just wondered if i made right choice or not    i'm curious in tech, so i just want to double check.

i'd would had been more thorough before i bought but i only had 1 day notice to do my research lelz.... 
i was wondering about this .... o well ...    guess i missed the gravy train.

waiting for prices to drop.

Heck maybe in 5 years, can get a 512gb or 1tb ssd on the cheap    That is what i'm mostly waiting for before upgrading a ssd into the empty m.2 slot (presumably this port is future proof for ssd as far i know) 

In my spec sheet it says my 1tb hdd comes with a 8gb ssd hybrid. Does that mean the OS is installed in the 8gb ? confusing, how to check lelz  I'm not too familiar with hybrid drives.

i'm blind 

it's FN+F9 to toggle the keyboard backlight.

I'm the only gamer in my family so i don't mind the lights lelz, but the others they don't like it    now got solution.
anyone know how i can manage the graphics on this acer laptop ?

i read because of dual gpu, only can use 1 at a time. or setup a profile to auto depending on application used.

so how do i just switch to the nvidia gpu ? i couldn't find any documentation on this 
*update

think i found it.

Under nvidia control panel, manage 3d settings.

it has a preferred graphics processor auto, nvidia or internal gpu. I'm not sure how effective auto works, so i just set prefer nvidia.
*update

i don't think it works correctly. because in the taskbar there is the icon for nvidia says no gpu activity. also under nvidia control panel applications for mpc, it says preferred intel and it's greyed out not sure why :/
under applications, its split between some apps under auto will select nvidia/intel (not sure how they decided that), then the other options is preferred nvidia or intel manually selected.

Anyway my hearthstone is locked on nvidia so no problem.

The problem is MPC-HC which is locked on intel. How do i change this ? It's greyed out 

no i don't mean SLI. i meant the laptop has 2 gpus, one is intel and the other is nvidia 860m.

but the problem is HC-MPC which i use to watch movies is defaulted to intel integrated. It's greyed out and locked :{ can't change to nvidia.

It shouldn't be using intel integrated for mpc media playback :{ i donno how to fix that.

this definitely would explain the dropped frames when playing a hl5.1 10bit encoded 1080p anime of redline. Even with medium settings on KCP codec pack 
*update

managed to find someone else with this specific issue
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/52...issue/?offset=9

apparently nvidia driver locked this setting for media players like vlc, and mpc. Why they do this i don't know.
but what someone said caught my eye
the other solution they mentioned is renaming the mpc.exe to something else, then adding a profile for the renamed mpc.......
Or actually i can try reinstall the gpu drivers by using DDU and install intel first, before nvidia and see if that fixes the issue.

actually i'm getting massive frame drops in mpc when it uses the intel gpu. i think that is a valid enough reason to want to use the nvidia gpu for video playback 

i did some research on how to go about doing that.

In nvidia inspector can force it to make mpc use nvidia gpu. this worked however i get a 2nd issue, which is a black screen.

looking further it's either a nvidia optimis driver issue, or a madvr issue. either way, neither has come up with a fix. madvr by madashi in a previous release did try to fix the issue for nvidia optimus, but it doesn't seem to fix it for me.

By the way i was using kawaii codec pack MPC version.

In the end i switched to kawaii codec pack mpc-BE version. also i changed the
video renderer in mpc-be to video mixing 9 renderless which seems to work without issue.

From my video playback testing using a 1080p 10bit hl5.1 encoding profile video redline anime, i do not notice any stutter or frame drops. is very smooth. and this is on KCP highest preset.

Though to be fair i think highest preset had MADVR in mind ......

But in the filter, lav video/audio/splitter, xysubfilter, reclock all loaded. only thing missing was madvr.
That is the best i can do for now until either nvidia driver or madvr come up with a fix for this issue 
In summary

1. can use MPC-BE using nvidia 860m maxwell 2gb vram to watch my videos
2. no stutter, lag, drop frames watching high profile video encoded content

downside
1. can't use madvr for now. but considering all the other filters i needed work, i'll live    though i hope either nvidia or madvr come up with a fix.
2. in a separate matter, i read nvidia optimus will switch between intel and nvidia for youtube. but i did not observe this, so i manually set chrome to use nvidia. So not sure if switching auto for youtube is true or not :/ but i would have preferred that. But for now i'll use HWmonitor to check the temperature.

