MSI GE66 Raider Review! RTX 3070 125w

This GE66 Raider from MSI has the RTX 3070. Can it use it? Let's find out!
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0:00 What we have here
0:57 Display and Hardware Specs
1:28 Battery
1:56 MUX Switch
2:18 Benchmarks
2:52 Gaming
3:54 Thermal Paste Stock vs Phobya
4:13 Tested a Bob Of All Trades Channel
4:57 Weight , Size and Build Material
5:13 Trackpad and Keyboard
5:37 Port Selection
6:25 RGB
6:49 1080p Webcam
8:02 Speaker Audio
9:04 Fan Acoustics
9:52 Two Things Need To Be Said
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[@BobOfAllTrades]

"Tested" Designed from the ground up to supply you with educational content in 3 minutes or less. kzbin.info/door/3KIZsFtgfRheFOX5ZnmDLA

[@julianbraylen6049]

Instablaster.

[@wsmcke]

The side type C is a 3.2 gen 2x2, half the speed of Thunderbolt 3.

[@alexispadilla2606]

About to hit 50k I'm so happy for you man been crazy watching you grow

[@D4r7hV403r]

Thanks Bob always appreciate your reviews. Very informative, honest, and legit. Keep it up. SUBBED!

[@rodgermurphy5721]

This is a great review. You rock, thank you

[@aliananza1990]

Definitely became my favorite reviewer, love the very in depth reviews. Just bought a ge66 with rtx 2080 super max-q on sale new. Probably might return it if the lenovo 5 pro becomes available, the performance increase of the 3070 ge66 didn't seem worth that extra 900 euro.

[@bradbeyers9028]

Ill have to get some of that nano grease when I re paste my laptop. It'll be a year of gaming in April & time to clean that stock paste off and maybe upgrade to wifi 6. Another great review Bob!

[@xzrtrain7181]

Good to see your videos, I still have my rp17 with 2060 from eluktronics. I been waiting to see if its worth the upgrade, but most laptop with mobile 3k gpus have been disappointing to me. Hoping for something crazy this year like asus mothership. Thanks again

[@GerryReid]

really great review as always

[@roboticvenom1935]

I subbed to TESTED! I love your videos

[@davethepak]

Great review. I would like to see the gaming stats listed side by side against the stealth. thanks for the review.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

They’re both gone and during the GE66 review I was sorting out issues with the GS66 as per the pinned comment on the GS66 review 👍

[@zgoaty9235]

The amount of dedication to your tests and reviews is something that I don’t see too often in a lot of laptop reviewers and, at least for me is much appreciated. Also, thank you for putting up with my rants. For me, seeing those high temps with the stock paste was just a huge red flag for me and seeing the Phobya grease making a marked improvement allows me to at least know there could be improvements to make, and also good to know zTechPC has this on their configuration setups which if I was buying this laptop, I would definitely spend the extra money.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

You know me you’ve been around here for a while it’s the same mindset just trying to figure out how to improve production without compromising workflow. 🙏

[@xehanort3623]

Yo this review really good

[@shirokuro73]

Great review as always! May I ask, did you observe any battery drain on the GE66 while gaming on AC power? I had the i7-10750H/3070 GE66 config and when gaming on Turbo, plugged into AC, the battery would drain at roughly 6% per hour. I was not sure if this was a defect or design, on googling, I found various forum posts discussing an MSI feature "NOS" which seemed to pull power from the battery to provide extra to the CPU/GPU. Most posts were a couple or more years old, not specific to the GE66, and were people trying to figure out if/how to disable it. It seems to me that maybe instead of shipping this unit with a 230W adapter, maybe they should have shipped it with a 280W, as they did with the 2020 2070 SUPER model. I'd love to know what you think, and if you experienced this battery drain? I ended up returning the unit, partly because of this, but mostly because I wasn't really happy with having the 6-core i7-10750H for the price. I had too-hastily purchased when this was the only config Best Buy initially offered. I'm currently deciding whether to purchase the i7-10870H config, a GE76, or wait to see what the coming months bring. Thank you for your time and thank you for your excellent work on your channels!

