Taipei, Taiwan – Jan 3, 2011 – MSI proudly announces today that it is once again a recipient of the CES Innovations Award at the 2012 CES (Consumer Electronics Show). Taking top honors with the world-class gaming laptop GT780DXR and world's 1st PCI Express 3.0 motherboard Z68A-GD80 (G3), MSI is a rare double-honoree for the 2012 Innovations Design and Engineering Awards in the Computer Hardware & Components product category. Not only do these awards signify a substantial affirmation to its brand values and customer-minded R&D spirit, but they also bring to light MSI's potential and leadership in global technology innovations.

Stepping into its 44th year, the world-renowned International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas has always been considered a barometer of the global economy. With 2 million square feet of exhibit space, the 2011 International CES attracted more than 2,700 technology companies and 140,000 industry professionals from 130 countries around the world. The number of exhibitors and attendees, along with the exhibit space and product sales, all hit new heights. All statistics tacitly acclaim CES as the economic indicator. As a consequence, all of its honorees draw the world's attention and are regarded as annual benchmarks for outstanding design.

GT780DXR Gaming Notebook Takes CES By Storm
Top-of-the-Line Discrete Graphics Card
The GT780DXR gaming notebook packs an Intel 2nd generation Core i7 quad-core processor, a top-of-the-line NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M graphics card and RAID 0 accelerated dual hard disk architecture. Its overwhelming computing efficiency and lag-free visual fidelity make it undoubtedly the ultimate choice for professional gamers.

Dazzling SteelSeries Gaming Keyboard
Under the joint efforts of MSI and SteelSeries, a dream gaming keyboard is professionally crafted for GT780DXR. The durability of the keyboard has been vastly improved. The Windows function keys have been shifted to the right side of the keyboard and the Ctrl and Alt keys have been enlarged to greatly reduce the chance of hitting a wrong key in the heat of battle. To ratchet up the excitement, five backlighting modes are incorporated into this cutting-edge keyboard. Simply hit the Gaming Mode hotkey at the top to turn on the LED backlighting on the left side of the keyboard and shut off the keyboard backlighting elsewhere so that you can find frequently used keys (W, A, S, D, Ctrl) easily as you blast your way from battle to battle.

Top Cinema-Grade Sound
For sensational enjoyment, world-class Dynaudio, cinema-grade THX TruStudio Pro wrap-around sound and full HD screen are integrated. Together they deliver stunning visual fidelity, clean and crisp, faithfully reproduced stereo sound. With enhanced visual realism and audio immersion, the GT780DXR will absolutely maximize your gaming thrills!