IT168 Review 2013 was a year when ultrabooks and gaming laptops became very popular, and many manufacturers continued to develop gaming laptops. MSI's gaming notebooks have always had a good reputation in the industry, especially after the comprehensive upgrade of notebook independent graphics, the performance of mobile-level independent graphics cards has been greatly improved. In the past, MSI brand gaming notebooks were known for their high-end independent graphics, and the MSI GE60 also has "high-end and classy" configuration and appearance. What we bring to users this time is a powerful MSI GE60 20D gaming notebook.

This notebook adopts configurations designed for gaming and entertainment. Its performance is much improved compared to previous generations, and with such a high-end and elegant appearance, it can run any game. The biggest difference between MSI GE60-20D and previous generations is not only changes in performance, but also changes in the keyboard.

MSI GE60-20D

Parameter name Parameter specifications

Processor

Intel Core i5 4200M

Chip Group

HM86

Memory

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

Video Card

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M Intel GMA HD 4600

Hard drive

750GB 7200 rpm mechanical hard drive

Display

15.6-inch FHD backlit high-definition colorful screen (resolution 1920x1080)

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Wireless network card

Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

Wired network card

1000Mbps Ethernet card

Operating system

DOS

▲MSI GE60 20D system evaluation

MSI GE60-20D is equipped with a fourth-generation Core i5-4200M CPU with a processing speed of 2.5GHz. The graphics card uses NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M independent graphics card, 1920*1080 resolution, and of course a 15.6-inch large-screen monitor. As soon as these data came out, I believe many professional players have understood that this machine is enough to run any 3D game currently released. Through the WINDOWS system evaluation, we can see that its processor and memory scores are 7.2 points, and desktop graphics and 3D processing are 4.7 and 6.7 points respectively. This configuration is higher than that of ordinary home notebooks, and the processor meets general daily applications. The GYX760M graphics card is the highlight of this machine, and its gaming performance is relatively good.

▲Thickness and weight of MSI GE60

MSI GE60-20D is a 15.6-inch notebook, which is bulkier than ordinary notebooks in terms of weight and thickness. We measured the thickness and weight of this machine. The thickest thickness is 38.39mm. The bare machine weight and travel weight are 3.17KG and 2.64KG respectively. If you want to carry the notebook out for a long time, it may appear a little heavier.

Overview:

▲MSI GE60 complete machine picture

MSI GE60-20D notebook focuses on gaming and entertainment functions. Its relatively high-end configuration and atmospheric appearance are what you don’t want. Two choices. In terms of performance, it uses an i5-4200M processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M graphics card, which can stand alone in games and audio and video. The 8GB memory and 750GB hard drive also allow you to not worry about storage capacity. Although it is made of engineering plastic material in terms of appearance, its cool appearance makes it one of the notebooks you can choose when buying a gaming notebook for game experts.

Advantages: strong performance, i5 independent display, brand advantage

Disadvantages: engineering plastic material, inconvenient to carry

Atmospheric appearance and thoughtful design are all made for gaming

Looking from above, you can see that the MSI GE60 notebook is full of atmosphere. The top cover is made of engineering plastic and the MSI English logo is laser-printed in the middle of the top cover. There is a red color line on both sides of the LOGO. This may be because MSI wants users to know how high the performance of this machine is.

▲MSI GE60 20D top cover

We observed that the top cover of MSI GE60 is not pure black. If you move the top cover of the machine in a bright place, you can find many colors. The light shines on it, making it feel colorful. However, because it is made of smooth plastic material and has a black background, it is easy to leave fingerprints. Friends who love cleanliness may need to wipe it frequently.

▲MSI GE60 20D screen

After opening the screen, a 15.6-inch display suddenly appeared in front of you. Its resolution is 1920x1080. MSI still uses a matte screen. In this case, regardless of Whether others are watching your performance or you are playing the game under bright light, you can clearly see the picture on the screen. Although the current touch technology is hot, MSI does not use it, and this technology is not necessary for a game notebook.

▲MSI GE60 20D touchpad and wrist rest

Looking at the position of the wrist rest and touchpad, the MSI GE20 wrist rest uses a metal brushing process and is matte in color. The black color matches the color of the top cover. The touchpad of the MSI GE60 is made of the same material as the wrist rest, and it also uses a brushed process. Through use, we found that the touchpad of MSI GE60 has a two-stage design. When we tap lightly, the touchpad will drop, but we will only get real click feedback when we press the touchpad harder. This design may Users need to get used to it.

