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    MSI i7

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by AtomSplitter, Sep 20, 2009.

  1. BoxerRumble

    BoxerRumble Notebook Guru

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    So any news on the new MSI machines? I googled for it and I think the successor to the GT628 will be called the GT640. Not much info out there right now, just whatever you guys know already. I think what some websites are speculating is the laptop will be out sometime around Oct 22nd, probably a bit after when Windows 7 comes out. It's suppose to come preconfigured with 7 so it has to be a date after that. I am waiting patiently on this machine. I have been waiting 5 months for the GT628 to come out, and will wait a little longer for this.

    I must say MSI is really smart making a 15.4 laptop that is reasonable portable, while being powerful enough to play most game. Although it's no beast like a sager, it's got longer battery life and some portability.

    I have been looking for a laptop and saw the Studio XPS 16, which is similarly priced as the MSI. It's too bad the SXPS 16's performance isn't as good as the MSI or else I wouldve picked that up already.
     
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  2. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    Be warned, the the gt628 will actually be better for gaming. It has been confirmed that MSI is using gddr3 on the 250m in the GT640, which makes it a pile of poo (still x10 better then a 9600m gt, but nowhere near the 160m and 4850).

    If you really wanted the gt628 and don't mind putting it togehter yourself, you can get a "barebone" and buy the cpu, hard drive, ram, wi-fi card, and OS separately.
     
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  3. Senor Mortgage

    Senor Mortgage Notebook Evangelist

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    Seems really odd to me. The 250M seems like an ideal GPU for those who want to game but retain actual battery life but then they pair it with the i7 which ramps up the price and negates a lot of the power gains seems an odd decision at best.
     
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  4. njsss

    njsss Notebook Geek

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    Why it says up to 4G memory? Both the OS and MB suppose to hold more than that. Can it be swapped with 8G by yourself?
     
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  5. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    yes

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  6. oblomschik

    oblomschik Notebook Evangelist

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    Do we actually know that they will be using GDDR3? Nvidia specs show GDDR5 memory for GTS 250. I think we'll have to wait and see before being able to make that determination. If it is GDDR5 then the new i7 based system should outperform GT628 in games where multi-threading and CPU speed is important (i.e. GTA4 type games).

    Otherwise, I am starting to think hard on GT729 which is running a 4850 card. There the choice will be between that and GT740 which is i7 but running same GTS 250.
     
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  7. Darth Bane

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