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Loaded with an Intel i7-4800MQ CPU rated to a TDP (thermal design power) of 47W, and the GTX 880M's own TDP counting in at over 100, there's plenty for the battery to contend with here. Power, heat, and noise - each in equal amounts the bane of pushing towards the bleeding edge of mobile graphics technology - are facets that bear mention with this laptop. Build quality is superb all-round, although as with other laptops in this 17-inch bracket, the keyboard features a very slight flex towards its centre. Turning the corner, there are two USB 2.0 ports, and appropriately three USB 3.0 inputs, a Blu-ray drive, and SD slot, and a line of audio connectors. To count, there are single HDMI, VGA and DisplayPort connections that in concert allow for up to three monitors at once. Its push for depth is a wise move that allows better ventilation from the back and sides, and also a comprehensive input range to its rim. It measures in at 55mm tall at its hinge, with a SteelSeries chiclet keyboard filling the lower half (pepped up with multi-colour backlighting). Physically, it's a thick and sturdy piece of kit with a brushed aluminium finish. The anti-glare coating also helps massively here. Colours are vibrant, and unlike the thoroughly disappointing LCD panel on the smaller GE40 model, brightness can even be cranked up for comfortable outdoors use.
Wide horizontal viewing angles still produce a faded perceived image, but with eyes central, the colour contrast is every bit as impressive as the MSI GE60 laptop we reviewed last year. The laptop itself is thankfully well-built, with a 17.3-inch screen that defies some of the nastier stereotypes attached to LED-backlit panels. Storage: 1TB HDD and 256GB SSD (mSATA3).
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MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro specsĪ stylish, powerhouse gaming notebook, with some expected drawbacks. At this point it's all about the rest of the hardware in the package, and in the MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro it's clear we have a highly potent set-up.
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In theory then, we have exceptional rendering power available, plus a memory allocation that out-strips both consoles and most gaming GPUs. In addition, it allows fill-rate flexible enough to support 1080p in even the most cutting-edge games. Alas the 880M does fall short of the Sony console's 176GB/s memory bandwidth, with an offering of up to 160GB/s - however, it has the advantage of not having to share memory access with the CPU, in theory giving it a distinct advantage. Linking it all together is a 256-bit memory bus - at which point the figures begin to sound equatable to the PS4's memory setup. Surprisingly, the 880M now has the option to work with up to 8GB of GDDR5 RAM (clocked at 5GB/s), as opposed to being locked at the previous limit of 4GB. That's the lot for core changes, save for one other eye-opening upgrade. This arrives by way of a single bump in core clock speed, from 823MHz to 954MHz plus the added ability to boost up to 993MHz where thermal headroom allows. The 880M is fashioned through the same 28nm manufacturing process as last year's Kepler-based 780M, but with Nvidia's claims to a 15 per cent boost in overall performance.
The specs are quite astonishing on paper, but it's worth highlighting that it builds on a strong existing foundation.
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But a bigger question looms larger: with MSI's GT70 2PE Dominator Pro laptop hosting this top-end part, could it be in a position to topple the PS4 and Xbox One in terms of performance - and at what cost?
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Tied to a mammoth 8GB of GDDR5 memory and utilising the same Kepler GK104 processor that drives some of the best desktop GPUs, the promise of a high-end PC experience in a laptop is more potent than ever.
Right now, the Nvidia GTX 880M graphics chip is the most powerful hardware of its kind available for gaming notebooks.
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