▲MSI GE60 20D camera and microphone

The top of the screen of MSI GE60 is the camera and microphone, which basically meet the needs of daily voice calls and video chats. There is a rubber pad at both ends, which is used to cushion the notebook when it is fastened.

▲MSI GE60 20D indicator light

The indicator light of this notebook is very thoughtfully designed. The indicator light is placed at the lower end of the keyboard surface, regardless of whether the notebook is buckled or You can easily see the current status of the machine when the screen is opened, and the MSI GE60 has a rich set of indicator lights. From the picture we can see that from left to right are the hard disk/optical drive usage, Bluetooth function, WLAN wireless network, and Battery status, Caps Lock, Num Lock, and sleep status lights.

SteelSeries keyboard is great for playing various games

▲MSI GE60 20D keyboard

The keyboard of MSI GE60 is from the SteelSeries brand. When it comes to this name, I believe in e-sports. All fans of eSports already know that this brand is owned by Soft Trading, a leading manufacturer of eSports products. So far, 80% of eSports enthusiasts around the world have used this manufacturer’s keyboards as their best partners. Come and ride the battlefield. Therefore, MSI GE60 specially chooses this brand of keyboard as its first choice. From this, we can also see that this MSI notebook is specially designed for gaming.

▲MSI GE60 20D Keyboard

The keyboard surface of MSI GE60 uses an island design, and the surface is made of small-grain matte material, which feels very textured. The key spacing between keyboards is the best data obtained through repeated surveys by SteelSeries designers. By tapping the keyboard, we feel that the key travel of the MSI GE60 keyboard is very reasonable. Although it is a flat-cap key on a notebook, it does not feel stiff.

The feedback is also good, and there is almost no loud sound when tapping. Game experts will not worry about disturbing other people's rest when they practice hard at night.

▲MSI GE60 20D Keyboard

The SteelSeries keyboard equipped on the MSI GE60 can be considered top-notch among many gaming laptops, whether it is key travel, spacing, feedback strength or even sound. Very high level. If it is not a game competition, you can use the MSI GE60 keyboard for gaming without bringing your own keyboard. At the same time, the Windows button on the left is placed on the right, so that there will be no direct exit in games where shortcut keys are used more frequently, and micro-operations will become smoother.

▲Both sides of the MSI GE60 20D fuselage

The interfaces of this machine are relatively comprehensive and basically meet daily needs. There is an anti-theft lock slot, a power interface, a USB2.0 interface, an HDMI interface, two USB3.0 interfaces, a microphone interface and a headphone interface on the left side of the fuselage. There is an RJ45 network cable interface, a VGA video interface, a USB2.0 interface and a DVD-RW optical drive on the left side of the fuselage.

▲MSI GE60 20D wrist rest logo

There is a MSI GE60 logo sticker on the wrist rest, let us interpret it. First of all, we see the matrix display logo in the upper left corner. This allows the MSI GE60 external display device to expand the image. It is one of the necessary functions for playing racing games. In the upper right corner is the Killer network card logo. The Killer network card is relatively unfamiliar. This graphics card is mainly used to improve the sharply low FPS value due to network reasons in online games. It allows the CPU to correctly process delay information. If it is a fever for e-sports games For players, this is also a must-have feature.

▲MSI GE60 20D Speaker

One of the highlights of this notebook is the lower left corner of the wrist rest. This logo is the SteelSeries keyboard logo, which is the world we talked about above. Eighty percent of e-sports enthusiasts are using peripherals, and it feels very good to actually use them. The lower right corner is the logo of Audio Boost output sound effect technology. This technology can enhance the sound quality by about 30%. From our observation, the audio interface has also been optimized. An alloy plating material is used in the interface, which not only enhances the oxidation resistance. , and also increases the audio-visual experience of the notebook.

High-end configuration rational testing uses games to speak

MSI GE60-20D

Parameter name parameter specifications

Processor

Intel Core i5 4200M

Chipset

HM86

Memory

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

Graphics card

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M Intel GMA HD 4600

Hard drive

750GB 7200 rpm mechanical hard drive

Display screen

15.6-inch FHD backlit high-definition colorful screen (resolution 1920x1080)

Wireless network card

Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

Wired network card

1000Mbps Ethernet card

Operating system

DOS

In terms of configuration, MSI GE60-D20 uses an Intel Core i5-4200U processor and is equipped with a DDR3 single 8GB memory and 750GB 7200 rpm hard drive. In terms of graphics card, the machine uses Intel HD 4600 core graphics card and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M high-end independent graphics card. Although this kind of configuration is not the most top-notch, it is no problem for running large-scale 3D games.

