Our quick take

MSI GE76 Raider - 4.0 / 5

Stylish spec-rich gaming

  • Intel Core i9-11980HK CPU, 64GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM Up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics 1x M.2 NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 4)

Ultra-fast display

  • 17.3-inch IPS-level display options: 2560 x 1440 @ 165Hz 1920 x 1080 @ 360Hz 2560 x 1440 @ 240Hz 3840 x 2160 @ 120Hz Benchmarks: Ghostrunner - max settings, DLSS, 120fps Far Cry New Dawn - max settings, 90fps The Outer Worlds - max settings, 200fps Rainbow Six Siege - high settings, 300fps Synthetic benchmarks: PC Mark, TimeSpy Extreme, TimeSpy, Port Royal, Fire Strike Ultra, Fire Strike Extreme, CPU Profile

  • 2560 x 1440 @ 165Hz 1920 x 1080 @ 360Hz 2560 x 1440 @ 240Hz 3840 x 2160 @ 120Hz

  • Ghostrunner - max settings, DLSS, 120fps Far Cry New Dawn - max settings, 90fps The Outer Worlds - max settings, 200fps Rainbow Six Siege - high settings, 300fps

Copious convenient connectivity

  • 1x USB Type-C (Thunderbolt 4), 1x USB Type-C (3.2 Gen2), 2x USB Type-A (3.2 Gen1), 1x USB Type-A (3.2 Gen2) 1x (8K @ 60Hz / 4K @ 120Hz) HDMI and 1x Mini-DisplayPort SD Express card reader RJ45 Ethernet port 99.9WHr battery  Wi-Fi 6E

Atmospheric RGB lighting 

  • MSI Center controls SteelSeries Engine keyboard lighting controls Mystic Light with panoramic aurora lighting design

To recap

A beast of gaming machine that not only looks great on the outside but packs some serious specs on the inside.