It's Big And Fast! MSI Sword 17 Gaming Laptop First Look/Review

[@Wonders_of_Reality]

I’ve got this one. The delivery from Ukraine took a while, but it was a matter of honour to purchase there. The machine works well. In the beginning, there were minor issues, but now everything works well. I have 64 GB RAM and two SSDs. Very good laptop for drawing, animation, modelling and effects.

[@gamingoptimized]

3050 ti definitely needs more than 4gbs of vram...

[@rafing2163]

I agree

[@XeonProductions]

agreed, 8-12 GB should be the minimum for VRAM these days.

[@n2badsam420]

@@XeonProductions I can kinda understand why they did 4 GB VRAM for budget sakes but they should have at least did 6 GB if they want it to be an entry level GPU.

[@gamingoptimized]

@@n2badsam420 6 is definitely a must these days

[@davem1027]

VRAM is just one part of the equation, everyone complained that the 3060 had more VRAM than the 3070 and yet the 3070 performs significantly better. My biggest gripes is that I keep seeing the 3050 ti paired up with higher end CPUs, but I guess that's the nature of the current gpu market.

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Not a bad price at all for what it can do and its screen size. $1000 is excellent.

[@giedmich]

Once i bought the 17.3 inch laptop i will never go back to smaller size. On 17.3 you can set display scaling to 100% and all will be more or less readable, on 15.4 you are forced to use 125% scaling, because everything is just to small, but with 125% scaling all is SOO crammed on screen

[@HUYI1]

Honestly it's very hard to find a laptop these days with a 17 inch laptop with such generous specs like this video, especially when I brought my laptop I previously had a 17 inch but did settle with a 14 inch in the end, it ain't so bad the bezels are much thinner than this laptop too

[@jordanmunoz9021]

@@HUYI1 i have 15.6 i love it i like my stuff small not so big feel like im old lol

[@juliohoyos3936]

Once you started to use 17.3" laptops, it's hard to go back!

[@gyrz19]

you mentioned the trackpad but honestly the keyboard as well should have been larger with all that extra space available.

[@glennshoemake4200]

You can run older games such as Flatout Ultimate Carnage and it makes a noticeable difference at 144hz. However you are correct that almost any game released over the past few years will not run that fast.

[@lemonbrush]

Sacrificing a little bit of portability to play ps3 on the go it's actually not a bad trade Edit... compering to something like a handheld

[@kzfive]

Well be prepared for high cpu temps playing PS3 games

[@MindYaBizz_Whiz]

Man, this really makes me consider grabbing one.

[@pedrosa00]

Really good video! Do emulation video of this gaming laptop!

[@HUYI1]

Who the hell puts a usb 2.0 on a laptop in 2021? *Confused* lol But apart from that those specs are beefy and kudos to the manufacturer not soldering the ram and drive to the motherboard! Only nitpick is the display screen could have probably squeezed more than 1080p on that 17" screen 👍👍

[@Cal.F]

Can you do emulation test on this next? I wanna see Wii U,3ds (upscaled) and ps3

[@mathdantastav2496]

its a 3050ti and an i7 bro, at 1080p it can do anything, at 1440p probly still can do it, just maybe not at 4k

[@harshbarj]

Why? You already KNOW it will run anything??? I mean that's like asking if it can run the original doom.

[@Cal.F]

@@harshbarj idk I just like watching the emulation videos

[@un5224]

I’m with you on this… I don’t watch this channel for pc games. I watch for emulation! I wanna see Chains of Olympus with 12x upscale at 144fps! 😂

[@davidgomez5116]

@@un5224 lol

[@Z020852]

