Graphics and Storage Operation

In 3DMark, the GTX 1050 is progressively slower than the GTX 1060 every bit the tests become more GPU-intense, finishing 39 percent slower in Fire Strike. Similarly, the GTX 1050 is 11 per centum slower than the GTX 970M in Burn Strike. Unfortunately I don't have a GTX 960M to exam confronting, but you could safely assume the GTX 1050 is a good bit faster.

In a range of games I tested, the GTX 1050 was anywhere from 5 to 15 pct slower than the GTX 970M, and around 35 to l per centum slower than the GTX 1060. Considering the GTX 1050 is Nvidia's new entry-level laptop GPU, these results aren't surprising: the GPU provides much meliorate performance than Intel's integrated graphics, but it can't (and isn't meant) to outperform current and last-generation mid-range GPUs.

It serves its purpose every bit a replacement for the GTX 960M quite well, offering improve performance in the aforementioned price and power bracket.

So what does this mean for the bodily gaming experience?

Well, at 1080p you lot're not going to be able to play today's games at maximum quality settings. In Rise of the Tomb Raider and Deus Ex: Flesh Divided (amid others), the GTX 1050 did not hit xxx FPS with everything cranked up to the max. Simply if you lot reduce the quality down to high or medium settings, the frame rate will spring above thirty FPS and y'all'll get a passable, though not particularly smooth experience.

In older games similar BioShock Infinite and Heart-earth: Shadow of Mordor, you can reach 50 to sixty FPS at maximum settings, while in a game like GTA V you'll have to turn down a few settings to striking a playable frame rate.

And this is the general story of the MSI GE62 with the GTX 1050: the GPU is powerful plenty to play modern games, but not powerful plenty to play them at the highest settings. You'll find yourself turning things down, tweaking settings and sliders to striking that perfect combination of performance and quality, which is perfectly fine for an entry-level gaming notebook.

On less intense titles similar Overwatch, CS: Go, Dota 2, Rocket League and so forth, the GTX 1050 is more than than capable of playing these titles at up of lx FPS. If y'all're more than interested in these games, there's not much point spending more on a GTX 1060 laptop.

The cooling solution in the GE62 is very effective. Using AIDA64's stability test, CPU temperatures topped out at 72°C when only the CPU was stressed. With everything stressed, the CPU pushed out to over 90°C while the GPU sabbatum at a respectable 64°C. In an actual game similar Batman: Arkham Knight, CPU and GPU temperatures reached 73°C and 64°C nether sustained load.

To achieve these temperatures, the cooler isn't particularly quiet. It'south non the loudest laptop cooler I've reviewed, only the whine of these fans can be aural higher up game noise in some circumstances. Information technology gets even louder when you press the turbo fan button, located above the keyboard, which improves temperatures significantly at the expense of racket.

The 128GB M.2 PCIe NVMe drive isn't large enough for my liking, but it'due south certainly fast. Compared to other gaming laptops I've tested, the SSD in the GE62 performs closer to high-end systems than entry-level systems, which is great news for this auto.