[@christhomas2729]

Nice laptop. I like the hp omen cb-1080nr. I did a repaste, undervolted, upgraded ram to 32gb plus added two 2tb ssds and performed a recovery and bios recovery. With a blower cooler it runs well.

[@neosrt10]

Great breakdown Bob this is hot stuff comparisons an all.Wondering how the g15 Zephyrus stacks up against the Raider and Stealth and maybe even the new Rog Strix with the Rtx 3070.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

No MUX seems to hurt performance on those.

[@awsan111]

Hey bob, great review as usual. Wanted to ask you a question (Followup on your thermal paste video) my go to paste is the kryonaut but it has two bad qualities, longevity and too liquidy for new comers. So I wanted to ask is Phobya Nano really better in everyway? (Better temps? better longevity? better application spread due to its thickness?) And how did the KPx story end? Thanks a lot for your time #No_Mux_No_Bucks

[@moemrizzle1991]

I love my GE75 with RTX 2080, I've had it since July, maybe ill upgrade to a 3080 laptop a year from now lol, liked the video so I can watch it later, love the content!

[@EstianSwanepoel1]

I have the same. Its a beast. Ill wait and see what 40xx series is like. Also I believe you can bios flash the 2080 to 200w

[@HaloblackopsTenken]

Don't know what's to like, the ge66 or your shirt

[@martinalvarez2435]

Hi Bob! Which would you say are normal temps of gpu and cpu for games like red dead redemption 2? What we could expect

[@rodgermurphy5721]

Im looking for a laptop and will only consider Raider compared to Stealth. I think the super thin stealth would suffer with heat problems in the long run

[@OWNORDISOWN]

They should have out i9's in these systems. They had them with the 2080 super Max Q's and 2070 supers last year. Reason why they didn't? Probably because they had to compete with the new Ryzen chips. Its a shame because that extra 300 Mhz boost I see on my Dragonshield definitely helps.

[@jsengfoo3756]

hmm, in my country there is the option to get with 11th gen i9

[@xel...]

@@jsengfoo3756 wait so a i9 and 3070 where Do you live or what continent

[@jsengfoo3756]

@@xel... Asia

[@bfish9700]

The thing with me and the raider, It looks like about a $400 increase over the GP66 for similar specs. I'm probably going to try to get the legion 5 pro, but I think the GP66 is my fallback, I can live without the front RGB, 1080p webcam, & extra 60hz on the screen and specs look identical otherwise.

[@roboticvenom1935]

legion 5 pro is much better yeah

[@basharalloush4618]

GOAT of all Laptops again 🔥🔥

[@buxussempra7553]

@Photo Graf lenovo is cheap and bad

[@nellatl]

@Photo Graf they're slow to update

[@roboticvenom1935]

This gets smashed by legion 5 pro and legion 7

[@BobOfAllTrades]

That solution looks interesting because they’re using a 300 W power supply so I can’t wait to get my hands on one to really dive deep into its performance.

[@roboticvenom1935]

@@BobOfAllTrades Agreed! Legion 7 has a vapor chamber but last year's legion 7 had heatsink lottery, meaning some got amazing thermals, even better then MSI's raiders but some got worse thermals. I hope they have addressed, lenovo usually listens to feedback. Also, quick question, what do you think the battery life gains are for browisng on 144hz+ and then down to something 60 or 90hz via conrol panel? I haven't seen any youtuber test this and it'd be an amazing video to test battery life gains of different refresh rates! Thanks

[@DG-ss1gc]

As an aside I believe you simply press the dragon in on the case to engage the mux

[@iamdribas]

Very good video. Can I play(warzone) and stream at the same time ? Thank you!

