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Tim S · 7th Jun 2007, 16:38

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/06...overclocking/1

MSI's gaming notebooks come with an interesting case design, as well as a Turbo button for on the fly overclocking.

Sparrowhawk · 7th Jun 2007, 16:51

/me blinks
I haven't seen a Turbo button since Socket 7.

Granted, do I have to join Computer-enthusiast's Anonymous before I can own up to still having one or two of those old boxen?

./^\.Ace./^\. · 7th Jun 2007, 16:59

The turbo button should be named the power drain button

thats what it's going to do if you'er not pluged into the outlet

Drexial · 7th Jun 2007, 17:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrowhawk

/me blinks
I haven't seen a Turbo button since Socket 7.

Granted, do I have to join Computer-enthusiast's Anonymous before I can own up to still having one or two of those old boxen?

yup thats not something i expected to see again

HugoB · 7th Jun 2007, 17:25

Wow, as you say, the last time I had a turbo button my PC was bigger than I was at the time!! (I was only 8yrs old, and it was 1996...)

I wonder if you get a popup message warnign you not to have it on your lap 'cause it must turn into an oven!!!

Still, a 20% CPU and Memory overclock is not to be sniffed at!

Paradigm Shifter · 7th Jun 2007, 18:36

After the poor build quality of my Acer laptop, I'm wary of anything that is overly and obviously 'plastic'...

FIBRE+ · 7th Jun 2007, 21:30

OMGFUGLY

Quote:

The design might not be to everyone's tastes

Your too polite, I think we can all agree it looks discusting

Bring back the turbo button, they were awsome!

pendragon · 7th Jun 2007, 21:50

I really like the tribal stuff

..however, a 'gaming laptop' will probably never be something I'd buy. The price of high-end laptops combined with the un-upgradability (is that even a word?) don't make them an attractive purchase for me.

./^\.Ace./^\. · 9th Jun 2007, 23:31

Would there really be a need for a battery in that laptop

you know that you would get no battery time if that thing is in turbo so just put another hard drive in its place

John - MSI · 13th Jun 2007, 10:06

Nice to hear your comments.... I think in the UK we also agree with a few of them

We will help feedback these comments to our head office so keep them coming

Just to clear up a few things:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ./^\.Ace./^\.

The turbo button should be named the power drain button

thats what it's going to do if you'er not pluged into the outlet

Lets be honest, a gaming notebook is not designed to be used as an away from power PC, turbo button or no turbo button! In fact I think 99% of dedicated VGA in notebooks will actually drop the clock speeds when no AC is used... hence no power is not an option. The advantage is a laptop you can use anywhere (with battery), and move to your friends / LAN to game (with AC) easily... and for that it should come up trumps

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradigm Shifter

After the poor build quality of my Acer laptop, I'm wary of anything that is overly and obviously 'plastic'...

Athough the MSI laptops may look like plastic, they are actually Magnesium-Alloy which have the appearance of plastic once coated due to being so light weight, but in actually fact the strength is far superiour to plastic

Bindibadgi · 13th Jun 2007, 10:47

The Turbo button doesn't work when you're not plugged in anyway

John, I hope the notebooks we saw were demonstration only because they looked and felt very plastic :/ An Mg-alloy finish would be far far superior!

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