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with Turbo cooling (cooler boost)

 

Great, then we're having similar temps.
Seems like my unit is fine after all.

 

Do you game with the fans on Turbo Boost? When i hit cooler boost the fans spin at 4800 RPM ans are really loud, is that the same on your GT62?

 

On turbo cooling the fans spin at 3800-3900
and yes, it gets loud

 

Later on today I'll ask my friend what this temps are during BF1, I know he is running a custom profile where his temps are in the 70s with much less noise.

 

Is it on GT62? or 73?

 

His is a GT 62,his temps have been comparable to mine though. We were playing late last night and he isn't an early riser so I'll text him in about on an hour and a half from now.

 

I just talked to my friend about his temps on his GT62, BF1sessions get GPU temps in the mid 70s CPU topping out at 80, fans at approx %75 and much quieter then Cooler Boost.

 

Weird. On my 62vr, Overwatch on epic climbed up to 81-82. Fans were at around 3200 rpm.

 

Huh! Mine is from September too, and it has a bunch of issues. Loud coil whine, slight display flashing, both fans defective... How should I ask for a replacement?

 

If you are still within the return period that you have from the vendor then that would be the best way but if that has passed then you should fill out a MSI support ticket. Be sure to post your experience here to inform potential customers.

 

Hi.

I have a GT62VR 6RD and I have a question:

The mic jack input is the second from the front of the laptop, right? I have an steelseries headset and I plug both headset and mic connector to each hole and the headset works, but the microphone doesn't.

The mic is working with a logitech USB sound card but not with the integrated one.

 

sorry for the delay.

mine was manufactured on October

 

Do any of you happen to own a Samsung KS8000 4K TV and tried hooking this laptop to it? Its input lag is only 22ms, industry's lowest input lag at the moment for TV monitors. So I am surprised why not so many hardcore gamers are deploying this setup and sharing their experience.

 

Just picked up a GT62VR 087 with 1070.

What's the best way to check my temperatures to be sure I have a satisfactory laptop? I want to be sure my temps aren't too high.

 

Install a demanding game. You probably received WatchDogs 2 along with the laptop.
Witcher 3 is also very demanding.
both of the above are good for GPU

Also, install FireStrike (steam) to check CPU, as its very demanding for it

I conducted my testing with
1. MSI Afterburner (to track temperatures)
2. Intel XTU (to view CPU throttle & undervolt it)
3. Dragon Center (to track fans RPM)

Please post your results here with and without turbo fans

 

Thanks for your help

Temps seem to be fine so far but a new problem. The killer Wi-Fi adapter just disappeared. Airplane mode is off, I rebooted, tried everything. Wtf. Adapter doesn't show in device manager or anything.

 

Be sure to let Windows 10 fully update then get the killer drivers, get them from the killer site and use the driver only package. Give that a try.

 

Can you post you temps?

 

So has anyone has any luck hooking these up to a 4K TV?

I tried it a month or two ago but was limited to 30 fps. Was unbearable, so I gave up.

 

Hi all, do you know something about this issue?

 

Go to nvidia control panel and create a custom resolution.

Just set your native TV resolution and refresh rate in the boxes and test it out. If all looks good apply it and then use that.

That's how I got 120hz to work on mine and was gaming just fine.

 

i seem to be having an issue where after a few days my driver starts having Microstutter in game, if i reinstall it goes away. Anyone have any idea what causes it? It's always after a few days, i'm pretty sure im not just imagining it. Butter smooth for 2 days then boom ha. It might be GSYNC just testing that now, but i don't think so. Im using an older driver, i have heard that windows Anniversary update causes some issues so i might revert windows to a pre AE version

 

Hey. Anyone here updated the vbios yet? I tried but I got this http://imgur.com/a/cxIOB

Edit: After trying out everything to solve my screen flicker problem, turns out if I set gysnc from full screen + windowed to full screen only, the issue disappears. Can anyone confirm similar activities, or is it an isolated issue?

 

I updated my Nvidia driver to 376.19 or something like that and noticed a significant drop in average fps (its a stutter, not a microstutter).
I rolled back to 373.09 driver and the problem went away.

Check Nvidia's reddit, I saw people talk about it.
Or you can go back few pages back and see people chat about something similar.

 

Reboot does not help.u must cut the power completely off= shutdown.
U also must disable power saving in energy management tab in device manager, for wifi device.do the same for the bluetooth.

Sent from mTalk

 

Does your TV support 4K at 60hz? Some TVs do not in all ports, only specific ports.

You can try custom resolution, or additionally buying a mini display port to HDMI 2.0 active adapter to get 4K 60fps.

 

@barakred @Mornflake

Someone at NBR usually starts a new thread for new Nvidia driver releases to track problems. If you haven't found them yet, here are a few recent ones:

nVIDIA GeForce Drivers 376.33 Findings & Fixes
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-drivers-376-33-findings-fixes.799334/

nVIDIA GeForce Drivers 376.19 Findings & Fixes
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-drivers-376-19-findings-fixes.799000/

nVIDIA GeForce Drivers 376.09 Findings & Fixes
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...09-findings-fixes.798716/page-3#post-10401593

And, Nvidia does the same, opens a new Feedback thread for each new driver release:

GeForce Drivers
https://forums.geforce.com/default/board/33/

 

Thanks mate that is very interesting, will have a good read. Actually my issue seems to have stopped, i get a very occasional dip to 60 FPS, but it's rare enough that it's not a problem, no microstutter anymore (turning off GSYNC seemed to help)

 

G-sync problems have been a constant theme problem in Nvidia drivers for the last few months, so turning G-sync off is a good move for now.

 

Yes this is well supported even on HDMI 1.4 thanks to Nvidia's technology (there's an article on Tom's about this) . I'm running 60hz HDMI on a Vizio 48in E series you need to make sure your monitor supports 60hz at 4K and it should as most all 4k montiors have at least 1 HDMI port which will support this. I'm loving it playing all my major tripleA titles in 4K. (Titan fall II, GTAV, The division, CSGO, Overwatch, Diablo III to name a few) currently have MSi afterburner clocked to GPU 1631mhz base Boost 1833mhz (although while gaming I notice it getting as high as 1950-2000mhz at times) Memory 2151mhz.

 

Why not have Gsync & older driver, rather than the new driver without Gsync?

 

G-Sync is suddenly working for me. I am using the latest nvidia driver 376.19 and the BIOS update from a couple weeks ago on the MSI website. Not sure if it was the BIOS update that ulitmately did it, but g-sync is finally working on this laptop.

I just checked the MSI site, and looks like there's an even newer BIOS update:
https://www.msi.com/Laptop/support/GT62VR-6RE-Dominator-Pro.html#!type=download&Win10 64

I'm not sure if there's a way to find the BIOS update that I used (it had a release date of Nov. 15 or so) but I do have it on a thumb drive still. Anyway, I'm sure the newest one includes the changes that I benefited from. I remember the release notes saying it had something to do with g-sync.

 

Glad to hear!
I think ill let more people download the new BIOS update and wait for their feedback

 

I guess it depends on what you want more, new game support, or G-sync.

I never found a "need" for G-sync, I can tune the FPS / refresh + RTSS limiter for framerate or use game / system V-sync, or a combination.

If you want to try the old "before G-sync problems" version, try 373.06, and be sure to use DDU for the uninstall.

 

Yeah, well thats just it. My laptop came with 373.06 and im happy with it. Tried to upgrade to 376.xx and rolled back.

btw, when saying "new game support" what do you mean?
I mean, arent all games compatible with the GPU? and from what i've seen, its not like this upgrade has significant performance increase for the gpu. Are there games that the GPU do not support them?

 

There are "optimizations" that Nvidia includes for some new games - bug fixes too. If you read the release notes for each new driver release Nvidia will list fixes and known bugs.

For example, 376.33 release notes
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/376.33/376.33-win10-win8-win7-desktop-release-notes.pdf

You can find the "Release Notes" link in the text of each Display Driver Release / Download page.

 

Thanks for answering

 

Hello guys,
has someone of you found a solution for the TDR problems / game crashes?
cheers

 

Is it normal for the GT62VR to CPU throttle at 85 degrees? I have a GS63VR which doesn't throttle until 92 degrees.

 

Probably a silly question regarding the newer BIOS update you linked to - In the Description beneath the download it says "Open "Maximum Memory Frequency" option under Advanced interface and set the default value to 2133."

Where exactly is "Maximum Memory Frequency"? and what Advanced interface?