[@ccallaghan84]

Do they (MSi) have different paste on the Stealth? I've got one in that I'm prototyping/testing and the CPU rarely goes above 80 degrees - even after an hour of Assassins Creed Odyssey.

[@_Itsthatguy_]

Awesome review! I am debating on whether to return my g15 3070 for the msi ge66 rtx 3070

[@DamianDodd]

I just got my G15 3070 last night and I’m already thinking of returning it, blown speakers, bad light bleed, no web cam, soldered ram, longer key travel than my Blade did you return yours?

[@_Itsthatguy_]

@@DamianDodd yup returned it. Ended up with a prebuilt desktop

[@Baikuism]

@@_Itsthatguy_ most prebuilts are terrible , should’ve built your own

[@ShreetejParkar]

11:46 what an amazing note to end with dude 💯

[@unitybeing777]

Hi Bob, I got a deal for a Gigabyte AERO 17 HDR XC-8ES4450SP at 2052 euros (refurbished) and it does come with a 3070. Should I buy it for mainly gaming? I want 4k and I plan to buy an external monitor with 165hz 1440p gaming and the legacy 3D vision. My question to you is if you think its a good laptop for gaming for both 4k and external monitor? Thank you!

[@jiroh8123]

What is that song you used in testing the sound quality????

[@igor9919]

Bob, in your opinion, would a 11th gen intel or Ryzen make significant difference in performance? I'm planning to get one of these mainly for gaming but to do some productivity on the side (mainly office work/light programming), so realistically, I don't think I would feel much difference, but just wanted a pro opinion! Cheers

[@BobOfAllTrades]

When it comes to productivity research your software because my software leverages the integrated Intel graphics and they call that “quick sync“ and it is significantly faster than anything AMD can put inside of a laptop right now. Gaming wise, Jarrods Tech covered this and Intel leads still but not by enough to sell me on it. There’s other aspects that would mean more than a few percent at that point.

[@bradhaines3142]

i have an external nvme enclosure but its only usb 10gb, which i tested and it runs at a solid 1gB/s, i know its plenty for me but maybe you could deal with that too

[@andreszhoutsang9645]

After years watching laptop reviews i am still wondering how do you assess microphone quality at the same time of recording, do you listen your own voice from the speakers or something ?

[@kidnose2231]

He has obviously recorded and had a listen before making the video.

[@theinjusticeduo3269]

Would this be better as a upgrade from console other then the gs66 or the blade 15?

[@thinayan89]

Bob what about resolution scales 1140p?would this fix the bottleneck.

[@Terreos]

The fact you can get dtr performance in a 15” machine for $22k-$24k is an excellent value. I know that’s still a lot for most folks. But just think people that spent $3k-$4k on a much bigger and thicker machine really puts into perspective how powerful these laptops are. Plus with the gpu shortages all over the world these are the best way to get a good machine if you’re ready for an upgrade. If these laptops were juuuuust a bit more powerful I’d consider selling my DTR. That’s just how impressed I am with these machines.

[@hishammse8826]

Either I’m getting this or the alienware m17 r4 rtx 3080 i got 2 days to decide and I’m just so exhausted i fucking hate buying new laptops especially when i’m not an expert at finding one 😅😅💔

[@judge2world855]

Great! What about Msi ryzen 5000 Laptop ? And rx6800 mobile ? İm waiting for ryzen 5000 and rx6800 mobile gpu. İ dont Like rtx3000 series too expensive but still worst.. of course your Job great Bob!

[@dkb2k]

I’m waiting for the ge76 11 gen refresh I’m really hoping they release at QHD 165hz variant

[@BobOfAllTrades]

They might just do that for the 17” 👌

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Yeah this shit is fun!

[@bradhaines3142]

for me the dream is 4k120. qhd is good for gaming but meh for movies

[@songohan9564]

wait I am curious as to where did you hear the news and when do you think that will be out ?

