Msi gs65 stealth thin 8rf review in Spanish (full analysis)

MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF technical features

Unboxing and design

The MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF laptop has come to us perfectly protected inside a neutral colored cardboard box, the box design is very simple as you can see in the photos. We open the box and we find another box inside, this one in black and protected by foam pieces to prevent it from moving during transport.

We open this second box and find inside the MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF laptop, perfectly protected by several cloth bags to avoid damaging its delicate surface. We also see a small cardboard box containing the power supply. An excellent presentation and very careful, it shows that we are facing a premium product from one of the best brands on the market.

MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF is a laptop that is possible only thanks to the great evolution of the technologies used by Nvidia and MSI, which has allowed to create a device with enormous features and a very compact design. This equipment has dimensions of 358.5 x 247.7 x 17.7 mm and a low weight of 1.8 Kg, figures that have not prevented putting all the power of the GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q inside and an advanced Intel Core i7 processor 8750H six-core. The chassis is made of aluminum, a material that allows to achieve great resistance with a very light weight. All this accompanied by 16 GB of DDR4 2660 MHz RAM and a 512 GB SSD that comes standard with two partitions.

At the top we see the MSI logo in gold, the same color that has been used all around the top for decoration. At the bottom we see rubber feet so that it does not move on the table and a grid to improve ventilation.

MSI is a benchmark in laptop screens and this MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF is the best example of this. The manufacturer has mounted a 15.6-inch panel with 4.9-mm bezels, making it possible to design a 15.6-inch laptop the size of conventional 14-inch ones. Despite the fine bezels, MSI has managed to keep the webcam on top so as not to harm the user experience, something that the competition does not offer.

This screen reaches a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, which allows it to offer great image definition in its size. MSI has used an AHVA type panel at a 144Hz refresh rate to offer the best fluency in the most demanding games. It is a panel with an image quality at the level of an IPS, but with the advantage of having a real response time of only 7 ms and therefore offering a ghosting-free experience. True Color 2.0 technology ensures the best calibration of the screen, in addition to offering six profiles including a blue light filter, a gaming mode, a cinema mode, an office mode, a night mode and the highest fidelity mode. color.

Another of the strengths of the MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF is its keyboard manufactured by SteelSeries, a benchmark in the sector that guarantees us the best quality. It is a membrane keyboard with a very quiet operation and excellent touch, few better options we will see with the membrane technology if not say none. This keyboard has an advanced RGB backlight system configurable by key independently, for this we will use the SteelSeries Engine application. MSI has trusted one of the best in the industry for the keyboard, something that is a success.

Regarding the most relevant internal components, we highlight the presence of the six-core and twelve-core Core i7 8750H processor along with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q graphics card. This MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF is one of the maximum exponents of Nvidia's Max-Q philosophy, which allows it to offer great performance in a very compact device.

Modern laptops offer a set of challenges not seen in other computing environments. On these computers, power, heat, physical size, performance and acoustic noise are related to each other and must be balanced to achieve a pleasant and portable gaming experience. GeForce GTX GPUs with a Max-Q design produce less heat and allow greater design flexibility, even allowing the physical size of the notebook to decrease. Max-Q directly addresses the dream of users of these devices by balancing and solving their design challenges.

The most important feature of the Max-Q design requires the GPU to operate within the optimal range on the power / performance curve, which produces the best overall performance with the highest energy efficiency. The Max-Q design seeks the best performance obtainable with maximum energy efficiency. By running the GPU at the most efficient levels, Max-Q decreases the power consumed by the GPU and the heat generated. Heat reduction means that the system fans do not need to spin as fast, making the system quieter. Also, the same GPU can be mounted on a slimmer chassis.

Max-Q is accompanied by Nvidia's WhisperMode technology, which is responsible for managing frame pacing in the best possible way, and optimizes games so that the highest possible graphic quality is achieved with a adjusted power consumption. This technology helps reduce energy consumption, and with it the heat generated and noise from the cooling system, by default limits the framerate to 60 FPS.

MSI's advanced Cooler Boost Trinity cooling system keeps this powerful hardware cool. This system consists of five high quality copper heatpipes and three fans. Each of the fans contains a total of 47 blades with a thickness of 0.2 mm, and the fans are made of metal to further improve the cooling capacity.

The advanced MSI Dragon Center software allows us to manage all this hardware in the best possible way. It is a complete application with a very clear and intuitive interface that displays information such as all the components, the temperature and its percentage of use. A free memory space release is included with a single click and the option to manage various ventilation profiles, depending on whether we want maximum performance to play, or as much silence as possible.

MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF includes speakers that support Dynaudio sound technology, offering the best gaming immersion with boosted bass and crystal-clear audio. This is made possible by the use of Giant Speakers speakers, with two woofers and a five times larger resonance chamber compared to a conventional speaker. These high-quality speakers can deliver up to 40% higher volume level and much greater detail. All this powered by Nahimic 3, the positioning technology of military origin that will give you an important competitive advantage in the middle of the battlefield.

Regarding the network connection, the inclusion of the Killer E2500 chipset supports Killer DoubleShot Pro technology, which combines the bandwidth of the wired and wireless connection to offer the user the maximum transfer speed and the minimum latency.. This network engine prioritizes game-related packets to improve stability and prevent packet loss.

Performance and storage tests

First of all we are going to see the speed of the SSD of this MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF, for this we have used the popular program CristalDiskMark in its latest version, this has been the result obtained.

We now turn to see the behavior of the team in the most demanding games, all of which have been executed with the graphics at maximum and in 1080p resolution, 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 GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF

MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF has left us with excellent sensations after having passed our test bench, it is a very compact and very light laptop, which hides in its interior features that were recently only possible in very large teams and heavy. The great technological advances of Intel and Nvidia have made possible the existence of this engineering marvel, without forgetting of course the MSI team that always manages to get the most out of the hardware with its advanced ventilation systems.

T he Nvidia Max-Q design offers us a power very close to a desktop GeForce GTX 1070 in a laptop that is only 17.7 mm thick and weighs 1.8 kg, our tests show that this equipment will allow you to enjoy the most demanding games with a very high graphic quality and very high FPS rates, if we lower the graphics we will have no problems taking full advantage of the 144 Hz screen. The screen has excellent image quality, so much so that It is hard to believe that it is not an IPS panel.

The maximum temperatures playing reach 86ºC on the GPU and 91ºC on the CPU, they are high values but they are within the parameters allowed by Nvidia and Intel, so there should be no problem. Nvidia WhisperMode technology helps us reduce temperatures considerably, all without compromising graphic quality and experience, as games continue to perform excellently. In the case of Crysis 3, temperatures have dropped to 82ºC on the CPU and 64ºC on the GPU.

As a final conclusion, we can say that we are facing the best laptop created by MSI, something that has only been possible thanks to the hard work of these three technology giants. MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF is for sale for approximately 2350 euros.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ VERY COMPACT AND ROBUST DESIGN	- IT WARMS UP ENOUGH WHEN WE DEMAND IT TO THE MAXIMUM
+ EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN ALL 1080P GAMES
+ HIGH QUALITY AND HIGH FLUIDITY DISPLAY
+ HIGH QUALITY KEYBOARD
+ ALL THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TOGETHER IN A UNIQUE PRODUCT