MSI GT735

performance, usability, sound, battery, size

reliability, portability

75% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

1. Brushed finished. I really hate finger print magnets. If any finger prints do manage to get on the laptop they gave you a nice screen-wipe ; 2. I can play all my games on "High" CS:S, Battlefield 2, Battlefield Heroes... Haven't had time to install...

1. The right shift key it a bit too small for my liking ; 2. The Fn and Ctrl keys on the left should be switched around I feel ; 3. Windows Vista 32x Home Premium ; 4. Only three USB ports

This laptop (as im sure you've read in other reviews) has what is considered by most to be the best hardware for the money, for the simple consumer looking for a simple review, they're quite right ; However, I don't think it necessary to re-invent the...

CONS. Lets do the obvious ; Fingerprints! there I said it. the fingerprint magnet sucks. Its unfortunate but the laptop DOES come with a handy dandy wipe rag, so no worries ; ok, more obviousness, the touchpad blows hard. I oftentimes rest my hand...

Good CPU performance, good GPU for a laptop, decent amount of RAM. Overall, this laptop is a great gaming laptop for anything less than $1200. Do the research, and you'll see mostly raving reviews for this thing. Hooked up to a 42" HDTv via the HDMI...

It can get a little hot, but easily remedied by making sure there's enough air flow around the right-hand back-side, or getting a laptop cooler. It will blow hot air onto your hand if you mouse near that vent, but better the hot air is outside than inside

Big screen, performance, flashy looks, can play HD content no problem

Short battery life. Can't think of anything else

runs fast ; not much bloatware (if any really) ; speakers sound great ; screen looks great, and is more than big enough (movies and games look really good) ; 4 usb ports (when you include the e-sata port) ; numpad is useful (i've already used it many...

fingerprint magnet!!! (if you're somewhat ocd about that kind of thing, it'll drive you crazy) ; runs hot when playing games like CoD4 (though i've noticed most of the heat comes from the CPU heat pipe and very little from the GPU heat pipe). though it...

Great features for the money ; CPU and graphics card can run most games, including CoD4 and Bioshock without any issues at top settings. It will handle any movies or graphics software that you install. Sound and picture quality are great

No volume control on the exterior of the machine. Touchpad is quite sensitive and may accidentally 'click' without you realizing it ; (Thankfully only minor issues!)

Matthew: you are correct, the video card is downclocked, but there is a way to overclock the video card ; In GPU-Z, there is a button to the right of "BIOS Version" under the "Graphics Card" tab. This button will allow you to create a copy of the video...

(Cont) ; window and browse to where you extracted winflash too. Now click "Analyze", wait for it to finish, then click "Flash BIOS". The flashing should take anywhere from 10-20 seconds. Once done flashing, reboot the laptop and check GPU-Z to see you...

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Upon further inspection with GPU-Z, the graphics card runs at 479/594 (core/memory), whereas ATI's reference specifications say the card should run at 580/750. This is 20% slower than ATI reference specs. I contacted MSI about this issue to find out if...

17 inch screen, full keyboard (though cramped), aluminum body, 4.1 speakers, HD 3850 graphics, AMD processor able to OC to 2.6ghz. Good price

NOT, I repeat NOT capable of PowerXpress, the noted feature of the Puma platform which allows switching off the discrete graphics card to the IGP in real time to extend battery life for 1 hour or more, which results in only 2 hours of battery life. I...

Great price for an HD 800-series card (for laptops). The Wireless card connects to my wireless-N router through two floors. The screen is crisp and clear, black is actually black. Lots of aluminum

The memory seems to be a little on the slow side