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The panel is CMN N156HHE-GA1
Unfortunately I am not aware of a way to have it support G-Sync...maybe someone else will.
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Not that it's gonna do us much good without a modder who feels like ****ing around with the panel, but still worth a checkhmscott likes this. -
Has anyone been experiencing the infamous "microstutters" with their Raiders? It's starting to annoy me. :/
I'm mostly noticing freezes when:
1- I press the battery icon.
2- When the "run as administrator" message appears in full screen mode (I disabled this in security settings).
3- The moment I press the shut down icon to turn the laptop off.
I have yet to apply the few known countermeasures (like uninstalling the touchpad driver), but for now the issue still persists. I'm running the latest Windows build (Installed the Creators edition first, noticed the freezing and wanted to see if updating would fix it, alas), Defender, Cortana, Telemetry and Windows updates are all disabled via o&o Shutup10.
If anyone had the issue and fixed it, please let me know!
EDIT: Uninstalling the Synaptics touchpad driver seems to have fixed the issue! But the trackpad is a lot worse now, must buy a mouse asap. XDLast edited: Sep 30, 2017hmscott likes this. -
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Have you tried re-installing the driver?
How do you game without a mouse?
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@chadkamei it definitely helped in my case. Also, if your browser is showing freezes and a black window when minimising / maximizing, just disable GPU acceleration and set the iGPU as the preferred driver for chrome.
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To all the folks hearing a slightly low but annoying whooshing sound through the CPU fan (and sometimes the GPU fan, as it sometimes activates for no reason), I've found a less annoying workaround:
1- Undervolt the CPU. Of course, I don't need to mention this as I'm sure most of the folks have already done it, but do it! It will drastically make the fans run quieter, depending on your usage case. I'm currently stable at an offset of 135mV.
2- Go to Dragon Center > System tuner (or Silent Option, whatever you've got) > Advanced. You'll notice the extreme left trigger for both the CPU and GPU is set to 0%, which means the fans won't kick in unless the CPU/GPU get warm, and while this sounds good and all (since fans won't work hard on idle), Windows 10 could sometimes act a bit funny and hence trigger the fans due to some scan or service running in the background: The fans kicking straight from 0 to 30%+ will cause the annoying whooshing sound.
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What is more annoying to me at the moment is the slightly pulsing CPU fan which switches always between two RPM states with ~60RPM difference every ~1 second when doing normal office work or surfing. Seems like I am the only one who notice this. So either I am just to picky about this or no one else has experienced this so far on their unit.Last edited: Oct 1, 2017 -
Undervolting helps with increasing the CPU's life span, you should absolutely consider doing it. And yes, your temps are good.
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I am also getting flickering in HOTS where a frame will be all garbled and freeze a bit. It happens almost every time I alt tab back into the game or on a certain map with a certain hero. Big fps spikes in dark maps with light effects. Could just be the game but unfortunately blizzard doesn't seem to have a solution. The game is awesome and free so someone could try it too?
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Here my first results after 30min. stress testing CPU in XTU:
1. No undervolting, stock thermal paste (avg. 75°C, max peak @85°C)
2. -100mV core offset, stock thermal paste (avg 67°C, max peak @75°C)
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Here my final XTU result wich runs stable:
Core offset -165mV, stock thermal paste (avg. 65°C, max peak @70°C)
Now I can run maximum heat test in Prime95 and it stays at 3.3GHz at all cores. Same test without undervolting levels at 2.85GHz. Pretty impressive.fayth likes this. -
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It's already Day 3 using my GE63 and I can almost vouch for it having absolutely no hardware issues. 10/10.
Speaking of battery life, I've configured the laptop a bit before testing it:
- 140mV undervolt (Stable).
- Battery saver: on.
- Turbo boost disabled.
- Windows Power saver mode.
- Eco mode in Dragon Center.
- 40% brightness.
- Turned the keyboard / USB ports backlight off. Geez why is it SSE3 so hard to use? (It caused me a software bug, will mention it later).
Having this done, it took 3 hours and 55 minutes from 100% to 10%. Not bad at all!
Speaking of issues, Steelseries Engine 3 stopped displaying color backlight profiles the moment I created a new configuration (with illumination off). Having uninstalled and reinstalled SSE3 again, now it doesn't even want to open!
Is there a way to completely wipe the driver and software before proceeding to a new install? For now the backlight is always off. The SSE button doesn't do anything.
EDIT: SSE3 seems to work after 5 restarts and everything seems to work again.
Overall, I'm happy and pleased! Will do stress tests later as I'm still a bit paranoid about the panel breaking again.Last edited: Oct 2, 2017fiche likes this. -
Hi everyone,
Thinking of buying the GE63vr from newegg Canada. the question I have to current owners:
Is the panel locked to 120hz? or can it be changed to say 100hz, or 75hz, or 60hz with NVidia control panel or windows display settings.
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im thinking of buying GE63vr too... have much noice the fans?
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So I decided to do a clean install of windows to fix gpu flickering and sound noise. Took about an hour to do the reformatting clearing everything on drive (the longer option). I first tested the drivers that come with a clean install with no success and then tried uninstalling them and installing ones from msi support site with no success. I guess I got a dud? I also was stuck in a realtek install loop which was annoying.
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If you use the 100% fan button provided you will hear it but so far I have never had it get to that level while playing.
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I just installed and configured W10 Bloatware-Free edition (Thanks @Phoenix), and it blew me away with an extraordinary improvement in battery life!!! The laptop was able to survive a full day in class (7 hours), my tasks involving Wifi surfing, reading documents and some Matlab / R programming (Also knowing the same power-saving measures led to a battery life of 4 hours and 15 minutes with the standard W10 ISO). Can't be any happier!
A second test I'm foregoing is a rather old game (Grid 2). At 1080p ultra settings, V-Sync off, FPS limited at 120, both the CPU and GPU kept up extremely comfortably at temperatures never exceeding 51 and 55°C (respectively). Fan noise was pretty Okay-ish on the quiet side, lowering the fan curve slightly raises the temperatures, 60° at max. Will test more demanding games as I find some free time!fiche, fayth and Spartan@HIDevolution like this. -
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I absolutely recommend backing your data up and installing it ASAP. Standard W10 truly pissed me off with the microstutters and CPU ramping up for no reason / GPU kicking in even on battery. I can definitely understand why battery life could be so low on laptops with average batteries, the OS being c*** is one huge factor. XD
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I just got my GE63VR today right on time before moving (haven't even opened the box yet
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I had this issue where Windows 10 would automatically switch my Power Plan from High Performance to Balanced whenever I was on battery, and sometimes my undervolt setting got reset, even though I didn't hiberate, sleep, or do a hard reset. I uninstalled Dragon Center and these issues have ceased. The hard-button for Cooler Boost still works too.
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Hi everyone.
I have ordered this ge63vr from newegg Canada.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154701&cm_re=ge63vr-_-34-154-701-_-Product
does anyone know the make/model of the 16gb ram module. I would like to add an additional 16gb soon and would prefer to have the exact same ram.
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I will go for O&O Shutup 10 and Winaero Tweaker, sounds like the faster way for me. Thanks for the tips.
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Windows 10 Tweaks and Fixes (Index post #1)
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MSI GE63VR / GE73VR Raider Laptops
Discussion in 'MSI Reviews & Owners' Lounges' started by hmscott, Jul 11, 2017.