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One of the more high profile reviews we've conducted as of late, was for MSI's newly released GS60 Ghost Pro, a power house of a laptop featuring an Intel 6700HQ, a GTX 970M GPU and perhaps most importantly, a 15.6 inch 4K display. After it was published however, you guys got in touch with us to find out whether – like previous generations of the GS60 – due to the 4K display, the Ghost Pro was restricted to a 48Hz refresh rate. While our review model was holding at 60hz we reached out to MSI to confirm it either way and we can now report that this generation is different from the last.
“I am happy to say that ALL our notebooks with 4K panels will be 60Hz by default from now,” said Kian Salehi, MSI's head of UK PR and Marketing in a statement to KitGuru.
“I hope that this gives confidence to anyone who wants to purchase a 4K notebook from us, and I am sure they will have a very smooth experience!”
So not only is the GS60 Ghost Pro capable of operating at 60Hz, but any 4K laptops from MSI in the future will also feature a similar refresh rate. It looks like the new panels being used in these notebooks have fixed whatever issues were present before.
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KitGuru Says: Does this make you more likely to pick up a 4K notebook from MSI?
Good luck achieving 4k 60fps with that 970M 3GB.
I think the only laptop that could handle that in MSI’s range would be the GT80 Titan. That said, there is more to 60hz 4K than just gaming. The previous version’s 48hz hardware limitation was a sore point for many people.
“asked” not “reached out”
What about using the 4K screen for movies/productivity/Netflix streaming, while gaming at 1080P? I presume that down-scaling to 1080P shouldn’t result in too many artifacts?
so, what about the yellow issue?
Good thing the 4K version has 6GB then, eh? (It’s only 3B on the FHD version)