Latest 6th Generation Intel ® Core™ i7 Processors
Skylake is codename of the brand new 14nm micro-architecture of Intel’s latest 6th generation processors. The Skylake platform requires lower power consumption but delivers better performance than before. CPU performance of Core i7 6700HQ is 20% faster than i7 4720HQ under average usage. For optional models of GT series, will have special version of Core i7 6820HK with overclock capability from 3.7GHz to over 4GHz, the overclock frequency may differ depends on the CPU capability.
Upgradeable MXM Design
Thanks to its replaceable MXM graphics module, the GT72 comes with more possibilities for future upgrades than other notebooks. The original configuration of the GT72, with GTX870M/GTX880M is upgradable to the new, more powerful GTX970M or even GTX980M, depending on your territory. Newer GT72 models featuring the GTX970M/GTX980M in their turn will be upgradable to future graphics generations in 2015.
*MXM upgrade program is only available in selected countries and selected customers with special service, not for end-users to make upgrade by their own.
Super RAID 4 Storage – Load Games in Seconds
Get in the game before everyone else with Super RAID 4, MSI’s fastest RAID 0 storage configuration. Combining dual PCI-E Gen 3.0 x4 SSD’s utilizing NVMe technology, harness the full performance potential of the Gen 3.0 SSD through the optimization of the hardware and software outputting extreme read speeds over 3300MB/s. Load games works in seconds!
*This feature is only available on S versions of the GT Series using 6th Generation Intel™ Core® processors
Super Port – One Port for Everything
Whatever you need, you can get it done with just one Super Port. Transfer massive files faster than ever with up to 1000MB/s transfer rates. Get more pixel power supporting dual 4K displays and extend your field of view with daisy chain capabilities. Even charge your phones, tablet and any device faster on-the-go or at home (support up to 3A current).
Connect 4K
60Hz display with single Super Port. Enjoy your game with double the sensation.
Cooler Boost 3: Keep Calm Under Pressure
Heat is the most original element on earth. It’s pure physics that more energy will generate more heat. Cooling is therefore a knotty task to tackle with. MSI exclusive Cooler Boost 3 technology creates dual thermal modules internally by allocating dedicated heat pipes for GPU and CPU. One click on the fan boost button, a total of 5 heat pipes and dual fans actively and effectively push heat out of the system, making the cooling design of GT72 the highest level of its kind.
Latest architecture DDR4-2133 Memory Support
Get the best possible performance out of your notebook with support of the advanced DDR4-2133 memory, achieving over 2.9GB/s in reading speed and 3.2GB/s in writing. With over 30% faster performance than previous generations DDR3-1600, DDR4-2133 is the new laptop standard to take your extreme gaming experience to the next level.
The Real Deal:
A Keyboard All Gamers Desire For
Every hardware detail of this keyboard is calculated and especially designed for professional gamers’ needs. Better responsive and tactile feedback, optimum WASD zone and support of multi-key inputs are all for gamers to gain full command over gaming missions.
SteelSeries Engine 3 (SSE3) – Target, Position, Aim and Fire
During gameplay, SteelSeries Engines 3 serves as your firearm. With SSE3, you get to suit up your weapon with cool look by lightening it up with multiple backlit colors, transform your keyboard into a high technology firearm by setting up several keys into one key command and cloud syncing all SteelSeries gears together.
Freedom to Play
SteelSeries Engine will automatically recognize what game you are playing and open your saved profile(s) for that game. You can create your own profiles for other applications and then have SteelSeries Engine open the corresponding profile when you start up your application.
Friendly UI design
The SteelSeries Engine is easy to understand by using pictorial representations of devices along with basic drag-and-drop techniques to assign key presses, complex macros, device profiles and buttons. Also features intuitive macro creation with customizable colors, fonts, and names for everything.
99% PROGRAMMABLE MACRO/HOTKEY
Every gamer can easily customize every individual key as hot key to personalize his own play style, greatly increase the convenience on key usage.
* Except FN key
QUICKLY LAUNCH APPS WITH JUST ONE CLICK
Gamers can assign application launches to specific keys, avoiding the need to browse through endless menus.
CLOUDSYNC
Users may backup, share and sync your configuration profiles through SSE3 app across all platforms. Simply log in with your SteelSeries ID to access to configurations whenever you are.
INTERFACE COMMUNICATION
Synchronize all your SteelSeries gears through SSE3 more fluent and better gaming experience.
4 keyboard layers options!!
There are 4 layers for gamers to set 4 usage scenario or game. Not only that, while playing the game, gamers can easily and quickly switch layer*, such as a chat screen with friends. Communication with friends is not interrupted!!
