Hands-on with MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS: Powerful gaming laptop featuring 12th-gen Core i7 and RTX 3070 Ti graphics card

Recently, MSI has officially unveiled a new gaming laptop called MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS in the Vietnamese market, priced at 55.99 million VND (price at the time of writing at Mytour, subject to change according to promotions), targeting professional gamers. So, to meet the needs of this customer segment, what interesting features has MSI equipped the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS with? Let's explore the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS together to learn more about this product.

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MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS dynamic gaming design, vibrant with RGB keyboard

Overall, the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS carries a design that strongly resonates with gaming aesthetics, featuring bold and youthful lines evident in its corners and hinges. The back panel of the machine, while simple, stands out with the familiar dragon logo of MSI, combined with a predominantly black matte surface, creating an elegant and sophisticated appearance.

Additionally, the hinge of the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is meticulously crafted, set slightly inward, which helps protect the screen better and reduces the typical screen shaking often found in mid-range gaming laptops. Furthermore, the entire body of the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is made of alloy and plastic materials, resulting in a weight of 2.9 kg and a thickness of 25.9 mm. Although these numbers may seem large, compared to the general standard, the machine is still considered a fairly compact gaming laptop, easily fitting into a backpack for work or gaming sessions with friends.

Upon opening the laptop, the interior of the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is quite eye-catching as it is equipped with a fairly large tenkeyless layout keyboard with deep key travel and good responsiveness, providing a comfortable typing experience for gaming or typing tasks. Moreover, this keyboard system is also equipped with customizable RGB backlighting, very useful for using the laptop in various low-light conditions while also enhancing the aesthetics of your entertainment and work area.

Due to the large size of the keyboard, the touchpad of the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is slightly downsized. Nevertheless, this mouse pad is still sufficient for someone with fairly large hands to operate. Furthermore, the touchpad is still evaluated by the author to have high-quality finishing and provide a comfortable experience, with swift responses to swiping, tapping, and scrolling.

MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is also fully equipped with all the necessary connectivity ports for a gamer. Specifically, these ports include: One charging port, three USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports, one USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port, one 2-in-1 3.5 mm headphone jack, one Mini Display Port, one HDMI port, and one LAN RJ45 port. These ports allow you to easily connect and transfer data with network devices, peripherals, ensuring a seamless gaming experience.

Smooth experience on MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS with a 165 Hz refresh rate display

Regarding display capabilities, the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS boasts a premium screen that meets the visual needs of many gamers. Specifically, the machine is equipped with a 15.6-inch display, QHD resolution (2560 x 1440 pixels), using an IPS panel to reproduce true-to-life colors and high detail. The top and side bezels of the screen are also slimmed down, optimizing the screen-to-body ratio, making the machine look sleeker despite having a fairly large display.

A standout feature when discussing the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS display is its 165 Hz refresh rate. With such a high refresh rate, all movements on the machine's screen will occur very quickly, smoothly with very low latency, thereby ensuring smooth gaming actions or smooth movements in videos on each frame.

In addition to its large size and high resolution, the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS screen operates on an IPS panel with a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage, providing good image rendering capabilities with accurate details, true-to-life colors, combined with a refresh rate of up to 165 Hz to meet graphics needs or to give you enjoyable gaming battles, smooth experiences, or easily do creative content tasks.

MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS boasts a powerful configuration with 12th generation Intel Core chip

Before delving into the configuration review, let me summarize some specifications of the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS for your quick reference:

• Display: 15.6-inch size, QHD resolution (2560 x 1440 pixels), 165 Hz refresh rate.
• CPU: Intel Core i7-12700H, base clock 2.30 GHz.
• RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2 slots (1 slot 8 GB + 1 slot 8 GB), bus speed 3,200 MHz, maximum expandable to 64 GB.
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB.
• SSD Storage Capacity: 1 TB SSD M.2 PCIe (Removable, can be replaced with up to 2TB). Supports additional 1 slot for expansion M.2 PCIe SSD (upgradeable to maximum 2 TB).
• Battery: 90 Wh.
• Operating System: Windows 11 Home SL.

To meet the demanding needs of gamers, the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is equipped with the powerful Core i7-12700H processor. This is one of the top-performing chips from Intel today with 14 processing cores, including 8 power-saving cores and 6 high-performance cores with an overall clock speed of up to 4.70 GHz. Thanks to this, the machine can perform well in tasks that heavily utilize hardware resources such as gaming for extended periods while optimizing power consumption.

To maximize the performance of the i7-12700H processor, MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is also equipped with 16 GB of DDR4 RAM with a clock speed of 3,200 MHz, allowing you to handle multiple heavy tasks simultaneously such as gaming and livestreaming on platforms smoothly without being hindered by lag. Additionally, being equipped with a 1 TB M.2 PCle SSD allows the machine to extract, transfer data, or open applications extremely quickly, providing users with the fastest and smoothest gaming experience.

MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS also excels in graphic processing capabilities as the machine is equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card - an upgraded version in performance from the RTX 3070, allowing you to fully utilize the machine for tasks that heavily utilize hardware resources such as graphic design, video rendering, or playing AAA games with high graphics settings and stable, smooth Ray Tracing setup.

For those who are not familiar, Ray Tracing is a technique for generating images by tracing the path of light through pixels on a plane and simulating its effects when interacting with virtual objects under the calculation of Ray Tracing cores integrated into NVIDIA's RTX series discrete graphics cards, resulting in more realistic images, creating a vivid experience due to the high level of detail and complexity compared to previous image rendering technologies.

Additionally, the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is powered by a 90 Wh battery, allowing you to use the machine for extended gaming sessions. In the future, I will conduct a battery life review of the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS to provide you with a better understanding of the machine's operating time, so stay tuned to 24h Technology for the latest updates!

Summary

Currently, the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS is priced at 55.99 million Vietnamese dong (price at the time of writing at The Gioi Di Dong system, subject to change depending on promotions). Personally, I find this to be a reasonable price for gamers or media creators with sufficient financial resources in need of a stable gaming laptop with ample configuration to handle heavy graphics tasks or gaming. Combined with its beautiful design, powerful configuration, and crisp display, I think this laptop model is a worthwhile purchase in its price range.

So what are your thoughts and evaluations of the MSI Gaming Vector GP66 12UGS? Leave your thoughts in the comments below for me and everyone else to know! Thank you for your attention and for following my article.

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