MSI shows thin and light 17.3″ gaming laptop with RTX 2080 GPU and 144Hz screen
MSI presents the GS75 Stealth, a 17.3″ model in the brand’s thin and light gaming laptops series. Inside the laptop are an Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q video card, a Core i7 hexacore and a 144Hz panel. GS75 is less than 2cm thick and weighs 2.25kg.
The GS75 is a larger variant of the GS65, the 15.6 “model that appeared last year. MSI is also releasing a new version of that laptop with an RTX 2080 Max-Q and Core i7-8750H hexacore.
The GS75 Stealth model with a 17.3″ screen is according to MSI about 19 mm thin and the weight is said to be 2.25 kg. The configuration with RTX 2080 and Core i7 hexacore is the most expensive version. There will also be variants with other specifications, but details on that have not yet been disclosed.
The laptop has a SteelSeries keyboard with RGB lighting and the 144Hz screen uses an IPS panel with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Three M2 SSDs fit in the laptop: one SATA copy and two NVME variants.
| MSI GS75 Stealth | MSI GS65 Stealth | |
| Processor | Up to Intel Core i7 hexacore | Up to Intel Core i7 hexacore |
| GPU | Up to GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q | Up to GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q |
| Screen | 17.3″, 1920×1080 pixels, ips, 144Hz | 15.6″, 1920×1080 pixels, ips, 144Hz |
| Storage | 1x m2 sata ssd, 2x m2 nvme ssd | 1x m2 sata ssd, 1x m2 nvme ssd |
| Dimensions | 396.1×259.5×18.95mm | 357.7,247.7×17.9mm |
| Weight | 2.25kg | 1.9kg |
MSI will also announce other new gaming laptops at CES. There will be new versions of the GT75 Titan and the GT63 Titan. These are large and heavy gaming laptops of 17.3″ and 15.6″, which are equipped with the regular version of the RTX 2080. The GT75 top model contains a maximum of a Core i9 processor and a mechanical keyboard.
| MSI GT75 Titan | MSI GT63 Titan | |
| Processor | Up to Intel Core i9 Hexacore | Up to Intel Core i7 hexacore |
| GPU | Up to GeForce RTX 2080 | Up to GeForce RTX 2080 |
| Screen | 17.3″, 1920×1080 pixels, ips, 144Hz 17.3″, 3840×2160 pixels, ips, 100% argb |
15.6″, 1920×1080 pixels, ips, 144Hz 15.6″, 3840×2160 pixels, ips |
| Dimensions | 428x314x58mm | 390x266x39.8mm |
| Weight | 4.56kg | 2.94kg |
Furthermore, MSI will present new versions of its GE75 and GE63 Raider laptops, as well as of the GL73 and GL63 models. The GE versions will be available with up to RTX 2080 video cards and the GL models will be equipped with up to the RTX 2060 GPU.
In the GE models, MSI uses IPS panels with a refresh rate of 144Hz; in the GL models there are 120Hz panels whose type is not specified. This probably concerns the tn panels that MSI has been using for some time. MSI has not yet announced anything about the prices and availability of the new gaming laptops in the Benelux.