Review: MSI GS60 Ghost Pro

By Kevin Lee

Introduction

For almost as long they have existed, gaming laptops have been chasing after desktop-level performance. Over the last year, Nvidia has come close to making this happen, with its Maxwell mobile graphics chips and even porting the GTX 980 to select notebooks. Now coupling in Intel’s new Skylake processors, we’re seeing the beginnings of an even more impressive generation of gaming notebooks that starts in part with the newly updated MSI GS60 Ghost Pro.

While Intel’s Skylake processor might be best known for introducing smaller, 14nm transistors and longer battery life, its biggest improvements best serve gaming laptops. With the ability to dynamically overclock itself and some big integrated graphics improvements, the new Skylake chip (with the helping hand of an Nvidia GTX 970M) makes the GS60 Ghost Pro one of the best gaming laptops I’ve ever reviewed.

Design

While the updated Ghost Pro features some new and impressive hardware, it’s actually both thinner and lighter than last year’s model. Measuring a mere 0.78-inches thick, the GS60 comes at a stark contrast to chunkier hardcore gaming machines, such as the Acer Predator 17 and Alienware 17.

Going thinner hasn’t brought any compromises to the GS60’s …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac