{"id":63107,"date":"2014-04-07T12:25:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=63107"},"modified":"2014-04-08T07:42:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T05:42:05","slug":"meet-the-insane-msi-dominator-pro-with-gtx-880m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/63107-meet-the-insane-msi-dominator-pro-with-gtx-880m","title":{"rendered":"Meet the insane MSI Dominator Pro with GTX 880M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now this laptop is worth making a bit of noise about.<\/p>\n<p>With specs blowing away most desktop gaming PCs, the latest MSI\u00a0GT70 has been fitted with the flagship GTX 880M graphics chipset (plus 8GB of DDR5 video memory), 16GB of DDR3 RAM, an\u00a0Intel i7 4800MQ quad-core CPU, and a 256GB SSD. Heck, this laptop might even <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/63105-watch-dogs-recommended-pc-specs-will-make-you-cry.html\">run Watch Dogs<\/a> on high settings.<\/p>\n<p>The laptop is fairly thick at 55mm, and weighs a wrist straining 3.9kgs, which is expected considering the hardware it is packing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/digitalfoundry-2014-msi-gt70-2pe-dominator-pro-with-gtx-880m-review\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Digital Foundry<\/a> posted performance results for the laptop, and as you can see below, they are not to be scoffed at.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crysis 3, High, 2x SMAA \u00a0&#8211; <strong>39.3FPS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tomb Raider, High, FXAA &#8211; <strong>103.1FPS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Metro Last Light, High, SSAA off &#8211; <strong>48.7FPS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>BioShock Infinite, Very High, Post-AA &#8211; <strong>89.4FPS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hitman: Absolution, High, 8x\/2x MSAA &#8211; <strong>29.2FPS\/49.3FPS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Thief, High, FXAA, SSAA &#8211; <strong>47.5FPS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update: <\/strong>Local<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>pricing for the Dominator is expected to be around the R35 000 mark.<\/p>\n<p>The big question is, what is the price of all this power? Well, it&#8217;s around the\u00a0\u00a31,799 mark (around R31,000), although no SA pricing was available at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>A look at its predecessor leads us to believe it will be much more expensive in South Africa. The MSI GT70 with an nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (4GB)\u00a0retails for around R47,000 locally.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63117\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSI-GT70-2PE-Dominator-Pro-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63117\" class=\" wp-image-63117\" title=\"MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro\" alt=\"MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSI-GT70-2PE-Dominator-Pro-2.png\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSI-GT70-2PE-Dominator-Pro-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSI-GT70-2PE-Dominator-Pro-2-600x480.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Below are the beast&#8217;s specs.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong> MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro with GTX 880M &#8211; Specs<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">CPU<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Intel i7 4800MQ &#8211; 2.7GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Graphics Core<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Nvidia GeForce GTX 880M with 8GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">RAM<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">16GB DDR3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Display<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">17.3-inch 1080p LCD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Storage<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">1TB HDD and 256GB SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Optical Drive<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Blu-Ray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Battery<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">9-cell lithium-ion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">OS<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Windows 8 Premium 64-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Dimensions<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">428 x 288 x 55mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Weight<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">3.9kg (with battery)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>To give you an idea of the visuals this laptop can produce, here is a video showing Battlefield 4 running on the PS4, Xbox One, and GTX 880M.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rsjzeh2aQ28?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63116\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSI-GT70-2PE-Dominator-Pro-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63116\" class=\" wp-image-63116\" title=\"MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro\" alt=\"MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSI-GT70-2PE-Dominator-Pro-3.png\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSI-GT70-2PE-Dominator-Pro-3.png 1000w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSI-GT70-2PE-Dominator-Pro-3-600x480.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62971-expensive-to-make-great-to-play.html\">Expensive to make, great to play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/63082-stuck-in-development-hell.html\">Stuck in Development Hell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/63077-former-silent-hill-the-witcher-devs-announce-horror-game.html\">Former Silent Hill, The Witcher devs announce horror game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a gaming laptop, the MSI GT70 2PE Dominator Pro with GTX 880M will trounce most hardcore desktop gaming PCs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":63118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1702,21,5203,12260],"class_list":["post-63107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-gaming-laptop","tag-headline","tag-msi","tag-msi-gt70-2pe-dominator-pro-with-gtx-880m"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63142,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63107\/revisions\/63142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}