

The RTX 3080 Ti is a slight boost, but it’s certainly not worth an $1,800 upcharge. The Core i9-12900HX rarely reaches its max boost clock, and the i7 comes with just as many cores. The Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 comes with identical specs for $1,500 less than the top model, and MSI’s own Raider GE76 is $1,000 less if you don’t mind the 45W HK version of the Core i9-12900.įor configurations, the RTX 3070 Ti/Core i7-12800HX model is where you want to be. The GT77 Titan is in the range of ridiculously expensive - if you’re buying a laptop around this price, there’s no sense mincing words on $100 or $200. You likely won’t be able to take advantage of 120Hz at 4K in the vast majority of games, but 360Hz is only useful for highly competitive esports titles. If any laptop justifies 4K, it’s the GT77 Titan.

I’m not sure if MSI is actually offering this screen, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s the $5,000 model, but mine came with a 360Hz 1080p screen. I wasn’t able to track down my exact configuration being sold online. Samsung’s first QD-OLED gaming monitor might be dead on arrival Windows 11 may soon replace all your annoying RGB apps For $1,800 less, you can get a Core i7-12800HX, RTX 3070 Ti, 32GB of DDR5, and the same 4K screen. A top-end model will run you around $5,000 for an RTX 3080 Ti, one of Intel’s new Core i9-12900HX processors, 64GB of RAM, and a 4K screen at 120Hz. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the GT77 Titan is an expensive laptop. Price and configurations Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The MSI GT77 Titan can go toe-to-toe with the best gaming laptops due to its 16-core CPU in performance, but it’s too expensive for that advantage to matter. The GT77 Titan takes advantage of the new chip with an extra high price tag, as well, making it a bad value even compared to MSI’s other high-end offerings. Multi-core performance is off the charts, but most applications are just fine with Intel’s non-HX offerings, especially considering that this is a gaming laptop, first and foremost.