[@roboticvenom1935]

just get legion 5 pro or legion 7 then lol

[@Evergreen319]

I sugguest GP66. Basically GE66 minus RGB for hundreds less. It uses same motherboard, chasis, and even same cooling.

[@Tindreal]

I see that this laptop does not have G-Sync or Freesync. Put next to a laptop with G-Sync is the game less smooth on this laptop for example if it runs at 80 FPS? I am thinking about this laptop, however so far I used G-Sync laptops and I am afraid that the lack of G-Sync would be noticable and games are not as smooth :(

[@Samerawi]

FUN TIIIIIME, oh yeah!

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Ha 🤷

[@anishp55]

is the tb video out disabled when you enable dedicated gfx mode?

[@karstedt9987]

Hey Bob, you make a comment about manufacturers stuffing in higher than 1080p displays to basically choke the video card and hide the CPU bottleneck, it that speculation or have you actually heard that. I hadn't thought of it that way before and it makes sense in a twisted way, but I'd be pretty sour on a manufacturer if I knew that was their reason.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Well let’s put it this way, there’s a reason why Nvidia showcased 3000 series at UHD resolution. If CPUs were twice as fast then Nvidia would use 1080p numbers to showcase performance of those GPUs because “bigger/higher is better”. Some of these manufacturers clearly realize this so QHD 165hz is one of the go-to panels.

[@JonesLaura]

Can someone calcify my doubt plz? In Zephyrus Duo 15 Intel's version it had MUX Switch so we had an option to disable NVIDIA Optimus. Does the Zephyrus Duo 15 AMD version has an option to disable NVIDIA Optimus ?

[@EstianSwanepoel1]

I'm assuming the 125w 3070 in the GP66 will have same performance?

[@fuckyoutubrforchangingthis]

Ihave this laptop//// if you reduce processor power to 97% you get 10-15° cooler cpu, with still ultra settings in 1080p like 80-120fps in halo infinite and 100 in destiny 2

[@ahmadismail5068]

How do u find this laptop ? And how is the battery ? Do i recommend it ?

[@Chase69er]

Would you suggest the 3080 model of the GE66? I noticed it has 130w + 20w dynamic boost. Advice would be appreciated.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

If you’re going to play extremely GPU bound titles, sure. But I’d check out my Tested channel for a playlist featuring this laptop to see if a stronger GPU is right for you.

[@ed4372]

Which one outta these 2 has the best performance tho?

[@darrell9616]

It's surprising that they are having these video/sound issues on a machine that's not close to being all new. These machines should really be dialed in given the older processor. Maybe if the prices were more competitive. Otherwise, these are a hard pass IMO.

[@nickgalan5264]

What’s the song for the sound test?

[@adamek9750]

Will you be getting the lenovo legion laptops to review?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I haven’t been sent one yet. I’ll attempt to contact Lenovo about gaming laptops like that for review. Otherwise it’s out of pocket and that’s not ideal.

[@dingilbasak1610]

Question: can I put the fps of the screen to locked 60 fps when im just working on my laptop? To save performance?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

On battery? I’m sure you can within Windows. Plugged in, there’s no point. In fact, it’s not really going to save much battery time either.

[@user-ip4rs6hq3h]

спасибо)

[@bryanbarajasBB]

I would like to do 6k video editing and I don't game. Any help? Thank you.

[@alehkcis]

@Bob Of All Trades are there any obvious performance difference between this and the gs66 since the gs66 has a lower wattage 3070

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Most definitely

[@alehkcis]

@@BobOfAllTrades so it's more like I'm paying for the aesthetics for the gs66? Because I'm torn between the 2 and don't want to sacrifice performance for the looks

[@danielbarakat]

Do you feel comfortable editing photos and videos on this 300 hz display? I ordered this and concerned about the resolution and color gamut for photo editing in Lightroom and photoshop

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Anything near 100% standard RGB has suit me just fine. In fact since I edit on an OLED display which has a far higher gamut, editing on it while really nice, I’m looking at an image that’s probably not what most who view my content see. In other words it’s really going to depend on what you’re doing and the standards you need to set.

