And where some companies skimp on the speakers, MSI makes a real effort to make the most of 5-watt sound. Where some vendors are trying to cut corners on the optical drives in their PCs, MSI goes and crams in a blu-ray combo drive. Take the included Blu-ray player, 2MP webcam or Sound Blaster speakers, for instance. Considering the free, six month subscription to XSplit and actually useful pack-in software, like PowerDVD and Killer Network Manager – which lets you prioritize which apps receive the most bandwidth – I think you will be too.īut MSI's penchant for detail doesn't stop at the software, and the half-dozen design improvements didn't go unnoticed. While most companies could have made a gaming all-in-one, I'm glad MSI was the one to follow through with it. Don't expect to play Crysis 4 or Assassin's Creed V on the highest settings when they make their inevitable debut in 2015, but you'll have the processing power to get mid-range results at 1080p. It's from the latest line of Nvidia chips, and should hold up over the next year or two. That said, the 860M is a darn good mobile GPU. It didn't happen frequently, but when artifacts popped up in the middle of a gunfight it more often than not led to me dying and restarting from the last checkpoint. Though while testing, I noticed a bit of screen tearing in some of the games I played through. Though, to be fair, I'm sure the 16GB of included RAM has something to do with it too. One more, and you'll be browsing your Steam collection before jumping into a game. Another two seconds, and you're on the login screen. Press the power button, and the AG240 springs to life.
It's hard to believe just how snappy the latest fourth generation Intel processor is. Cinebench Graphics: 51.88 fps, CPU: 5.88 points.As an all-in-one, the AG240 is far punchier than some gaming laptops out there – but the numbers are just shy of what I'd consider standard for a fully fledged gaming PC. These numbers are what I expected to see.