MSI Katana 15 B12VGK
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| B12VGK-082US | Core i7 | 12650H | 16 GB | RTX 4070 | SSD M.2 NVMe | 1024 GB | $1,200.00 .. $1,499.00 | Compare prices 2 | |||
| B12VGK-439US | Core i7 | 12650H | 32 GB | RTX 4070 | SSD M.2 NVMe | 1024 GB | $1,399.99 | Newegg.com |
MSI's Katana line of gaming laptops are well-balanced devices that can meet the demands of mid- to high-level gamers. Compared to the 2021-2022 Katana models, the manufacturer has made a number of improvements. The keyboard has been redesigned with full 4-zone RGB backlighting, the Cooler Boost cooling system has been equipped with additional heat pipes, and the hardware configuration has been raised one level higher.
Instead of entry-level GeForce RTX video cards, the RTX 4070 (Ada Lovelace microarchitecture) is optimal in terms of price and performance. The accelerator is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR6 video memory, the power consumption limit is 105 W, there is support for Mux Switch technology for instant switching between integrated and discrete graphics. Speaking of cards from the Ada Lovelace series, one cannot fail to mention the improved ray tracing system and the significantly improved DLSS 3.0 artificial scaling system.
Ray tracing significantly changes the lighting in the game by exorbitant computing resources, DLSS with the help of artificial frame rendering returns the average FPS back to normal. The perfect combination. The video card company is a hybrid 10-core Intel Core i7 processor from the Alder Lake family. Instead of the usual DDR4 RAM, a more efficient DDR5 (frequency 4800 MHz, 16 GB) is used.
The role of the game library is played by a 1024 GB M.2 SSD, which supports the high-speed PCI-E 4.0 4x bus. Unlike everything else, the screens have remained at the same level as in previous generation Kanata laptops: a 15.6-inch IPS-matrix has a resolution of 1080p, refreshing the picture at a frequency of 144 Hz. That's all. The network controller with a gigabit LAN port and a wireless receiver (Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2) is responsible for processing network traffic. An external monitor can be connected to the HDMI output or one of the USB C ports. The maximum battery life can be up to 9 hours. The MSI Katana 15 B12VGK comes with MSI Center proprietary software for configuring and optimizing the laptop.
