MSI GT725 now with Intel Centrino & ATI Radeon Mobility 4850

Both chassis are the same 4 speakers + Sub, Only difference to date is the GT727 has DDR3 1066. With the current models that have DDR3 there is no increase/decrease in battery life that is noticable.

 

on the website, the 725 has 5 speakers only and the 727 has 4 speakers and a sub...unless you have some insider info

you're right abt the RAM though.

 

Well, now how much of a difference could there be in terms of battery-life? We're talking about what could be well called a desktop-replacement here after all.. I for myself will buy the 725 as soon as it's out and screw it

 

i dont suppose anyone knows abt screen quality and/or the ability to support a second HDD?

 

I do play games but not a extrem gamer. plus i cant really wait any longer i pre order mine today and was told i will get it by end of this week or early next week cant wait. i got 4 week off work gonna spend all this time playing games woho

 

hmmm ATI really seems to b e doing overtime there is already rumor of 4870 x2 in the Alienware M17 too bad its gonna cost 2-3times more then this notebook.

 

The info I have says 4 + Sub and the USA site says 4 + Sub. This is the only info i have so far.

http://www.msimobile.com/DetailPage.aspx?model=GT725-075US

 

if thats true, then sign me up for one straight away!

in all seriousness, anyone have any comment on MSI's general quality?

 

So where did you pre order your GT725? Amazon?

 

For right now there are two models of 725 available on market, one is for 1599.99 which has a screen resolution of 1920x1200 and the one out there for 1399.99 has a screen resolution of 1680x1050 so there are two resolution on the screen as of right now... other then that not much info out there...

 

"So where did you pre order your GT725? Amazon?"

i went to microanvika in london 245 Tottenham Court Road. to order mine MSI GT725 they will recieve 15 of them by end of this week or early next week.

£1125 buy now pay later option so dont have to pay a penny untill next year.

here are the spec

http://www.microanvika.com/search.asp?keywords=GT725

also like to coment on msi technical support they were very helpful answering all my question and also found me the retailer who was going to have them.

 

i went to them and they told me they had no idea when thy would be getting it!

anyway congrats on that. i guess i will be paying them a visit soon.

oh and so you didnt pay anything yet?

 

The design of this machine is somewhat lacking... There's a vent on the right side, right where you would have your mouse placed.. I'm hoping it's an intake vent. Having hot air blowing against my hand for hours at a time wouldn't be fun. Anyone have more knowledge about this than me?

 

well, my 4 yr old acer has the same design but its lifted off the desk by a cooler and i dont place my mouse near it.

plus, it doesnt run so hot, unlike newer laptops anyway

think the msi shuld have no prbs with it.

 

RK Computer just listed the $1599 GT725...and of course, no stock. I wouldn't be surprised to see it show up within the next two weeks.

 

hmm $1599? A bit more then i anticipated that is still a great deal though

 

GT725
Theater Class 5 Speakers Recognized and Approved by the Highest standards of Dolby®

http://www.notebook-driver.com/lapt...-gaming-laptop-tech-specifications/#more-1328

GT727
Theater Class 4 Speakers Recognized and Approved by the Highest standards of Dolby

http://www.notebook-driver.com/msi/msi-gt727-gaming-notebook-windows-vista-drivers/

verified by MSI's site here:
http://asia.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=searchresult&keywords=heat

 

RK listed is


SKU: GT725-075US

MSI GT725 17" WUXGA Centrino® 2 Gaming Notebook, ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 512MB DDR3 VRAM, Turbo Drive Engine Technology, P9500 (2.53Ghz), B/G/N Wireless, 320GB HDD, 4GB Memory, Blu-ray Drive, Bluetooth, HDMI, eSATA, 2.0MP Camera, Vista® Home Premium
$1639.00

out of stock

 

The GT725 only have Vista 32bit, so it can't use all 4gig ram. Then it feels a little bit stupid to pay for 4gig. And how about the gameplay, would it be a big difference if this lappy would have a Vista 64bit and use all 4gig ram?

 

ask for an upgrade when you buy one? thats what im planning to do

 

Where have you got this info..couldn't see it on any of the spec charts... would be quite stupid to put 32 bit OS on the "first gaming laptop to get past 10.000 points in benchmarks". Even Asus is using 64bit on its mid and high-end gaming series

 

Thanks

the sales team called me twice already saying they will get them by 2nd week of jan and i seen it my self on there stock it says 15 coming when i was in the shop.

and if you take finace option you dont have to pay anything only £15 application processing charge

once they got mine they will call me and i will let you know.

