MSI Titan GT77 Review – A Bonkers Engineering Sample

1. Introducing the MSI Titan GT772. Specification and Hardware3. Testing and Performance - CPU 14. Testing and Performance - CPU 25. 3D Mark Time Spy6. Testing and Performance - Gaming7. Battery8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

The MSI Titan GT77 is a very interesting laptop as it was sent to us directly by Intel to demonstrate their impressive Core i9 HX CPUs, but instead it achieved something quite different.

We have already reviewed the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE which packs an Intel Core i9-12950HX CPU and yes we were indeed impressed. The MSI Titan GT77 sports a Core i9-12900HX which is very similar to the 12950HX, but despite that the two laptops behave quite differently, and we think that is due to the choice of cooler in each laptop. The MSI uses a huge Cooler Boost Titan system with 4 fans, 7 heatpipes and 6 exhausts vents while Asus has instead chosen a vapour chamber cooler.

The choice of cooler in turn affects the level of power and heat that each laptop can handle and overall the MSI is slower.

We were clear about the differences in performance as we were running benchmark tests and had the two laptops sat side-by-side, however we are not so sure that a customer who buys the MSI Titan GT77 will be aware they are leaving performance on the table. The Asus Armoury Crate software tells you what the laptop is doing and how it is performing where by contrast the MSI Center software is vague and unhelpful.

This is a large, impressive and fast laptop however we are confident that a more effective cooling system would make it even better.

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Pros:

• Mighty grunt from the CPU and GPU.
• Good selection of ports and connectors.
• Storage and RAM are easy to upgrade.

Cons:

• The Cooler Boost Titan cooling system struggles with this CPU/GPU combo.
• Both the laptop and power adapter are large and heavy.
• MSI Center software is clunky and unhelpful.
• Our sample came with a 360Hz 1080p display makes little sense on a laptop of this size. The 4K 120Hz IPS-level listed on MSI’s website makes much more sense.

KitGuru says: The MSI Titan GT77 is impressive but needs some refinement to reach its full potential.

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