The Official MSI GT70-2OD Owner's Lounge

You must have some inaccurate info because, again, I outline what transpired.

You appear to be one of those people that no matter how many times or ways someone explains to you that 2 plus 2 is really 4 you will still not believe them.

 

Why the secret? Did the seller ask you not to publish where you purchased the system from?

 

Sorry, but I smell a rat nonetheless......

Try shutting the notebook down.... and power it back up while holding down the 'G' button first. See if the CPU is OC'd when you get back into Windows 8. Have you installed CPUZ, GPUZ, HW Mon and AfterBurner yet? Also, can you please provide some screenshots?

 

Can you do a BF3 bench?

 

Thanks for the offer Talon but I think I just might go full GT60 haha.

Anyways, we need to see more benches! It is important the temps too, lets see how good the cooling is with the new bridge between CPU and GPU!

 

Well, shucks..... and I was counting on reading your GT70 2OD review too! Ya know, along with that decision comes less mem, and no Super RAID (least with US SKU's).... you sure?

 

I've seen much higher 3DMark Vantage scores with stock settings and drivers.

 

Meh mine is coming with 16GB of memory. I currently have 12GB and use nowhere near that amount. And the whole super raid thing doesn't meant anything to me. I don't really even know how that works. I doubt I would notice the difference in real world. It is suppose to be coming with a 750GB HD and 128GB SSD. I might end up just taking my Intel SSD out and putting that into the laptop, using the 750GB for storage, and selling my current GX660 with the San Disk 128GB SSD.

 

Here is a screenshot with CPU-Z, NVIDIA Inspector, and GPU-Z...

 

Nice! Can't wait for mine to come!

 

Oh, I'm sorry ryzeki, I didn't realize you and TalonUIUC were on the same page.

 

I'm sure you have and so have I but like I said, it appears vsync is stuck on so I would not put much faith in these benchmarks as being the best they could be until I can sort this out. Heck Futuremark's sys info tanks every time I run the benchmark.

 

Well the thing is, as I have mentioned elsewhere, I am not a millionarie. It will depend not only on cost, but also on convenience Besides, after using SSDs, I realized that a single SSD for boot suits my needs, while others might need the super raid.

In the end, theGT60 will also have the msata support right? so if I go crazy I can enable super raid?

Bah I don't know what to do

It's okay, he is selling his GX660R which is one of the best machines I have ever used, and equipped with high end components. Definitely a steal that I would consider hehe.

 

We really should have just created one topic with GT70/60.

 

Well, best of luck in whatever you decide, and I still hope we'll be reading your GT70 2OD review soon.

 

Here are Furmark results...

I will install and post some game benchmarks tomorrow. Heading off to MMA class. Have a good night.

 

There will be a review made, that is for sure! As for which model... well we shall see Don't worry, I will photoshop the size of the laptop to make it appear like GT70 hahaha

 

Godfather can you open the "stomach" of the beast (lower panel underneath the notebook) so we can peek what's inside?

 

The panel that is covered with a sticker that reads "Warranty sticker - Void if tampered"? Not a chance.....

 

I'm not too sure that voids the warranty.. I think the warranty is only void if you actually break something under the hood. Thats like saying you can't lift the hood on your car.

 

@GODfAtHeR congrats on your new laptop .

Can you try the NOS feature that OC's it? Keep those benchmarks coming.

 

Benchmarks

These benchmarks are definately without vsync on. I verified 3DMark Ice Storm wasn't stuck at 60fps and Vantage went up over 5000 points! :thumbsup: Everthing still stock.

This beast is screamin fast!! :yes:

3DMark Ice Storm : Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-1763 score: P92549 3DMarks

3DMark Cloud Gate: Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-1763 score: P17519 3DMarks

3DMark Fire Strike: Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-1763 score: P4629 3DMarks

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: P25916 3DMarks

3DMark 11: 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

On Steam I got the 'Mystery Machine' achievement with this rig. LOL!

More to come as time permits...

 

Hooooooooooly crap. Now this is starting to get REALLY interesting.
OCOCOCOCOCOCOCOCOCO O!!!!! C!!!!!

I'm also curious if XTU would let you OC the CPU any. Want to give it a try?

 

All those benchmarks scores look in line with mine - so the MSI max boost is 849 - that's what I got too with my OC msi vbios.

 

Can't wait to get one myself!

 

How on earth did you get a hold on this machine already? Congratulations.

Thanks for posting the 3DMark11 score. Pau1ow posted his and score and I thought it was kinda low. Good to have confirmation that its indeed atleast around 7700 in GPU score. A beast indeed. Can`t wait til I get mine.

Also as a request: Have you done any temperature measurements? Does the GPU run hot? Also what clocks do you get when running 3DMark11? GTX 780M have GPU Boost 2.0 which will clock it up pretty high. You have to use GPU-Z and look under "sensors" to see the real clocks. Or use MSI afterburner.

