Msi ge63 raider rgb review in Spanish (full analysis)

The manufacturer MSI continues to revolutionize the gaming notebook sector with its new MSI GE63 Raider RGB, a model that stands out for the inclusion of the powerful Intel Core i7 8750H processor based on the Coffee Lake architecture, along with the GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card. All this in a very compact and light equipment, capable of moving all current and future games in 1080p with an excellent level of graphic detail. The icing on the cake is the RGB Mystic Light lighting system, which will be the envy of all your friends.

First of all, we thank MSI for the trust placed in ceding the product to us for analysis.

MSI GE63 Raider RGB technical characteristics

Unboxing and design

MSI GE63 Raider RGB has arrived in a generic black box, inside it the laptop is well protected and accompanied by the power supply. MSI GE63 Raider RGB arrives to reinforce MSI's commitment to gamers, this brand revolutionized gaming laptops at the time, and continues to demonstrate its good work to each new generation. This model is in the GE series, which is characterized by offering incredible performance, with a very careful aesthetic and a compact and lightweight design. Next to the laptop we find the 180W power supply.

The laptop is manufactured with an aluminum chassis, which gives it a high-quality appearance and guarantees excellent durability. It is a very compact and light notebook with dimensions of 383 x 260 x 29.5 mm and a weight of 2.5 Kg. The design follows the trend of MSI Gaming with a color scheme based on black and red that characterizes them so much. In the upper parts, some red bands have been included in which the Mystic Light lighting system is integrated, this makes the laptop look really spectacular, with 24 independently configurable lighting zones.

This lighting system is controlled by the SteelSeries Engine 3 application, which offers us 16.8 million colors, 4 lighting effects and 9 predefined models. This application is very intuitive and easy to use, it is also the application that we will use to configure the keyboard lighting, with the possibility of customizing each key individually.

Next to the keyboard there are three buttons, one to turn on the laptop, one to change the keyboard lighting mode and the other to set the fans to 100%.

On the left side are the two 3.5 mm connectors for audio and micro, a USB 3.1 Type-C port, a USB 3.1 port, a Mini DisplayPort port, an HDMI 2.0 port and the Ethernet network port. On the right side we find a slot for SD memory cards and two USB 3.1 ports. This makes us have a laptop with excellent connectivity.

We now turn to see the screen that is another great strength of this MSI GE63 Raider RGB, it is a 15.6-inch panel with 1920 x 1080p resolution and TN technology. It is one of the best TN panels on the market, achieving 94% color reproduction of the NTSC spectrum, with viewing angles of 170º and a response time of just 3 ms. The quality of this panel means that it has nothing to envy the IPS in terms of quality, and has the advantage of offering a faster response time, which will provide the best fluidity in games and a ghosting-free experience along with its 120 Hz refresh rate. MSI always mounts the best screens and this time it has not been an exception, it is something that sets it apart from the competition and gives its teams added value.

This screen is accompanied by True Color 2.0 technology, which provides coverage of almost 100% of the sRGB spectrum, with 6 display profiles including a blue light filter, a gaming mode, a cinema mode, a mode office, night mode and maximum color fidelity mode.

Inside the MSI GE63 Raider RGB we find a powerful GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card, based on the Pascal GP106 silicon and with 6 GB of video memory, or it is a very powerful card that will move the most demanding games to resolution without problems. 1080p from your screen. Along with this graphics card has been placed the Intel Core i7 8750H processor, with six cores and twelve threads based on the Coffee Lake architecture. This set is accompanied by 16GB of DDR4 2400MHz RAM and 1TB SSD storage along with a 1TB mechanical hard drive for high capacity.

It is a very powerful hardware, which has been possible thanks to the revolutionary MSI Cooler Boost 5 cooling system, it is based on seven copper heatpipes, four air vents and two fans for a total of 31 blades. This cooling system moves 20% more air than the competition, allowing it to offer great cooling capacity. This cooling allows the processor to reach 3.9 GHz and improve performance by 20-29% over the previous generation.

To manage all this hardware in the best possible way, we are offered the advanced Dragon Center 2.0 software. This complete application offers us a very clear and intuitive interface, which shows us information such as all the components, the temperature and its percentage of use. It also gives us the option to free up memory space with a single click. This software allows us to manage various ventilation profiles, depending on whether we want maximum performance to play, or as much silence as possible.

Now we turn to see the sound, the MSI GE63 Raider RGB features Dynaudio sound technology, which provides the best immersion in video games with powered bass and crystal clear sound. This sound technology is based on Giant Speakers speakers, with two wofers and a five times larger resonance chamber. All this offers 40% more volume, detail and depth of the bass. MSI has also included a HiFi ESS Saber DAC that offers 24-bit and 128KHz sound, a quality superior to that of CDs. Another fundamental part of Dynaudio is the high fidelity Nahimic 3 positioning technology.

Finally, we talk about your network controller based on the Killer E2500 chipset, it is compatible with Killer DoubleShot Pro technology, which combines the bandwidth of the wired and wireless connection to achieve the maximum transfer speed and minimum latency possible. It also prioritizes game-related packages to improve stability and prevent packet loss.

Performance and storage tests

First of all we are going to see the speed of the NVMe disk of this MSI GE63 Raider RGB, for this we have used the popular program CristalDiskMark in its latest version, this has been the result obtained. As we can see it is a fairly fast disk although it does not take full advantage of the SATA III interface .

As for the processor, we have used Cinebench R15, which has given a really impressive score for a laptop with 1111 points.

We now turn to see the behavior of the team in the most demanding games, all of them have been executed with the graphics at their maximum and in 1080p, 2K and 4K resolutions, the tests have been done with the FRAPS benchmarking tool for 180 seconds, It has been repeated three times and an average has been made.

The graphic adjustments have been as follows:

Far Cry 5: Ultra TAACrysis 3: Very High SMAA x 2 Project Cars 2: Ultra MSAA High Overwatch: Epico SMAADoom 2: Ultra TSSAA x 8

In the case of Far Cry 5, the benchmark tool included in the game has been used.

Final words and conclusion about MSI GE63 Raider RGB

MSI GE63 Raider RGB has proven to be an excellent notebook, with configuration makes it very powerful and perfectly valid for all kinds of tasks. Whether you are fond of video games, or looking for a powerful team to render video at high resolution, this laptop is one of the best options on the market. Its aluminum body looks very robust and of high quality, which guarantees great durability over the years.

The screen is really impressive, its color quality is very high and it offers us a refresh rate of 120 Hz with a response time of 3 ms. These features make the games look beautiful and very fluid, with a panel like this you will not miss your gaming monitor. The 1080p resolution adapts very well to its size, the definition of the texts is very good so there is no complaint in this regard.

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Its performance in games has been very high, this team will allow us to enjoy all the leading games of the coming years without problems, as they will all move at more than 60 FPS with a very high level of graphic quality. Cooling has been essential for this, the MSI Cooler Boost 5 system is very efficient and has maintained temperatures of 75ºC on the GPU and 85ºC on the CPU, excellent figures for a very compact and lightweight laptop. All this with a very contained noise level for this type of product.

Its price in stores ranges from 1269 euros with the Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti to 2139 euros with the Nvidia GTX 1070 and a high-performance 512 GB SSD. This specific model 1649 euros in online store.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ COMPACT AND VERY ROBUST DESIGN	- SOME NOISE AT FULL BUT IT IS NORMAL
+ EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN ALL 1080P GAMES
+ HIGH QUALITY AND HIGH FLUIDITY DISPLAY
+ THE LIGHTING IS SPECTACULAR
+ VERY EFFICIENT REFRIGERATION