PC builders : If it's mostly gaming and no CPU-heavy applications for professional use case ie minutes can mean money, there's no reason to get an i7/i9/Ryzen7/Ryzen9. You're better off spending that on a better graphics card. Most laptop manufacturers : Here's an i7/i9/Ryzen7/Ryzen9 and a x050 (Ti). If you're lucky you'll get more than three heat pipes, two shared. Oh you want an i5 with a x060? OK you can have that with two shared heatpipes and a third on one of them inside this plastic fantastic POS with enough space inside we didn't bother to use to redesign the board so you can get two extra heat pipes and a bigger battery. Dell : You can have an i7/Ryzen7 in either a cheaper plastic version or nicer version with soldered RAM, but we skimped out on the cooling for these to make our TOTL product look better. But hey you can get the i5 and x060 in the cheap version! Asus : Here's a Ryzen9 and x050 Ti in a 14in chassis with fewer heatpipes. I mean, at least it's smaller so you don't need to buy a huge bag and get one sized for a size up Macbook Pro, plus you get all day battery life if you won't load the system. we'll just have to run the fans a bit faster because fewer heatpipes. Oh and half the RAM is soldered on. Or hey check out this 13in ultrabook with an external GPU for even more money but the ultimate in portability and gaming once you get home! Razer : Why settle for an i5? We can give you an i7 and x060 on a vapor chamber in this very thin chassis for an extra $600 over the too few heatpipes base model. HP : We can break with what others do! Here's a 15in with a x060...oh no it's not available anymore but you can still get the i5 and 3060 in the new 16in version, but it's not a simple 3:2 upgrade over the 15 so you might wanna double check if it fits your bags. It doesn't fit your bag because you used to only have desktop gaming PCs and ultraportable laptops for work/working outside your home? Don't worry, we sell some bags! Not all of them are freaking ugly and some have half decent ergonomics!

[@hitori_gurashi]

I like white devices, but my concern is that after a few years white plastics tends to get yellowish

[@harshbarj]

I will never get why manufactures will include a high refresh display, then bundle a video card that just can't deliver that framerate. I mean 60 fps still looks good, but ideally you'd want to lock the game at 144. It's still a nice laptop at a good price. It's just a strange choice in specs.

[@joeparker54]

Because with optimized settings you can still hit well over 100 fps on the most common competitive online games that actually benefit from higher fps and you still get to benefit from variable refresh rate

[@harshbarj]

@@joeparker54 "optimized settings" = low. Still pointless IMHO.

[@joeparker54]

@@harshbarj then spend more - still supports optix for workloads and dlss for faux quality

[@crestofhonor2349]

@@harshbarj plus it’s great for older games. It also looks great in normal use. Why else would apple and other phone companies put high refresh rate screens on their phones and tablets

[@StopWars420]

That's why I got the gf65 with i5 3060 instead

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

My MSI Titan is 3 years old and still kicking ass.

[@saricubra2867]

I heavily recommend to undervolt that i7-11800H and use better thermal paste if you are running it without power limits or above 45 watts, those +90 degrees C peaks are simply ouch.

[@jotten8587]

90 is ok for a laptop, it turns off at 110 I think

[@saricubra2867]

@@jotten8587 90 degrees aren't ok while gaming, i get 75 degrees with a 7700HQ

[@silverpro8356]

@@saricubra2867 Actually 90 is fine. Most cpus can run at 90 degrees for years without any problems they are built to run at those temps.

[@saricubra2867]

@@silverpro8356 i7-7700HQ, -120mv , 70ish degrees while gaming.

[@silverpro8356]

@@saricubra2867 And ? did you read what i said ?

[@EdwinPohan]

As most comments here say, should’ve had a better GPU considering the physical size of the laptop for potentially better cooling and the wasted potential of the screen.

[@Al3ksandrOrlov]

I have a similar specced laptop but with a i5 11400H, I didn't go for the i7 because I didn't see the point with a 3050Ti, and I upped the RAM from 8gb to 16gb, it runs what I need it too, so I'm very happy with it, as a pairing with my desktop.

[@StopWars420]

Same I got a gf65 with 10500h and 3060 for the same reason

[@prathampatil3185]

Hey what is the battery life for i5 variant on normal usage?