Thanks

 

Waiting patiently

 

I paid 1900$ and some change, with no tax, and managed to get free overnight am shipping. Just priced out the old GT60 with a 120gb SSD, and 16GB Ram with one of the online retailers mentioned here often and I paid a lot less than what they want.

 

I have got the same score with the 850mhz boost with the msi vbios - nothing low or especially high here. Check his NVInspector, it shows the real Turbo Boost (849mhz)
Not sure the turbo boost was fully performing on Vantage, here are my score with a TB up to 797mhz (downcloked it on purpose)
Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-16F3 score: P25133 3DMarks

and 3dmark11 with 780M @ 850mhz (the vram is overclocked barely affects 3dm11 score)
Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-16F3 score: P7547 3DMarks

If we can have the MSI AB graphs when running those benches, we can see what TB he got there.
780M @ 797mhz: Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor,Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-16F3 score: P7157 3DMarks

Can't wait to see your machine Talon

 

That is a great price you got this system for. Who might this seller be?

 

Its here! Let me double check by opening it lol

Confirmed!!! Its legit!

 

Ok please order one for me now!

 

Awesome and congrats! :thumbsup:

Awaiting your pics and benchmark results for a comparison.

 

Your review was ok, but I didn`t like the way you did it.
First you tested it with Win7, posted score with 68xx in GPU score. I said that couldn`t be right. You said that it was normal and something we should expect. I responded and said with the specs the 780M have, it should score a lot more. No reply back or anything.
Then you found out, yes, indeed the GPU Boost 2.0 wasn`t working. So you retried with the GPU boost finally enabled, and you score 7379. Which to me seems still not entirely correct, since godfather got 7633 in GPU score with his GTX 780M. And Clevo score 8000 with their 17" new notebook.

Its nice to see you post the GPU score now with 850MHz, but I don`t understand the whole premise of it since that is an OCed GPU, put in the GPU boost clock artificially, to make it seem like the GPU functioning optimally. I don`t know, but should the 15" GT60 score less?

As for the Nvidia inspector, thanks. Didn`t see it until now. 849MHz GPU boost confirmed for MSI GT70. Nice to know

 

http://www.provantage.com/msi-gt70-2od-001us~7MST91EY.htm

Notes 4 in stock.. act fast..

 

Thanks for your honesty.

The first score I had was with the Clevo vbios without the TB which obviously resulted in a lower score (makes sense, a 780M clocked to 771 won't score as much as a 780M clocked to 849).

Managed to get hold of a MSI oem vbios (thanks to Prema) and re-done the whole thing - he said he tweaked the VBIOS but I have got the same GPU-Z and NVInspector as g0dfather which means MSI TB is correctly clocked to 849mhz causing obviously a huge boost in benchmark.
Again, I had downclocked on purpose the 780M to 797mhz instead of 849 (-52mhz on NVInspector) to basically reproduce a score of a 780M stock since at this time I didn't know the boost was by default 849mhz or Prema had done something.

The 850mhz benchmark has no overclock but the VRAM btw. I should have made it clear but obviously I didn't know MSI was using a higher default TB.

By the way, trying to do a review in the dark regarding the specs of the card you own is tough, this wasn't useful this time and I won't make the mistake again - had the card for a short time therefore couldn't properly game with it.

EDIT: I know you want the 780M to look as nice as possible but the truth is for the moment the difference with the 680M overclocked is totally negligible - at least in single card. There's no magic in this, this is purely mathematic and +14% cores and extra bandwith won't result in an extra 30% gain (unless they also further boost the default clocks as MSI just showed us).

 

Yes thank you for the review both of you.

 

Awesome man! Congrats!

 

Thanks Ryzeki.

 

NICE!

Regarding you new GT60, please appropriately post here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/719029-official-msi-gt60-2od-owners-lounge.html

I am sure the GT60 folks there, would love to hear from you.

 

As Striker said, Can't wait to see your review in the GT60-2OD Owner's Lounge

 

I just ordered a GT70-2OD-093US, should arrive tomorrow. This will be my first jump from homebuilt desktops to gaming PCs. Hoping for the best! I do have to thank all of you on this forum, I was minutes away from getting a GT70-0NE... I think I would have been disappointed!

 

Congratz iceman25c, Welcome to the Party! You mean the GT70 2OD-039US, right? Where did you order from?

 

Nice let us know!

 

Yeah bro, enjoy your

XD.
Where did you order it from again?

 

Wow- I guess proofreading would be my friend if I payed attention.

I did indeed mean GT70 2OD-039US. I also meant moving from homebuilt gaming desktops to gaming laptops.

I ordered from rakuten.com, the artist formerly known as buy.com. I was holding off until my Oculus Rift went to processing. I got that notice last night. Fun days ahead! :thumbsup:

 

Also order my MSI gt60 from there too. It's in the shipping process. Can't wait.

 

Congrats and welcome to the 'actual' owners club! :thumbsup: Post some benchies when you can.

 

Is 4700MQ the one equipped with intel HD4600? I presume 4700MQ is the successor to 3740QM?

Also if those sellers broke the NDA then when is the official release date?

 

Yes it has the HD4600