full review of the gx600 see here:

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Fir...nster_-_the_GX600_Gaming_Notebook/5272-1.html

looks like they will now be available or will be very soon this site got one to do a full review on

 

also a video of the system running i found on you tube not sure if its been posted before or not:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWe4BFbQ6QI

 

This is an awesome notebook, definitely my choice for mobile gaming.

 

Looking sweet....still wondering about how much it'll be though. And whether the screen will be WXGA+, WSXGA, or a choice between the two.

 

Well, their review unit had a WXGA+ screen, but I think it will be available with both.

 

If I'm not mistaken, it looks like the LAN and several other common ports and even a drive are located on the right side of the unit, not good for the right handed among us.

 

Yeah, that's a pet peeve of mine, having the optical drive on the left. But given all the other advantages of the system, I think I could learn to live with it.

I'm assuming you meant left, right?

 

Yea, those are on the left. The right side has all of the USBs and Video ports, like VGA, S Video, and HDMI.

 

OK, thanks guys, I didn't see it "right"!

 

isnt this a bit to glossy for anyone?? how oes anyone plan on keeping this clean?? jut curious thanks

 

I was thinning the same thing. I've read reviews and comments about other MSI lappies with the same gloss treatment, and they say it does need regular wipping to stay clear.

I wonder if this glossy treatment will help repeal damage from sweat though.

 

im more worried about them getting scratched when they get wiped off. im almost ocd with my systems and ive seen others like toshibas abd hp's with the glossy plastics and even wiping or touching them with your finger leaves fine scratches in the finish on them, i dont mind always wiping it off im worried it will end up like black paint on a car thats been over buffed.. like the fine swirls etc...or on appliances we have a kitchen aid black gloss microwave and anytime it gets touched it leaves fine scratches

 

I'm starting to wonder if we were separated at birth!

I think I remember reading something to that effect, I'll check it out.

 

lol yeah im a total freak with stuff like this...

 

They have those Windex wipes at some auto places...I've found they work pretty well. About as well as Swiffer cloths on a dashboard; they make great dusters.

 

Yes, I think its like the HP in terms of finish. They were talking about the finish being burned into the materials, kinda like how the HP Imprint finish works.

 

any idea where they were talking about that i never saw that?? i know the flames themselves are that way but im not sure if all the gloss black is the same

 

Hmm, yea, maybe it was just the flames then, I guess. But scratching shouldn't be too much of a problem, more than it is on most other notebooks anyways.

 

when i went and looked at som eof them like the toshibas and others all i had to do was look at them the wrong way and they scratched lol

 

You Sir are a serial notebook scratcher, and you will be caught one day!

 

lol, well, I've never had a problem with scratches on my notebooks. I do have problems with fingerprints on the display though, but thats another matter altogether.

 

Okay it must be gddr3! Because asus G1s got 3800 in 3dmark06(better processor)and gx600 got 3600.
And btw acer aspire 5920g got only 3100 in 3dmark06 and it has gddr2.So It must be gddr3!!!

 

Not necessarily. Its likely that they ran 3DMark06 at a lower resolution. Besides, the 5920 has a 256MB card whereas the GX600 (like the IFL90) has a 512MB version. That would have added a couple of hundred points.

 

The GX600 and 163a use DDR2 VRAM.............

 

I know you would have told us, but since I'm very close to "purchase time", I have to ask: do you know, or can you find out when the 163a will be available?

 

Still no ETA, as soon as we find out i will let you know.

 

How do you know that it is Gddr2? All german shops are telling that it is gddr3.

 

Because the Germans always get the best stuff!

 

Maybe the European model has GDDR3, but the NA model is going to be DDR2. It even said that in the MSI advert in the latest Laptop magazine.

 

Why do the Europeans always get the best stuff, and the US gets the crap?

 

Uh, I would answer that, but then all the Americans would get really pissed off at me. So I won't.

 

Do tell!

 

Actually MSI changed the configuration. So instead of a T7300 (4 mb cache) a T7250 (2 mb cache) will be used and the graphics adapter will have GDDR2 instead of GDDR3. So, no, we europeans don't get a better version

For those who speak german, there is an awful long thread about the GX600 (including the configuration issue) here: http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=365852&page=35

 

Wait, only a 2 MB cache? Hmm, maybe Xotic or RK will swap it out for us....

 

VR-Zone appears to have the only gx600 equipped with an HD-DVD drive. I've yet to see that config anywhere else including MSI's Global web site.

 

And, what about GX610? Is it GDDR3?

 

I wouldn't call that a full review. In fact I've yet to see a full review of the GX600. What's the deal?

 

The current USA version of the GX600 has a T7300 4MB installed and the VGA is DDR2. Was never DDR3. Different regions may have different configurations/specs.

 

The GX610 is the one with the Turion X2 and an HD2600, right? I'd actually bet on it not being GDDR3.

And evidently I was wrong.....see below.

 

Yes the MS-1634 (GX610) is DDR3 VRAM

 

I can hardly believe in that! So, they put better (by far) graphic card in a much worse configuration, and now i cannot decide which to buy!