MSI gx660r-060 is what we've been waiting for

That was the idea.
This laptop will be mainly used for gaming so even if I want a higher res I can get a external monitor or just hook it up to my HDTV.

 

Dont forget the review fellows, buying mine depends on your 10 fingers and what they will type :_)

 

Ten fingers only?

Okay, uh.... Ryzeki, you get your right pointer and left ring finger. IkasKratosGuy, you get right pinky and left middle finger. I'll get thumb, middle, and index fingers on both hands. Why do I get more fingers? I'm just that awesome.

 

Sooooo....
What made you switch allegiance Forge? I know you were dead set on getting the G53.

 

Yahoo, mines gonna be delivered today
Cant wait to get my hands on it

 

Wow!
Lots of people or jumping on it
Congrats man!

 

How can an odd number of dimms be dual chanell ? I never heard of such a thing in my life ! Whenever i setup 3 dimms on my desktop motherboard, it showed as single chanell.
The only way dual chanell would activate would be with even dimms, 2 or 4.

Can anyone tell me how is such thing possible ?

 

What I'm saying is, getting the i7 840 QM processor instead of the 740 QM processor is a cost difference of several hundred dollars, whether I got the MSI or something else. I wonder what, precisely, the 840 would gain me. My heavy demands is primarily for graphics quality and a lot of the graphics processing is handled in the GPU anyhow. I'm not sure what the 840 CPU would do for me. Can anyone give some specific examples?

The kinds of things I would want to do....hmm...running applications from Moodle, Blender, Photoshop, and Office all at the same time.

 

It would gain you nothing more than a hole in your wallet. The 740qm is more than enough. However if you have 575 usd to burn for 1 to 5% more performance, it's your choice and your choice alone.

 

Your avatar truly is a hellish vision.

 

Don't worry mate. I will take care of it. It's not the first time my review pushed lots of people into buying something haha.

 

Purchased mine today! Can't wait to see it.

 

well i jumped ship. stupid me was browsing dell's outles and stumbled upon a crossfire 5870 M17x with i720 for $1700 shipped. so i snaged it. about the same price i would of payed for the MSI so i decided on the Alienware. i feel dirty like i cheated. haha but cheers to all you guys and i will def be following the new owners impressions just incase i hate the Dell/alienware

 

Thats a really good deal man. Btw guys I ordered the MSI a few days ago and RMA'd my np8690 back to xotic cause of the horrible battery life ...

Anyway my specs are as follows: 1 x MSI GX660R-060US - Gaming Laptop ()
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Display 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glare Type Screen
Dead Pixel Policy Standard Dead Pixel Policy
Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-740QM, 1.73-2.93GHz, (45nm, 6MB L3 cache) - Standard
Thermal Compound Stock OEM Thermal Compound
Graphics Video Card ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD5870 1024MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
External Monitor Video Adapter No Video Adapter
Ram - 6,144MB (6GB) DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2GBx3)
Exterior Finish Standard Finish
Optical Drive - 4X Blu-Ray Reader / 8X DVDRW/CDRW Super Multi Combo Drive - Standard
Primary Hard Drive - 80GB Intel G2 X25-M Solid State Drive (SSD Serial-ATA II)
Second Hard Drive - 320GB 7200RPM WD or Seagate (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) - Standard
Additional Hard Drive in Optical Drive Bay No Additional Hard Drive in ODD Bay (When adding Hard Drive, Optical Drive Is Removed)
External USB Optical Drive NO External USB Optical Drive
External Hard Drive (Back Up) No Back Up Hard Drive
Back Up Software No Back Up Software
Floppy Drive No Floppy Drive
Memory Card Reader Internal 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO)
Bluetooth Internal Bluetooth + EDR
Wireless Network -Intel® Advanced-N 6200 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module
Wireless Network Accessories No Network Accessory
Camera Integrated Digital Video Camera
TV Tuner No TV Tuner
Sound Card Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
Case No Carrying Case
Battery Smart Li-ion Battery (9-Cell)
Car Adapter No Car Adapter
Spare AC Adapter None Standard*
Port Replicator / Dock / Adapters No Dock/Hub/Adapter
Fingerprint Reader No Fingerprint Reader
Mouse / Keyboard Accessories No External Keyboard or Mouse
Notebook Cooler No Notebook Cooler
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Pre-Installed + Drivers & Utilities Disk
System Recovery Backup Disks No thanks, do not create backup recovery DVD's
Microsoft Office Software No Office Software
Software Bundle (Not Installed) No Software Bundle
Warranty 2 Year MSI US Parts & Labor 1 Year Global Warranty w/ Lifetime Tech Support
Xotic Gear No Xotic PC Gear