 

thanks loads! i atually called them this morning but they keep telling me "we have no idea when it would arrive." so infuriating!

i actually wanna see a demo model before i actually put down money on one. the build quality is very important to me but seeing as i cant really wait anymore, i just might put a deposit on one later

 

To be honest i been searching for a laptop over a month Alienware, Rock, Dell, acer, asus, you compare the spec with any of them it will come to £1700

so the price is very reasonable and a friend of mine work for this company and they have all msi laptop and he said its good and i search on the internet aswell
MSI is been under rated which is good because they will raise the price once they know they are good so take the advantge of it and buy one.
you can any laptop is the world but you can get a garuntee the it would nt go wrong.

end of the day its a piece of machinery it can go wrong does nt metter how expensive it is for example Hadron Collider cost 6.4 billion and went wrong within 10 days this laptop is only £1125

 

good point dude! you've just pushed me closer to the "im getting the GT725" zone!

oh BTW the Asus G71 is pretty good too, its 1129 on laptopsdirect.co.uk but the GPU is not so good, i also hear that Asus service here is bad...

 

Yes you are right also process is Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 Msi got T9500 not sure if that make any diffence at all i m no expert but T9500 look good on paper lol

and as u said the graphic card NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GS is not as good as ATI 4850

maybe one of the expert from here can tell how big is the diff

not to mention i think asus is ugly

 

T9400 is the same as the P9500, performance wise. However, the P uses less power (25W) as opposed to the T, which uses 35W(?).

 

so i can cut the cost of my electricity bill thats great u know how expensive gas and elecricity is in uk dont u lol

 

good one! haha do let me know when your Gt725 gets in. be interesting to know how good it is

 

Any news on where this beast could be bought in Canada?

 

IF I am right, you can order it through amazon.com and have it delivered to Canada.

 

You won't notice the 800mb difference at all I guess (except when running audio/videoediting-tools). Then on the other hand I don't think the GT725 would be that much cheaper having only 3gig since memoryprices are lower than ever before. 4Gig seems to be a standard nowadays and I guess that even makes this config cheaper than 3gig.

I don't think so. The x64 drivers are getting better but I don't know any game, that will use more than 2gigs of ram.

 

I am curious as well. I don't want to order from the US and deal with customs.

 

I am going nutz waiting.cant decide if i should just buy the gateway P-7805u , before its price goes up it has vista 64 and ddr3..
msi is still not clear to me vista 32 ddr2? Ugh!
Alsos does any1 know for sure if the pre order price at amazon 1359 is a special offer..will it increase when released? i know when games are offered at pre order they are a little cheaper..THANKS

 

that is i think a sale price that amazon offers because some in here already quoted $1599 i believe

Also frosty computers will most likely have this notebook for canadians

 

the 1599 version and the 1349 version are totally different. its not a discount, both prices are for different specs of the GT725

 

So, has anyone found the "lesser" GT725(P8600, 1600x1000, Bluray-free) in Europe ?

All I can see is the P9500 one, but I don't think I need a processor this powerfull, I don't want to go blind staring at tiny pixels(1900X1200) and I sure as hell don't need that crap they call BluRay that is driving the price up.

 

I tried to checkout on Amazon.com to see if it would let me do that, can't.

 

No, I haven't even seen a single GT725 with Intel Centrino here in Europe. 2 Days ago, they officially released some more information on their site:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=712

You know, you don't have to use the 1900x1200 resolution on your screen.

 

thanks for the link! Seems some questions posted in this thread have been cleared up (comparing 725 and 727

- the GT725 will have a 5 speaker system, one of them being a subwoofer
- the GT725 4850 has ddr3 vram

Question regarding retail availability... what stores carry MSI usually in the USA??

 

system ram ddr2 or 3
Vista 32/ 64?

 

system RAM DDR2 for sure

sorry, cant help with the 32 bit/64 bit question

 

hey EVO VII

any news on your side yet on the GT725? im curious to see what specs continental EU will get

 

No news so far. I'm hoping for a budget-version like the GT725-074US but with a 500gb drive.
Chances are, that this model may cost €1000 flat, let's keep our fingers crossed.
The GT725-087UK is about €1250, the GT725-075US is at €1170 so it would only be fair, if we can have a GOOD sub €1000 notebook for once. Usually notebooks are quite expensive here in the continental EU, especially in Germany and Austria.

 

Sorry if this has already been asked, but I appear to be in the market shopping for a nb again, and see that Amazon has the -074US version w/9cell battery 320GB hdd, pre-ordering @ c. $1350 + free shipping.

Now, has the resolution of the screen been released? The MSI page just says 17" Ultra Vivid but no resolution details. (Also looking at the Asus G50VT-X6 from newegg @ same price.)

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Yes I've decided to give ATI a shot again(if I can find what suits my needs/desires at price) after so many years as even if the ATI guys can't write a X11 driver to save their lives the OSS devs probably could, and this is a good price for what should be a good GPU. Just wish that there were some available in 15.4" GX62x form factor...
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1680 x 1050 for the 074us
1920 x 1200 for the 075us

 

Whoa! That was quick thanks. 1680x1050 is plenty, so I'll add it to possibilities once I find out what happens with my current purchasing "adventure".

 

Does anyone have a clue of when it is going to be released through amazon (the GT725-074US)? Because I am planning to buy it, but I'll have to leave the US in the first days of march, and I obviously don't want to buy it and miss it...

 

March? It should be released this month!

 

I'm worried about march talking into account the shipping days. And by march I would already be gone, so I should have it in february.