GT80 Titan SLI Awarded Editors' Choice by Computer Shopper

The GT80 Titan SLI review is out from Computer Shopper, giving the Titan their Editor’s Choice Award! This beast of machine really out-performs the competition and re-defines the standards of a true desktop replacement notebook .
Read more: http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/reviews/msi-gt80-titan-sli#review-body
Pros:
•   Cherry-switch keyboard (a laptop first)
•   Clever touch pad placement and numeric-keypad implementation
•   Field-leading SLI gaming graphics
•   Above-average upgradeability
Quotes:
•   “MSI knows gamers, to be sure, and the Titan SLI was designed to max out the gaming power in a semi-portable form factor. And where it does compromise, it does so wisely.”
•   “In that curious mixture of overkill and restraint, MSI succeeded with the GT80 Titan SLI, in its own way: You can’t buy a gaming laptop remotely like it from anyone else, and the graphics power for gaming—both on the 1080p screen and with external displays—is unparalleled among laptops at this writing.”
•   “Typing on the GT80 Titan SLI keyboard was unlike any other laptop typing experience we’ve had, with very deep travel and quiet action as we typed.”
•   “When we tested Nvidia’s desktop reference video card for the GeForce GTX 980, we attained a score of 10,803 in our 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark test. The dual GTX 980M SLI arrangement here rang up at 13,027 with the SLI running at full tilt, beating what we saw from the full desktop GTX 980 card by a goodly margin.”
•   “Beyond the impressive networking mix, the audio subsystem is also a standout.”
•   “There’s simply nothing else like it on the market today.”
   Performance:

Quote from: oktnight on 02-April-15, 12:23:46
don't you think the design of touch panel-numeric pad is innovative?
image by laptop magazine of below link
http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/msi-gt80-titan-sli-gaming-laptop
The design of touch panel-numeric pad so cool.

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