had the same problem with GX660R so far, or at least I haven't seen nearly the same amount of problems as G73 users.

 

GT 660 cost 950 tax & shipping included after mail in rebate at newegg... just a tip

Conditions of price matching are tough at bestbuy, but I'd really prefer to buy it there but I think I won't have the same price because of the mail-in...