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// On :Sunday 22 March 2015
One Whatsapp message. That’s all it took. One line of text and my day just got more exciting. I’d been waiting for a while to hear back from my friend when suddenly my phone beeped and I saw the message.
“I’m Dominating the Game”
I could only reply “Wait for me to unbox it together!!” before flying out the door and rushing over to his office. You see, ever since MSI announced the GT72 ("MSI GT72 Dominator and Dominator Pro officially launched") and its use of the MXM GPU card by Nvidia I've been reading up a lot on this notebook and seeing all the good reviews. The MXM GPU basically makes it future proof by letting users upgrade their graphic cards as and when they need it. (Awesome!)
MSI also included a few other new technologies like SHIFT and SuperRaid 3 into the mix so I couldn’t wait to check it out and see how it worked for a gamer like me. So imagine my excitement when my friend told he had already booked one unit and was counting down the days till it arrived.
By the time I arrived at his office he had already gotten the notebook box out of the delivery carton, so I made him put it all back and start all over again. Lols!
Opening the huge cardboard box, you notice straightaway the MSI gaming box and MSI backpack..
Taking everything out of the cardboard box my first impressions are that this was a very different backpack from what MSI usually includes with its other G Series notebooks.
The material definitely feels more solid with a much larger space inside to contain the new GT72 gaming beast. There are also 3 separate compartments to organize your notebook, power cables and any other gaming gear you want to carry around.
We then moved into my friends office and took out the first box. Guessing that this must be the one with the notebook inside we were very excited and couldn't wait.
Opening the first box you can see the GT72 safely encased with foam padding and a covered by a protective woven bag material.
And after removing all of the protective shipping material we finally got to see the ultimate gaming weapon from MSI. And all I can say is "Wow!"
We then took the notebook to another table for a closer look at the excellent build and finer details in its gaming features.
The top cover of the notebook is actually brushed aluminum (you can't see it since my friend wouldn't remove the plastic first) with the MSI dragon logo lighting up when the notebook is switched on. The rest of the notebook surface is a stylish and sexy matte black with the palm rest and touchpad having a smooth metallic feel to it. Definitely feels very premium.
Turning the notebook around to the back I could see the GT72 had 2 mini-DisplayPort and an HDMI port for output to 3 display monitors. Can't wait to test this with Nvidia surround display to see how things look.
Turning to the left side of the notebook there are a total of 4x USB 3.0 ports and 4x for sound with Line in/Line out and Mic-in/Headphone-out. So it's possible to connect this to table top speakers but after hearing the sound from the in-built Dynaudio speakers I don't think this is necessary. Looking closer, I also noticed something unique. One of the USD 3.0 ports had some 'energy/power' symbol next to it.
After some googling I found out that this was something special from MSI. The USB port will actually apply higher current charging for Apple devices (and even works without switching on the notebook!) so that your iPad or iPhone charges faster than through regular USB ports.
On the right side they minimized the total number of ports to only 2x USB 3.0 ports and the Blu-ray burner. This is probably so that you can connect your mouse and other gaming gear without too many cables to get tangled up.
Turning round to the back I was immediately drawn to the sporty red wire mesh that opened up the bottom of the notebook for better air flow and cooling. The design reminded me of the aggressive engine covers use by Lamborghini supercars and classic Ferrari sports cars.
On the right side of the bottom cover was the integrated subwoofer from Dynaudio and a sticker showing the notebook was installed with Sound Blaster Cinema 2. This meant that the GT72 could even be paired up with a Multi-Channel Speaker setup and all this could be controlled by the Sound Blaster software.
I also wanted to open up the back cover to check out the new upgradeable MXM GPU from Nvidia but since this was my friends notebook I didn't want to risk screwing things up for him.
We explored the look of the notebook a little more and then decided to check out the other mysterious black box that came with it. I guessed this was the box containing the Super Pack that comes with the notebook and was correct!
The Mysterious Black Box
Opening up the black box revealed a lot of premium goodies including a special MSI branded SteelSeries Siberia v2 headset and a SteelSeres Kinzu mouse. Nice! They also included a gaming mousepad with the dragon logo and a keypad protector.
We hooked everything up to the GT72 and it definitely looks very nice together. Makes you feel like a pro gamer getting ready for an international competition. So what do you do with pro level gaming gear hooked up to a gaming beast of a machine? You play GAMES!
While we loaded up Steam and installed some games we decided to play around with the SteelSeries keyboard and check out the customizable backlit keys
The keyboard by SteelSeries really feels comfortable to use and I really like the tactile feedback from the key presses. Also impressive is the SteelSeries engine which gives control over a lot of customization possibilities. Apart from the SteelSeries keyboard, you can also control and customize any other SteelSeries gaming peripheral that's connected to the notebook.
~~~~~ Stay tuned.I will keep you updated (Excited)~~~~~countinue!!!!!!
