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Picture 1,000 gamers on MSI GT683 and GT683DX—the world's fastest laptops, slugging it out in extreme games. This summer, MSI is coming through with its promise to promote "localization globally" at the annual MSI Beat it! extreme gaming competition as it transforms the its annual global competition into one consisting of dozens of matches held in cities around the world. It started in South Korea and Russia at the end of August with the excitement continuing right afterward in Middle East Asia and Europe.
 

MSI Beat it Counter Strike competition at e-Stars Seoul 2011

MSI Beat it! to be held in cities around world
MSI world gaming competition Beat it! is now in its third year. Last year's finals, held in Beijing, attracted a great deal of attention. To promote extreme gaming, MSI has been working closely with nations around the world to organize these games in the form of a global tour with contest held in major cities in European nations as well as Russia, South Korea, and Middle East Asia. The tour has enjoyed an unprecedented response with thousands of gamers participating.

Eric Kuo, associate vice president for global sales, MSI Notebook, pointed out that the first round of MSI's Beat it! extreme global gaming competition was recently held in South Korea. The event drew the attention of the Seoul government which incorporated the game rules at the national level and joined hands with the Central Daily News to sponsor e-Stars Seoul 2011 gaming competition. For its part, MSI was responsible for organizing the Counter Strike MSI Beat IT which saw 16 teams from Europe and Asia as well as from Taiwan and host country Korea to vie for the first prize of 85 million wan.

MSI Beat it Counter Strike competition at e-Stars Seoul 2011

MSI GT683/DX—world's fastest laptops make debut
MSI Marketing Director Sam Chern explained that MSI is honored to be a major organizer of e-Stars 2011 in which notebook computers were used for the first time, giving MSI's gaming laptops GT683 and GT683DX a chance to show off their performance which is on par with top gaming desktops currently on the market. What's more, watching the rows of hundreds of gamers battling away on GT683 and GT683DX NBs was an impressive sight in itself.

Associate vice president for global sales MSI Notebook Eric Kuo pointed out that because of their power, the MSI GT683 and GT683DX were used as the primary gaming machines for these games, despite the fact that this was the first time that they were rolled out for this type of competition. This is because under the hood, they pack Intel's unparalleled second generation Core i7 quad core processor, top-of-the-line nVidia discrete graphics cards, Dynaudio and THX TruStudio Pro's incomparable smart wrap around sound, and MSI TDE overclocking technology. The resulting new generation MSI GT683 and GT683DX gaming laptops were the favorite among the gamers.

MSI Beat it! banner in Korea

Marketing Director Sam Chern went on to say that after three days of intense combat at the e-Stars Seoul 2011 extreme gaming competition, Poland's Frag eXecutors came out on top in MSI Beat IT CS1.6, walking away with the 15 million wan purse, while SK Gaming of Sweden and NaVi from the Ukraine took second and third places, respectively.

MSI Beat IT held in 11 Russian cities
Associate Vice President MSI Eric Kuo said that the extreme games are being held simultaneously in Russia with Counter Strike MSI Beat IT games taking place in 11 Russian cities until September 11 with US$26,000 to sweeten the pot. Currently underway, the second and third phases are being held in Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk, respectively, with an average of 35 teams taking up the gauntlet in each of these two important Russian cities. In addition, over a hundred thousand spectators viewed online the games which were being played on MSI’s blazing fast GT780 and GT780DX.

 

A nail-biting match at Russia's Beat it! competition

MSI GT780/DX—Russia's top gaming choice
Chern added that the looks of the MSI GT780 and GT780DX are reminiscent of starship fighters and they boast Intel second generation Core i7 quad core CPUs as well as nVidia's high-end GeForce GTX 560M and 570M discrete graphics cards, respectively. They also feature cutting-edge wrap around sound from Dynaudio and THX TruStudio Pro. They pack incredible power and a SteelSeries keyboard designed specifically with extreme gamers in mind. Equipment and performance like this will give you the edge you need when the bullets are flying.
 

GT780/GT780DX—world's ultimate gaming machines displayed in Russia

GT780DX Spec

GT780 Spec
 

GT683DX Spec

GT683 Spec