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Every laptop manufacturer today is caught between two powerful forces. The first being the demand for hard-core performance with equal battery performance and weight considerations. The other is the sheer bulk of a laptop that appeals to a gaming or content creator audience that wants all the performance and battery life but they misunderstand simple physics.
The latest 15″ Creator laptop from MSI is just this type of hardware – but they might just have worked out how to strike the right balance.
Packing some very impressive performance statistics, the MSI Creator 15 is every bit the Clydesdale horse of the gaming and creator market. Here are the headlines:
Latest 10th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7 processor
Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro
Up to latest NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080 Laptop GPU 16GB GDDR6
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ Studio Laptop
15.6″ 4K UHD (3840×2160), 100% Adobe RGB color gamut
99.9 Whr Battery Capacity
New Cooler Boost Trinity+ with 0.1mm thin blades
Duo Wave Speaker Design
Two different versions are available with only slight changes in specification that make a big difference.
Creator 15 A10UGT-077AU
Creator 15 A10UET-221AU
GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Laptop GPU
VIDEO MEMORY
8G GDDR6
6G GDDR6
MEMORY
32GB (16G*2) DDR4 3200MHz
16GB (8G*2) DDR4 3200MHz
PRICE (RRP)
AU$4,229.00
AU$3,499.00
The key features of both variants help to provide very robust performance for any content creator of gamer that’s looking for that competitive edge to their portable computing.
Other great features include the fingerprint reader that’s integrated into the very generous track-pad, as well as the integrated Creator Centre which is essentially an interface where you can arrange all your content applications such as Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere Pro to launch as you need them. This takes a bit to set up, but once you’ve got all your key apps arranged this is a very useful tool.
From a connectivity perspective the Creator 15 is loaded with lots of wireless and wired ports.
USB 3.2 Gen2 (USB)
1x Thunderbolt 3; 1x USB-C Gen2 (USB-C)
HDMI (supports 4K @ 60Hz)
SD UHS-III Card Reader
INTEL/I225-V(SLN9D) LAN Port (RJ45)
I suspect that some of that performance might come at the expense of more budget-conscious buyers who may be put off by the price tag that is north of $3,000. That being said, I might well be wrong about the MSI Creator 15 being too pricey as almost all the retailers have this excellent machine on back-order.
Mike is the Australian editor of SonnyDickson.com with a lifelong passion for cars, technology and engineering. He reviews and writes about all kinds of motoring and tech products for our readers. Follow Mike on Instagram or send him an email: mike@sonnydickson.com
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