[@danielbarakat]

@@BobOfAllTrades you’re absolutely right. I’ll do a few large prints a year but 90% of the time I’m posting in social media and I find myself deleting and reposting because the 100% Adobe color profile on my dell xps 17 looked different than how it did on my iPhone as srgb. Thanks for your videos. Love the new tested channel too

[@tunesnocopyright8879]

I really need your help I hope you see this I want to buy a laptop with a 3060 GPU but I seem to find one with a mux switch can you help me plz

[@andresvelasco2633]

I think the Aorus 17x with the 10980hq and the 2080 Super reaches 11k graphics score on Timespy, and the Alienware Area 51 R2 with the 10900k 2080 super

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Yea the Super should 👍

[@andresvelasco2633]

@@BobOfAllTrades You have a good channel brother!

[@ajamomarshall6073]

Can you please do a review of the Gp66 with the 3070?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Isn’t that basically this laptop but with more plastic?

[@kakimorimoto]

To answer your question about the casing materials. You start from LCD back cover, front bezel, keyboard surround cover and bottom cover. GE66 Metal, Plastic, Metal, Plastic GP66 Metal, Plastic, Metal, Plastic GE66 looks more metallic-ish GE66 looks more satin black-ish

[@tempmode37]

can this laptop open XPN files?? cause on the model I have I can't seam to open any. XPN FILES my old laptop used OFFICE XML HANDLER TO open it but I don't know if this model can do that

[@verginmansour5981]

What do u think about the same exact laptop with 6 core i7 10th gen and 240 hz?

[@TheVoyagers.]

Yeah was thinking the same

[@b0stoncs296]

hot laptop like my asus with 90deg

[@maxsettings2906]

does this laptop have gsync or freesync??

[@netanelk6127]

will you get the gp66?

[@TheVoyagers.]

Currently have the ge63 8rf, worth the upgrade? I already have an ps5 and Xbox series x though

[@asm1]

2 cpu/graphics generations is a huge upgrade. I have a 7th gen ge63 Raider/1060 6GB. I replaced it with a 9th gen GF65 thin 2060, great performance but not as nice thermals as the Raider. Seriously thinking about replacing the GF with a 11gen Raider/3070. Bearing in mind the increased number of cores will also have an impact.

[@asm1]

Ok I bought the 11800 ge66 11UG. I'm case you're wondering how it compares, and no this is not a scientific test. I mine every now and then. So, using unmineable: GE63 7RE RAIDER i7 7700HQ 1060 6gb a bit broken - 20MH GF65 9SEXR i7 9750H 2060 6GB - 22-25 MH GE66 11UG 3070 8GB- 65 MH Yes the 11th gen with 3070 is a huge jump. I'm aware that mining isn't a real test. Also installed latest bios and 3070 vbios (140 w tdp vs 135w stock) Undervolt of -0.70 Un-optimised w10 build with standard crap/bloat from msi. Not worrying about that, will do clean build of W11 when it drops. Very impressed so far....

[@jonathanr4160]

Wish the Raider took design aesthetics from the Stealth personally. It's all subjective and I get some dig that look but the Raider design is far from subtle even with the RGB disabled lol.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I mean at that point the stealth is available you know 🤷

[@jonathanr4160]

@@BobOfAllTrades But the stealth has the neutered 3070 that is like 95W at most according to you and that's when the CPU is like 25W? Think you said it only goes to 80W when cpu is 40W so yeah.. no thanks lol. I just meant I like the stealthy design and like it on a thicker chassis that can handle more wattage.. So I don't understand why you're saying just buy the stealth when there's going to be a clear performance difference? 🤷

[@matthiasrambally1899]

Do the Gp66 leopard

[@BobOfAllTrades]

It’s this laptop without a few ports and more plastic, done 👍

[@yztrailryder]

Do you think the newest GE66 Raider version with 240hz QHD i7 11800H with the 3070 will still have a GPU bottle neck? Should i just go for the i9 11980HK model.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

11th gen is best right now per the bottleneck discussion. CPU tech hasn’t kept up with GPU tech. Skip on the HK

[@yztrailryder]

@@BobOfAllTrades Good to know. Thanks for the quick reply.

