I keep saying I should do it but I never did it..

But the FullHD version of the GE40 is seriously leaps and bounds better. The viewing angles is amazing. Not that anyone would ever view their screen from those odd angles. LOL.

GF has a GS70.

What kind of information are you looking for?

GS70, as it is, is a really good machine for the weight. 2.6kg but yet 17". That's only 0.2kg heavier but providing a larger screen.

Only issue is, being designed around "slim", it has a larger than normal footprint, finding bags for her was hard. Even my bag which is rated for 17" (can fit my dad's 17" HP inside easily), can't fit the GS70. MSI of course provides their default bag which fits it perfectly.

mSATA easily user upgradable? Or is it hidden etc?

GS60

It's ok. I've figured it out.

The mSATA modules is on the upper side of the PCB board, so you'll need to remove the entire board to change the mSATA.

Secondly, it does not use the standard mSATA connector. Instead, it uses the M6e connector, the same ones used on Macs.

C-Zone is selling the Plextor M6e.

Down side is, it's much more expensive compared to the Plextor M5M mSATA.

66% more for the 128GB Variant
48% more for the 256GB Variant

On the plus side, the read and write is also much faster.. but not sure how accurate is the information on their price list.

Source


Edit:
I did additional further reading.

The connector format is known as the "M.2".


Further Edit:
Looks like the speed boost is correct and confirmed. It's due to the increased in bandwidth from moving to the M.2 interface over SATA 3.

This post has been edited by Areas Elysian: Mar 21 2014, 05:34 PM

It is the new standard. So we'll just have to fork out extra for being first in line to be using them.

Part 1:
Same performance with regards to horse power, but not the same with regards to power consumption.
With only a 55 Wh battery.. every little bit of efficiency helps....

Part 2:
A good way to get rid of excess/left over 770M chips!

Yeah, it has been advertised as mSATA, I have no idea why.

Check the video review that was posted earlier. He did a tear down of it and you can clearly see the SSD is not mSATA but M2.

A link to the part where you can see the M.2 SSD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raFVNWVkDbE...etailpage#t=739

It's the looonnngg mini card.

Edit:

For comparison. Top left = mSATA, Right = M2, Bottom = SATA.

You can see how the M2 SSD matches the looks of the SSD found in the GS60 as shown in the video link above.



This post has been edited by Areas Elysian: Mar 21 2014, 06:57 PM

Offtopic.

And that is why I refuse to buy those stupid games which requires online DRM. =\

Just get a nice cooler and use it.

You better mention that it is not the above picture, but the earlier one with the wooden table.

Don't want to get Nandos in trouble.

When will the GS60 be released? Is it out yet?

I would still rather have some kind of AA, even if it's only 2x. It does make a difference. No matter how many PPI there are, with AA things will still always look better.

Depends on what you're playing of course, and you're right, to each their own. Some people swears by their Denons, while others, are happy with their IEM Beats... (yuck)..

If you're playing FPS or MMO where precision and timing matters, I'll sacrifice visuals for performance.

But for games like Skyrim where the visuals are part of the immersion and game play, the jaggies gets to me.

I speak from experience too.

Running SLi 780GTX on a Dell 28" @ 3840 x 2160.

This post has been edited by Areas Elysian: Apr 3 2014, 07:15 PM

Just to steer it back a little to MSI, I connect my MSI to these monitors.

I am also picky for image quality. I'm running three monitors setup, 2x27" U2713HM. I actually had a 3rd 27" U2711 which died recently and is out of warranty, so I picked up the 28" TN as temporary as Dell does not have a 27/28" 4K with IPS yet and it's cheap. I game on my 27" still mainly, the 28" was only used for testing and hence, I know about the jaggies and all. Will replace the TN with IPS when that model comes out.

Edit:
p/s, while it may be side tracking, it is still relevant to an extend for people to decide if they feel the need to go for a 4K or not etc.

Edit 2:
Remember the main reason for this discussion, at 4K, jaggies are still noticeable to some, especially so for things such as hanging telephone/electrical wires/cables etc, those looks horrible without AA. Again, depending on the game and scenes. My pet peeve I suppose. Sucks for me.

This post has been edited by Areas Elysian: Apr 3 2014, 07:54 PM

I suppose.

I tried the 4k for like a few hours and didn't like it somehow. I had to turn off AA due to the lag (yes.. Skyrim with full mods can bring dual 780GTX to a cry on 4K with AA).. and wasn't happy with the jaggies.. I somehow keep noticing it.. not as a primary driver.. gotta wait for dell to come up with their 27/28" 4K IPS monitor.

According to my "Device Manager", mine's Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC.

Is that the same as yours?

To all GS60 users here, how are you guys finding the track pad with regards to sensitivity for small precise movements? (Clickpad)

To all GS70 users (I am assuming they're using the same Clickpad), how are you guys finding it with regards to the sensitivity for small precise movements?

Secondly, anyone with any solutions to the issue?

I am finding the GS60's Clickpad unusable as it is currently. I am finding too many accidental edge swipes and movements from the one piece design.. not to mention sensitivity for small slow & precise movements shit.. aka trying to slowly click on a small check box etc.

I'm comparing with the GE40 which of course has a dedicated click button, so that helps a lot. But looks like the sensitivity took a hit when they made the pad larger. I had no issues with the sensitivity on the GE40.