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    msi gx740 / medion akoya x7811?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by NinosM1, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. NinosM1

    NinosM1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i know this is a msi forum but because the medion akoya x7811 same specs and case as the msi gx740 i decided to post it here


    anyways back to the topic


    does anyone has experience with this laptop? any heating problems? will overclocking be an issue with the 5870m with that case? is it worth buying over the asus g53sw (i5-2410M edition) ? any benchmarks for this laptop ( or gx740) With overclocked gpu? how long will i be able to play on it till it gets veerry het ( games like crysis(2) bfbc2 etc.... )

    sorry if its nit clearly explained please ask if you didnt understand something
     
    NinosM1, Aug 18, 2011
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    AscheWandler Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi there and welcome!

    I own a X7811 by myself and upgraded CPU (940XM) and OCed the 5870 to the max stable!

    You can OC the X7811 very well but you have to do some modifications to the Cooling system before, or get a laptop stand.

    Overclcoking the standart system without extra cooling is risky. The 1 Fan cooling system was no good solution from MSI/Medion, it runs on max. most time if the NB is original. You possible get BSOD sometimes during gameplay (GTA4, Crysis)!

    The best pro feature for the Notebook is: its cheap! ;)

    I got mine from ebay for 600€, upgraded (new RAM, CPU) it cost all over 900€
     
    AscheWandler, Aug 19, 2011
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  3. NinosM1

    NinosM1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ive just read the cooling modification topic and im not really sure if i want to mod the laptop ( if i get it ofc )
    are there any other ways to cool it down so i can acctully overclock the gpu without risking any heatproblems?
    someone told me you have to flash the bios to overclock the gpu is this true?
     
    NinosM1, Aug 19, 2011
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    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    That is not true. You can overclock the GPU using the AMD Overdrive feature of Catalyst Control Center.

    If You're not sure about modding the laptop, You shouldn't consider flashing the graphics card's vBIOS. It's a risky thing to do.
     
    Marecki_clf, Aug 19, 2011
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    AscheWandler Notebook Enthusiast

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    When you get a Laptop Cooler/Stand and remove your Backplate too, youre able to OC your 5870 and got nice temps without modding your cooling system!

    Using AMD Clock tool or Overdrive is the savest way to start OCing. :D

    I personally flashed my 5870 about 15 times before i got the right settings.
    Used Atiflash for that...never got an error.

    btw. my Sys is running for about 4 Month now on this specs...all fine :cool:
     
    AscheWandler, Aug 19, 2011
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