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    New laptop.. GT683R

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Marcus007, Dec 29, 2011.

  1. Marcus007

    Marcus007 Notebook Geek

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    I just bought a GT683R and it's an i5 but it has the GTX 560M though. I just want to know your opinions/sugggestions/advices on how to check if my laptop has a defect. In my country, which is Philippines, you can return the laptop and replace it with a new one WITHIN 7 DAYS so I bought this 2 days ago(Dec 27) and I need to know immediately what to check.

    Any advice would be a great help. Thank you.
     
    Marcus007, Dec 29, 2011
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  2. khetik

    khetik Notebook Deity

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    You can use a few different things to benchmark your system and monitor temps to make sure everything is running the way it should be. Also, test out some games on it, to make sure performance is as it should be.

    Temps: Gpu-z, hwmonitor32/64

    Bench: 3mark11, 3dmark vantage
     
    khetik, Dec 29, 2011
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  3. Marcus007

    Marcus007 Notebook Geek

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    I have downloaded some monitor temps already and some apps to stress on my CPU but haven't downloaded something to stress the GPU though. Thanks for replying! :D
     
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    joleara Notebook Guru

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    also just keep the lappy on for afew hours and check for overheating basic but helpful
     
    joleara, Dec 30, 2011
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    You can do a 2 minute furmark run, which will stress your gpu past any game would.
     
    khetik, Dec 30, 2011
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    Thanks for your advice, guys. Will surely try them.
     
    Marcus007, Dec 30, 2011
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