[@Great_America]

@@BobOfAllTrades Sadly, there is no option to opt for the RTX3080 with the QHD display and the 11800H. Only option is for the 11980HK. Maybe more options/configuration will be available soon. Going to a higher resolution display is a far better solution for minimizing the CPU/GPU bottleneck issue.

[@vadimsegida2320]

bob you have to help and work with your people on the channel,or only money is your interest?

[@XyonusTV]

Hey Bob! Great vid as always 👌 I just got the GE76 with the i9 10980HK and RTX 3080 155W, a pretty solid machine, but I'm thinking of pushing this thing to it's true potential and void the warranty and repaste it. Honestly I don't think that the laptop will have any issues within it's warranty period so I think that repasting it will give me a nice boost and benefit of a better performance now as I would probably get another one after 2 years. I optimized it as much as I could, UV + custom turbo boost, holding 4.6ghz all cores at 80*C while gaming. I want to go for 4.9 - 5 ghz all core which I think is possible if I repaste it with Gelid GC Extreme which should give me - 10 degrees celsius. Should I go for it, what do you think? CPU is getting 10.4k in TimeSpy right now from 9.7k stock.

[@warlock5309]

All that for just 10 more frames maybe? Not worth it.

[@XyonusTV]

@@warlock5309 For me it's worth it, the laptop will run cooler and perform a bit better which is overall healthier for the machine. The chances for a laptop to break within it's 2 year warranty window are very low, if a laptop is faulty, it's usually faulty out of the box or within the first weeks. Also I enjoy tearing laptops apart so this was fun for me overall, but everyone can do whatever they want, it's a choice.

[@kugif3927]

Do you think it’s worth the upgrade from the 10750h to the 10870h for gaming only ? It’s an extra 200$ for the upgrade

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I don’t think so

[@kugif3927]

@@BobOfAllTrades thank you for the reply

[@robertcooper5308]

Yo bobby!!

[@synonymoususer7321]

who did the voice over for the review??? Sounds different

[@BobOfAllTrades]

It’s still me LOL. Two different mics and locations

[@abhigyandatta13]

Put Ryzen in this and this is one of the top 3 gaming laptops this year, alongwith the Mech G3 and Legion Pro

[@NewAgeVirtuoso]

I’m confused. The Websight says 720p on the raider. But the video shows 1080p 🤷‍♂️

[@BobOfAllTrades]

It’s 1080p. Make sure you’re looking at the GE Raider with RTX 3000 and not the GP Leopard.

[@jrquidemsalcedo7684]

scar 17 3070 or msi ge66 3070 ?

[@josephray9648]

I have this laptop with rtx 3070 with 32 gb ram 1TB drive. with 240hz screen. I want to have a external monitor with at least 240hz display. Should I used the HDMI port or the mini display port? any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Mini dp

[@josephray9648]

@@BobOfAllTrades thank you! I am gonna be using the the external monitor as my main monitor for gaming.

[@user-wi2rn3ws2e]

How much is it?

[@amaurytoloza1511]

Is it really the CPU to blame? The guys from HU did a deep dive into that with the 30 series and they found in many instances the architectural bottleneck of this generation weights more than any potential CPU bottleneck.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Yup. I’ve been testing stuff like this for ten years.

