MSI GE700

MSI GE700 review

While the majority of gaming laptops on the market cost extortionate amounts of money, MSI is a company that regularly manufactures powerful rigs for those on a slightly tighter budget. The GE700 is such a machine and makes an impressive entry level gaming laptop. When it comes down to it, gaming machines need to be powerful to ensure they smoothly run the latest games and multimedia programs. The GE700 features a high-powered Intel Core i5 460M processor and performance is excellent. You'll be able to run resource-intensive applications, such as video and music editing software, with no problem, and everyday programs such as web browsers and word processors run smoothly without any issue. Graphically the MSI can't compete with the extreme performance of full gaming laptops, but this is to be expected considering the low price. Nevertheless, the ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5730 graphics card has no problem running the latest games, although we had to set graphical settings slighty lower to enjoy best performance.