Excellent performance, long battery life, and stylish design.
Are you looking for a powerful gaming laptop with correct performance, an eye-catching minimalist design, and long battery life? Then the GS66 Stealth model may take your attention. The GS66 Stealth is the successor of the GS65 Stealth Thin model. Both are gaming laptops that can also be used in work environments, but let’s see why the GS66 Stealth is one of the best MSI gaming laptops.
MSI GS66 Stealth: Design
The MSI GS66 Stealth has a sleek design in matte black with a subtle Dragon logo in a semi-gloss matte finish. It has a reinforced black aluminum chassis for rigid daily use. Its design allows you to use it in different situations, such as work environments, gaming, and creative workloads.
Perhaps the GS66 is not the slimmest or lightest gaming laptop on the market. The GS66 Stealth measures 14.2 x 9.7 inches, is 0.77 inches thick, and weighs 4.6 lbs. (2.1kg), while one of its rivals, the Asus Zephyrus ROG G14, measures 12.8 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches and weighs 3.5 lbs.
If you are looking for a robust portable machine with impressive build quality and a premium look, the MSI GS66 Stealth is the right choice.
MSI GS66 Stealth: Display
About display, the GS66 Stealth has a matte anti-glare display of 15.6 inches with 1920 x 1080 pixels. The starting configuration of the GS66 Stealth comes with a 240Hz and 1080p display. The display is fast and smooth enough for hectic titles. Also, according to the configurations, you can select a refresh rate of 140Hz to 300Hz. For instance, the 240Hz refresh rate is ultra-fast, perfect for esports games. But, it is not for single-player games, in which a 144Hz panel works better.
However, we must mention that the screen has no G-Sync, which is vital for single-player games. This means that single-player games will run smoother on portable devices with NVIDIA graphics. Moreover, the MSI GS66 Stealth offers impressive contrast, color accuracy, and brightness. Thanks to the sRGB color gamut, the device delivers vibrant visuals with precise details. In addition, you can change the presets in the MSI Color utility, which are Gamer, Movie, Anti-Blue, sRGB, Office, and Designer.
MSI GS66 Stealth: Keyboard and Ports
The keyboard of the GS66 Stealth model is very comfortable, fast, and has good ergonomics. The keys are well-spaced and have a brilliant backlighting. The keyboard uses “SteelSeries Engine 3” software to customize lighting per key using 16.8 million colors in RGB LEDs. If you feel lazy playing with the customized color settings, use the eight preconfigured profiles on the SteelSeries button.
In addition, the GameSense feature on the keyboard synchronizes the lighting of specific titles to blink or flash depending on what’s happening in your game. For example, you can customize the reaction on your keys when you shoot at someone when playing Counter-Strike. Another important thing is that the CloudSync feature lets you save all your settings on the cloud so you can use them anywhere you go. The laptop’s trackpad is very responsive, featuring a two-finger scroll and three-finger taps.
This gaming laptop has several important ports for gamers. For example, on the right side, you’ll find a USB-C Type Gen 3.2 port, two USB-A 3.1 ports, an Ethernet port, and a headset jack port. Also, on the left side, there is a Thunderbolt 3 port, a USB 3.1 Type-A port, a full HDMI port, and an AC jack port.
MSI GS66 Stealth: Performance
This laptop is designed to support all your daily tasks such as searching on the internet, graphic design, video streaming, heavy workloads and, of course, gaming.
The GS66 Stealth is a gaming laptop with NVIDIA Super GPU, the latest addition to the NVIDIA 20-series chips. This super new chip is expected to bring at least 50% better performance than the current chips on the market. This model comes with Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake H-series processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q GPU, delivering enough horsepower to play demanding titles with high-quality images. If you opt to get the configuration with the NVIDIA RTX 2060 GPU, you still have a good gaming laptop with enough speed pace for esports games at 240Hz.
MSI GS66 Stealth: Configurations and Price
As we mentioned, the GS66 Stealth comes in different configurations and prices (in 2021):
- The starting configuration, featuring a 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 10750H processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB of NVMe SSD, an Intel UHD Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 GPU, 6GB of VRAM, and a 15.6-inch display with a 1920 x 1080 resolution at a 144 Hz refresh rate, costs $1,499.
- Another configuration has an RTX 2080 Super Max-Q GPU, 8GB of VRAM, a 300Hz display refresh rate, and double the RAM; it costs $2,699.
- A $2,999 configuration with an overclockable 2.4GHz Intel Core i9-109080HK CPU and 1TB NVMe Solid State Drive is available.
Conclusion
The GS66 Stealth has great components, multiple I/O port options, fast-paced screens, and battery life. If you like to play demanding esports titles, this is a good option for you. However, such a great gaming laptop comes with an elevated price. If you are thinking of getting one of the newest MSI gaming laptops in 2021 with the latest NVIDIA RTX 3000 chip, trade in your MSI laptop at Gadget Salvation to get some cash to pay for the new one.