MSI - GS Series Stealth 17.3" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7- 16GB Memory- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q - 1.024TB SSD - Matte Black With Gold Diamond Cut

Let me start this off by letting you know that I'm not a gamer. I'm an architect. I don't need the latest and greatest hardware to push framerates, but I do need some horsepower when I'm trying to generate photorealistic renderings of buildings from my 3D BIM models to show my clients. So, on paper, the GS75 Stealth 093 appealed to me on many levels. First, architectural rendering is all about ray tracing. The way the light (both sunlight and from light fixtures and reflections) plays with a building is everything, especially to the clients. Until now, trying to simulate ray tracing with non-specialized, consumer-level hardware took absolutely forever and essentially required a dedicated machine to use if you wanted to keep working while another rig crunched on the picture. For big or important jobs, it was usually easier and quicker to sub the job out to a 3rd party with beefier hardware. However, it looks like the new RTX cards have changed all that. The popular rendering plugins absolutely love this laptop and its nVidia RTX 2080 graphics processor. Check out the attached screenshot of Lumion Pro 9.0's built-in benchmark tool. Every bar is maxed-out. For what it's worth, right out of the box and before I got all the drivers updated, the bars were all closer to the 90-95th percentile levels. Update your drivers, people! AutoCAD, Revit and ArchiCAD all work beautifully and the panning and rotating is buttery-smooth. Also, if you spend any time using CAD or BIM software, you'll recognize how essential it is to run multiple monitors. I haven't yet tried attaching a second display to the GS75's HDMI or Thunderbolt output, but I can confirm that the 17" HD screen does give you just enough space to have a decently sized working window open along with a properties or layout panel open, too, and that was one of my most important priorities when I started my laptop search. Second, I needed a powerful, yet inconspicuous machine that I could take to a meeting and open up on the conference table and not look like I thought I was showing up to a LAN party or eSports arena. While not what I would consider discreet or entirely "professional-looking," the GS75's gold accents are subdued enough to stand out in a good way, and I love that it doesn't look like some run-of-the-mill MacBook or Dell. Out of the box, the individually-lit keys on the SteelSeries keyboard blink slowly in a splashing pattern that’s beautiful, but a little distracting in a professional setting. I changed them to a soft, uniform colored backlight which looks great, and the keys themselves, while not giving you the solid feedback you get from a full mechanical keyboard, are very nice to type with and have a very pleasing action and sound. Also, the slim form factor is absolutely amazing and, while not light-weight, isn't tough to lug around on an extended site visit. Honestly, I can't say enough about this machine. I received a few games as a promo from nVidia for purchasing a rig with an RTX card inside. Again, not a gamer, but I installed Metro Exodus to see what I was missing out on. Using ME's built-in benchmark utility and with all the settings maxed-out on "Ultra," the GS75 managed to pump out absolutely gorgeous frames at an average rate of 45.27 per second (see attached screenshot), good to be within what they deem to be the 99th percentile. The framerate did dip below 30 fps during a few of the scenes with especially complex lighting and modeling, but I'm fairly confident that as the drivers for the new RTX hardware continue to evolve and the developers hone their techniques. Further, while some may be disappointed that the display isn’t full 4K resolution and doesn’t have touch capacity, I prefer a nice, 1920 x 1080 display. It’s better for battery life and graphics speed, and I really don’t have much use for a touchscreen that isn’t in a tablet form factor, especially with all the fingerprints that come with it. I absolutely love this laptop. There are, however, a few negatives: 1. Windows 10 Home. I need several of the Windows 10 Pro features to use this as my work laptop, so if you don’t have an upgrade code handy, it will cost you another $100 or so to upgrade to Pro. 2. Be prepared to spend a lot of time updating drivers and utilities out of the box. Between Windows updates, nVidia drivers and utilities, MSI Dragon utilities, various drivers for all of the specialized hardware, plus any of the Steam, Epic, Origin, etc. game distribution platforms that you may be invested in, it will likely take you several hours of downloading updates before you can start playing with your new toy. 3. If you’re trying to take advantage of the 3-game nVidia RTX bundle, make sure you’ve already upgraded to the latest nVidia Experience software before you try to redeem the codes. Otherwise you’ll be stuck in a loop where the software directs you to the website to redeem the codes, but the website insists that you redeem the codes through the software. 4. I was unable to adjust the backlighting on the SteelSeries keyboard before updating the SteelSeries Engine 3 software several times. The software would let me make changes to the keyboard RGB configuration, but they wouldn’t take effect. In fact, a version of the SteelSeries Engine software that was actually able to change the keyboard effects wasn’t released until a few days after I received the laptop, and even now it’s still a little hit and miss. Sometimes it will allow me to make changes in real time, and other times the changes won’t take effect until after perform a full reboot. 5. The Windows key is in an odd location on the right side of the keyboard. While not a huge deal, it is a minor inconvenience when switching back and forth between a standard keyboard and the laptop. 6. The 512GB NVMe SSD is a little cramped. Once I loaded on my CAD, BIM and rendering software, I was left with only 100GB of free space. Loading a large BIM project or a AAA game would eat up much of the remaining space. While I’m thankful that MSI made it so simple to add additional NVMe drives by removing the back panel (even though one of the slots is only SATA M.2 capable), I feel like the SSD that comes with a $3,000 laptop should offer a little more breathing room, especially when it’s geared for huge games. 7. There is no fingerprint reader on this device. That’s not necessarily a negative, but if you read some of the asked and answered questions on the Amazon listing for this device, several people are insisting that this laptop comes with a fingerprint reader. That is not the case. 8. I don’t love that the power connection is on the side of the device. I understand that the cooling system spans the entire back of the laptop and doesn’t leave room for the power connection at the rear, but a side connection isn’t optimal practically or aesthetically. I wish more laptop manufacturers would emulate Apple’s MagSafe power cord connection. I understand that there’s probably a patent barrier, but it prevents a laptop from being damaged or yanked right off the desk or table if someone trips on or snags a trailing power cord. 9. Finally, another power cord related problem. It appears that my power cord got kinked during manufacture, packaging or shipping. It arrived with a split in the wire loom that exposes the wires running through the cord. The wires are still insulated to it’s not a safety hazard, but it was a little disappointing to open the box for such an expensive machine and find out that it had already been damaged. I haven’t found these power cables available online for sale by themselves, yet, but it operates fine, so I doubt I’ll pursue the hassle of an RMA request. Just a little disappointing. In the grand scheme of things, all these negatives border on being nitpicky. This machine is absolutely fantastic, and I doubt that anyone will be disappointed.

