The Katana GF76 can't play the latest games at maxed-out settings then again, based on its specs, you probably wouldn't expect it to. They landed somewhere between "Medium" and "High" depending on the game. I managed to get good framerates and smooth performance out of every single game - but I also let the Nvidia GeForce Experience software choose the settings for me. I tested the system with Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, Doom Eternal, Baldur's Gate III and Final Fantasy XIV. In fact, "turn down the settings" sums up my experience with the Katana GF76 pretty well overall. We measured frames per second in the games listed below at 1080p and Ultra settings: As such, you won't be able to crank up the settings all the way on the latest and greatest games - and the system may not perform perfectly if you elect to hook it up to a higher-res monitor. However, it didn't perform all that impressively in our benchmarks. The MSI Katana GF76's real-world performance isn't bad. It's better than nothing, but it doesn't solve the central problem. MSI compensates for this by offering a robust suite of Nahimic audio tools, which can emulate 3D sound and so forth. The bass and treble are muddy at comfortable volume levels, and the overall sound gets distorted when you turn it up. In terms of audio, the Katana GF76 has typical laptop speakers - which is to say, you'll want to get a gaming headset. Having that big, bright screen only goes so far when the colors on display fall short. Granted, the Katana GF76 is a much cheaper machine than the Razer and Alienware models compared here, but color range and accuracy are absolutely vital when it comes to gaming. The GF76's color accuracy isn't so bad, though, with a Delta-E of 0.28, compared to 0.23 on the Razer and 0.32 on the Alienware. The Blade 15 Advanced can handle 124%, and the m15 R4 can do a whopping 211%. On the other hand, the Katana GF76 does not have a very colorful screen, displaying only 62% of the sRGB color spectrum. I never had trouble discerning what was happening onscreen, whether the surrounding room was bright or dark. In terms of metrics, the Katana GF76's screen features 247 nits of brightness, compared to 244 on the Razer Blade 15 Advanced, or 361 on the Alienware m15 R4.
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