Notebook Review

jeudi 5 novembre 2015

m18x r2 video problems please help

No you Don't need a new mobo regardless. Refurbished motherboards are fine in my opinion provided they have at least a 1 month warranty.

Bad GPU would be unlikely seeing as the external screen works and you can boot to linux desktop, those missing screens are far from ideal though. you can probably get away with missing the gpu to mobo bolt but the heatsink screw is needed.

I would just get the screen and try it, worst case if its not the screen you can always sell the screen to one of the poor souls who bricked theirs with windows 10. At the end of the day you need to try something and I think the screen is most likely.

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m18x r2 video problems please help

(Un)Official Clevo P650RG / P650RE3 / P650RE6 Owner's Lounge / Welcome to the Robin's Nest =P

First, if shadowplay is owned, simply run some game in fullscreen at 1080p (if your screen resolution is larger than 1080p, please run the game in 1080p for the purpose of this test) and record a ~10-15 minute video. This will require Handbrake to render the video for quite some time, pushing the likelihood of your machine remaining over the TDP limit. The reason is that low compression and high bitrate are usually processed very quickly in handbrake. Even under 1v at 3.5GHz I was using well over my 47W limit on my CPU. Higher resolutions render slower however, so 1620p and 4K resolutions are not the best.

Handbrake test. Copy the settings you see in the screenshot, which also gives an example of how Handbrake is meant to break your 45W limits. Render a long video from Shadowplay (or find a low compression video elsewhere; quicksync videos are fine as well as long as they are high bitrate, etc).

Prime95 test should just be a CPU stress with all workers. I've never run P95 (never needed to) so I have no screenshots, however it is well known to use quite a lot of TDP.

TSBench is self-explanatory. Simply launch it, change it to 8 threads (or 4 if you have an i5, as those are quadcores now) and click the 1024M button. Note that due to my CPU's exceedingly low voltage at stock speeds, in order to surpass the TDP limits for TSBench I overclocked my CPU to 3.8GHz and returned it to default voltage, unlike in other screenshots.

XTU benchmark is also self explanatory. There's an option to run it. DISREGARD THE RESULTS OF THE BENCHMARK ITSELF. We're only interested in how the CPU behaves during the test. The results of the test rely far more on good RAM timings and speeds over the rest of your system, so the result is pointless. We're after the stress it puts on the CPU.

Simply note the trend in the CPU speeds according to Throttlestop, and what lights up in Dufus' Limit Reasons. PL1 and PL2 are power limits. EDP is current limit. We can worry about current limit later, but tell me if current limit throttle is showing up before power limit throttle has a chance to show up and we'll see what we can do. When you throttle, note the TDP limits you throttle to. Remember, a yellow light doesn't mean anything. Solid red means it's throttling for the limit reasons program.

If your BIOS is unlocked in some way, try using BIOS settings or XTU settings to raise your turbo boost power limits and turbo boost short power limits and seeing if the CPU listens to the settings, and how long it lasts for under loads. If you can overclock it too, even better.

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Oculus Rift DK2 (0.7 SDK) and MSI GE60-2PC, Optimus problem

Hi, i have a GE60-2PC 480XES (850m) and an Oculus Rift DK2, before the SDK 0.7 it worked perfectly, now because of the DAMN OPTIMUS and DAMN OCULUS SUPPORT it does not work, it says the HMD it's not conected, because the new driver of Oculus, makes that if you have an Optimus laptop, it does not work...

Is there any way to make it work? using the hidden bios or something? Because hell, i feel scammed thanks to that ****ty new driver, makes me feel that i've throw my money to the river

I dont know if this happens on new MSI laptops, but it would be good if together we can find a solution or some kind of fix, i've buyed the laptop just to take my Oculus with me and show it to my friends, now i can't thanks to that ****ty new driver (SDK 0.7/0.8..)

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Oculus Rift DK2 (0.7 SDK) and MSI GE60-2PC, Optimus problem

Dell Inspiron 7559

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Dell Inspiron 7559

Gigabyte P35X v3 owner's lounge

The Gigabyte P35X v3 Owner's Lounge

Greetings! This is the thread for all who own, want to own, or would just like to discuss the P35X v3 (update: and the v4) from Gigabyte. Everyone is welcome!

