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    msi gp65 leopard 9sf-240

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by G46VW, Nov 27, 2019.

  1. G46VW

    G46VW Notebook Consultant

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    Any thoughts on this laptop, the MSI GP Series, GP65 Leopard 9SF-240, 15.6", 144 Hz IPS, Intel Core i7 9th Gen 9750H?
    • GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB GDDR6
    • Intel Core i7 9th Gen 9750H (2.60 GHz)
    • 16 GB Memory 512 GB NVMe SSD
    • 15.6" 1920 x 1080 IPS-Level 144 Hz 3 ms 72% NTSC, 100% sRGB
    • 14.08" x 9.76" x 1.08" 5.07 lbs.
    • 1 x Mini DisplayPort 1 x HDMI (4K @ 60Hz)
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
    • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A


    It has duel channel 2x8, 280 watt power supply, and a full 2070 115 watt GPU. For 1380$, anyone have any reason why I shouldnt buy it? Oh, the screen is very nice, 340 nits, 3ms response. Looking at the case between this and the GE raider, they are almost identical, aside from the lighted usb on the raider.
     
    G46VW, Nov 27, 2019
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  2. N2ishun

    N2ishun Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the GP75 9se leopard and I've messed with some raiders, they ARE virtually the same.
    They use the same bios which means same motherboard with matching options on it (other than lighted usb as you mentioned).

    Before you pull the trigger check with CUK, I got mine for the same price everyone else was asking except CUK upped it to 32 gigs ram (crucial with micron chips 2666 19-19-19-43)for no additional cost.

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    BTW, the xpd profile lists the ram at those numbers, they run without tweaking anything at 18-17-18.
    Only had this thing a week or so so I haven't messed with it too much other than drives and reformatting it to win10 enterprise ltsc
     
    N2ishun, Nov 28, 2019
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  3. G46VW

    G46VW Notebook Consultant

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    thanks for the reply, much appreciated! Yea they looked identical just from the pics. Hows the screen on yours? I wont buy a laptop whos screen is less then 300 nits, for gaming we need bright screens!
     
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  4. N2ishun

    N2ishun Notebook Evangelist

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    The screen is honestly the best thing about this lappy....and the primary reason I bought it.
    Mine is a 17" (I'm sure you knew that) and it is the 144hz screen.....it's crispy :þ
     
    N2ishun, Nov 28, 2019
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    N2ishun, sorry to hijack this thread. Could you please expound on why you think the Leopards are similar to the Raiders?

    I currently have a GP63 Leopard 8RE-602, and giving it to my folks since their laptop died...I was looking at a MSI GE65 9SD Raider-432 (with upgrades) as a replacement.

    Thank you in advance.
     
    SpeakinSympathy, Dec 3, 2019
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