 

Hello guys,
I'm having the following problems.
G-Sync doesn't work properly. Nearly every game has fps drops when it's enabled. For instance, Overwatch drops to lower 40s while it's 80-100 without G-Sync. Same with The Witcher 3 w/o hairworks plus the screen is flickering there. I know that G-Sync locks fps to 60 but it shouldn't be dropping fps to 40, right?
The next problem is with BIOS. So my first thought was to update the video driver and BIOS to fix that G-Sync problem. The driver update didn't help so I attempted to update BIOS. After the update goes following: the laptop is rebooted and I can't enter BIOS and Windows doesn't load. I just see the MSI logo and nothing happens anymore. But the instruction says to reset EC by shutting down the laptop and removing AC for more than 7 seconds so I did that. But still nothing. I've read somewhere in this thread that holding the power button for a few seconds while unplugged resets CMOS (is that right?). So I did that. After that I can enter BIOS but Windows can't be booted with the error INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. After I entered BIOS and restored settings to defaults. Now Windows boots just fine and I can use it but BIOS isn't accessible anymore. Whenever I try to enter it I just see the MSI logo and nothing happens, even Windows doesn't load, so I have to reboot the device in order to boot Windows at least. Also the G-Sync issue is still here.
All that happens with all BIOS versions that go after E16L2IMS.10D. If I downgrade the machine to E16L2IMS.10D, both BIOS and Windows work just fine but the G-Sync issue persists. I can perform the downgrade by resetting CMOS once again which makes BIOS accessible but not Windows as described above.
I've contacted the MSI support that they weren't able to fix this problem remotely and advised to send the laptop to a centre. But it isn't an option because in Ukraine there's only one service centre and it'll take quite a while until I get my device back. It's the only machine I have and I need to work Also they advised to update EC and VBIOS manually but no result.
Has anyone had that kind of problem? Any idea how to fix it? Maybe I'm resetting EC somehow wrongly? But I'm not sure how I can do that. The instruction says just to unplug and wait for a bit but that doesn't help. I'm actually ready to forget about G-Sync but the BIOS issue feels very unsettling.

 

I just achieved the highest 6700HQ - GTX 1070 Firestrike score on 3dmark website. *Everyone above me is 6820k or 6700k cpu*
I'm kinda surprised about it i tweeked my PC for like a few hours and ran the test twice, never tought i would be number 1 result for 6700HQ ...

Get me thinking if it's really worth the money to pay for a 6700k or 6820k

 

Well, I didn't make any EC resets after flashing and everything works perfectly fine. At first I flashed EC, then BIOS. BIOS was always accesible. My laptop was manufactured in October. However after flashing I made a clean installation of Windows 10 with UEFI option in BIOS set to "UEFI" (it was set to Legacy by manufacturer, but should be UEFI).

How did you flash BIOS? You say you flashed it while it was unaccessible... I flashed BIOS from the BIOS level by selecting specific file from pendrive, maybe that's the good solution.

GSync problem might occur because of drivers. Which version do you use?

 

Interesting.
I achieved around 13200 tops.
Stock bios, 373.06 nvidia driver.
How did you do that?

 

I can access BIOS if I reset CMOS. However, after resetting it Windows doesn't boot with the error mentioned. Then I can reset BIOS settings to default and Windows can be booted but BIOS is inaccessible after that. So now I've to reset CMOS once again in order to access BIOS. When it's accessible I use the UEFI BIOS Update utility in BIOS for updating.

I've 376.33 installed.

 

Try the latest drivers, I was able to get my highest score yet, Its a different laptop but would br interesting to see if it help others score.

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11090155

 

There should be a CMOS reset switch on the backside of the notebook. You'll need a pin to depress the button, hold it for 10 seconds. When you entered BIOS and restored default settings, make sure "Fast Boot" isn't enabled. As for your G-Sync issue (40 FPS lock), when using G-Sync, make sure V-Sync OR Fast Sync is also enabled in the Nvidia control panel.

 

For Fire Strike the Graphics score is the one we look at, the total score is based on CPU as well and for most games CPU isn't the limiting factor.

If you can post your saved result from futuremark, we can compare the individual scores.

The 6700HQ is great for most applications and games, not a problem.

The 6700k additional power requirements at performance over that of the 6700HQ adds a lot of heat requiring a larger cooling system and fans, with the increased fan noise for the added performance over that of the 6700HQ / 6820HK.

The 6820HK at stock is very close to the 6700HQ in performance, it's only when you futz around with tuning it that you can get better performance. It's a game unto itself - time away from why you bought the laptop, again with more heat and power draw.

Have fun

 

Here my graphic score from this morning