***REVIEW IN PROGRESS***

This is very much a post-in-progress. I shall be dumping my benchmarks here over the next few days and will also be giving my impressions and feedback on all aspects of the notebook. I aim for this post to morph into a full review with time. I will be constantly updating and improving the organisation of my content here.

Dimensions: 385(W) x 270(D) x 20.9(H) mm
Measured weight (with optical drive): 2.5kg

Image gallery: http://1drv.ms/1sjJWEW

Fan noise (maximum fan settings, phone placed at centre of keyboard):

Clevo P170SM

Gigabyte P35X v3

Without further ado; the first set of P35X v3 benchmarks:

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3DMark FireStrike (driver version - 344.00)

FireStrike Ultra: ||| Run #1 - (GPU-Z) |||
FireStrike Extreme: ||| Run #1 - (GPU-Z) |||
FireStrike Standard: ||| Run #1 - (GPU-Z) |||

3DMark FireStrike (driver version - 344.60)

FireStrike Ultra: ||| Run #1 - GPU-Z - HWMonitor |||
FireStrike Extreme: ||| Run #1 - GPU-Z - HWMonitor |||
FireStrike Standard: ||| Run #1 - GPU-Z - HWMonitor |||

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Benchmarks & Temperature graphs

***All games run at maximum settings possible, including all forms of AA (with the sole exception of SSAA)***

***Throttle info and VRAM usage coming soon***

Graph #1:

Graph #2:

Graph #3:

Temp chart:

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More benchmarks (and overall notebook impressions) coming very shortly...

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Clevo P870DM-G now available to order on HIDevolution

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Link to order (now IN-STOCK): http://ift.tt/1kw8OvX

I ordered mine with the following specs:

Clevo HID P870DM-G NVIDIA G-Sync 17.3" Custom Built to Order Desktop Replacement Laptop

Keyboard Language: U.S. English

Processor: Unlocked and Overclockable 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6700K Quad Core Processor, 4.0 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 4.2GHz), 8MB Smart Cache - $200.00

Thermal Paste: Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 100% Metal Thermal Interface on CPU + IC Diamond on GPU(s) - $30.00

Advanced Copper Cooling: Advanced Copper Cooling Heatsink installed - $50.00

Operating System: Genuine Windows® 10 Pro, 64bit, English - $150.00

Operating System Reinstallation Media: Reinstallation DVDs - $15.00, Reinstallation USB Flash Drive

Video Card: Dual nVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 8GB GDDR5 in SLI (16GB total) - NVIDIA G-Sync Enabled - $625.00

LCD Panel: 17.3" 1920x1080 IPS FHD (16:9) LED Antiglare Matte Type Display w/ NVIDIA G-Sync Technology

Display Warranty: None - up to 3 lit pixels considered OK

Memory: 64GB Dual Channel DDR4 at 2133MHz (4 x 16GB) - $670.00

RAID Options: RAID 0 (striping)

Storage:
M.2 SATA SSD (for RAID configurations)
1024GB "Super RAID 4" Dual SSD (2 x Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe x4 3D-VNAND SSD) - $750.00
1st Hard Drive Bay
2TB 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - $100.00
2nd Hard Drive Bay
2TB 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - $130.00

External Optical Drive: External Bluray read/write DVDRW drive - $110.00

Audio: Onkyo Speakers x 2

Battery Options: 1 x 8 cell battery - 82Wh

Power Adapter: 660W AC Power Adapter (supports 100-240V) - 2 x 330W adapter w/ power converter box - $185.00

Power Cord: UK 6 Ft Power Cord C13 - $10.00

Wireless Cards: Intel® Wireless-AC 8260 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.0 - $30.00

Warranty and Service: 3 Year HIDevolution Limited Global Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support - $600.00

Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei Wireless Laser Gaming Mouse - $115

Mousepad: Razer Manticor

Backpack: Everki Titan Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Backpack Fits Up to 18.4-Inch Laptops (EKP120) - $159

Total Price: $6000 USD

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