MSI Vector GP68 HX 13VG 2023 (13th Gen i9-13980HX, RTX 4070, 32GB, 2TB, 16" QHD+ 240Hz)

Are you looking for a gaming laptop that can provide you with RAW power for your high-demand gaming needs? Then MSI Vector GP68 HX 13VG (2023) with i9-13980HX and RTX 4070 might just be what you are looking for!

MSI Vector GP68 HX 13VG (2023) Overview

The 13VG is one of the members of the MSI Vector GP68 HX line of offerings. It fits right between 13VF and 13VH with its configurations. Let's discuss the MSI Vector GP68 HX 13VG (2023) in further detail.

Design and Display

The Vector GP68 HX 13VG has a pretty standard gaming laptop design with a lifted screen connected with two hinges. This beast of a laptop falls on the beefier side closing in at almost 3 kilos. It is available in Cosmic Grey colour and boasts a Per-Key RGB gaming keyboard by SteelSeries. Meanwhile, on the screen side of things, it comes with a 16-inch IPS panel. This screen is also capable of a 240Hz refresh rate and 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut. Most importantly, it is a QHD+ screen with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels.

Performance

The Vector GP68 HX 13VG flexes the Intel Core i9-13980HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 under the hood. This processor has 24 cores and 32 threads in total and can achieve a max turbo frequency of 5.60 GHz. Meanwhile, the dedicated graphics card has 8GB GDDR6 RAM and can clock in at up to 2,175 MHz. In addition to that, this laptop comes with 32 GB DDR5-5600 RAM by default. If you ever find yourself in need of more RAM power, you can double the RAM capacity on this laptop. Meanwhile, the Vector GP68 HX 13VG also comes with a whopping 2TB of PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD out of the box. It also has one M.2 SSD slot that is compatible with NVMe PCIe Gen 5 for further storage expansion.

Battery and the rest

This laptop is powered by a 4-cell 90Wh Lithium-polymer battery pack and can juiced up by a 280W AC adapter. It comes with a wide array of ports, namely a Thunderbolt 4, a Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2, a Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 with PD support, a Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1, a Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2, an HDMI 2.1 with 8K@60Hz support, an SD card reader, a headphone/mic combo jack, and a 2.5 Gb ethernet port. Lastly, it supports WiFi 6E and Bluetooth v5.3 for wireless connectivity.