Apps and More

What's offered by the MSI GP76 Leopard as a package is actually pretty darn good, and mostly useful. Dragon Center is the main tool for controlling the physical aspects of the laptop, such as battery life and GPU overclocking. You can also easily adjust power profiles here, a couple of which offer settings you can change, including the GPU clocks of the onboard RTX 3070 GPU and fan speed.


The General tab has options to disable some hardware features, or that switch to change between MSHybrid and Discrete mode. I also found a tab with basic monitoring listings. What's interesting is that the GPU statistics were not available unless in discrete mode.


There's integration for capturing game highlights, as well as control for lighting-based devices outside the system.


To enable different lighting modes based on which app is being used, the SteelSeries tool allows you to set up profiles for games.


MSI App player lets you play Android-based (phone) games on your laptop, and MSI companion adds 3D monitoring tools.


I also found MSI-branded versions of trial software; Audio Director 7, Color Director 5, and Photo Director 10 all make an appearance.