MSI GT725 now with Intel Centrino & ATI Radeon Mobility 4850

Did they mention anything about what the pricing will be like? MSI has pretty reasonable prices, but with the new GPU I'm afraid it will baloon up for the first few months it is out.

EDIT: Nevermind, found the preorder on Amazon, got the price... well worth it.

 

I wish there is a quad version of this, that would be awesome.

Has anyone got a WEI score for 725 with P9500?

 

Have u spoken to microanvika regarding the spec any news on that? have they offer any refund? please let me know thanks

 

i went to talk to them and they dont seem to be willing to give any discounts. I have already let go of mine

 

Hi Guys,

Been keeping up to speed with this thread as I'm keen to see if anybody has had a chance to get the hands on one of these.

I've been speaking with our MSI rep today and we should be getting stock pretty soon. Will see how things go but if I decided to spend some of my hard earned cash I may be tempted to get myself one.

Ours are UK spec and can be checked out here http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=969120

 

Why do all the UK variant of 725 have low screen res? not to mention 5400 rpm HDD? first is advent 6555 with its hysterical 1440x900 and 250gig of HDD for a thousand quid, now scan even does not have WUXGA model for HD content enjoyment...

Would have already ordered 075 elsewhere, but the exchange rate is not great lately.

 

Well the UK GT725 has a 1650x1080 screen. That is not 'low res' in my opinion. Sure, it is not full HD, but it is still pretty good. Loads of people are still using 1650x desktop monitors, and they are pretty happy with the screen space.

As for watching Blu-ray, honestly you are going to find it hard to notice the difference between 1650x and 1920x. Okay, so you are not getting true 1:1 pixel mapping, but you are still getting most of the high-detail. More important for me in this situation is the quality of the screen (contrast, response time etc).

 

It is now available on Newegg for 1599!

 

I can't sleep this night... My book comes tomorrow It's with a 1680x.. screen. There is no model with higher resolution in germany ;D

 

Hi all, i need some help please, i have a pretty decent projector based home cinema and i want to buy a MSI GT 725 and use it mainly for playing bluray movies, watching internet TV, and storing my music and HD movies that i will download from the internet, i do not play games, i just wanted to make sure i was doing the sensible thing buying this or should i be looking at a dedicated media centre PC, im just rying to work out how good in comparison the playback will be, any help would be appreciated,
Dave

 

The MSI GT725-210UK is now on some UK stores. It has a Q9000, 9-cell battery and otherwise the same specs as the existing UK model. Im not sure if it has the same 1680x1050 screen or higher.

 

Thanks for the update.

I'd think it would cost samilar to current UK GT725 model. As Q9000 and P9500 aren't priced that far away.

Though that means one'd still be paying premium over 6555 for:

Overclockable CPU (2.3/2.4Ghz)?
Slightly higher screen res? WXGA+ vs WSXGA+?
Twice as much storage out of box
Orangy-red skin

 

It is about £150 more expensive than the GT725-087UK:
http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/MSI_G_Laptops_Notebooks/prod.asp

 

Not exactly cheap then...

 

h shiny!

Might be worth ordering one and waiting the 19 days to be honest xD

Will have a think =)

Could this mean the advents bios could be flashed to OC it?

 

catacylsm, did you order a 6555 or the MSI?

 

The GT725 quad core is being discussed here at about 1:55 in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WFB57YIjgw

It looks like the quad core version got a new design. I like it a lot more than the red design.

 

Yeah that's a way classier color scheme.

 

yep looks wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better imo

 

Im giving the advent a try as i want to see if i can use the bios of the new 725 on it, would potentially mean a better price for advent and the OC ability, my fingers are crossed, if not, i will go for the Quad 725.

On that youtube video, it looks like the Advent 6555's colour scheme revamped, i do like the use of blue on the touch pannel though

 

Yesterday I bought from newegg

MSI GT725-075US 9S7-172234-075
Intel Core 2 Duo P9500(2.53GHz)
17.0" Wide UXGA
4GB Memory
320GB HDD
BD Combo
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 NoteBook - Retail

Specs indicate an open PCI express lot, im hoping to crossfire.

 

I dont think its crossfire capable but it might be worth a shot, its for an addition mini pcie tv tuner i believe.

 

Right, no CF for that laptop. The slots for another mini-PCIe thing, eg. wireless, turbo memory, tv tuner, etc.

 

Was anyone brave enough to open their GT725 up for a good, up close looksy at the insides?

 

There are some photos with the covers off somewhere in this thread already electrosot, maybe around p. 100 or so....

 

ahh haha sry wrong thread -_-

 

I will later if you like elec

 

I cannot post any links here (reseller rules) but if you look in the "Notebook Photos" area on our website there are pics of the internals of the GT725 in the MSI catagory.

 

Guys,

Just a quick question. I'd like to upgrade HDD in my GT725; I believe that the answer is obvious but I'd rather have it confirmed before placing order.

Would Intel SSD X25-M 34 nm 80GB fit into my lappy? Thanks a lot for answers!

 

This thread appears to be inactive, so you might want to repost the question under this thread -->*OFFICIAL: MSI GT725 Owner's Lounge*<--

 

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