Office performance test

Although it is a game laptop, we also conducted office performance tests on the MSI GE60. We usually use SYSmark for testing. SYSmark 2012 is a new generation of PC performance benchmark testing software launched by BAPCo last year. Its biggest feature is that it uses real loads to simulate different user usage scenarios for testing. It includes six projects: Office Productivity, Media Creation, Web Development, Data/Financial Analysis, 3D Modeling, and System Management. Its test results can reflect PC processing in application scenarios such as video rendering, data analysis, word processing, and web development. Ability is a standard test item for commercial PCs.

▲SYSmark test results

Judging from the test results, the MSI GE60 20D performed fairly well. The total score of 139 points is at the upper-middle level among current mainstream notebooks. Therefore, You can also use this notebook for daily gaming and office work.

Processor performance test

▲CINEBENCH 10 test results

We used the CINEBENCH 10 software to test the machine. MSI GE60 uses a Core i5-4200U low-voltage processor, and its score is 12730 points, which is a relatively good score among gaming laptops of the same price range.

Graphics processing test

▲3DMARK 11 test results

MSI GE60 focuses on gaming laptops. Judging from the 3DMARK 11 test results, it is pretty good. , with 3197 points. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M graphics card is already considered a high-end graphics card and can run most 3D games on the market.

▲3DMark 11 results

Game performance test

Some users may not be able to intuitively understand the performance of this gaming laptop through the scores. Below we will use the game Test this notebook to make users feel more confident.

The games we used are "Battlefield 3", "Alan Killer", "The Elder Scrolls" and "Tomb Raider 9". Four major mainstream games were tested on the MSI GE60, and we have some knowledge of these games. Friends of the game all know that these games test computer performance, so this result is the most realistic and intuitive.

▲"Alan Killer" 1920*1080 resolution FPS

▲"Tomb Raider 9" 1920*1080 resolution FPS

▲"Battlefield 3" 》1920*1080 resolution FPS

▲ "The Elder Scrolls" 1920*1080 resolution FPS

From the test results, the performance of MSI GE60 is very good, and it can run these 4 games perfectly. This game can run without lag in some large scenes. Among them, the two games "Battlefield 3" and "The Elder Scrolls" were compared with the previous generation 750M. We can find from the pictures that 760M is still a certain improvement over 750M.

The battery life is weak and the temperature is average

Battery life test

Although the MSI GE60 is a 15.6 game laptop and is not used as frequently as other business laptops, it is still We used MobileMark2012 software to simulate daily use and conducted a battery life test on the MSI GE60 when it was fully charged and the screen brightness was set to 40.

▲MobileMark2012 test results

After testing, the usage time of this machine is 189 minutes. This may be due to the fact that the CPU of MSI GE60 is not low voltage, and its battery capacity is 4400 mAh lithium battery (11.1v, 49Wh), so the battery life of this machine is average.

Temperature test

▲MSI GE60 keyboard thermal image

▲MSI GE60 thermal image of the underside of the fuselage

After 1 After hours of copying, we conducted a heat test on the MSI GE60. We can see through the thermal sensor that the keyboard temperature is 32.7 degrees Celsius and the air outlet temperature is 46.6 degrees Celsius. Generally speaking, the overall temperature is quite reasonable. Since the weather is getting cooler now, if the test is conducted in hot summer, the temperature may increase. Users are advised not to cover the heat dissipation vents of MSI GE60 during use. , to avoid excessive temperature.

▲MSI GE60 overall machine picture

Summary:

MSI GE60 20D is an enthusiast-level gaming notebook with Core I5 ??processor and GeForce GTX 760M independent graphics card It can basically run 3D games on the market. The 15.6-inch and 1920*1080 display brings users an extraordinary visual experience. Its appearance is full of atmosphere, mainly black, simply paired with passionate and dynamic red lines, making MSI GE 20D cool and fashionable. The keyboard also uses a backlit island keyboard designed by the SteelSeries manufacturer, eliminating the need for an external keyboard for gaming. The disadvantage is that this notebook is relatively heavy and difficult to carry, and the design of its touchpad is not satisfactory. Are you tempted by the high-end and classy MSI GE60 20D?