![]() ![]() The deck of the laptop has a full-size keyboard with a single zone red backlight. But that's par for the course for nearly all laptop webcams. ![]() The camera will get the job done for the occasional work Zoom call, but you're not going to want to stream on Twitch with it or anything. Along the top you'll find a 720p webcam centered over the screen. The bezels surrounding the display take the same approach as the rest of the design – somewhat thick. Opening the lid you see the 15.6-inch 144Hz Full-HD display. Other than the MSI logo that's embossed on the laptop's lid, there's not much else going on in terms of branding. That’s neither particularly large nor heavy, but there’s something about the GF66’s design that makes it just look and feel much thicker and heavier than its measurements. As for weight, it comes in at 2.25-kilograms or 4.96-pounds. MSI lists the GF66's measurements as 359 x 259 x 24.9-mm, or roughly converted to 14.13 x 10.2 x 0.98-inches. Then again, the GP66 and GS65 both cost hundreds of dollars more than the GF66 I have on my desk right now, so that's likely a big factor. Now, I realize the GP66 Leopard I reviewed earlier this year had a similar design to the GF66 (lacking the vents, for example), but it also felt like it had a little more polish. Notice the finer details, like the vents along the top of the keyboard? That kind of stuff is nowhere to be found on the GF66. I imagine that comes off as a little harsh, but, here, look at pictures from the MSI GS65 review I wrote in 2018. The GF66 looks like MSI mailed this one in, slapping some modern components in a laptop housing and calling it good enough. Or maybe it's that lack of polish I've grown accustomed to seeing from MSI over years of testing the company's laptops. There's an unmistakable look to the MSI Katana GF66. Connectivity: WiFi 6 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.2.Ports: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 x HDMI, 1 x audio combo-jack, 1 x Gigabit Ethernet.Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with 6GB GDDR6.Processor: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H (24M cache, 4.6GHz Max Turbo).Here are the specifications of the MSI Katana GF66 I've been testing: It's a shame it doesn't do a better job of directly competing with similarly priced laptops.īefore I get into what I did and didn't like about the GF66, here's a quick look at the specs of the review unit I was sent. At $1,399, it's on the lower end of the pricing spectrum for gaming laptops. ![]()
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