Wednesday, October 9th 2019
MSI Brings the New Alpha Series, the First 7nm Technology Gaming Laptop
MSI, the world's No.1 gaming brand, has just announced its latest Alpha 15 gaming laptop. Armed with the new AMD Radeon RX 5500M graphics, the Alpha 15 is the first gaming laptop to feature 7 nm technology, bringing cutting-edge hardware to the mainstream. MSI even created a dedicated category and a new logo for the unique yet innovative segment. The new logo takes form of a thunderbird with rising wings, representing strength, innovation and prosperity. Being the first and dominant of its kind, MSI has presented the new beast with the name "Alpha".
As typical MSI gaming tradition, the laptop also packs ample gaming features from powerful cooling system, per-key RGB keyboard, Giant Speaker, High-Res audio, and more. Gamers who purchase the Alpha 15 via selected channels will also be eligible for a complimentary copy of either Borderlands 3 or Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint."
Budget gamers rejoice! The next level 1080p gaming.
Typically, "budget gaming" means made do with simply okay graphics and framerates. However, MSI is here to challenge that belief with the Alpha 15, proving that cutting-edge hardware doesn't always cost a fortune. Featuring the AMD Radeon RX 5500M, the 1st 7 nm gaming graphics, and Ryzen 7 processor, the Alpha 15 has made triple-digit framerates more accessible than ever. The new graphics also brings enhanced game visuals at virtually no performance cost with the new AMD FidelityFX technology. Paired with a 15.6" 144Hz Radeon FreeSync display, gamers will be able to enjoy smooth, tear-free, stutter-free experience within popular competitive titles like CS:GO, Dota 2, Overwatch, and more.
The secret behind the performance is the exclusive Cooler Boost 5. The 7-heatpipe cooling module has been redesigned to take full advantage of the new hardware. With full cooling capability combined, gamers can take on intense competition at their peak.
Topping off with audio immersion
Sound is crucial to completing the immersive gaming experience. Whether gamers prefer blasting out sound through speakers or closed off in their headphones, the Alpha 15 has both aspects covered. The Giant Speaker design shines where most laptops compromise by fitting 5x bigger speaker chamber, effectively taking up almost ¼ of the chassis, generating both higher volume and clarity. On the headphone side, the Alpha 15 also supports Hi-Res Audio for the best fidelity. In either case, gamers will be able to enjoy their battle at the fullest with both visual and audio immersion.
New game bundle for the first comers!
In celebrating the launch of the brand-new Alpha series, MSI has partnered with AMD to offer a blockbuster game bundle. Those who purchase before the end of 2019 (while supply lasts) will be eligible to choose between Borderlands 3 or Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint.*
*Applicable in selected region/channel. Terms and conditions apply.
Specification
As typical MSI gaming tradition, the laptop also packs ample gaming features from powerful cooling system, per-key RGB keyboard, Giant Speaker, High-Res audio, and more. Gamers who purchase the Alpha 15 via selected channels will also be eligible for a complimentary copy of either Borderlands 3 or Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint."
Typically, "budget gaming" means made do with simply okay graphics and framerates. However, MSI is here to challenge that belief with the Alpha 15, proving that cutting-edge hardware doesn't always cost a fortune. Featuring the AMD Radeon RX 5500M, the 1st 7 nm gaming graphics, and Ryzen 7 processor, the Alpha 15 has made triple-digit framerates more accessible than ever. The new graphics also brings enhanced game visuals at virtually no performance cost with the new AMD FidelityFX technology. Paired with a 15.6" 144Hz Radeon FreeSync display, gamers will be able to enjoy smooth, tear-free, stutter-free experience within popular competitive titles like CS:GO, Dota 2, Overwatch, and more.
The secret behind the performance is the exclusive Cooler Boost 5. The 7-heatpipe cooling module has been redesigned to take full advantage of the new hardware. With full cooling capability combined, gamers can take on intense competition at their peak.
