MSI GF76 12UC-032EN Katana Specs and Details

Features of the MSI GF76 12UC-032EN Katana

Chassis, connectors, screen of the MSI GF76 12UC-032FR Katana

With its black design with angular lines and touches of red, this versatile multimedia laptop sports a relatively discreet gamer look.

It is cooled by Cooler Boost 5 technology via 2 fans, 6 heat pipes and air outlets. In addition, this MSI GF76 12UC runs on Windows 11 Pro, a more complete system than classic Windows 11 with its advanced network management and security tools like BitLocker.

This creator-oriented gaming laptop is equipped with good connectivity with its USB-C, Bluetooth 5.0 and Wi-Fi ax modules (newer and more powerful than Wi-Fi ac) to communicate and connect remotely wirelessly, its convenient HDMI video output to easily connect it to a TV or monitor for example, its Ethernet and audio ports or its 3 USB including 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) guaranteeing transfers to be made up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if you plug in USB 3.0 devices.
Too bad however to note the absence of Thunderbolt while its support is native with the Alder Lake.

In any case we can obviously backlight the keys of the chiclet keyboard which is very practical to better discern them in the dim light.
The keyboard was designed with the help of SteelSeries to adapt to the habits of players.

Gamers will also appreciate the 144Hz frequency of the screen as it enhances the fluidity in games compared to the standard 60Hz. In addition, thanks to its IPS technology, the screen has significant viewing angles, both horizontal and vertical. It lends itself well to the display of High Definition content such as videos due to its Full HD definition and 16/9th format. Treated anti-reflective, the screen also offers better visibility than a shiny slab in bright environments (ex: exterior) while being more restful for the eyes in prolonged use.

Performance, battery life of the MSI GF76 12UC-032FR Katana

The MSI GF76 12UC-032FR Katana may be of interest to those looking for a powerful 17-inch versatile laptop focused on creation and gaming.

It integrates a large amount of RAM of 32 GB above average very appreciable in multitasking and to see well coming in this area.
This is all the more appreciable since the core also consists of an Intel Alder Lake-H processor with 14 cores, the Core i7-12700H.

Suffice to say that the overall power provided by this laptop is able to seduce the most demanding users. Creators will be particularly excited to get much faster processing with this duo than with 8/16GB DDR4 and a Quad/Hexa/Octo Core processor.

The difference is particularly strong under RAM and CPU intensive work exploiting multi-core, such as video editing, 3D rendering or photo editing.
Alder Lake has “only” 6 high-performance cores, but they are associated with 8 thrifty cores. But multi-core work exploits them all.

In addition, multimedia processing is further accelerated by the GeForce RTX 3050 dedicated embedded graphics card, under software that takes advantage of multi-core, such as Adobe Premiere/Photoshop and Sony Vegas.

The GeForce RTX 3050 ray tracing NVIDIA Ampere will also be of interest to gamers because it is able to run many games for concessions under graphics-intensive titles to get good gameplay.

In practice, the NVIDIA Optimus technology presents the GeForce RTX 3050 automatically and in real time only when the more modest performance of the Intel Iris Xe solution proves insufficient to perform the tasks requested.

Integrated into the Alder Lake-H Core i7-12700H, the Intel Iris Xe is indeed preferred to the maximum because its low power consumption promotes autonomy. Of course, whether with the GeForce RTX 3050 or the Intel Iris Xe, you can watch photos and videos.

On the storage side, there is an SSD with a large capacity of 1 TB that rivals hard drives in this area. But an SSD offers several advantages compared to a hard drive: greater shock resistance, lower power consumption, quiet operation or even greater velocity.

As a result, the SSD guarantees a much better fluidity and responsiveness to use than a simple hard disk. Thanks to the SSD, processing is much faster, for example, as are game/software launches and starts/stops, and you can get to the maps of online games faster.

Finally, on the autonomy side, while waiting for more complete tests in particular to determine if thrifty cores represent a significant asset in this area, bet on about 6 hours of operation on battery in light use.
Expect in any case noise and heating when it is strongly pushed (eg treatments, games).