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MSI GP66 Leopard 11UX 15.6"

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MSI GP66 Leopard 11UX is an mainstream 15.6-inch gaming laptop. It is an upgrade over the GP66 Leopard 10UX unveiled just months before at CES 2021 with the latest 11th-gen Intel Tiger Lake processors. Save for the size in display, it has exactly the same features and specifications as the 17.3-inch GP76 Leopard 11UX.

With this CPU upgrade, the 11UX model now comes with WiFi 6E and PCIe Gen4. Meanwhile, two additional display options at FHD and QHD is also made available. The QHD panel is the same optional for higher-end models such as the GE66 Raider and GS66 Raider.

Other premium features include NVIDIA's RTX 30-series graphics up to RTX 3070. Thanks to the new Ampere architecture, they are significantly more powerful and more efficient at the same time.

Alongside the new GP66, MSI also refreshed its entire gaming laptop lineup with the new Tiger Lake processors.

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Pros

Very good battery life
Good speakers
High performance
Low price

Cons

Poor battery runtimes
No USB-C port
No Thunderbolt 3

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Reviewer score 60% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from notebookcheck have found:

The GP66 is one of the quietest laptops in balanced mode, and the loudest with Cooler Boost. Hot spots on the top and bottom reach up to 54 °C during gaming, which puts the gamer in the middle among the competition. Only 3.5 hours of surfing or watching videos are disappointingly low, the competition lasts 40 to 100 percent longer (Asus ROG)

Pros

Low price
High performance
Very good battery life
Good speakers

Cons

Poor battery runtimes
No USB-C port
No Thunderbolt 3

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^ Inexpensive MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH in review: Gamer with RTX 3080 for under €2,000. [notebookcheck].

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