Sound is crucial to completing the immersive gaming experience. Whether gamers prefer blasting out sound through speakers or closed off in their headphones, the Alpha 15 has both aspects covered. The Giant Speaker design shines where most laptops compromise by fitting 5x bigger speaker chamber, effectively taking up almost ¼ of the chassis, generating both higher volume and clarity. On the headphone side, the Alpha 15 also supports Hi-Res Audio for the best fidelity. In either case, gamers will be able to enjoy their battle at the fullest with both visual and audio immersion.
New game bundle for the first comers!
In celebrating the launch of the brand-new Alpha series, MSI has partnered with AMD to offer a blockbuster game bundle. Those who purchase before the end of 2019 (while supply lasts) will be eligible to choose between Borderlands 3 or Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint.*
*Applicable in selected region/channel. Terms and conditions apply.
23 Comments on MSI Brings the New Alpha Series, the First 7nm Technology Gaming Laptop
Anyone got info for price?
This is a nice laptop, but I would say the price will be a bit overblown at first. I would say around 1k+.
Coz the only one brand that release stuff like that :peace::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
I like 14" 1080p laptops with adequate gaming performance but currently that's limited to Vega IGP and MX150/MX250 models at stupid cost. Neither of those are AAA 1080p gaming solutions unless you really dial back the details and can live with 'cinematic' 24 frames a second.
Meanwhile, the GTX 1060 Max-Q is both long in the tooth, and at 80W it's a little too hungry for the cooling systems of even the real chonker 14" laptops. Realistically, you can cool a 50W chip in a sensibly-thick 14" laptop before it becomes too noisy or hot to make sense.
There's is nothing cutting edge about this laptop :laugh:
It's really missleading that AMD markets their mobile Zen+ parts as 3000 series.
They have nothing to do with desktop 3000 series aka Zen 2.
The CPU is 12nm GloFo.
It just signals MSI didn't want to invest in new marketing and just using what they already had for nvidia.
IPS, TN, VA, and OLED are four very different technologies with completely different strengths and weaknesses. Is it actually IPS, or is it one of the other types? MSI marketeers are indeed some truly infuriating bufoons.
IMO the best qualities of IPS are kinda irrelevant for gaming, where contrast level, response time, and minimal backlight bleed are a goddamn priority above colour accuracy which is arguably the one thing that makes IPS worth it over all of the downsides. IPS has meh contrast of about 800:1 on most laptop panels. It's generally quite slow in the response time department, it is extremely sensitive to bending and that results in backlight bleed and panel uniformity issues, and the viewing angle advantage is almost useless in a laptop where you can only really use it in the one "directly in front of it" position anyway.
Gimme a decent 144Hz VA please. I don't want to pay the OLED tax and I value the bend-resistance, contrast levels, and panel uniformity of VA over the response time advantage of TN.
More to the point, don't underestimate the value of a wide color gamut on perceived display quality. Sure, the main drawback of TN is the terrible viewing angles, but narrow color gamuts are at least tied for second place (tied with terrible contrast, that is). Richer color, even if it's not calibrated, makes whatever you do look better. Of course high contrast further enhances the perceived intensity and richness of color, so that matters a lot, but IPS is nonetheless far superior to TN. Not to mention that VA has plenty of issues of its own. No display tech is perfect.True, but don't confuse MSRP with retail pricing - retail pricing is often quite a bit lower. These will no doubt drop once they've been on the market for a month or two, if not less.
I'm guessing here, but perhaps it's pixel density. A lot of VA panels for TVs and desktops fall in the 80-120 DPI range (or strictly PPI, if we're talking about LCD pixels). At 14", 120 PPI is only good for about 1440x800 which is pretty low-end for a laptop. People want 1080p which needs closer to 160 PPI and perhaps VA doesn't scale down that small?
Even my gaming monitor (which is only 2000:1) seems way nicer to use than my work monitors or my Lenovo 14" laptop which was tested as a 1018:1 panel.