[@Al3ksandrOrlov]

@@prathampatil3185 well the one I have has two different battery sizes depending on the model, 48Wh and 90Wh, from what I've read the 90Wh one is very good but I only get like 90 minutes, even tho it switches to the iGPU, it's fine in a pinch but I'd advise always having a charger with you

[@jordanmunoz9021]

I bought this laptop i love it best gaming laptop ive owned.

[@KaraokeDuov2]

I have a MSI that is 2 years old. Intel i7 8th gen with intel UHD and Nvidia 1050Ti. 16 gigs of ram with 4 slots so I can go higher. And Xbox 360 emulation, Android emulation and PS2, Xbox Original all run the laptop really hot.

[@mazharkhan9595]

That flex on the Nvme

[@HoundDogMech]

PORTATIBILITY??? If you can't carry 5lbs, get a GYM membership. Visibility is far more important than Portability anyday BRO. Give me a 10lb 21" laptop anyday. All laptops just sit there (Not being Carried) 99.9% of their life especially when turned on.

[@IRWPD]

That is a very nice looking laptop. The price point seems really good as well.

[@mephistovonfaust]

A 17 inch laptop that thermal throttles is not acceptable. They have more than enough room to give it adequat cooling.

[@danielustarez]

Great video, mate!!! I bought this one too because it has met my minimum requirements (core i7, 16GB ram and rtx 3000 series) for the lowest price you can get, but overall I was looking for a 17 in display. I have a question tough, can I install a 2TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO on this? I want this laptop to support PCIe gen 4 so bad, but if not I guess I will conform with something PCIe 3

[@devanshanil2468]

what is the wattage of 3050ti

[@AdvancedGamingYT]

Pretty sad to see such a good CPU being bottlenecked so hard by the GPU

[@davem1027]

I've seen a Ryzen 9 laptop paired up with this GPU, such a shame

[@mathdantastav2496]

im pretty sure it has better versions... but a 3050ti is more than fine for 1080p, more than that is kinda pointless, unless u r going for higher res. having a stronger CPU helps with getting 144 fps on games

[@NilFox]

I know absolutely nothing about the specs of Laptops or Computers. I have about an average knowledge at best. Could you point me in the right direction on how to learn? Seeing your comment about the GPU made me want to understand how to get the most out of these computers.

[@AdvancedGamingYT]

@@mathdantastav2496 Yeah not really, like I've said it's bottlenecked hard even in today's games.

[@AdvancedGamingYT]

@@NilFox Just get at least 6gb of vram

[@АндрейА-щ1х]

Please run CPU-Z benchmark, it is very popular, and we can compare performance of each cpu

[@ARTeaux007]

I got the 15in version back in September 2021 and I wasn't able to run Fortnite that well yet. I guess I had to upgrade my drivers. But it runs superb now. Doom was upgraded so it runs better on the MSI Sword now. I absolutely love this laptop. It's my intro to PC gaming and its excellent. Especially for the price.

[@kevinjahir18]

I have a question, how is the cooling system? I want to buy it but I have my doubts

[@vaibhavrawat8419]

What is the maximum TGP on your laptop(3050Ti I suppose )

[@krazycharlie]

It seems like a decent laptop but it would have been better paired with at least an RTX 3060. Oh well, it's like ETA says, it's not gonna break the bank and it's more affordable than other higher spec options. It could be worth for the right price.

[@Reflectivityy]

You can get a 15in, 3070ti for 1400

[@mathdantastav2496]

y r all large notebooks so expensive? I have no use for an ultra light noteebook, I just want something I can take on trips, and 17 inches is the perfect size for that, but I can't find any for a decent price

[@joeparker54]

Because few people want a portable computer with the portability of a folding massage table. At that point they basically compete with desktops - less volume of more expensive components = more expensiver

[@harshbarj]

Because they are larger. Larger laptop = larger display and the display is typically one of the most expensive parts. Unless you want only integrated graphics it's going to cost $1000+.

[@mathdantastav2496]

@@harshbarj i want to go only for integrated graphics. I dont plan on gaming a lot on it, just basic indie games and work. Id much rather have a big screen for that

[@Al3ksandrOrlov]

I got my laptop, same specs as this but with an i5 11400H, for £750, reduced from £1000 on some kinda Amazon flash sale.

