The Official MSI GT70-2OD Owner's Lounge

Yes MSI seem to want to make the new machines an overclocker's wet dream in a lot of ways.

 

Surely the X100 series has to perform better than the U100 series. Now that this is confirmed, I'll have to read-up on this one.

Huh? Hidden OC feature? Wet dreams? (Shame, shame Meaker!) Hidden Easter Egg? I ' think' I discovered something on this in my web-travels..... and I ' think' I know what you are talking about...... but if I am correct, isn't this for Xtreme CPU's only?

(Geez, I feel like I am in the land of Oz..... and now I am off to see the Wizard, in search of this elusive 'Easter Egg'!)

YES, I WILL figure this out! LOL!

 

SanDisk U100 SATA III mSATA SSDs suffered absolutely horrible low 4k random write performance scores.

From what I could find out the X100 is in the process of being replaced by the X110 with 19nm NAND.

The X100 uses a Marvel SS889174 controller:the same controller that is used in the Crucial M4.

Specifications for a factory new SanDisk X100 SSD are 500MB/s read and 430MB/s write

As the C: boot drive with 25% of the SSD used the numbers drop on a reviewed 256GB X100 in a Lenovo notebook.







Usually 128GB SSDs have lower write scores than 256GB models.

MSI GT70 2OD-040US
PC CANADA - MSI GT70 2OD-040US I7-4700 32G 3X 128SSD MSATA3+1TB BDBURN W8 NVIDIAGTX780 4G DRAGON EDITION [9S7-176315-040] - The Original and Highly Rated All-Canadian WebStore

MSI GT70 2OD-089US DRAGON EDITION
PC CANADA - MSI GT70 2OD-089US I7-4930 32G 3X 128SSD MSATA3+1TB BDBURN W8 NVIDIAGTX780 4G DRAGON EDITION [9S7-176315-089] - The Original and Highly Rated All-Canadian WebStore

 

Thanks WTP, but at the moment, there doesn't appear to be sufficient data on the X100 mSATA SSD's, so I am not ruling them out. We'll see VERY SOON! Besides, I am off to see the Wizard, in search of the elusive Easter Egg!

 

Any idea when will the MSI GT60 2OD be available for preorder?

 

I don't see any signs of 'pre-orders', so if it were I, I'd contact my favorite reseller, put you CC on file, and make it so.... a pre-order of sorts. I think it will simply arrive on the scene, and the mad dash to sales will begin very early June. That's my best guess...... I hope so anyhow.



EDIT: Whoops, I now see you wrote GT60..... GT70 2OD spoken here, but probably same time frame.... or maybe shortly thereafter.

 

3 x Intel 525 series 180GB mSATA SSDs might be my choice if I opt for one of these GT70 20D models

 

The mystery deepens :thumbsup:

Got me thinking maybe some extra features in the BIOS and hopefully not only fore Xtreme CPU's, would love to get an Xtreme CPU but it's a bit overkill for my needs.The base Core i7-4700MQ should be more than enough for anything.
Good luck on your journey!

 

NOS is TDE + a bit of watts taken from battery during a gaming session so to get above PSU rating..enough said

 

Hmmm, well the GX660R had "secretly" and advanced BIOS method to enter quite a lot of customization including settings for extreme CPU, memory speeds, etc etc. I imagine the new GT will have features we can squeeze more performance unofficially.

I shall aid your Wizard of Oz quest, stalker!

 

Yeah, I am mulling this over myself. I am pretty sure the new Sandisk X100 SSD's will be model SD5SF2-128S-1014E, and their performance will be significantly improved over the U100 series. I think these SSD's will be adequate for most, but I am now looking at Plextor's 256GB PX-M5M series...... but not sure just yet, regarding the cost benefit. One thing for sure, I'd have massive primary SSD storage, at kick-@$$ performance levels. :thumbsup: But, do I spend the extra $650 (or 3x $219)? The want-bug has me thinking about it!

Plextor M5M mSATA SSD Review (256GB) – The M5M Displays Incredible PCMark Performance

Everything Intel tends to be pricey (cost per GB), but let me take a peek at their 525 series.

