▲HD 897M top-level stand-alone game-msi GX7
Overall appearance design
In terms of appearance, this msi GX7 notebook inherits the atmospheric and tough appearance design style of the game, the top cover is made of composite material, and it has obvious wiredrawing effect texture. The MSI logo in the center is very conspicuous, and it can still glow after booting. The edge of the top cover is made of high-strength plastic material, which plays a certain role in protecting the notebook screen.
▲ The top cover of MSI GX7 game book is made of composite material
▲ The keyboard surface of MSI GX7 game book
This MSI GX7 game book uses a 17.3-inch anti-glare full HD display screen, which is still rare in the game book. Even in a strong light environment, users can clearly see the contents displayed on the screen, which provides a lot of convenience for users. In addition, the frame of the screen is treated with matte effect, which effectively prevents fingerprints and other stains from being contaminated during use. The display screen of MSI GX7 can support up to 192? The full HD display of 18 has a high-definition camera and microphone array at the top of the screen.
▲ It is not convenient to carry a game notebook with a large body size
In order to have better use and heat dissipation performance, the body design is often heavy, and this MSI GX7 is no exception. The weight of the whole machine is close to 3.9kg, and the thickness of the body is between 4-5cm. Poor portability.
▲ The thickness can be up to 5cm, and the weight of a single machine is close to 4kg
Keyboard design
The C-plane keyboard of MSI GX7 notebook adopts a Steelseries keyboard and an adjustable backlight design, which can realize three different modes, namely, full backlight, only the main game operation area is turned on, and full backlight is turned off. At the same time, the touch shortcut keys above the keyboard provide convenience for users.
▲ overall design of MSI GX7 C plane
Although the keyboard of p>SteelSeries is a popular chocolate keyboard style, the feel and the feedback of keys are very good, and the general chocolate keyboard is more suitable for game users. However, the keyboard still has the defect of short key stroke, which is also a common problem in the use of all chocolate keyboards.
▲ Shortcut key distribution
A row of touch-sensitive shortcut keys is designed above the keyboard. What is different from GT7 is that the Turbo key is cancelled and the wireless switch is changed to become a small plane with better recognition. There is one on the right? G? T-shaped buttons, which are newly added custom buttons.
▲ Design of touchable shortcut keys
The surface of the touchpad is coated with a layer of frosted material, which makes the fingers feel good and is quite smooth when used. A touchpad hard switch is designed in the upper left corner of the touchpad, which can be turned off by users when they are not using it, and the operation is simple and quick.
▲ The nameplate on the palm rest
needs no further explanation, and the configuration is clearly written, which is A1-575m (2.5 ~ 3.5GHz) \ HD 897m2gb \ 8GB DDR 3 \ 75gb HDD. The MSI GX7 supports AMD's Eyefinity technology, so it is equipped with three video output interfaces. VGA, miniDP and HDMI can facilitate the combination of triple screens.
▲ The new logo is cool and beautiful as ruby
Interface design: 3? USB3.+2? USB2.
this product has a heavy body size and specifications, and has a lot more interface configurations than ordinary notebooks. There are interface designs on both sides and the tail of the body, and various interface designs also provide a lot of convenience for users.
▲ Interface distribution on the fuselage side
▲ Video interface and RJ45 network cable interface are designed at the rear of the fuselage
There are only two USB2. interfaces and DVD drives on the right side of the fuselage, which is simple in design. There are three USB3. interfaces, a card reader and a set of audio interfaces on the left side, and there are power interface, HDMI, VGA, miniDP and RJ45 cable interface at the rear of the fuselage. The equipment is quite complete, which provides convenience for users to use externally.
▲78mAh 87Wh battery
GX 7 internal heat dissipation design: large space, dare to use materials
▲ The bottom of the fuselage is designed with a double disk position
The back of the fuselage is designed with a detachable baffle. After disassembly, not only can the fan be cleaned, but also the hard disk and memory can be upgraded by itself. This product provides 2 hard disk positions and 2 memory positions.
▲ One memory can be upgraded for a single 8GB
▲GX 7 metal heat dissipation design
Because of the high-end processor and graphics card, the radiator of MSI is very powerful, and the three heat pipes are parallel to increase the surface area of metal surface, which has become the standard of MSI.
MSI GX7 hardware configuration and performance test
MSI GX7 notebook
adopts a new generation of the highest end? A1 575m? Processor, will be used to replace the previous generation? A1 46m? . The main frequency is .2 GHz higher than that in the past (Turbo Core is .3GHz higher), and it supports the highest DDR3 1866Mhz
memory
. In terms of graphics card, GX7 has added a HD 897M top-level display, and the performance of the whole machine is remarkable.
msi GX7
parameter name parameter specification
processor
AMD A1-575M Richland
chipset
AMD Hudson-2, AMD K15.1
memory
2? 4GB DDR3-16MHz
graphics card
AMD Radeon HD 865g (768mb)+HD 897m
hard disk
Hitachi 75gb, 72rpm, SATA-II
display
17.3-inch LED (resolution 192? 18)
battery
specifications
11.1V/87Wh
wireless network card
Realtek RTL 8723ae wireless LAN 82.11n PCI-E NIC (1.168.2.23).
wired network card
killer e22 PCI-e gigabit Ethernet controller
notebook
size/weight
423x285x38~52mm/3.885kg
price
8999 yuan
about? Bigbootkiller game network card? : Killer network card is based on "game network DNA? (Game Networking DNA) system, including a series of optimization technologies such as network processor (NPU), game monitoring, Windows network stack bypass and visual bandwidth control. It can reduce the delay of online games, avoid being stuck, and make players get a better online battle experience.
