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numbers you’d expect on the desktop
equivalent. With some overclocking
(via MSI’s Afterburner) I was able to
raise that score to a more desktop
like 3,235. This was stable and I could
play games and run benchmarks for
hours on end, but I’d not recommend
it simply because there’s no way of
telling what kind of stress it’s putting
on all the other components in the
notebook in such a small space.
With that said, I’m more than
impressed by the GT70-Dragon
Edition and I do say, if you have the
funds for it, give it some serious
consideration because you’ll not be
disappointed.
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Power button – you can’t miss this
one
This control panel has the Turbo
button, Wi-Fi, screen brightness
and cooling enhancement. You best
engage this feature if you plan on
doing a little mild overclocking for
those demanding games that need it.
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Keyboard designed by SteelSeries,
an outfit which is certainly
synonymous with competitive and
casual gamers alike. The tactile
feedback is great and allows for some
comfortable speed typing as well.
The keyboard backlights are also
customizable through the KLM (Key
LED Manager) software.
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Full surround sound outputs
and a headphone out with builtin AMP. This should come in handy
for those headphones that need
a little more juice to get going.
Dynaudio speakers sound alright
by notebook standards. Not quite
the B&O sound reproduction we’ve
heard from some notebooks before,
but certainly above average in all
respects.
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Killer Ethernet NIC just like the
recent GAMING motherboards
from MSI. Prioritize game packets
over other network traffic. Not sure
how much this helps in a real gaming
context, but it can’t hurt. That it’s
banned in some LAN events means
there must be some advantage to it at
the very least.
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The Notebook comes with Windows
8 pre-installed, not the easiest
operating system to get to grips with,
but if you’re not a fan you can always
go back to Windows 7. Having said that
Windows 8 does grow on you and it’s a
perfect fit for the GT70.
[ The OverClocker ]
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NVIDIA Optimus technology
enabled notebook, allows you
to switch between the integrated
4000 series INTEL graphics and
NVIDIA’s own GTX675MX GPU with
4GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory.
Incidentally, the built in GPU
produced a score of 531 in 3DMark
Fire Strike making the GTX675MX at
least 5X faster.
The Score
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