[@mathdantastav2496]

@@joeparker54 do people really take their laptops everywhere? ive only really seen people take a laptop on trips, dont see the need of it beeing overly portable for that, you are probably gonna have a bag already with you, for your clothes and stuf

[@psihuntr]

For the price its not a bad buy ($999) That being said you can pickup an msi leopard gp 75 with a rtx 2070 for around the same price range.

[@gammarey7070]

Yeh, Im thinking of buying this or the dell g15

[@clnademar.7736]

@@gammarey7070 Isn't the MSI KATANA GF66 RTX 3060 I7 11800H good?

[@clnademar.7736]

Which laptop do you recommend for ≠1,200?

[@gammarey7070]

@@clnademar.7736 for now, i wouldn't think of buying any gaming laptops, because of the 3050 only having 4gb vram and the 3060 though having 6gb is very expensive.

[@gammarey7070]

@@clnademar.7736 yeh thats good, try finding the TI version, if not, the 3060 would do just fine.

[@NathanVu]

They really need to make an 18" Laptop soon. 17.3" ain't big enough anymore.

[@anonymous7024]

Dear goodness. I cant see anything on my 50' laptop screen. I need at least 200"

[@_TrueDesire_]

~18” with thinner but sturdier bezels is what i want. i went 15-17-15” due to a good deal but i really dislike the small 15.6” screen, i want to get back to at least 17” again.

[@battlebuddy4517]

I agree

[@TalhaJm]

I don't remember the last time I use the trackpad

[@matiasm.3124]

Nice but something is wrong in the cpu fan setup.. +90c in gaming using 30% of cpu looks bad.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Then pay more for a better model.

[@matiasm.3124]

@@Nickbaldeagle02 of course..better brand

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

@@matiasm.3124 MSI _is_ the better brand...

[@matiasm.3124]

@@Nickbaldeagle02 well looks a really bad design to be the "best" hah

[@si4632]

@@matiasm.3124 90c 🤣

[@noahr607]

This may sound stupid, but I’m seriously holding off buying a gaming laptop until ARM gets more widespread. Apple’s recent performance has opened my eyes to the potential/efficiency

[@monkeslayer-km5ho]

We might not see ARM gaming laptops from Intel/AMD or maybe from someone for quite a long time But I hope it will be quick

[@Justin_Strack]

What do you mean you can save battery by using the intel UHD graphics, instead of the Nvidia 3050ti? How would you go about doing this?

[@_b4rv]

I need a laptop like this and a good battery

[@virtualong]

All these people that were asking so desperately 60fps yesterday and 144fps now, just makes me wonder...

[@saricubra2867]

That looks like an Alienware laptop, beautiful.

[@jlmljames]

the addition for the USB 2.0 port is due to a small chance of wireless keyboards and mice (I can verify some Dell Optiplex models with a Logitech keyboard mouse combo) do not work with USB 3.0 it will just drop the connection and get real laggy/jittery

[@arifabdurrehman6048]

Should I buy MSI Sword 15 i7/11,15.6" for video editing on adobe premiere pro? Or asus TUF i5/11, 17.3" ?

[@everydaydissociation]

My only complaint about your review is that you tell us average FPS, when you could just tell us a 1% low, a much more useful number.

[@godwhomismike]

The GPU manufacturers are just as guilty as the scalpers and miners. There is no reason why they could not have made this GPU 6GB of vRAM.

[@saricubra2867]

Ampere (RTX 3000) mobile series is crap, Pascal (GTX 1000) series forever lmao.

[@siddhantyadav450]

no actually the architecture of the 3050 (128-bit) restricts it to either 4gb or 8gb of vram and definitely theyre not gonna do 8gigs.

[@Jukaorena]

The coupon is only for the US... 😞 I was about to buy some ram 😞

[@NathanElcoate]

Looks amazing.

