The Control Panel for the CPU Fan contains both Smart Mode and Manual Mode. The current frequency of each CPU core can be seen at the top of the page.
The CPU Frequency Control Panel allows you to set the CPU Ratio and Base clock. MSI's offering is by far the more generous and versatile.Other functions include the CPU frequency and the CPU fan control. For comparison when it comes to data/video ports the Dell XPS 15 only has two Thunderbolt 4 and one Type-C port while the MacBook Pro has three Thunderbolt 4 ports. On the left, you'll find two Thunderbolt 4-spec Type-C ports as well as an HMDI 2.1 connector and 3.5mm audio jack while on the right there are two Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gpbs) ports and a MicroSD card slot. When it comes to connectivity, the MSI steals a major lead over the competition from Dell and Apple because the Prestige 15 is very well endowed with ports. MSI Prestige 15 review: Ports and features There is also a 100W Type-C charger that can fully recharge the battery in 2hrs though the first 30mins of charge gives you 35%. We conducted the performance tests in High Performance and the battery test in Balanced. The F7 key lets you cycle through the settings without having to open the app. In more general use we were regularly able to get through a full working day at the office with 30% of the charge remaining and that's amongst the best you'll get this side of a MacBook Pro.īattery drain - and performance - can be changed using the MSI Centre Pro app, which lets you swap between High Performance, Balanced, Silent and Super Battery. However, both scores are a little on the low side for laptops with discrete RTX3050 GPUs because in both cases the GPU is limited to a TGP of 40W rather than the more common 60W or even 80W. That compares well to the 247 scored by the Prestige 14 which runs on an Intel Core i5-1240P processor rather than the Core i7-1280p chip in the larger machine. Running the ITPro in-house benchmark the Prestige scored 279 which is a good result for a productivity laptop.
MSI Prestige 15 review: Specs and performance
The pad works reliably though and the click-action at the bottom is both deep and positive.
On the positive side, you do get four full-sized cursor keys and dedicated Page Up and Page Down keys.Īt 140 x 65mm, the glass trackpad is not especially spacious for a 15in laptop and you lose some space to the fingerprint scanner that sits in the upper left corner. There are two niggles with the layout though the Function key is only a half-width affair and placed to the right of the spacebar, while the right return key is single rather than double height – they're typical MSI traits but neither is our preference.
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