Review: MSI GT80 Titan SLI

Conclusion

After plenty of discussion and plenty of benchmarks, we're still not entirely sure what to make of MSI's GT80 Titan SLI.

Priced at a lofty £3,500 and designed to be the be-all-and-end-all of gaming laptops, the system is as extreme as the price tag suggets and largely lives up to its billing. Dual GTX 980M GPUs deliver a massive amount of gaming potential, the storage array is absurdly quick, the sound system is alarmingly loud, and heck, there's even a mechanical keyboard for gamers who won't accept anything less. For performance purists, no other laptop comes close.

MSI has succeeded at throwing everything but the kitchen sink into an 18.4in form factor, but the no-holds-barred approach does result in unenviable trade-offs. Size and weight are considerable, fan noise can frustrate, battery life is poor, and given the lavish choice of GPUs, the GT80 Titan SLI is crying out for a high-res display.

That all brings us to what's perhaps the most pressing concern: who would spend £3,500 on a big and bulky laptop? The killjoys among us will argue that it's cheaper to buy a more powerful desktop, and you'd still have enough money left over to pick up a nice Ultrabook or two. But hey, someone out there is going to want ludicrous gaming performance in a laptop form factor. For those select few, MSI's GT80 Titan SLI is worth getting excited about.

MSI GT80 Titan SLI

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The MSI GT80 Titan SLI laptop is available to purchase from Scan Computers.

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