[@NoshikiYT]

This is the only review of the laptop I want it but I want 6GB or 8GB of Graphics card VRAM

[@johnnysmalls2876]

i would love to see a full emulation video on that pc 😎

[@area-xp3sw]

The only review of this laptop on the entire youtube? Why??

[@minimalhainex7333]

Hello, I was thinking about buying a new gaming laptop but I’m quite undecided on which one to buy The list is an asus f15 , msi sword 15, hp victus 12gen , acer nitro 5 12thgen Which one is the better option please?😅

[@Lucas.M.S22]

So having a 3050 ti now is basically the same thing of having a gtx 750 ti back in 2014?

[@andreas_aqua]

I would like to see some emulation with this one

[@chainsaw_monday]

Noob here, can you attach a 2.5" SSD directly to this unit? Or would you need to buy some sort of attachment bracket to secure it? Great video, thanks for the info.

[@dthor6922]

I'm planning to get one and what's the battery life on these things?

[@Sam-Fisher]

Great video

[@thirsty_steve5197]

Hey eta could you do a review of the Acer swift x it looks like a very decent laptop

[@NintendObiWan]

Emulation please!! I really would like to see emulation on both the IGPU and the Nvidia GPU.

[@thebluemoonroseJess]

Would this still be a good gaming laptop even in now? because right know i'm playing RE2 on meduim and low graphics, will it be able to play on Ultra?

[@dreyb1801]

I'm wondering, do/don't you use Nvidia Inspector? B'cos seeing the CPU temps go up to 95°C while gaming. I doubt that could happen using a very useful tool like NI. But then for some of these newer games, their profiles may not have been added yet. Btw, I also think the FPS in most of the games was limited by that 3050 ti.

[@freegame8285]

Should I get this or Aorus i5 rtx 4050? Which is better

[@gamerking951]

Just got this laptop and can you do a video ok let me know to get the moat out of the lap for casual gaming nothing extreme regarding visuals just nomas gaming thank you 😊

[@OblivionPrime]

that 3050ti is a lot slower than my 3050ti in my legion im getting up to 2100mhz but your test was 1900 at the highest

[@IcebergTech]

Kinda floored by the Warzone performance, my Razer Blade 2020 testing found it to be CPU limited with the i7-10750H. Did you do any multiplayer testing?

[@AIMGODTHE1ST]

Upload another video after 5months of usage please am planing on getting this so i want to know if there is any paint problem

[@cloudalmasai]

I will like to see some emulator in the 3050 ti... PCX2, RPCS3, CEMU, DOLPHIN, YUZU, thanks...

[@jonzo22]

ooh white laptop bad idea, it already looks weathered and its brand new

[@Kaehyung]

can you upgrade the ram? and the storage? And should I get this or the nitro 5 (the i7 version)

[@FernieAriel]

Yes. Yes. Always go with the highest processor.

[@nitmare64]

So the bookmarks are going to be ETA as well? LOL

[@Panda_MZ3]

i have the MSI - Sword 15.6" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7 - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti - 512GB SSD - 8GB Memory - Black. I was wondering if it could play the new need for speed unbounded game thats coming out

[@ajaykyle1]

Bro, the version of your laptop is 11UD?, I read that those are less hot I have a question, I play genshin impact and I honestly do not understand why when I play everything to the maximum I have no lag, the game asks for recommended GTX 1060 6GB and I have 4GB RTX 3050ti and with everything at maximum I have no lag and when I see the total memory (shared ) I have 12GB so my question is like this I can move all the games

[@virgilwalker683]

for a new gaming laptop in 2021 with only 4gb of video, your barely meeting system requirements for games made in 2021 and after.

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

yep if you own one youll soon be having to lower the textures and maybe resolution. id go up to a 3060 laptop at the minimum as that 6gb will be much better at 1080p

[@Ben-mw9vz]

Looking at the current trend of gpu prices, I dont think future games will require more than 4gb vram to look good. Otherwise, who the heck will buy their games if it needs such an expensive gpu?

