That means when I'm gaming and need to make an adjustment on the fly, I have to search for the function key, because I can never remember that it's been moved. One gripe I have about the keyboard's layout is that the Function key is to the right of the space bar, and there aren't any dedicated volume or brightness buttons. The GS65 lacks a number pad, instead there's a single column of shortcut keys – including a dedicated key to rotate through the SteelSeries Engine 3 keyboard lighting schemes. I would love to see this size of touchpad on more laptops, gaming or not. It's smooth for gesture use, but most appealing to me is that I never run out of space when swiping across the touchpad. The sticker on the housing claims the touchpad is 35% larger, and in use, it feels even bigger. The first thing I noticed when I opened the GS65 was the extra large touchpad. Title=More%20Expert%20Tech%20Roundups&type=articles%2Cvideos&tags=tech-roundup&count=6&columnCount=6&theme=articleĪs is typically the case for MSI, the entire housing is black with gold highlights around the edges of the lid (chamfered edges are still a thing, apparently), the exhaust grille on either side of the housing, the power button, and the dragon shield logo on the lid. Any laptop that's only 0.69-inches thick is impressive, let alone one that packs as much power as the GS65. Even with its 15.6-inch FHD display, the GS65's housing measures 15.08 x 10.24 x 0.69-inches and weighs 4.19 pounds. I've always appreciated just how thin and small MSI is able to make its gaming laptops, and the GS65 is no different. Ports: 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x miniDisplayPort, 1 x Ethernet, 1 x Thunderbolt 3.1 port, 1 x audio out, 1 x audio in.

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q (8GB GDDR6).Processor: Intel Core i9-9880H at 2.3GHz (16M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz).Here are the specifications of the MSI GS65 Stealth I am specifically evaluating here: Or the Lenovo Legion Y740, that's just under $2,000. That's not cheap, especially when you look at recent gaming laptops I've reviewed, such as Acer's Predator Triton 500 that's priced at $2,499. All that impressive tech comes at a price though, with the version of the GS65 Stealth I've been testing costing just under $3,400.

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