*The layers switch key is “Fn+1~4”
Intelligent keypress macro capabilities
There are virtually unlimited keypress macro creation capabilities. Anything you can do on a mouse or a keyboard can be programmed along with specific event timing. You can even program mouse events into keyboard macros. Your macros will be running at a high priority in your computers Operating System, yet it does NOT interfere with your real time actions during gameplay.
Create your own text macro
Besides keypress macro, SteelSeries Engine also can create the text macro for gamers’ talk. By this way, gamers can have simultaneously multi-party conversation and do not waste time in doing repetitive typing.
Create your own text macro
KLM (Keyboard light management)
Depending on your mood and desires, you can choose from more than 1,000 color combinations and five different scenario modes for the keyboard, enabling you to be the coolest gamer at any LAN party!
Unlimited profile possibilities
Profiles are sets of macros, button assignments, and device configurations that are frequently used together. An unlimited number of profiles, with customizable names, can be stored in the SteelSeries Engine. It provides predefined profiles for common games which can be used directly or as templates for your custom macros.
Statistics to analyze and improve
Whether you're playing an FPS or editing in Photoshop, being better and more efficient is something we want to help you achieve. Use the Statistics module to record your keyboard or mouse actions. Then review the peripheral heat map, which shows with both color and numbers the frequency of your key or button presses. You can then use this information to fine tune your macros as well as your key and mouse button assignments to optimize your tools to play (and work).
Silver Lining Print
See more and do more in the night with high-grade silver lining printed keys. See the full color spectrum on the SteelSeries multicolor keyboard and enjoy longer lasting keys worry free of long-term wear and tear.
ESS SABRE HiFi Audio DAC – Evolve Details You Hear
Push the limits of your audio peripherals and hear the difference with the SABRE Audio DAC. Support 24bit/192kbps sampling rate. Drive your high quality headset from 16ohm to 600ohm which gives highest sound detail, up to 122dBA DNR unmatched by PC, Mac or mobile devices DAC. Discover new details that you’ve been missing or maintain the upper-hand in competitive FPS matches where every bit of sound counts.
*Available on GT and GS certain SKU.
Nahimic Virtual Surround Sound - Military Technology, the Next Gaming Standard
Originally developed for military fighter jets, Nahimic specializes in 3D sound software processing and audio improvements offering virtual 7.1 sound in immersive high definition. Designed to work with standard audio and stereo equipment, Nahimic transports gamers into the action, allowing them to sense every footstep, hear every bullet whizzing past, and feel every explosion. It also features a high definition audio recorder to easily capture and stream studio quality sound and is only available on MSI gaming laptops.
Virtual Surround
Highly immersive 7.1 virtualization Brings an ultra realistic 360°Sound stage.
Bass boost
Powerful AND deep bass Emphasizes the sub frequencies of expiosion shockwaves and brings vibrancyto the gaming soundtracks
FREQUENCY LEVELER
Because each sound can be decisive Raises up the highest frequencies in order to highlight all the important tiny details (footsteps, gunshot whistles…).
Noise gate & Noise reduction
Removes 90% of the noise Removes the noise from your communications. The result is a crystal clear in-game voice com in any situation.
*Available on select models
SOUND by DYNAUDIO 2.1 SPEAKER SYSTEM
Cooperated with the world leading speaker company Dynaudio for years, the whole new designed GT72 is packing the latest speakers design with 2 channels with 1 subwoofer, and its absolutely authentic hearing experience. The signal has been enhanced up to 50% sound detail and up to 10dB volume has been increased; people who play games or enjoy movies will absolutely be immersed in the perfect system with outstanding sound effect.
AUDIO BOOST 2 WITH 3 INDEPENDENT AMP
By utilizing dedicated headset amplifiers, an isolated audio board and gold-plated audio jacks, Audio Boost 2 delivers the most advanced listening experience of any gaming notebook. Audio performance is improved by an average of 30%, calculation based on measurable parameters in traditional audio solutions.
Audio Boost 2 provides gamers a more detailed aural picture of their surroundings, helping in-game, while also minimizing distortion and providing a powerful amplifier which has no trouble powering even the most demanding gaming headsets. Gold-plated jacks will give you less noise interference and ensure the long-term durability of the jack.
Killer DoubleShot Pro – Protecting Your Ping
Stop losing games to lag with Killer DoubleShot Pro. Protect and prioritize networking traffic while preventing lag spikes so you can game without fear and play at your best. Select programs you want your network to prioritize to ensure maximum bandwidth and track your speeds with the easy-to-use Killer Networking Manager. Killer DoubleShot Pro supports both Killer Gb LAN and WiFi 802.11ac dual band protocol and improves average latency by 3.5 times compared with those utilizing 802.11ac.
Killer Shield – Smoother Gameplay
One more protection for smoother uploads and download processes. Less pin rate floating reassures more fluent gameplays.
SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS TO THE WORLD
XSplit Gamecaster lets you easily record your gaming moments and broadcast your live gameplay sessions to Twitch, YouTube, UStream and more. It's simple, easy to use and ideal for sharing your gameplay with the world. So what are you waiting for? Join the revolution and start streaming and recording with XSplit Gamecaster today.
STREAMING
Use XSplit Gamecaster to stream all of your gaming activities
Webcam & chroma key
Add a webcam and show your game face
Share your broadcast
Share your broadcast and conquer the world
Realtime notes
Draw attention whilst casting with in-game annotations
Record & upload
Organize and upload your greatest gaming moments
TriDef SmartCam Integration
Revolutionary background removal without the need of a green screen.
Adaptive Bitrate Technology
Automatically adjusts your bitrate to minimize connection drops so you can enjoy uninterrupted streaming.
SEE GAMING DIFFERENTLY WITH NVIDIA G-SYNC™
See gaming differently with breakthrough NVIDIA G-SYNC ™ display technology. By synchronizing the display refresh rates to the GPU, G-GYNC eliminates screen tearing and minimizes stutter and input lag to deliver the very best gaming experience. Objects look sharper and gameplay is fluid and responsive to give you a serious competitive edge.
True Color Technology
MSI True Color Technology guarantees that each panel in a MSI notebook comes with the finest precision in color. After examination and an extensive factory calibration process by the MSI True Color Technology, the panel quality will be more accurate, close to 100% sRGB. Hence, each color is delivered with the highest standard precision in detail, guaranteeing excellent color fidelity for many use applications.
MSI has partnered with Portrait Displays, Inc. in developing a level of accuracy for display technology that sets a new standard. Trusting that the displays colors naturally represent the content is MSI’s objective.
TRUE COLOR PROFILE
Vision and sound are the most important two factors in this field. You now get to see clearer than your enemies to always get one step ahead of the rest. Besides Gaming Mode, True Color Technology also offers prefect color accuracy for 5 more scenarios. Work or play, you can easily switch to the mode that best suits your eyes. The profile sharing feature permits you to share your True Color settings to other users anywhere.
Matrix Display
Expand the vision for extreme gaming experience. Embrace immersive gaming experience by expanding your gaming real estate across 3 external displays in full HD with the Surround View Mode of MSI Matrix Display technology.
Furthermore, MSI innovative Matrix Display on GT series supports up to 3 external displays, 4 displays in total simultaneously through one HDMI 1.4, two MINI DisplayPort 1.2 and laptop built-in display. Multi-task is made possible even during competitive gameplays. Connect the laptop to HDTV display, Matrix Display supports 4K output with a resolution up to 3840 x 2160.
MSI Matrix Display technology creates an ideal environment for extreme gaming experience and pleasant multimedia entertainment.
Wide Viewing Angle Display
MSI gaming notebook built in with latest high quality Wide-View panel LCD display takes image clarity to a whole new level with higher pixel resolution. The images are amazingly much more sharp and vivid with 40% more contrast level and 40% more brightness level than regular TN panel. When you're playing games, you will have breathtaking and brilliantly true-to-life viewing experience.
HIGH CLASS DESIGN WITH E-SPORT ENTHUSIASM
Its brushed-metal lid and aesthetics line design are inspired by matte black supercars, adding high class taste. MSI GT72 series is designed to dominate the cyber world.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M graphics of G-SYNC
The NVIDIA Geforce GTX 980M Series brings extreme graphics performance for furious gaming notebooks. As the first graphics solution to reach a score over 10,500 in 3DMark 11, the GeForce GTX 980M delivers extremely fast and fluid gaming experience, with G-SYNC technology from NVIDIA and special panel design, gamers could get complete image presents from 30fps to 75fps at the highest settings of Full HD. More information: Graphics | On-board graphics card | Yes |  | Discrete graphics card | Yes | | Discrete graphics card model | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M | | On-board graphics card model | Intel® HD Graphics 530 | | On-board graphics card family | Intel® HD Graphics | | On-board graphics card base frequency | 350 MHz | | On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max) | 1050 MHz | | Maximum on-board graphics card memory | 1.7 GB | | On-board graphics card DirectX version | 12.0 | | On-board graphics card OpenGL version | 4.4 | | On-board graphics card ID | 0x191B | | Discrete graphics card memory | 8 GB | | Discrete graphics memory type | GDDR5 | | Graphics card Open GL support | Yes | | NVIDIA G-SYNC | Yes | Storage | Total storage capacity | 1128 GB | | Storage media | HDD+SSD | | Optical drive type | DVD Super Multi | | Number of HDDs installed | 1 | | HDD capacity | 1000 GB | | SSD capacity | 128 GB | | Card reader integrated | Yes | | Compatible