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[Cloudfire]

You are right we didn't offer 72% color gamut matte-screen for upgrade, because we think the N173HGE-L11/L21 matte-screen is already 72% color gamut just by look at it.

There is not enough information about CMO N173HGE-L11 and we will provide 72% color gamut screen for upgrade if we can confirmed the N173HGE-L11 is not 72% color gamut.

I think you are right. It isn`t listed in the specs, but the other specs are almost identical between V.5 and the stock screen.

Stock screen: N173HGE_L11_L21
V.5: http://www.scribd.com/doc/50791317/B...nal-spec-HW-0A

V5 (90% color Gamut matte-type) and V4 (90% color Gamut Glossy) is AUO screen not the stock CMO, the stock screen is N173HGE-L1 Rev. C1.

From the V.5 link above, it says 72% gamut. I see people in the sager forums describing a screen that is around 95% gamut but at the same time matte. Is that possible for you to get? Or that 90% gamut matte? I`d pay extra cash for it but don`t want to install it myself if I order this laptop

[gatta]

Here it goes, please pretty please...
For God's sake, please Ken (GenTech) post some games on youtube so we can see how the stock screen fare on any game...

MSI GT780R-012US
i7-2720QM, GTX 560M, 2 x 500GB, 6X Blu-Ray, Intel 6230

[blacklight186]

I have been waiting to see how the stock screen perform on some games, like World of Warcraft, Crisis or Prince of Persia, any games..looked all over youtube and the Web... I did not see one video game played on the MSI GT780R-012US posted...If anyone have a spare time, come on, lets us see, how does it look???I am still waiting for UPS to deliver my MSI GT780R-012US...Maybe is better if I do some begging to anyone...lmao

I second this... could someone please release a gameplay video on the GT780R!

[midzi]

NBC review:
Test MSI GT780R Notebook - Notebookcheck.com Tests

150W PSU is too weak...

[desktopsheavyonlap]

NBC review:
Test MSI GT780R Notebook - Notebookcheck.com Tests

150W PSU is too weak...

What a downer. But we should note that the machine there had 2 WD 5400rpm hdd's and a bd player, not that that makes a difference.

They seem to be pretty harsh on quality issues. Still cheaper than the rest of the pack though...

how much do you think the keyboard is responsible for the lack of power?

[Night Dweller]

I fell in love with this laptop, was planning to get me a GX660/683 first.

However, it seems it might take a little while before we get it over here in The Netherlands. I emailed a few online shops about the releasedate and got told that they're not planning to sell it as long as the GX/GT 600 series keep selling well. Seems ridiculous to me. I hope it might depend on the shop though...

Shipping from the US might also be an option, however the shippingcosts are pretty high and I don't even want to think about international RMA procedures if it's needed. Guess I have to be patient...

[Bill Smith7]

uh oh.. anyone experiencing this? (from translated German review)

"Our mandatory stress test (Furmark & Prime) carry out, unfortunately, is not reasonable. No matter whether the "turbo" mode and the Luftertaste enables or disables were: the CPU throttelte at lightning speed to 800 MHz shut down after a few minutes, shut off the notebook completely."

Test MSI GT780R Notebook - Notebookcheck.com Tests

[Homer S]

uh oh.. anyone experiencing this? (from translated German review)

"Our mandatory stress test (Furmark & Prime) carry out, unfortunately, is not reasonable. No matter whether the "turbo" mode and the Luftertaste enables or disables were: the CPU throttelte at lightning speed to 800 MHz shut down after a few minutes, shut off the notebook completely."

Test MSI GT780R Notebook - Notebookcheck.com Tests

If you continue on, it says their unit had a 150 watt power brick. I thought Ken confirmed that they come with a 190 watt power brick? [nevermind, I was mistaken] I see on gentechpc.com that they are listed as having a 150W power brick, uh oh...

Homer

[moho]

What a downer. But we should note that the machine there had 2 WD 5400rpm hdd's and a bd player, not that that makes a difference.

They seem to be pretty harsh on quality issues. Still cheaper than the rest of the pack though...

Yeah, I'm a bit surprised myself. I generally really like the reviews done on this site, but I almost wonder if they either don't like MSI, or if they got a real lemon. They did say that this was a "pre-production" model, so that could certainly be part of it.

Anyway, I put the whole thing bit by bit through Google Translate, and they didn't seem to like much about the notebook. They did like the stock screen, though, lawl

Anyway, here's a list of what they didn't like...
-cover (too fragile)
-hinge (not optimal, too much movement)
-port positioning (too many convoluted wires)
-mega bloatware (50+ programs that required removal)
-loud keys, rough touchpad
-poor vertical viewing angles
-RAM overkill (they would have preferred an SSD drive instead, lol)
-noise (not particularly quiet)
-power supply issues (they couldn't run Furmark without the unit shutting down as it attempted to draw 195 watts from a 150 watt PSU)
-sound (they weren't particularly impressed)

A bit shocking to me that MSI would send them a machine that has so many issues. The only thing that really concerns me is the issue with the PSU -- I was actually surprised that it wasn't larger when word first came out about the laptop, considering the keyboard, 2 HDDs, GPU, etc. I think that many of the other negatives could possibly be a result of the pre-production build quality. Still just a bit odd -- they didn't seem to like any of the supposed strengths of the machine.

At this point, I'm really looking forward to reading some rigorous reviews from the folks in here who are just getting their machines!

[moho]

If you continue on, it says their unit had a 150 watt power brick. Didn't Ken confirm that they come with a 190 watt power brick?

Homer

Don't believe so; says 150W on GenTech, Xotic, and PowerNotebooks.