Ok, I'm back from the Land of Oz, and this is the best I can determine for now. The Easter Egg is the new 'G' button feature, and when pressed and held prior to the 'Power' button, when Windows boots, the CPU will be in an overclocked state. How's that for an Easter Egg? BUT, I still haven't clarified if this will be for Xtreme processors only..... still working on that one..... I'm off on another journey!

Huh? STALKER? LOL! (slap, punch, kick, pistol-whip, and ryzeki is powned with a HEADSHOT!)

 

Sounds good to me! nice work!

 

OK, back from the Land of Oz again, and the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and the Wizard..... all say with the 'G' button held-down while pressing the 'Power' button, when Windows boots, the CPU will be in an OC state. All 4th gen i7 CPU's will work! Hoo-Rah!

 

Can you return to the Land of Oz and check if MSI has added a hardware mux (to bypass Optimus/Bacon)?

 

You sir are a hero for finding this gem

 

Automatic OCing sounds nice

 

Automatic OC is very nice for users that don't need or want to overclock.

Manual overclock still yields the best results.

 

Un-boxing pics of my MSI GT70 2OD-001US.:hi2:
Benchmarks will follow! :thumbsup:

 

Interesting! I don’t believe this! Where did you acquire this notebook before it’s release date? Obviously you are a reseller pretending to be an end user, or it was sent to you early from a reseller….. but in either case, it violates agreements with MSI and other NDA’s. Clearly there is some form of misconduct here.

 

Hoooo myyyy loorrrddddd!!!! How did u manage to get that beast???

 

I assure you I am not a reseller. I ordered this Wednesday last week ground and it just arrived at my doorstep. You can say what you will but I call sour grapes. You are raising cane and throwing accusations of 'misconduct' because you opened this thread and reserved an 'unboxing' post and I posted first.

Not trying to cause grief, just posting pics of my new laptop.

BTW, to violate an NDA would require a signature on my part and that never happened. If there is an NDA it would be with the seller not the buyer.

I ordered it online. Do a Google search.

I will be posting some benchmarks as soon as I get the latest Windows updates and install some benchmark apps.

 

Can you post a benchmark score from CrystalDiskMark? I'm curious regarding the SuperRAID 2.

You got it earlier
I too am curious where

 

I'm really liking this laptop. Awesome screen, sound, and performance. Multicolored backlit keyboard is nice too.

Benchmarks

Keep in mind, these benchmarks are after installing the respective benchmark application after powering on with factory setting/drivers/bloatware/etc...

3DMark Vantage: Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-1763 score: P20980 3DMarks

CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : Crystal Dew World
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 481.072 MB/s
Sequential Write : 343.064 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 253.914 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 340.266 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 28.039 MB/s [ 6845.3 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 69.151 MB/s [ 16882.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 312.711 MB/s [ 76345.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 181.686 MB/s [ 44356.9 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: 44.7% (52.8/118.2 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2013/05/29 16:04:49
OS : Windows 8 [6.2 Build 9200] (x64)

BTW, this model has one 128 gig SSD and one 750 gig hhd so this benchmark doesn't reflect the results of SuperRAID 2 I don't believe.


More to come as time permits.

 

So no SuperRAID on the GTx0-2OD models. Nice numbers by the way. Keep em coming

 

Mind saying how much you paid for it?

 

Not this model which is the 2OD 001US. I saw a grid with model #s and descriptions on this site I believe that have SR2 which have 2 to 3 SSDs. I opted for this one without RAID. Like the SSD as the boot drive and HD for data which is how this is configured from factory.

 

I am ordering the GT60.

 

Yes, there are GT70 2OD SuperRAID models, but he has the GT70 2OD-001US model, without SuperRAID.

Very good question and a good point..... since exact pricing hasn't been disclosed either...... least not to my knowledge.

 

I paid $2.2k and some change with free shipping.

 

Does around $2000 sound about right for the GT60 2OD-026US sound about right? Or can we expect less or more?

 

That's a good price...... so are you going to tell us where we can order now?

I think you are in the ballpark.

 

Given all the fussing I contacted the seller to inform them about what you said and they thanked me and are removing them from their website. Sorry.

 

This is all so exciting.

 

Ahhhh, so we are back to the 'mistake' theory, like they didn't know better. Alrighty then..... but not buying it..... but that's just me, sorry.

