Pls dont surpass GTX770M then ok and still maintain 128 bit. GTX860M is 20% performance behind GTX770M after benchmark then I will be very happy.


Can upgrade, but need to worry PSU (180W not enough, use battery boost wear out battery faster ) also if go for GTX780M. Heat also another problem (100W TDP) , dont want to kick in cooler boost (50+ db) every time (occasionally I play NFS Rivals every 20 mins). Currently, no planning for upgrade,

Desktop gpu still oklah, not like mobile gpu, change very fast. Bcs rumor say GTX860M has same spec as GTX770M, I am suddenly stunned When I read the leaked spec of GTX860M, exactly the same one with GTX770M (copy and paste), really funny.

Flagship GTX880M confirms still Kepler, GTX870M is not sure yet. Dont want 700 series got surpassed by 800 series, at least 900 series

4930MX is really powerful, but 180W PSU really can supply 4930MX + GTX780M under heavy load?

Normal condition surely no problem, but at least twin fan + large PSU for such combination.

Somehow I feel the warranty sticker is really annoying, want to open cover to inspect also cant. haiz.....

MSI GX series Destroyer GX60 and GX70 latest news:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GX70-GX60...s.109448.0.html

Both are refreshed with AMD R9 M290X!!

This post has been edited by shin2l: Jan 24 2014, 02:58 PM

Relax , what I hope is GTX770M is not obsolete within 1 year. Currently, I quite satisfy with my GT70 except some usb 3.0 issue with seagate portable hdd. Of course, potential customer of MSI will hope some features for top end model which I think is reasonable.

Before that, you also want to sell your powerful GT70 2OD, somehow upgrade already with 32GB ram + 4800MQ + SSD.

I think it should be like that:

7970M = basic

7970M + 50mhz = 8970M

8970M + 50mhz = R9 M270X

If you read my latest GX series destroyer news, you will find surprise about the APU they use.....

If you read my previous posts, you will know.

I suspect the enclosure or head port of Seagate HDD has some loosen, cable may be another issue.

Exactly what I am thinking...

Dont want something really close to limit, always left some space for improvement

Not good for battery....

The surprise is they still use A10 Richland

Why not wait for AMD Kaveri.......

unless they use intel CPU + AMD GPU, but this is totally impossible

Very nice and naked!!

This post has been edited by shin2l: Jan 24 2014, 05:19 PM

I also noticed tomshardware review too, probably one of the thorough review same as kitguru.

The idea of NOS is creative and new bios also improve performance.

However, it will be a good practice if MSI can use larger power supply.

Congrats!!

You finally bought it, non-raid version is it?

register warranty first

testing every port

update all drivers

install start menu

uninstall all Norton

these are things I did for my GT70

hybrid power is the NOS feature of MSI, it draws extra power from battery under heavy load condition where exceeding PSU supply limit.

by the way, you dont need 3rd party start menu? Even for windows 8, it is quite painful if you dont have start menu.

You can update latest bios, utility etc. If you go to MSI GS70 website, there is a new utility called "boot configure", you can try this one instead installing start menu as this utility allows you to boot into desktop mode directly.

Supercharger is a fast USB charging feature by MSI to allow "compatible" USB device such as Iphone to charge faster than normal USB port. It may not support certain Android smartphones, so you need to add profile, you can google how to add profile to detect your device if you want to use supercharger.

As for antivirus, your Kaspersky is paid version or trial?

Last thing is backup your system using "Burn Recovery".

Congrats!!

Which variant you purchase?

You can go back to Heavyarm and request them to install for you if they are authorized MSI seller. Otherwise, need to go to service center. Open by yourself will void warranty.

You wont gonna to use "NOS" during normal work or even gaming, unless you really play high demand games that exceeds the PSU (120W above). Before that, if you want to activate NOS, just open and let it run, otherwise, just dont use it.

"Boot configure" I already explained in my last post, it was just introduced by MSI few days ago.

Of course you can use windows to update the driver but not really reliable, you better go to MSI webpage and update drivers.

In win 8.1, Microsoft recovers "start menu button" not "start menu", 3rd party "start menu" let you use win 8 like you use in win 7. Some example: startisback, start8, start menu reviver, start menu 8 etc

Kaspersky is well known of consuming resources (high cpu, high ram usage) last time, not sure for 2014 version, may be improve they might. Plus, if you are not familiar with Firewall setting (me neither), better dont go for internet security, unless you spend whole day to study how to use Firewall option in Kaspersky. Antivirus Plus can serve you well for normal use. Somemore I assume you play some non-genuine games, Kaspersky is quite sensitive to those also

If I am not mistaken, it may require at least 4 dvd discs

This post has been edited by shin2l: Jan 26 2014, 06:58 PM

Can also, but mostly is nvidia GPU, realtek audio driver.

bios and utility are definitely from MSI

However, I found out something really interesting: in KLM setting, there is one feature called "audio", in factory setting, it able to function, however, if you update realtek audio driver, it will not function anymore.

This post has been edited by shin2l: Jan 26 2014, 07:44 PM

i dont use boot configure as my main concern is start menu, boot configure let you boot into desktop mode directly without going through metro screen.

Nvidia driver, just wait for stable version then upgrade, I usually let it automatically detect then update, others no need purposely, once in a month I think should be okay.

For you just use kaspersky, let it run in default or you can set rules to block some website or application. Bitdefender antivirus is powerful but weak in firewall. Norton can skip, not really decent in detection. Eset is good and light, you can use it with Comodo firewall or Malwarebyte.

Speaking of laptop speaker, I personally have my own ranking:

Dynaudio (MSI GT series) > JBL (Y500) > Altec Lansing (Asus A series)

Haven try Harman kardon (Toshiba), Onkyo (Illegear) and Sonic Master (Asus N series) speaker

If you really stress on "laptop speaker" (not external speaker) as well, you better opt to at least "realtek ALC892 sound card + Creative software + JBL speaker equivalent and above + 2.1"

Otherwise, you can buy an external USB sound card

The parts I always look in laptop speaker are detail, loudness, sound quality. Bcs my old Dell studio 1555 is 2.1 and I feel them they are good not decent, that is one of my reason to choose GT70 with Dynaudio

my man, 15.6" not heavylah, not even more than 3.0 kg. Even my GT70 5.0 kg not heavy also, I am quite surprised as when I carry it with MSI bag, I dont feel the weight either, I even try to fit my old Dell studio 1555 (2.8 kg) + GT70 (5 kg), then I feel a little weight.

It is about how you adjust your bag and at least provided some sponge on carry side for you to feel comfort but not feeling too hard when you carry.

This post has been edited by shin2l: Jan 27 2014, 10:11 AM

Not much choice you can get from MSI, highest you can go is GTX760M (GE40 and GE60), if older variant, you possibly can get a GTX765M.

Now every laptop manufacturer clearly separate their product line according to GPU, RM4k below GTX760M, RM5k below GTX765M, RM6k below GTX770M and RM6k above will be GTX780M.

May be you can try Illegear RE-15 (GTX765M) starting from RM3499 (I5) as Illegear can pay monthly installment (6 & 12 months), no need to pay all once. So you can configure "kao kao" the spec.

Or Lenovo Y510p with SLI, performance is up to 20% more than GTX770M based on driver support.