MSI has has announced an update to its GX gaming series laptops. The 15.4-inch GX620 and 17.1-inch GX720 are based around Intel's Centrino 2 platform, Nvidia's midrange 9600M GTS graphics. They both come with up to 4GB of 800MHz RAM.

The GX620 and GX720 comes in a natty black alloy case with red accents and uses MSI's Turbo Drive Engine, which can be activated by pressing the large round Turbo button above the keyboard.

MSI claims its Turbo mode increases the CPU's speed up to 15 percent and helps the machine run more smoothly.

It also comes with the MSI's Eco Engine, which lets you choose between Gaming, Movie, Presentation, Office, or Turbo Battery operating modes. This enables you to save your batteries.

So far, there is no price listed for the beasts, but it should be posted soon.