[@amaurytoloza1511]

@@BobOfAllTrades I am pretty sure HU have also been testing stuff like this for years and years. I am not saying that there isn't CPU bottleneck in some instances, I'm saying it is more complicated than that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWjRoYuOrr19sKs

[@Neek190]

Can I use another power brick? Like use a 280 w in a 230 w laptop. Or it doesn't work?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

It won’t provide the laptop with increased wattage to the hardware

[@Neek190]

Thank you.

[@RichCompMan]

I just bought the Raider and thought it had windows hello like the stealth, did your unit have Windows Hello?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Nope

[@RichCompMan]

@@BobOfAllTrades Bummer. Thought I had a bad unit. I still agree that the Raider is the better of the 2. I also like it over the Ryzen 9 3070 Strix. The Raider just feels more premium than the Strix and not a Finger print magnet like the Stealth. Thanks for the great Videos! Keep up the great work!

[@Jowersman]

Is 300 nits bright enough for typical indoor gaming?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Absolutely

[@shaunk7547]

I have the 2022 GE66 i7 12th gen 3070ti 360hz screen arriving tomorrow, can anyone confirm I’ve made a good choice? ☺️

[@allworksnew]

Was it a good choice?

[@marvelmarvel4504]

Give me advice please I can't still choose msi laptops First - MSI GE66 raider RTX 3070 8GB 1080 full hd ips 240hz ram: 32gb ssd: 1tb . intel core i7 10750h Second - MSI GP76 Leopard RTX3070 8GB 1080full hd ips 144hz Ram: 16gb ssd:512gb intel core i7 11800h First MSI GE 66 costs 2500 $ second gp76 cost 2400$ Point using laptop is for gaming. I am going to use laptop at home mostly. If I go to travel somewhere of course I will use my iPad for only watching movies while I'm in airplane or train, if i play games while flying in airplane with 17 inches I may not have enough space at passengers seat and for sure battery won't be enough if I plan to play games. So about laptop I'm stuck with ge66 for only that screen has a 240hz and with ssd memory also ram memory which higher than gp76. About GP76 main reason that stops me to buy that screen 144hz and Korean letter keyboard and of course it has a English words too on it, in addition positive side about gp76 is only 11th gen CPU but ram and ssd I can upgrade if I really choose gp76 . Sorry for my English and thank you for your attention

[@BobOfAllTrades]

11th gen

[@marvelmarvel4504]

Bob Of All Trades 240hz does matter for gaming ?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

@@marvelmarvel4504 11th gen would be my choice no question. A 3070 is hard to push and 11th gen Intel had the best chance of doing so. Plus that’s 8 cores versus 6. 240hz doesn’t overcome the cons here.

[@marvelmarvel4504]

Bob Of All Trades thank you

[@vibayo]

Didn't know you until 3 days ago when pccomponentes were selling a very similar HP Omen to this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHi7pYKIiLl5jbs for 1800€ and WHAT A GOOD REVIEW :-) I wish you would do a lot more. If it would have a MUX I would have bought it, but oh well. I'm looking for a 17' laptop that has G-sync and Optimus (I guess the new Optimus Advance will do or a MUX switch) with a 2080 or above. I hope you do more reviews with laptops that comply with the G-sync+Optimus. Keep up the good work :-)

[@Dark_Matter]

Here's a question... why would you repaste this unit that was a review spec sent to you that you have to send back? This is going to change the cooling results for the next reviewer.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

zTecpc does thermal paste upgrades with this TIM. So now you can see the difference for yourself. Pretty awesome 👍

[@kucinglemah86]

asus g15 2021 is better... may i have your thought?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Scroll through the comments there’s a lot of people that have purchased that one. Some are happy, some have returned it.

[@Great_America]

The 240Hz QHD model is now available with the Intel 11980HK, RTX3080 16GB (130W) and 32GB 3200 Mhz DDR4 (MSRP $2999.99) Also, quick notes --> the new GE66 model with the 11th gen Intel CPU has a HDMI 2.1 port, mini DisplayPort 1.4, and Thunderbolt 4 is now available!!

