http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/ Engadget Comments for MSI's Core i7-equipped GT660R makes itself available to US consumers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
Dude who cares about resolution, THE THING GLOWS!!!]]>Jul 25th 2010 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
Eye sight vs bright glowing thing... Glowing thing win.]]>Jul 25th 2010 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
[That's what she said]
[You can probably swap the screen. I swapped the screen on my Gateway 78 FX Series from a 1400x900r to a 1900x1200r.]]]>Jul 25th 2010 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
Why would you want to buy a $1700 laptop and then pay extra for a decent display (and void your warranty by replacing it)?

My 17" inch laptop is 2 years old, it cost 950€ when it was new and it has a 1920x1200 pixel display, so there is no real reason for this new expensive laptop to have so few pixels.]]>Jul 25th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
I have 20/20 vision and run 1920x1200 on my 24 inch desktop monitor. I would never want to use a tiny 16 inch laptop screen at such a high resolution. That's a recipe for eyestrain and headaches. Especially given how poorly laptop screens perform in sunlight. ]]>Jul 25th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/The gamer in me prefers the lower native resolution so that I can keep graphical settings higher. Lowering the res to a non-native is always ugly by comparison.]]>Jul 25th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
I do get what you mean though, spending that kind-of money should get you something better, but you have to look at all aspects. A gamer might, and probably does, have an external screen. Some (like the one above me) prefer having lower resolution to maximize graphics and frame rate.]]>Jul 25th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
ASUS F7S

But it's 2 years old, most components other than the screen are obsolete by now. And the new ASUSes haven't got the same resolution anymore for some reason]]>Jul 25th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
Right click the desktop, select screen resolution, scale from 100% to 125% or 150%.

High resolution does NOT mean tiny icons and text unless you want it to. It just means CRISPER icons, text, movies, and games. ]]>Jul 25th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
Not that simple. Scaling down is blurry compared to a monitor with lower native resolution. That also produces eyestrain and headaches. Also, when you choose larger fonts in windows not every application complies to those settings. ]]>Jul 25th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
Wrong, you are thinking of XP's old scaling. W7 scaling does NOT change the native resolution of the screen, it simply scales the entire UI.

The menu bar, buttons, text, and everything increases to 125% or 150% as you select, and thus does not become blurry like changing the resolution. ]]>Jul 25th 2010 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
I'd never spent that kind of money on a soon to be obsolete technology...]]>Jul 25th 2010 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
lol yeah cut out 6 gigs of ram and the 500 gig hard drive. Put in a 480 or an Ati card and a higher res screem]]>Jul 25th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
1 tb hard drive*]]>Jul 25th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/330m is fine for light gaming, but this should use a 5870m or 480m]]>Jul 25th 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
330M is hardly 'light gaming'...]]>Jul 25th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Yes it is. It's a mid-level card as far as mobile GPUs go. ]]>Jul 25th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
geez.]]>Jul 25th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
What an odd machine to drop 17 hundreds on. That's a 27 inch iMac, just like that. ]]>Jul 25th 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
This isn't my cup of tea, but no one interested in a product similar to this would be looking at a iMac.

Thats like introducing a guy who likes redheaded girls to Clay Aiken. It doesn't matter if you think he's cute, he's for a different niche.]]>Jul 25th 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
The choice is yours. ]]>Jul 25th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.yugatech.com/blog/pc-gaming/msi-gt660-review/]]>Jul 25th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
Asus G73JH...if you can live with a nasty glare screen..]]>Jul 25th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/*7200 RPM]]>Jul 25th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
Correct, the listing states:

Hard Drive
HDD
1TB
HDD RPM
7200rpm
HDD Spec
2 x 500GB
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/wd-ships-industrys-first-2-5-inch-1tb-hard-drive/]]>Jul 25th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/Jul 25th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/msis-core-i7-equipped-gt660r-makes-itself-available-to-us-consu/
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