[Engt]MSI details well-specced GT725 17-inch gaming laptop

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Juggalo23451

Discussion Starter · Mar 3, 2009

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Remember that GT725? You know, that behemoth of a gaming laptop announced alongside 43.8 other MSI machines at CES. Anywho, MSI has just come clean with the actual specifications, and gamers in the crowd looking for a portable rig should be pleased. The machine is claiming to be the first ever gaming lappie to include ATI's 512MB Radeon HD4850 GPU, and that's complemented by a 17-inch WUXGA (anti-glare) display, a 320GB SATA hard drive, Blu-ray optical drive, 4-in-1 multicard reader, up to 4GB of RAM, a plethora of ports, nine-cell battery, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, gigabit Ethernet and a 2 megapixel webcam. There's also an ExpressCard slot, four standard speakers plus a "subwoofer" and a Turbo Drive Engine to make overclocking a lesson in simplicity. The 7-pound unit is being billed as MSI's new flagship laptop, and with a list of internals like that, we can fully understand why. Full release is after the break.

MSI Announces GT725 â€" World's First Gaming Notebook to Feature ATi Radeon HD4850 and Deliver Desktop Gaming Performance with a Single GPU

GT725 features 17" 1080P HD LCD Monitor, Blu-ray Player and 9-Cell Battery

CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA â€" March 02, 2009 â€" MSI Computer, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, is excited to announce the GT725 Gaming Notebook. MSI outfitted the GT725 with IntelÂ® CentrinoÂ® 2 Processor Technology (IntelÂ® 45nm Penryn P9500), the ATi Radeon HD4850 video card, a Blu-ray player and a 17" 1080P HD LCD to create the ultimate mobile gaming experience.

"GT725 is our flagship gaming notebook," said Andy Tung, Vice President of Sales, MSI US. "Graphically speaking it is in a class by itself â€" the brilliant 1080P HD display and 4GB of DDRII allow the GT725 to run 3-D titles that few other gaming notebooks could handle."

MSI built the GT725 in its brushed aluminum gaming case with stamped aluminum sheeting for increased protection and durability. However, despite the rugged case and a standard 9-cell battery, the GT725 weighs just over seven pounds.
MSI's also included its exclusive Turbo Drive Engine Technology and ECO Engine Management function which are activated by two touch centers located just above the keyboard.

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AMD+nVidia

· #2 · Mar 3, 2009

I'll keep my Gateway P-7811FX.

Better than this guy in every way pretty much, except those speakers look pretty spiffy.

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mth91

· #3 · Mar 3, 2009

Do want

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Jrice00

· #4 · Mar 3, 2009

I bet it comes with a not-so-nice pricetag as well

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pheoxs

· #5 · Mar 3, 2009

How do you have a "subwoofer" in a laptop!?

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ChrisB17

· #6 · Mar 3, 2009

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Originally Posted by Jrice00

I bet it comes with a not-so-nice pricetag, customer service and reliability as well

Fixed.

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Kamikaze127

· #7 · Mar 3, 2009

I like the build quality. MSI makes nice laptops in my opinion.

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natedogg920

· #8 · Mar 3, 2009

wow that looks sexy

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FearSC549

· #9 · Mar 3, 2009

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Originally Posted by pheoxs

How do you have a "subwoofer" in a laptop!?

"under" it? -.-

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TwIsTeDbOi

· #10 · Mar 3, 2009

Least MSI got it right with a well rounded laptop unlike that Asus Lambo laptop in the other thread...

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alawadhi3000

· #11 · Mar 3, 2009

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Originally Posted by pheoxs

How do you have a "subwoofer" in a laptop!?

My Acer 5920G have a subwoofer

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AntiTalent

· #12 · Mar 3, 2009

Is this a real 4850 under the hood, or a mobile version. Because that would be a nightmare to cool in a laptop.

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cutterjohn

· #13 · Apr 22, 2009

I own the GT725-074US. It IS a mobility Radeon 4850HD, BUT all 800 shader units are in tact, BUT the core and memory clocks were dropped to 500/825. The subwoofer and additional speakers(2) may as well be fluff IMO though as with all nbs the speakers aren't nearly as good a full sized ones or headphones are, but better than those found in many nbs FWIW.

Ubuntu 8.10 had to be installed with the alternate install disk in text mode, and you'll need a way to get/download and/or transfer the necessary extra tools to Ubuntu in order to build catalyst o.w. you get no gfx. I have a q&d install guide in the main 725 thread over at notebookreview. (You're on you rown as far as windows & hdd partitioning go though, as I left the 10GB Vista partition(hidden) in place along with their original 40GB boot partition w/32b vista. The rest of the drive I partitioned into a swap partition plus 3 c. 80GB partitions for Ubuntu and Windows program, plus an empty 80GB that I hope to eventually have a fruity OS running on as an experiment(probably try a whole bunch of different oddball OSes actually...)

Benching: TONS of benches in the main notebookreview thread, but I get
56FPS avg, 50 low, 81 high w/Furmark 1.6.5, GPU max c. 75C, CPU 50C no overclocking at all(2.4GHz CPU 500/825 GPU/mem) @ 1680x1050 fullscreen

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