PS: i used DDU to cleanly reinstall intel and nvidia drivers to their latest version. also total uninstall to uninstall KCP, as well as ccleaner to fix the registry during this entire test try process 

Uh.... no ? lel. I'm not going to download 720p 8bit content for anime, when there is 1080p 10bit ....  it's kinda like telling an audiophile who listens to flac to instead listen to mp3s 

i don't belittle others who like mp3s ... but to each their own. In this case it doesn't make sense why i would buy a nvidia gpu laptop and not be able to use it for my video media playback 
the acer don't have a woofer like the illegear z5. i don't mind. what bothers me though was the consistent and huge frame rate drops at medium settings on KCP    I think even lowest setting also the same.

BUt to be fair i think it's a bug in either madvr, or nvidia driver, i'm not sure which is the culprit. Madashi who develops madvr said in a previous release he fixed the black screen issue but it isn't so. Using the latest madvr and nvidia drivers (clean install).

Even my solution i end up not being able to use madvr, as i'm resorting to MPC-BE/KCP with renderer EVR-CP as a temporary and still acceptable solution for now. But at the very least now after using nvidia inspector i can use nvidia gpu for playback on either MPC-HC or MPC-BE.

Now watching videos using mpc i don't see any frame rate loss, which is pretty much what concerned me the most out of this debacle 
no problem 

well the encoding isn't the issue cause i can playback just fine on my desktop. the issue here is the media playback configuration issue due to faulty software that doesn't work correctly in this case affecting optimus laptops which have a combo of intel + nvidia gpus (in my case a 860m maxwell)

yeah it's not really an acer specific thing, because it seems this 860 issue is also affecting other branded laptops. Or more accurately any laptop solution with a dynamic switching similar to nvidia optimus technology, when it works in conjunction with say intel integrated gpu.

i think even ati is affected somewhat, though i didn't look too much into that. As to what exactly causes this in madvr i can't pin down, i only regurgitate what others mentioned on that.

Also the issue isn't in regards to budget gaming laptop. the issue is software 

Anyway i'll notify madashi on doom9 forum and see if he can work this out. i'll post a fix if it ever comes along 

Hi bros, any news about Asus G501? price, release date?
it seem G501 have the best cooler based on a review

New model arrive in market.

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G501JW is more expensive since its ultra slim gaming notebook with dual fans cooling.
New Y50 is using FHD TN display panel, wish they don't use the budget TN panel like the old model.
Y50 in US all using IPS FHD panel, China and MY still using TN FHD panel.   

New Y50 lower their retail price might be due to competition from Acer V nitro and other.

You mean 20mm right. 20cm is huge... 

Yea, HP Omen. I just hated the ports designated area........ and the overall design to make it look thin....

just pass by all it in klcc
saw the y50-70 just RM 3603
same price same spec with TS post
can't wait to buy it

Omen do come with large SSD. Price wise, it is on in the same range as the ROG 501 which I do not see anyone calling it overpriced (same class as the MSI slim Ghost series).

Guys if i can get omen maxed out specs (512 ssd and 16gb ram with gtx 860 4g) for 5k should i get it instead of asus 501jw with 2nd specs 128 ssd n 1TB hdd with gtx 960m 2gb..same price

Hey every sifu,

Im looking for a portable laptop (max budget 4.2k)~

currently interested on
-PE60
-GE60
-GP60
-Lenovo Y50
-Asus G551

I will be travelling a lot, hence the laptop has to be portable. Usage will be on AutoCaD, Photoshop, and some gaming like NBA2k~ can anyone recommend which shud i get? The display is also another factors as I'm doing design-related works..

I heard gud reviews about illegear  Z5, but the laptop seems abit overweight >.<

i am a y510p user. i posted here is because the lenovo specific discussion thread is kinda dead, so i hope someone might b able to enlighten me here. Recently, my laptop went for repair and the shop exchanged a new motherboard for me. now, my laptop says it cannot activate windows. may i know why? is it that w8.1 license key is encoded on the motherboard unlike win7 which has a sticker at the back of laptop and the new motherboard does not have authentic license key?

i just know that when i buy the laptop, the shop told me its genuine, and the catalog there wrote genuine also. so, i guess its OEM??

how? if it is tied to my mobo, then my mobo already exchange for new one, how to change??