MSI GT72 2QD Dominator 17.3inch Gaming Laptop (Core i7, 16GB, 1TB, 128GB SSD, GTX 970M 6GB, Windows 8.1)

The NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970M Series brings extreme, next-generation graphics performance to serious gaming notebooks. As the first graphics solution to reach a score over 9,000 in 3DMark 11, the GeForce GTX 970M delivers extremely fast and fluid gameplay at the highest settings and resolutions in a lightweight and portable design.

FEATURES
Windows 8.1
The 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) anti-glare LCD in LED backlight
Enthusiast level NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 970M 6G discrete graphics card provides great performance and ultra image quality
The whole new feature “SHIFT” brings you total control over the system’s balance between performance and temperature
Exclusive Super RAID 3 with 4 SSD RAID0 gives over 1600MB/s reading speed! (option)
Cooler Boost 3: Higher efficiency dual cooling system.
Killer Double Shot Pro (Killer Gb LAN + Killer 802.11 a/c WiFi) with Smart Teaming
Audio Boost 2 with 3 independent amp for best sound experience
Evolution of Sound by Dynaudio 2.1 sound system
SteelSeries Engine to customize every key and devices for personalizing your play style
XSplit Gamecaster for easily recording gaming moments, broadcasting and sharing live gameplay sessions to Twitch, YouTube, UStream and more
Keyboard by SteelSeries with full color LED back light and solid feedback
Matrix display support max 4 displays to expand the vision for extreme gaming experience or multi tasks

Brand new design with e-sport enthusiasm
To ride with a lightning speed and exceed competitors is always the most wanted dream that hardcore gamers wish to have. A tremendous weapon packs extraordinary power and shaped with sleek appearance, we believe there is no way for users to reject. With brush metal and aesthetics lines inspired by matte black racing cars, the new GT series gaming notebooks is definitely designed to be the overwhelming dominator of the cyber world.

“SHIFT”
The whole new feature “SHIFT” brings you total control over the system’s balance between performance and temperature. Switch between profiles “Sport,” “Comfort,” and “Green” to find the perfect balance between system performance and temperature. SHIFT is activated by the FN + F7 hotkey combo, or via the Dragon Gaming Center.

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.

The Stunning Storage Speed
Super RAID 3, an MSI exclusive technology, enables disk read/write speeds of 1600MB/s and above with 4x M.2 SSDs in RAID0. Super RAID 3 pushes both performance as well as storage capacity to the limit.*Please contact your local dealer for final SKU.

Ultra efficiency dual cooling system
The Cooler Boost 3 dual cooling system is developed for use with the next generation extreme performance mobile processors. Besides making sure your system stays within thermal limits at all times during regular use, users can manually boost the cooling system by a simple key, located to the left side of the keyboard. This will maximize the cooling and ensure a chilly system, even during those marathon gaming sessions, regardless of how demanding the environment while still staying qWith components such as the Intel Core i7 Extreme CPUs and NVIDIA GTX 880M graphics, the cooling is vital for performance, Cooler Boost 3 lowers CPU temperatures with ~8-10°C, and GPU temperatures ~4-5°C. With this new cooling solution, you will see not only lower temperatures than the competition can offer, but also lower total noise levels without the need for bulky coolers.

Killer Double Shot Pro with Smart Teaming
The Killer Double Shot Pro supports both Killer Gb LAN and WiFi 802.11ac dual band protocol and average latency improvement is 3.5 times than others who support 802.11ac as well. It also has Smart Teaming function which will be operated by Killer Network Manager to optimize the bandwidth usage combined with WiFi and Gb LAN at the same time.

SOUND by DYNAUDIO 2.1 speaker system
Years of cooperation between MSI and one of the world’s leading speaker manufacturers Dynaudio has led up to the finest sound system in a notebook yet in the GT72.

