MSI Crosshair 15 R6E Laptop Review (Core i7-12700H / RTX 3070)

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If you want to crank the resolution up to the laptop’s native 1440p, though, that’s going to take more GPU horsepower. So, let’s see how the laptop performs at 1440p albeit when running to an external display to keep absolute consistency with the competing laptops’ data.

With the limitations of an external GPU link not an issue, MSI’s Crosshair 15 R6E does very well to match the 131 FPS average of ASUS’ RTX 3080 eGPU solution in F1 2020. Far Cry 6 performance is also very strong on the average, but limitations of the CPU power budget result in far less competitive 1% Low FPS values.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider, however, is an excellent result with MSI’s RTX 3070-equipped unit taking top-spot in our chart thanks to a triple-digit average FPS number and strong minimums. And we see another first-place finish in Watch Dogs Legion from MSI, though this time, the average FPS number is bordering at the point where a reduction in image quality may be sensible.

MSI’s Crosshair 15 R6E does very well in our 1440p gaming test and scores higher than we anticipated even versus the ASUS RTX 3080 solution – albeit an eGPU solution.

That healthy 140W power allocation to the RTX 3070 really is a smart move by MSI as it frees up ample clock speed headroom for the GPU to push solid frame rates even at the lofty 2560×1440 resolution.

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