Protect your honor and defeat the enemies. Awaken your inner power and inherit the will of the Dragon. In your hands is the Dragon's Blade, flowing with ancient power, and engraved with runes of wind. Strike down any foe that stands in your way with the legendary blade Katana A17 AI B8V.

A TRUSTED AI-READY PROCESSOR FOR ULTIMATE GAMING LAPTOPS
AMD Ryzen™ 8040 Series processors are designed to bring delightful, premium experiences with trusted performance, incredible battery life, and the power of personal AI. Allow AMD Ryzen™ 8040 Series processors, equipped with AMD Ryzen™ AI to help you discover and harness the power of AI technology for work, play, and AI-enabled experiences.

GEFORCE RTX™ 40 SERIES LAPTOPS
BEYOND FAST
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 40 Series GPUs are beyond fast for gamers and creators. They're powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture which delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience lifelike virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and unprecedented workflow acceleration.

AI-POWERED PERFORMANCE
AND LIFELIKE GRAPHICS
Get a quantum leap in performance in games and creative apps with AI-powered DLSS 3 and enable lifelike virtual worlds with full ray tracing.

RAY TRACING
HYPERREALISTIC. HYPERFAST.
The Ada architecture unleashes the full glory of ray tracing, which simulates how light behaves in the real world. With the power of RTX 40 Series and third-gen RT Cores, you can experience incredibly detailed virtual worlds like never before.

OPTIMIZED POWER AND
PERFORMANCE
NVIDIA Max-Q is an advanced suite of AI-powered technologies that optimize your system for peak efficiency. This enables blazing-fast laptops that are thin, quiet, and have amazing battery life.

NOW EVEN SMARTER
MSI Laptops now accelerate work and play even faster and more efficiently than ever before. They come standard with exclusive MSI Intelligent Technology that is capable of providing whole new Intelligent features, taking automatic tuning to a whole new level.

MSI AI Engine
MSI AI Engine is able to detect user scenarios and automatically adjust hardware settings to achieve the best performance. With simple AI tuned modes and resources, you can focus on the important things like creating, work and entertainment.

MSI AI Artist
Generate images directly on your laptop with MSI AI Artist. You can create rich images with shorter prompts and generate words within images. MSI AI Artist offers stunning image composition that results in realistic and amazing visuals. Create and inspire at a whole new level.

LIGHTNING FAST AND SMOOTH DISPLAY
Never miss a shot with the striking visuals and smooth refresh rate of the 144Hz IPS-level display.

LIGHT UP WITH GAMING STYLE
The Katana Series is equipped with a 4-Zone RGB Keyboard with the lightened WASD and specially-designed keycaps. Enjoy the colorful light that shines like pulse energy giving you an immersive gaming experience with style!

REFORGED COOLING SOLUTION
WITH SHARE PIPE DESIGN
Introducing the new Share Pipe feature, a heat pipe attached to both the CPU and GPU designed to improve thermal capability and releasing CPU performance! With the MSI Cooler Boost 5, gamers can explore complex game worlds without setbacks.

STRIKE FASTER
Accelerate performance on all levels with faster memory read/write speed on DDR5 memory.

LIKE MAGIC LOADING SPEED
With extremely high performance and up to 7.88 GB/s bandwidth, the PCIe Gen 4 allows users to load up any game and task with lighting fast speeds.

THE WAY MUSIC SHOULD BE
Immerse yourself in lossless music and enjoy the premium sound quality with Hi-Resolution Audio.

ELEVATE YOUR AUDIO
Experience audio the way it was intended and share it with Nahimic in-game 3D surround & Sound Sharing via Bluetooth.

GET ALL THE BUFFS
The exclusive MSI Center helps you control and customize your MSI laptop the way you want.

EXTRAORDINARY WIRELESS EXPERIENCE
The latest Wi-Fi 6E delivers stunning speed while keeps the network smooth and stable even when sharing the network with numerous users.

Specification

Product
Product id	946778
Brand	MSI Micro-Star International
Partnr	A17AIB8VF835NL
EAN/UPC code	4711377179751
Warranty (months)	2 year
Design
Product type	Notebook
Product colour	Black
Form factor	Clamshell
Original brand name	MSI
Display
Display diagonal	17.3 inch
Display resolution	1920 x 1080 Pixels
Touchscreen	N
HD type	Full HD
Native aspect ratio	16:9
Anti-glare screen	Y
Display brightness	250 cd/m²
Maximum refresh rate	144 Hz
Processor
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Processor family	AMD Ryzen 9
Processor model	8945HS
Processor frequency	4 GHz
Processor boost frequency	5.2 GHz
Processor cores	8
Processor cache	24 MB
Processor cache type	L2 & L3
Memory
Internal memory	16 GB
Internal memory type	DDR5-SDRAM
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 8 GB
Memory slots	2x SO-DIMM
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Neural processor unit (NPU)
Neural processor unit (NPU)	AMD Ryzen AI
Total processor performance (up to)	39 TOPs
NPU performance up to	16 TOPs
Storage
Total storage capacity	1000 GB
Storage media	SSD
Total SSDs capacity	1000 GB
Number of SSDs installed	1
SSD capacity	1000 GB
SSD interface	PCI Express 4.0
NVMe	Y
SSD form factor	M.2
Optical drive type	N
Graphics
On-board graphics adapter	Y
Discrete graphics adapter	Y
Discrete GPU manufacturer	NVIDIA
Discrete graphics adapter model	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
On-board GPU manufacturer	AMD
On-board graphics adapter model	AMD Radeon 780M
Discrete graphics adapter memory	8 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR6
Audio
Audio system	Nahimic 3
Number of built-in speakers	2
Speakers manufacturer	Nahimic
Speaker power	2 W
Camera
Front camera	Y
Front camera HD type	HD
Video capturing speed	30 fps
Network
Bluetooth	Y
Mobile network connection	N
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
WLAN controller manufacturer	AMD
WLAN controller model	AMD RZ616
Ethernet LAN	Y
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Bluetooth version	5.3
Ports & interfaces
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantity	1
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1
HDMI ports quantity	1
HDMI version	2.1
Combo headphone/mic port	Y
USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode	Y
Keyboard
Pointing device	Touchpad
Keyboard backlit	Y
Numeric keypad	Y
Keyboard backlit colour	RGB
Keyboard backlit zone	4-zone RGB
Software
Operating system installed	Windows 11 Home
Battery
Number of battery cells	3
Battery capacity (Watt-hours)	53.5 Wh
Power
AC adapter power	200 W
Security
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)	Y
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version	2.0
Weight & dimensions
Weight	2600 g
Width	398 mm
Depth	273 mm
Height	25.2 mm