I started using the product recently. First of all, it has a very stylish and light design in appearance. The game performance is quite satisfying, the features fan system works very well. Currently I can comfortably play all new games at top performance. I recommend this light and powerful PC !!!

This is a great laptop. Its super powerful super portable and really not that loud under full load. The screen is amazing and 144hz is great too. The only issue that I have is that I wish they would've made it easier to install another stick of RAM. It's so much faster with dual channel that its basically a necessity and I'm not looking forward to taking this entire thing apart to drop in another stick of 16gb but other than that it's great.

Since early 2015 i have been a fan of MSI when i bought the GT72 2QE(Dominator Pro Dragon) which was a beast of a machine but was big and heavy. I travel every 2 weeks by plane to work and frankly just got tired of hauling it around. I started shopping for something powerful for gaming but with a smaller footprint, that's when i found out about the GS75. At first i was skeptical because i thought no way this thin computer can run games at ultra settings and keep cool. After owning and gaming hard on this laptop for about 2 weeks now, i have to say that i am a believer. I do highly recommend using the dragon center software advanced option for your fan settings, because at first i wasn't impressed with cooling but i just went into the dragon center and messed with the fans a little so they rev up a little sooner and I am super happy with the results and the dragon center app allows you to watch your temperatures from your phone while you game. I really love this little laptop that gives me all the power I wanted in a much smaller form factor, but not giving up the 17" screen.

Back when MSI came out with the GS63 stealth, we ended up over a 3-4 month span buying 5 of them as computers to do graphics work in our office, they were awesome! This GS75 Stealth is replacing my custom built tower as my daily driver and that had an i7 6950X with a GTX1080ti, this laptop is only a few square inches bigger than my GS63 I also had on my desk to use for travel and now I can do it all with just the one laptop! We do a lot of photos and video editing for our e-commerce company and this laptop is simply epic... the fans can get loud when we are running full on video editing and rendering, however that is to be expected and finally MSI put the power button in a place that you are not going to hit it! The old series of MSI laptops had huge issues with their speakers, this laptop has very good quality speakers, granted they are not Harmon Kardon or B&O, they will do the job and sound fine for any game, movie, or production scenario you could put it through! Keyboard's built in RGB is awesome and has alot of different modes and customization right out of the box, you can hook up to an external keyboard but i find myself choosing the built in keyboard on the laptop vs the Corsair k70 rapid fire i have from my last build! Only con is when typing on the keyboard the bigger touch pad on the PC is just big enough to get in the way and your palm will end up touching it and hitting it constantly, simple fix, turn it off and use a bluetooth or usb mouse which anyone buying this laptop probably will have. Using the logitech MX Master mouse myself!

I purchased this for both a work and a gaming laptop. The work side of the computer is good. I have no lag while working on larger Photoshop and Illustrator files. Video editing is smooth as well. The gaming quality is amazing. Games run smoothly and can run on highest/ultra graphic quality. I did purchase external drives for storage of both games and work files.

As it has already been stated by numerous reviewers, the build quality is sub-par. Everything else is near perfect for me. I chose this one over the other offerings for its near 15.6" laptop form-factor and impressive I/O. Seriously. It's amazing being able to travel without dongles. Price wasn't even the factor here. While it has a better build quality and slightly better performance, the similarly specd' ASUS Zephyrus is lacking a bit in the I/O offerings. This is why I chose this MSI stealth over either the Zephyrus and Razer Blade. For Audiophiles, while you obviously can't expect this to match a several-hundred dollar Dac/Amp setup at my desktop at home, it is the most competently a portable 3.5" jack on either a phone or laptop has ever driven my cans. Really nice to be able to plug in my HD 650s or AKG K7XXs on the go without additional battery-powered USB amp/dac I used to use.

Worth every penny, glad I went with the 2080 GTX over the 2070. This thing flys, it’s quiet, and it handsome!!