[@GiuseppeFerro]

DISPLAY FREEZE I have this laptop GE66-UG-234IT. Anyone here with problems with a second display? When I connect the laptop to an external screen with HDMI or minidisplayport (VGA adapter cable) and use both screen (not duplicate image) with software like OBS or Streamlabs i have some monitor freeze. Both monitor freeze for 3-4 second. Go black and then work normally. Sometimes the bug is introduced by mouse freeze. I thought that was an hardware problem but when I use only the notebook without monitor, it is ok. I think that is a problem with drivers. A friend of mine, bought the GP66 with the same hardware and has the same problem! I wrote to msi and they suggested me a very long list of test and procedure and i didn't tried yet. I know that there is a BIOS update but I don't know if I solve with this and I'm scared to update it because I don't want to brick the Notebook. Anyone can help?

[@prince_lish]

i created a new channel called tested. me : pauses and go subscribe before i get back to this.

[@xel...]

Which would be faster the gp66 with the 130watt 3070.or this ge66?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Probably the same

[@asm1]

GE66 11th gen will eat both. I've got one and MSI/NVIDIA released a BIOS/VBIOS update. TDP of 3070 is now 140w. Also 11 gen has TB4.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

😋

[@PhillipLemmon]

Can you imagine the power this laptop would have if it had the AMD cpu in it?! "UNLIMITED POWAA!!!"

[@Joshuatop]

GE76 3070 is better or Asus G17 3070?

[@kartik7vadhera]

I am also debating between these laptop

[@snipermike_9930]

What’s the diff between ge66 and ge76

[@BobOfAllTrades]

15” vs 17” for starters

[@antong3987]

Redact

[@alisherkawi]

intel mobile CPUs just suckkkk... it's a shame I can't find any AMD/RTX combos they're all out of stock. I think I'll have to wait this one out.

[@AT93x]

Can’t open the link for the new channel

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I just figured out why! Apparently I have to have 1000 subscriber minimum

[@AT93x]

@@BobOfAllTrades how do I find it give me the exact name

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Tested I also posted the link in my pinned comment and I would’ve done that if it wasn’t for you so I appreciate it!

[@AT93x]

@@BobOfAllTrades I clicked on the pinned linked 37473 times didn’t work😄

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Man that’s lame. I linked it at the end of the video too I wonder if it’s not even showing up there now.

[@solitude5501]

Well the chassis is ready for Tigerlake / AMD in a few months which will help with the CPU bottleneck.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

11th will reduce it but not eliminate it 👍

[@solitude5501]

@@BobOfAllTrades Will be interesting to see. The single core scores on the 35H are legit.

[@kevinlalai3695]

i have problem with warzone it says dx error 6068 i cant play

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Update all of your drivers

[@Anisyi]

Bob Of All Trades Hello. Have you tried warzon on it? I have a msi gp76 (i7 10870h undervolt -80 rtx 3070 16gb ram), I updated all the drivers and this is what I got. Very low 100-120fps and Ultra with rtx 90-100fps with discretated videocard. Why i have so little fps? And same problem in PUBG, 90-130fps low and high texture. And another question, how do you compare this laptop with the hp omen 17 with 2080? Which of them has quieter and less nasty noise from coolers? Sorry for my bad english.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I have another channel dedicated to specific games on specific laptops. How to my results compare to yours? kzbin.info/door/3KIZsFtgfRheFOX5ZnmDLA

[@Anisyi]

Bob Of All Trades i got same fps if I put everything at a minimum, even sometimes less. And I don’t understand why so bad. I tried the stock drivers and the latest ones, no difference. Maybe I have a defective video card.

[@kevinlalai3695]

@@BobOfAllTrades i did everything i download more drivers on the official site of Invidia is crashing all time and is deleting the crash i can see than one drive before i had the 6068 now i have something with 5968 i dont remember exactly the numbers ,