memory cards | SD, SDHC, SDXC | Processor special features | Intel® Wireless Display (Intel® WiDi) | Yes | | Intel® My WiFi Technology (Intel® MWT) | Yes | | Intel® Smart Response Technology | Yes | | Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT) | Yes | | Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) | Yes | | Intel® Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | | Intel® Small Business Advantage (Intel® SBA) | Yes | | Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology | Yes | | Intel® Built-in Visuals Technology | Yes | | Intel HD Graphics | Yes | | Intel® Clear Video HD Technology (Intel® CVT HD) | Yes | | Intel Clear Video Technology | Yes | | Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology | Yes | | Intel® Insider™ | Yes | | Intel® Quick Sync Video Technology | Yes | | Intel Flex Memory Access | Yes | | Intel® Smart Cache | Yes | | Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) | Yes | | Intel Enhanced Halt State | Yes | | Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | Yes | | Intel® Secure Key | Yes | | Intel® OS Guard | Yes | | Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) | Yes | | Intel® Clear Video Technology for Mobile Internet Devices (Intel CVT for MID) | Yes | | Intel 64 | Yes | | Execute Disable Bit | Yes | | Idle States | Yes | | Thermal Monitoring Technologies | Yes | | Processor package size | 42 x 28 mm | | Supported instruction sets | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX 2.0 | | Processor code | SR2FQ | | CPU configuration (max) | 1 | | Graphics | 14 nm | | Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes | | Intel Identity Protection Technology version | 1.00 | | Intel Smart Response Technology version | 1.00 | | Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) version | 0.00 | | Intel Secure Key Technology version | 1.00 | | Intel Small Business Advantage (SBA) version | 1.00 | | Intel TSX-NI version | 1.00 | | Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes | | Processor ARK ID | 88967 | | Conflict-Free processor | Yes | Other features | AC adapter included | Yes | Battery | Battery technology | Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) | | Number of battery cells | 9 | Design | Product type | Laptop | | Product colour | Black | | Form factor | Clamshell | | Market positioning | Gaming | Security | Cable lock slot | Yes | | Cable lock slot type | Kensington | Audio | Audio system | Nahimic Audio Enhancer | | Number of built-in speakers | 2 | | Speakers manufacturer | Dynaudio | | Built-in subwoofer | Yes | | Built-in microphone | Yes | Camera | Front camera | Yes | | Front camera resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | | Video capturing speed | 30 fps | Keyboard | Numeric keypad | Yes | | Pointing device | Touchpad | | Keyboard backlit | Yes | | Windows keys | Yes | Memory | Internal memory | 16 GB | | Maximum internal memory | 64 GB | | Internal memory type | DDR4-SDRAM | | Memory form factor | SO-DIMM | | Memory slots | 4x SO-DIMM | Weight & dimensions | Weight | 3780 g | | Width | 428 mm | | Depth | 294 mm | | Height | 48 mm | Packaging content | Manual | Yes | Power | AC adapter power | 230 W | | AC adapter frequency | 50 - 60 Hz | Software | Operating system installed | Windows 10 Home | | Operating system architecture | 64-bit | Network | Top Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) | | Wi-Fi | Yes | | Wi-Fi standards | 802.11a, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) | | Ethernet LAN | Yes | | Ethernet LAN data rates | 10,100,1000 Mbit/s | | Bluetooth | Yes | | Bluetooth version | 4.1 | Performance | Motherboard chipset | Intel CM236 | Display | Display diagonal | 17.3 " | | Display resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | | HD type | Full HD | | Panel type | IPS | | LED backlight | Yes | | Native aspect ratio | 16:9 | | Display surface | Matt | Processor | Processor family | Intel® Core™ i7 | | Processor manufacturer | Intel | | Processor model | i7-6700HQ | | Processor frequency | 2.6 GHz | | Processor generation | 6th gen Intel® Core™ i7 | | Processor cores | 4 | | Processor threads | 8 | | Processor boost frequency | 3.5 GHz | | System bus rate | 8 GT/s | | Processor cache | 6 MB | | Processor cache type | Smart Cache | | Processor socket | BGA 1440 | | Processor lithography | 14 nm | | Processor operating modes | 64-bit | | Processor series | Intel Core i7-6700 Mobile series | | Processor codename | Skylake | | Bus type | DMI3 | | Stepping | R0 | | Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 W | | Configurable TDP-down | 35 W | | Tjunction | 100 °C | | Maximum number of PCI Express lanes | 16 | | PCI Express slots version | 3.0 | | PCI Express configurations | 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 | Ports & interfaces | USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity | 6 | | HDMI ports quantity | 1 | | USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity | 1 | | Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports | 1 | | HDMI version | 1.4 | | Mini DisplayPorts quantity | 1 | | Thunderbolt 3 ports quantity | 1 | | Headphone outputs | 1 | | Microphone in | Yes | | Charging port type | DC-in jack |
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