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MSI GX660R: The GT660 re-incarnate

NetEssentials sent us this new gaming laptop but after unboxing it, I thought I already reviewed the unit before until I saw what’s inside — this MSI GX660R is like the reincarnate of the MSI GT660.

First off, the body and design is exactly the same as the old one. The main difference between this and the GT660 is the graphics card (a Radeon HD 5870) although the CPU was also bumped up from a base of 1.6GHz to 1.73GHz. And while the RAM is now down from 6GB to 4GB, MSI configured the two 500GB HDD to become a single 1TB drive with Raid 0 which could benefit from faster file reads.

MSI GX660R specs:
15.6″ display @ 1366×768 pixels
Intel Core i7 740QM 1.73GHz (4 Cores, 8 Threads, Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
1TB SATA HDD (2x500GB on Raid 0)
4GB DDR3 RAM (2 x 2GB Dual Channel)
CD/DVD+RW
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports
1 x HDMI port
1 x eSATA port
4-in-1 card reader
9-cell Li-Ion battery 7800mAh

PassMark Results:
CPU Compression: 4105.5 KB/s
CPU Encryption: 15.3 MB/s
Find Prime Number: 647.9 operations per second
CPU Integer Math: 1343.5 million operations per second
CPU Floating Point: 1638.3 million operations per second
Graphics 3D Simple: 2361.5 fps (32-bit)
Graphics 3D Medium: 424.4 fps (32-bit)
Graphics 3D Complex: 47.7 fps (32-bit)

CPU Mark: 3785.0
2D Graphics Mark: 251.7
3D Graphics Mark: 1351.7
Memory Mark: 898.4
Disk Mark: 903.9
Passmark Rating: 1400.2

Windows Experience Index showed the system having a base score of 5.9 due to the HDD but gave the CPU a sub-score of 7.1. The Radeon 5870HD also got a pretty high 7.2 scores on Windows Aero and 3D gaming.

To get a good overview of this gaming laptop, read our MSI GT660 review here and then just take note of the benchmark/rating results above. The MSI GX660R has a suggested retail price of Php109,990USD 1,874INR 158,892EUR 1,785CNY 13,650.

Abe Olandres
Abe Olandres
Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.
  1. WoW!!!What a nice spec’s for a gaming laptop
    Unfortunately i dont have that amount to spend for that huge amount,hehehe”,)

  2. Too expensive! :-(

  3. pretty impressive specs and score sheets but pricey…did i mention its fugly…

  4. maganda pero kasing presyo na ng isang second-hand na sasakyan! :)

  5. WHOAH! I was wondering why everyone was whining about the price. And it is indeed pricey! Hey NetEssentials, send one my way too! Lolz!

  6. wow! parang nag-“muhahaha!”(evil tone) yung laptop nato sa ganda ng specs at taas ng price tag! :D

  7. i’d rather add a bit cash and get an alienware than this.

  8. did anyone notice that it also has USB 3.0, the old one didn’t have that I think

  9. Ouch! But the specs are awesome.

  10. wow ang ganda. :D

  11. wow, this laptop is even better than the older msi gt660r. better wei scores in this one will surely make a better buy than an msi gt660r.

    anyway, i’d also like to see ASUS g73 being reviewed here. it’s also a one hell of a gaming laptop too.

  12. 15.6″ display @ 1366×768 pixels

    with a puny resolution like this, the screen size and video card is not utilized to their fullest.

  13. Anybody know where to get a hard disk caddy for this model locally? MSI official channels here don’t have it. 1:1 daw. pffft.

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