Looks like it will be way better than my 8690 with the ssd, better speakers, more RAM, more battery, etc.

Can't wait to get it. Kinda miss having a fast laptop lol using my crappy HP desktop. Hasn't even shipped yet

 

Several things, mainly the fact that the G53 is pretty much vaporware in my view and the features (ports, RAID, speakers, etc) are hard to turn down. Like I said, though, I'd be very conflicted if the G53 was selling at this moment.

Dauf isn't hellish, he's just misunderstood. And don't worry. My avatar ADD will compel me to change it soon, anyway.

 

Well I got mine, its great except for 2 major flaws... the webcam doesnt work.. there are no drivers for it on the website as it says it will work with the OS native drivers... well there are no native drivers that I know of, because msn doesnt detect it. Secondly, the bluetooth wont seem to discover or pair with anything. I bought a brand new bluetooth mouse from xoticpc along with this laptop, it wont be discovered. I tried a ps3 headset, and an iphone 4.. this pc wont discover anything, and the bluetooth button needs to be turned on and off because the bluetooth stops broadcasting after less than a minute... the iphone can see it for a short while then it disappears. Ive installed the latest drivers,, so no clue what to do to get my cam or my mouse to work.

Gaming wise, its rock solid, 10.8 catalyst and it runs like a dream, no crashes, artfacts or hint of slowdown. This machine is a powerhouse. The screen isnt the best in the whole world, but its more than passable.. very shiny tho. The keyboard is solid, the design is solid. The Raid was a real to get rid of.
All in all im happy, but i'd be happier with a working cam and working mouse.

Also, the sound is flawless, you can tell there is bass, its not overly tinny at all, far from it. The track pad is a little iffy, but good, i just need to adjust it to my liking I think.

TG

 

Did you turn the camera on with the Fn + F6?

 

Ok I'm an idiot. I Freely admit it. Now about the bluetooth... hmmm

 

Same thing, you said you used the BT button above the keyboard to turn it on already??

 

Yup I did, on and off, no luck, i'm using windows 7 x 64 enterprise if that makes a difference... i've reinstalled the driver, used the function key combo, the upper button, even disabled and reenabled in control panel device manager... no luck detecting either the mouse or headset.

 

Hmmmm Waiting to hear the resolve to this issue...first machine and issues...Not a good sign. Get that BT working.....

 

saw this laptop and kinda tempted to change from my sager 8690, upgrade in terms of lighting and usb 3.0, not to mention 9 cell batt

though the dvi port downgraded to vga port, but hei!!! better sounding speaker and subwooferm i hope it will be worth it.

to bad their international warranty is only 1 year

 

To be fair, he's only one person. Ryzeki has a GX660R as well and is loving it.

 

Does the system control manager indicate the BT is turned on when you press the touch sensor?

 

Does this laptop come with a laser mouse?
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have you tried the power management of the bluetooth if you uncheck the allow the computer to turn off this device to save power it may help

 

Just wanted to say I saw one live and the sound is possitively awesome. Best I've heard in a laptop..

 

Speaking of speakers, I wonder what became of that one Asus monstrosity with the Bang and Olufson speaker suite.

You'd expect people to be giving raving reviews about those speakers.

 

Whats the most reliable and best value for money memory to put in this machine? I presume they all come with 3*2gb? Can you get a deal for 3 * 4gb ddr3 1333 anywhere?

