When I fired an arrow at an enemy, there was an unpleasant bassy rumble upon impact. In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, I had a conversation with the Norse Man musician, and the voices between Eivor and the NPC sounded raspy and sharp. ![]() During the chorus, the instruments clashed, only highlighting the treble notes. The sharper percussion instruments sounded fine, but the piano was muddy. I listened to Elliot Lee’s “TV Head,” and the opening vocals sounded decent, but there was some depth lost due to the lack of bass. The MSI Katana GF66’s bottom-firing speakers are shallow and don’t have any business being in a gaming laptop. Windows 10 gestures, like two-finger scrolling and three-finger tabbing, worked well. The 4.1 x 2.6-inch touchpad is smooth but can sometimes feel sticky. The red keyboard lighting is a drag as always on these gaming laptops - MSI should either go white or full RGB. ![]() While I don’t like the keys themselves, the spacing between the keys made for a solid typing experience. I hit 80 words per minute on the typing test, which is slightly above my 78-wpm average. In fact, it’s what you’d expect from a budget gaming laptop. I’m not a fan of the feel, but it certainly isn't the worst gaming keyboard I've typed on. The keys ride a thin line between clicky and mushy. Typing on the MSI Katana GF66’s keyboard was OK. It even fell behind the Zephyrus M16 (479 nits), Triton 300 SE (292 nits) and Stealth 15M (255 nits). It was outclassed by all of its competitors, including the Zephyrus M16 (75.8%), Triton 300 SE (80.6%) and Stealth 15M (45.3%).Īt 247 nits of brightness, the MSI Katana GF66’s panel is disappointing compared to the average mainstream gaming laptop (303 nits). The 144Hz panel made the game look smooth, but it’s not worth sacrificing color and brightness.Īccording to our colorimeter, the MSI Katana GF66 covered a measly 43.9% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, falling well below the 70% mainstream gaming laptop average. England’s countryside wasn’t nearly as impressive as I remember, as the colorful grass and trees looked muted on the Katana’s screen. When I played Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, I couldn’t see what was going on in the cave I was fighting in because of how dim the panel was. However, the display was sharp enough to capture the individual strands of hair on Michael Keaton’s head. The rainforest shot of Maggie Q on a boat looked dull despite all of the greenery around her. ![]() In the trailer for Protégé, I couldn’t make out any detail in the guard’s dark suits as they were searching Maggie Q’s character.
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