MSI Titan GT77 (17.3-inch, 2022)

Chart-topping CPU performance Fantastic port selection, including Thunderbolt 4 Excellent speakers High-end gaming performance Loads of bright RGB flare

Lackluster display Loud and hot Expensive Keyboard gets stuck from time-to-time

“The MSI Titan GT77 is powerful, but it's also overly hot, loud, and expensive.”

Blistering performance ; Brilliant 4K 144Hz display ; Respectable battery life for its category ; Understated design makes this big laptop look sleek

Prohibitively expensive ; Quite heavy, especially when you add the huge power brick ; Loud fans, under normal use, rise to ear-splitting under heavy load ; 4K gaming requires DLSS 3 and frame-generation technology ; Still just a 720p webcam

A next-gen gaming laptop at a sky-high price, MSI's Titan GT77 comes in fast and loud with 13th Gen Intel Core i9 and Nvidia RTX 4090 power.

Chart-topping CPU performance ; Excellent mechanical keyboard ; Exceptionally bright Mini LED screen ; Plenty of ports

Luxury pricing ; Fingerprint-magnet finish ; Chunky form factor won’t be for everyone

If you’re looking for a 17 incher with a high-resolution screen and cool-looking lights but find the Titan a bit out of your price range, a 4K version of Alienware’s x17 is currently going for well over $1,000 less than this Titan unit. Those looking...

Deity-level performance ; Room for four storage drives (including one PCI Express 5.0!) ; Tactile mechanical keyboard ; Plentiful RGB lighting ; Built-in biometric features ; Impressive battery life

Huge and heavy ; Colossal price, especially for RTX 3080 Ti configuration ; Loud under load ; Ho-hum webcam

MSI's gigantic GT77 Titan ushers in a new era of gaming laptop performance, thanks to its Intel Core HX processor and Nvidia RTX 30 Ti series GPU.

Monstrous power ; Gorgeous display ; Tactile Cherry mechanical keyboard ; Impressive port array ; Great for creative pro tasks too

So big and heavy ; Dated design ; Tinny speakers ; Webcam = potato ; Expensive even for a stacked gaming laptop

The MSI Titan GT77 HX is the tip of the RTX 4090 iceberg in terms of pure power and gaming prowess, but its portability takes a hit because of it. The keyboard is amazing and you’ve got all the ports in the world — provided you’re OK with a lot of junk...

So who is the Titan GT77 meant for? Well, we believe that it is meant for high-functioning content creators, gamers, ML engineers, data scientists and game developers who are constantly on the move and need a proper desktop replacement to carry around...