The true 2.1 sound system delivers an authentic sound experience you will not have heard previously in a notebook, you simply need to hear it to believe it. Power amplitude has gone up by 50% from previous generations, meaning a full 10dB volume increase. You will be able to enjoy your games or movies in a whole new way with the Dynaudio sound offered in the GT series.

AUDIO BOOST 2
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, improving on measurable parameters in traditional audio solutions by an average of 30%. It 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

Sound Blaster Cinema 2
Sound Blaster™ Cinema 2 brings the audio experience of live performances, cinemas and recording studios right into your living room. Powered by SBX Pro Studio, Sound Blaster Cinema 2 is designed with many customizable features such as multi-channel speaker calibration, maximizing every speaker’s potential in different layouts, as well as professionally tuned profiles, making the most of common headset and headphone models available on the market.

CUSTOMIZE Your Game Style
SteelSeries Engine is an app that transforms your keyboard in to a lethal gaming weapon. Here, you can customize each individual key, create different macros, manage keyboard lighting and customize the keyboard to your liking.

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!!

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.

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).

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.

The Real Deal
A Keyboard All Gamers Desire For Gamers
Exclusive keyboard positioning and golden triangle layout offers a better gaming experience.

Show Off or Just Make for Fun
Best Live Streaming App Ever
XSplit Gamecaster lets you easily record your gaming experience and broadcast it live to Twitch, YouTube, UStream and more.
It’s simple, easy to use and ideal for sharing your gameplay with friends, family or the world - or for capturing those perfect gaming moments, just for the heck of it.

Expand The Vision
Imagine expanding your gaming real estate across three displays in full HD for a completely immersive gaming experience. With the Matrix Display, you can now use the latest surround view display technology to build the multi-display gaming experience with up to 4K resolutions or multitask effectively by HDMI 1.4 and dual Mini

Display-Port 1.2. (Overall 4 monitors including notebook’s monitor on GT series.)
Handle the big screen with support of up to 3840 x 2160 resolutions to watch your movies or play your games in true HD when connected to an HDTV.

A Must-have Engine for Gaming
CPU performance has increased by 3%-7%, while the overall platform performance is 15% higher. GPU performance has seen an even more radical improvement in performance of over 30% on average. This is a huge step forward in integrated graphics performance, aside from significant advances in user experience and battery life.

Vivid 17 inch Wide View IPS Display(Optional)
MSI latest 17 inch gaming notebook built in with latest IPS 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.

Technical Details

Model

Brand : MSI
Model : GT72 2QD Dominator

Specifications

CPU : The 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7 4710HQ Processor
OS : Windows 8.1
Chipset : Intel HM87
Memory : 16GB(8GB x 2) DDR3L,up to 1600 MHz,max 32GB
LCD Size : 17.3" Full HD (1920x1080), Anti-glare
Graphics : GeForce GTX 970M
Graphics : VRAM GDDR5 6GB
HDD (GB) : 128GB Super RAID(M.2 SATA) + 1TB HDD 7200rpm
Optical Drive : BD Writer
Webcam : Full HD type (30fps@ 1080p)
Card Reader : SD (XC/HC)
LAN Killer : DoubleShot Pro Gb LAN
Wireless LAN : Killer DoubleShot Pro 11ac
Bluetooth : Bluetooth 4.0
HDMI : 1(v1.4), Support 4Kx2K Output
USB 2.0 port : 0
USB 3.0 port : 6
Mini-DisplayPort : 2(v1.2), Support 4Kx2K Output
Mic-in/Headphone-out : 1/1
Line-in : 1
Keyboard : Full-color backlight SteelSeries keyboard
AC Adapter : 230W
Battery : 9-Cell Lithium Ion (83wHr)

Audio
Sound by Dynaudio 2.1 channel with 1 subwoofer
Support 7.1 channel SPDIF output
Exclusive Audio Boost 2 technology
Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2

Dimension & Weight
Dimension : 428(W) x 294(D) x 48(H)mm
Weight (KG) : 3.78Kg (w/ Battery)