Cheers
Chumby

 

If you mean the icon in the lower right hand corner of the bluetooth symbol, yes.. as of right now i uninstalled the bt drivers, pressed on and off again and windows installed generic bt drivers, but still neither device will detect to be paired. Not sure where to go from here really.

 

It got burned at the stake by angry villagers!

 

XoticPC has 12,288MB (12GB) DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (3x4GB) ( + $415 )
Likewise does Gentech - 12GB PC3-1333Mhz DDR3 (4GB x 3) : $399

These prices are for the i7 model.
I would have to say 12GB is overload, even if you were doing heavy gaming I still think you don't need that much. 8GB would still not even be used to it's full capacity but would be the most reasonable and practical option which is - 8,192MB (8GB) DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2x2GB, 1X4GB) ( + $179 ) through Xotic once again.

 

Ok, found the workaround to the bluetooth issue. You have to turn the bluetooth off via the button before you shut down windows, when you reboot with it turned off wait for the bluetooth icon to appear in your system tray, then press the bluetooth button, go into the 'My bluetooth' folder on the desktop and then press 'search for devices' button and then it detects everything just fine. Kind of annoying, but i got this info from a motorola headset website, so i guess its common with their bt radios. Easy to deal with tho, finally... everything installed... now to load up some games!

 

What do you think about the screen of this notebook?

 

I like it, tho it is very glossy.

 

Just to confirm, this doesn't have a backlit keyboard right?

 

No, no backlit keyboard.. which frankly you dont need. this thing looks like a disco with every other light going when you play music. I just turned all the extra lighting off. Tried the turbo and fan today, not much of a huge boost with turbo, but noticable.. the fan takes about 15 seconds to ramp up to full speed, and you can hear it, but its not annoying. When the extra fan juice is not on, this laptop is as silent as the asus g73jh. I know, i've had both heheh

 

Nope........Crap got beat to it.

 

Thanks to you BOTH!

 

Anyone can compare the performance and other factors with the asus g73?
Do you miss the 17'' with this laptop?

 

So... I've been looking at this one. If you spec it the same as the Asus G73jh (add 2 GB RAM and bump the HD's to 500GB/7200 RPM) it's is a 1" smaller screen, worse viewing angle and louder for +$200. Is that about the height and weight of it?

Homer

 

Yup, and dont forget with the G73 you get unstable vbios for crashing fun, missed keystrokes, and bios's that fry your backlit kb. Have fun!

 

You forgot to add you can't upgrade graphic drivers without something horrible happening.
It's a shame you can only upgrade with "official" ASUS released drivers.

 

Okay bold folk who bought them right off the bat: How is the antialiasing on the MSIGX660R, so far? What settings have you used for what games, and how is it looking?

 

I haven't played much but here are the games and settings so far:

Borderlands 1920x1080 all high endabled except Ambient occlusion and flares with 4x AF -- seems to be constant 60fps

Left 4 Dead 2 1920x1080 all highest settings, 4x AF and AA, vsync and seems smooth 60fps so far.

Battlefield bad company 2 1920x1080 all high medium shadows 1AA 4AF vsync and it seems to run at 60fps most of the time with drops on the big gunfights and smoke kills it for 1 second.

Team Fortress 2, all highest settings, 4x AA and AF, vsync, runs 60fps.

Demigod with 1920x1080 all high seems to run around 45fps or so.

 

Well mines waiting on my doorstep waiting for me to get home which won't be till much later.
Will try to report later tonight if I have time.

 

Let us know how it goes

And you have to listen to the speakers! There is even an intro videou about it in 720p haha.

 

Sup guys,
Do you know if Xotic takes PayPal for international orders?

I really like this notebook, and I want to buy in the next few months (I'm saving the money), but I won't find it in my country (Chile), so the only option is to buy it on Xotic.

 

The store when I buy my gx660r-060us advance the date to day 2 for I receive it

I can not wait to get my hands on my new baby

BR