 

Too fishy haha. Nice try though, we are not new to this forum

The numbers seem correct for the SSD but the vantage is definitely weak. It's weaker than my 680m+3610qm.

Man, time goes by so slowly....

 

I think he really did get the item. Only time will tell!

 

Oh I don't doubt he has the item in question!

But it's too fishy to be that kind of lucky, and not revealing any info. As stalker said, that shows he at least knows what was going on, that he got it early and that he knows how to use google, know these machines are not released yet!

Most likely he knows someone, he got a green light to show it off, but he didn't expect questions of the origin, instead questions of the machine itself.

It's all theory of course I want to see more benches and info! Keep 'em coming!

 

Yes more info please!! Could you do a 3dmark11 run at stock?

 

Oh yeah, he got it..... under very curious circumstances. Honestly I am a little pe-od and jealous, BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALL HAVE OUR GT70 2OD's! What makes G0DfAtHeR so special? Now that is the question, LOL!

 

Well I should have my GT60 in my hands by Friday, unless something happens or I was ripped off.

Found a guy under a bridge selling preorders..

 

LOL! Here we go again!

Ok, I'll bite..... tell us, so others can place their orders too!

 

I am installing 3DMark 11 and will have some benchmarks posted soon.

To those who question if I have it. I really have the unit in my possession, I own it. How could I post a legit 3D Mark Vantage score linked to their site if I didn't. Skeptics abound.

With regard to my story about how I acquired it, it is true. I searched and found a site that had them in stock and pressed order. I knew about the Haswell launch but they had them advertised showing stock so I took a shot expecting a June shipment and then 2 days later I got FexEx tracking # with a delivery date of today.

You an choose to believe it or not, I really don't care to be honest.... All I know is I am having a blast with my new laptop.

 

Pretty sweet man. Ill post my reseller in the morning after *if* I get my tracking info. Was informed I just missed the cutoff time for shipment today. O well. I can wait until Friday I suppose.

Fingers crossed on my GT60 arrival!

 

Do you think it's a marketing strategy? Problem-Reaction-Solution. You create the problem: leak some info through a chinese forum where one would not suspect. This creates a desire in peoples mind (when can we expect announcement?) The "want" problem Expect the reaction: people getting excited about the new product (ohhh ahhh wowww). And now you offer the solution: buy it online as soon as possible (I did, it you can do too). Calculated moves at the right time on the right places, without anyone noticing it

 

3DMark 11 Demo: Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-1763 score: P7468 3DMarks

It almost seems like VSync is enabled because this and the more recent 3DMark never go above 60 fps. I even tried to force vsync off to no avail. The sys info bundled with 3DMark apps crashes every run too.

I suppose since neither the CPU or video card have been officially released, Futuremark may not have released the update yet to correctly identify these parts.

 

All I know is I will start looking under bridges right now and find those mysterious resellers hahaha.

Good luck with everyone and their timely machines!

I just might go for GT60... I miss my GX660R... hmmm choices choices. Good thing we still have time!

 

LOL! I think you may just be on to something felix3650!

I also think G0DfAtHeR should quit explaining himself, because the plot only thickens. He says he ordered last Wednesday (Ground) and post this morning at 10:19AM. Problem is, I know when the resellers got their shipments, and especially given the holiday, I really don't see how his AM FedEx Ground delivery could be possible. But, WHATEVERrrrrrrrrrrrrr! LOL!

The 3DMark11 score looks good (stock), but still curious about the lack-luster Vantage score. FutureMark will recognize the graphics card, when NVidia releases another driver supporting the GTX-780M.

 

There you go, 3dmark11 seems more in line with what is expected. 680m stock on msi scores around 6100. That's a nice bump in performance.

Maybe go to control panel to check if vsycn is enabled, hopefully it won't be so you can run at max peformance!

And yeah, the cpu/gpu is not official yet so maybe it will have some problems until official release.

 

Ryzeki my GX660 is in great shape. Brand new fan, and brand new bottom panel. The LG display is sick, and if this new GT60 matte display sucks, I am seriously considering swapping out displays day one. I have never had a matte display, and I don't know how quality this screen will be. And this thing still tears games up. I play BF3 on ultra 1080p.

 

Nice score man. I am really looking to OC this thing!