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ADVERTORIAL

MSI GT70 2PE

Dominator Pro
Gaming notebooks are largely expected
to be the Godzillas of the PC world,
and the MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro
happily obliges.

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hile thinner and lighter has become vogue
in notebook circles, every so often it is
reassuring to see a gaming machine that
departs from convention to claim the honour of being
unabashedly monstrous by comparison. The 17.3”
GT70 2PE Dominator Pro machine, which sports
a brushed aluminium finish, is both thick (55 mm)
and solid, and particularly designed for long gaming
sessions. This profile though is not without good cause,
as it allows better airflow from the back and sides.

More than a name
Along with a name that is quite a formidable mouthful, the GT70 2PE
Dominator Pro’s specs do in fact smell as sweet. The components
onboard include the high-end quad-core Intel Core i7-4810MQ (up to
3.8 GHz) CPU, and a superb graphics card in the form of the Nvidia
GeForce GTX 880M with a significant 8 GB of dedicated memory. As
for system memory, users will find 8 GB, which can be upgraded to
a whopping 32 GB to ensure everything runs smoothly and that the
Dominator Pro chews through general tasks for breakfast.
As for the always-important screen, the Dominator Pro sports a
17.3” Full HD (1920x1080) anti-glare screen with LED backlight. This
offers wide horizontal viewing angles, vibrant colours and an antiglare coating to keep distractions to the bare minimum.

Steel yourself
Additionally users can either enjoy the default capacious 1 TB hard
drive, or instead opt for three MSATA SSD’s which support Super
Raid. Along for the ride is the versatile SteelSeries keyboard. This
enables users to customise the multi-colour backlighting to their
hearts’ content, as well as customise each key to their liking, to suit
their individual play style. Gamers can freely choose any key as a
launch application button, and take advantage of 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.
Along with an SD slot and Blu-ray drive, the Dominator Pro further
offers a plethora of ports. These include two USB 2.0 ports and
three USB 3.0 ports, HDMI VGA and a DisplayPort, which enables
users to connect three monitors simultaneously.

No one trick pony
Not only is this a superb gaming notebook, but thanks to the
combination of the powerful processor and the monstrous graphics
card, more intensive tasks such as video and photo editing will

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EVERY SO OFTEN IT IS REASSURING TO SEE A
GAMING MACHINE THAT DEPARTS FROM CONVENTION
TO CLAIM THE HONOUR OF BEING UNABASHEDLY
MONSTROUS BY COMPARISON.

be handled well within the
Dominator Pro’s ambit. The MSI
GT70 is fully expected to live
up to its name, dominate the
market and provide performance
that can exceed those of many
desktop gaming PCs. According
to Evetech, users can expect
stable 60 fps on games like
BF4 and Bioshock Infinite.
Additionally, the Nvidia Kepler
GPU should further reassure
players of an excellent gameplay
experience for years to come.
To sweeten the deal the notebook
comes with a few free extras,
the likes of the Steelseries Kinzu
V2 gaming mouse, MSI gaming
backpack, 16 GB Sandisk flash
drive, as well as a MSI Gaming
mouse pad. It is available from
Evetech for R24 000 by visiting
www.evetech.co.za or calling
010-786-0044.

CPU:
Intel Core i7
4810MQ @ 3.8 GHz

Graphics :
GeForce GTX
880M 8 GB

Screen :
17.3” Full HD
Anti-glare

Memory :
8 GB 1600 MHz
DDR RAM

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