MSI TurboBook GX600 Gaming Notebook
3D Gaming Performance Results
Published: 12th May 2008 | Source: MSI | Price: ~£850 |
Quake 4 is a game built on the Doom 3 engine. Benchmarking was performed using Quake4Bench and a custom timedemo recording along with 2xAA, 2xAF settings at each notebooks native resolution. The benchmark was set to run a total of 5 times, with Quake4Bench automatically calculating an average result at the end of the run.
F.E.A.R. is a game based on the Lithtech Jupiter EX engine. It has volumetric lighting, soft shadows, parallax mapping and particle effects. Included in the game is a benchmark facility that taxes the entire PC system. This benchmark was run a total of 5 times, with the highest and lowest results being excluded and an average being calculated on the remaining 3 results.
Bioshock is a recent FPS shooter by 2K games. Based on the UT3 engine it has a large amount of advanced DirectX techniques including excellent water rendering and superb lighting and smoke techniques. All results were recorded using F.R.A.P.S with a total of 5 identical runs through the same area of the game. The highest and lowest results were then removed, with an average being calculated from the remaining 3 results.
Result Observations
While it may seem a little unfair to benchmark the MSI GX600 at its native resolution of 1280x800 against the Acer Aspire at 1440x900, it is our firm belief here at Overclock3D that if a notebook aimed at gamers is fitted with a large screen (17"+), then there should be sufficient GPU hardware inside the machine to cope with the higher resolution. Obviously this is not something that Acer have put in place, and as a result the Acer puts out some awful results, leaving the MSI GX600 to take the crown.
Most Recent Comments
Great review, Jim, but as stated, the design looks rather poor. Although it performs, I'd probably check around for other alternatives before settling with this one. But then again, I tend to go for bigger HDD's, screens and such, as it is a notebook. 
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QuoteI have a feeling the 7200rpm drives generally use more power - I judge that merely by having replaced some 5400rpms with them and noticing a great deal more heat. They work well enough tho.
Have to be honest, the design looks pretty cheap to me and the specs, although looking pretty good with the benchies don`t push me towards wanting to part with £850 for one.
Flimsy feeling case - for a gamer - it should be shrouded in rubber and polystrene black-taped to it
(probably wouldn`t help with the heat tho lol)
Don`t like these turbo-boost ideas either. I can remember turbo buttons on old pcs.
Bet it works a treat tho, as per the great review. (I`d buy the Acer with the lesser spec tbh, or look for a newer spec`d Acer)Quote
Have to be honest, the design looks pretty cheap to me and the specs, although looking pretty good with the benchies don`t push me towards wanting to part with £850 for one.
Flimsy feeling case - for a gamer - it should be shrouded in rubber and polystrene black-taped to it
(probably wouldn`t help with the heat tho lol)Don`t like these turbo-boost ideas either. I can remember turbo buttons on old pcs.
Bet it works a treat tho, as per the great review. (I`d buy the Acer with the lesser spec tbh, or look for a newer spec`d Acer)Quote
Im impressed that it nearly reached 3ghz!Quote
Gaming + notebook = FAIL. If you want to play games at decent res/settings you need a desktop.
Quite impressed with the CPU OC though
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Quite impressed with the CPU OC though
Quoteif i was going to buy a laptop, i would buy a dell, as their build quality is better
this doesnt offer a very good spec, or a very good build quality for the price it seems
good review thoughQuote
this doesnt offer a very good spec, or a very good build quality for the price it seems
good review though
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