▲msi MSI GX 7 notebook
"MSI GX7 is equipped with the highest-end A1-575M processor:
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▲ The first batch of brand-new generation of four A-series performance-class APUs
Although the upgraded APU has not changed much in the processor architecture, its frequency has increased, and the power management module of the APU has been comprehensively improved. It turns out that Turbo Core acceleration in Trinity APU only refers to the power consumption of CPU
and GPU, and the algorithm is not optimized for the external ambient temperature and heat dissipation. This time, Richland APU adds
sensor
nodes to the external circuit, so that the power consumption control of the whole core will be more comprehensive and the frequency space of Turbo acceleration will be improved. MSI GX 7 is the first game book to adopt Richland A1 processor. Let's take a look at it.
▲ In terms of cinebench R1
processor, AMD has always been less advantageous. This A1-575M processor scored 897, and the score close to 9K is similar to that of the previous generation i5 mobile processor. At present, the score of the mainstream model i5 332M is generally around 11,. There are still some gaps, which will also affect some games that eat CPU more, as we have measured before.
▲GX7 temperature map
Because the cavity inside the GX7 fuselage is large and equipped with? Heavy? Metal fins, so the overall heat dissipation performance is good. Only the upper left part of the front is slightly warmer, and the average temperature of the other keyboard surfaces is 32.3 degrees, so the editor does not feel warm in actual use. In the temperature test on the back, except for the air outlet, the maximum temperature is 45 degrees, and the temperature in a large area is around 28 degrees, so the heat dissipation is good and there is no heat accumulation.
graphics performance test of p>AMD Radeon HD 897M:
from the scores of graphics sub-projects, HD 897M does have a lead. However, the total score of GX7 P mode is 4,776, which is lower than the score of i7-361QM+GTX 68M (P5878) that we tested before, which is also expected.
▲3DMark's score graphics card score is still very high
" AMD Radeon HD 897M graphics performance test:
▲ "The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyline" runs smoothly at 31fps
MSI GX7 is AMD's top gaming notebook in terms of configuration, so there are many games to test. Unified picture quality 192? 18。 "The Elder Scrolls 5" is a demanding game, and HD 897M alone can run the game smoothly in high quality. Catalyst version 13.4, game test results and GTX 67M performance are in the middle.
▲ "Mafia Saints 3" runs smoothly at 3fps
Last year, when Mafia Saints 3 first came out, it was once a very demanding game. The performance of HD 897M on MSI GX7 is relatively stable in all image quality, which can ensure smooth in high image quality. This game relies more on the performance of CPU, so some gaps can be seen in medium and low image quality. Subsequent upgrade drivers will be improved.
▲ Battlefield 3 exploded GTX 67M
Battlefield 3 adopted the latest? Frost 2? Engine, which perfectly supports DirectX 11, and has powerful physical effects and lighting system, especially the lighting rendering of large scenes, which is very realistic. This game requires high configuration performance and is positioned as a benchmark game for performance-level notebooks in 212. HD 897M +A1-575M performs well and can lead GTX 67M in an all-round way.
▲ "Kingdom of Amara: Punishment" runs smoothly in all image qualities
The overall game scene of "Kingdom of Amara: Punishment" is very atmospheric, with distinctive and mysterious lighting effects, and there is no anti-aliasing option in the game, so the pressure on the graphics card is slightly reduced. An interesting phenomenon is found in the test. The frame number of HD 897M is very small in all image qualities, which may be related to the simplified architecture of parallel SIMD and GCN. Game fluency is guaranteed!
AMD platform MSI GX7 top game book
First of all, from the name point of view, MSI launched the GX series this time. Many friends may know the MSI game books of GE and GT series. It is the first time to hear that there are GX6 and GX7. In fact, these two models were released on May 23rd. From the configuration point of view, AMD's APU+Radeon stand-alone display platform is adopted, which is different from the combination of GT series Intel+NVIDIA. But the mold is almost the same, only the details, such as canceling the Turbo button, replacing the eSATA port with a miniDP port, changing the logo and so on. In addition, the author found a detail, originally on the side of the speaker? Dana speaker? The logo disappeared, leaving only an AudioBoost logo under the palm rest. The first reaction was whether the sound quality had shrunk. However, there is no change from Xiaobian's ears, and the bass unit at the back of the fuselage is still powerful.
▲ MSI GX7 has changed in details
In fact, for the game itself, in addition to excellent game performance, the use experience during the game is also very important. MSI GX7 has several outstanding designs in this respect, such as the game-specific Cyril keyboard and the method of shielding Win key. Many gamers, especially high-end competitive players, are used to shielding the Win key or simply cutting it off, all in order to prevent accidental touch and pop-up. GX7 simply cancels the Win key on the left, which can satisfy the tastes of many gamers.
▲Killer Network Manager
On the network card, GX7 adopts the network card of Killer E22. It is said that this network card can reduce the network delay and can be attached with many game plug-ins, which is the standard in top game books. (about? Killer game network card? : Killer network card is based on "game network DNA? (Game Networking DNA) system, including a series of optimization technologies such as network processor (NPU), game monitoring, Windows network stack bypass and visual bandwidth control. It can reduce the delay of online games, avoid being stuck, and make players get a better online battle experience. )
▲GX7 easy triple screen
Multi-screen splicing is a killer of AMD's unique display. Radeon HD 897M can realize triple screen through Eyefinity technology, and it is possible to set the game quality to 576 x 18! It greatly tests the bandwidth of the graphics card, so only the high-end unique game book can be played like this.
test summary of MSI GX 7: AMD's new graphics card can compete with GTX 67M
Finally, I want to directly answer the question raised at the beginning. The MSI GX7 with 8999 yuan is