[@virgilwalker683]

@@Ben-mw9vz 99.9% of games made in 2021, all games Minimum system requires are 4GB of video ram. you barely playable at 30FPS or less with dips.

[@virgilwalker683]

@@Ben-mw9vz concerning GPU price's, doesn't make a difference what you think. The fact is, consoles are for cheap gamers. Stop being cheap on the pc GPU's, real talk.

[@ivan2551]

how long does a charge last?

[@Exxoticc]

Can you show us how to put it to performance in the bios?

[@DevTr3nd]

I always wanted to play the witcher 3 at 60fps :-)

[@ricky1319]

is there a big difference between the 3050ti and a rtx 3060 with 6gb?

[@4K_Xtra]

could u know the price of it

[@wlcacatian]

What is the total package weight when they shipped it to you?

[@chinosan5482]

How do you disable the nvidia video card to save power?? Windows devices, disable?? Or in the bios??

[@feedmyintellect]

Such a sleek powerful laptop for only $1000?!!! Get out of here! Shut up and take my money!

[@josedubon6512]

Hi. I bought this model of laptop, but I have not been able to connect my Gigabyte M27Q monitor via USB-C. Could you help me to know if USB-C is compatible as video output? PD: (Yes, I used Google translate to translate this message, so please excuse any misspellings)

[@lxvrla]

Does this laptop support an external monitor of 4k@ & 144 hertz?

[@stephenarkless9444]

Intel 11th gen always run hot but give really good performance

[@monkeslayer-km5ho]

Only desktop

[@monkeslayer-km5ho]

More like less efficient

[@mackinator13]

Microcenter is the new Fry's. It's making a huge comeback.

[@jdisdetermined]

God I miss Frys. Me and my friends taking the 45 minute drive to goto the closest one. We’d spend hours in there. Built several PCs from Frys. Trying to get 99 FPS in TFC and OG counterstrike. Those were the days.

[@prathampatil3185]

What is the battery life on normal usage

[@allenwalker9928]

That CPU is completely overkill for that GPU, and performance of i5 and i7 similar.

[@Wonders_of_Reality]

Oh well, it’s a nice choice for 3D effects and animation. For my animation, I needed a special material for optical distortion. A graphics card just couldn’t process it, and I rendered it using a CPU. I could benefit from using those additional cores. And 3050ti should be more than enough for my scene setup. Let alone for 2D-animation that I prefer to work with.

[@pr3cious193]

That's an 8 core 16 thread 11th gen i7, it's performance is way better than that of any i5

[@blowfishes]

... but what about Goldeneye on the N64 and some Gamecube and PS2 emulation on this laptop?

[@jdisdetermined]

No problem at all.

[@Mr_Pewpy_But-Whole]

if its 144hz display why wouldnt you target 144 fps ?

[@xakxakgaming2226]

can you adjust contrast / saturation? i can’t find it

[@Wonders_of_Reality]

Probably, not. But you can adjust the settings from your graphics card, and change the contrast this way.

[@Xibyth]

All that wasted bezel screaming for a real numpad.

[@Noliver038]

Can you do emulation in this thing?

[@blackwolfgaming676]

How about a final fantasy xiv benchmark

[@SuperSymbiote1]

Wait 17..what happened to 16?

[@based.ethiopian]

why is it white its bothering me so much

[@sheriffolasumbo4479]

I'll NEVER buy any MSI product again!. Bought my MSI laptop new from Memory Express store. All i had is trouble! I have taken it the store repair more than 3 times including shipment to MSI without help! Never again!

[@zgoaty9235]

Anyone looking to buy this, just get it with the i5. This CPU is overkill for the 3050 Ti.

[@onur35z]

İs that 144 hz screen?

[@JMark4]

USB 2.0 for mouse/keyboard??

[@kellywong998]

Please include test for BF2042 🙏

[@soziabdi938]

I have this laptop how can change light of keyboard????

[@jarjones321]

Can you add apex legends testing

[@TwizzyBingo]

Can you check if it can run Forza Horizon 5