***Gigabyte P35X owner's lounge***

If you select the eco fan powerstate in the smart manager it will drop the cpu down to 0.77 ghz

 

thanks !

 

Just got the game from a raffle, yay! ( http://ttp-gaming.net/forums/index....giveaway-click-here-for-rules-and-conditions/)

Is anyone on v1.04 for Witcher 3? How is the performance? There seem to be pop-in issue on v1.03.

Thanks.

 

For anyone who has replaced the internal hdd with an ssd equivalent, did this add a buldge to the corner of your laptop? I remember somebody mentioning this.

 

Im getting 40-50 fps on a combination of High and Uber settings, no hairworks, HBAO+.

 

Have someone found a solution about the sound crakling/poping randomly? Latencymom tell me that the cpu is power limited but I didn't undervolt or underclock. I think this isn't the problem.

 

Can you elaborate on your problem? I've never experience any crackling or popping on the built in speakers nor headphone through audio jack.

 

Does anyone know if you can use the laptops screen as well as an external display connected to the Display Port, and run them as two screens, not mirrored, so that the desktop real estate is expanded and the mouse will move over from one screen to the other? Cheers

 

You can power 3 screens on this laptop.

 

So my nvidia graphics card no longer shows up under the device manager and the driver wont install for it so i think it crapped out. How has anyone dealt with gigabyte RMA and know what the typical turn around on a claim is?

 

Did you turn off 3D acceleration in bios ?

 

Just checked and it's on. The card is def dead sadly.

 

Someone else had this issue before too. I think they were able to resolve it as well. Try checking in this thread.

 

How is windows 10 driver support for this laptop going for those that installed it?

 

So im getting around 60 fps in Witcher 3 , on high settings, uber draw distance, hbao+, full HD, so im very happy with that...

BUT

According to XTU it throttles like crazy, down to 1,4 GHz at one point, typically staying at around 1,8 GHz. For some reason the CPU wont go above 90 Degrees in this game...I even downgraded the BIOS to FB09, to check if gigabyte "improved" the thermals in FB0A, but nope, still the same. Its strange as SoM did go to around 92-93. Will do a test with an undervolt today.

 

I play it with most settings on ultra and get a consistent 50fps with no throttling at all. I have a gaming profile setup for it on XTU which with a -60 undervolt and limiting the multiplier to 25x and my temps are around 80-85c.. Haven't had a problem with any game so far.

 

New Bios available via smart update

 

Yes there is a bulge now with a crucial m550 512gb installed but my laptop came without a hdd and havent checked whether the bulge is there without it installed.

Next time I open it up I'll check if the bulge is present without ssd and whether it is fixable.

Sent from my GT-I9300

 

Does anyone know if G-sync is supported with this new nvidia driver on this laptop?

Sent from my GT-I9300

 

What is new with it? Does it have to do with G-sync?

Appearantly, you dont need a g-sync module in a laptop screen, just a 'nvidia approved' screen, which can be older existing screens as well.

EDIT: Also, how do you safely update it?

 

Aorus X7 was confirmed not to be able to get Gsync, i doubt the p35x will.

I just update mine via smart update, works like a charm.

 

AFAIK mobile g-sync will only work on notebooks where the GPU is connected directly to the screen (laptops without optimus). So its not possible to get g-sync on the P35X, at least not until nvidia strikes some kind of deal with intel.

 

Last time I updated my bios via smart update, I had to reinstall windows becaus i couldnt even boot...

What are the new features of the BIOS?

 

Didn't see anything new in the bios, but maybe I missed something.

I installed without a problem. Had to change my windows theme back to default because the flasher won't launch otherwise.

 

I had my card turn off as well. Reboot with graphic accelleration off then reboot with it on. It was scary because I couldn't even open nvidia control panel. It gave some weird error. Try and report back?

 

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts about the upgrade to Windows 10. Only reason for asking is that I am concerned about losing the backup image stored on the hidden drive. In the past when I have upgraded an operating system it has deleted the drive and the image with it. Does anyone have any thoughts please, obviously time will tell when it is released next month, but just wondering in the meantime.

I guess I could take a copy of the hidden drive using Acronis and store it somewhere, and if it is removed go back in and recreate the drive using something like partition magic, but it could turn out to be a pain when I eventually want to sell the laptop.

Thanks

 

Why not use usb smart backup? I'm pretty sure that makes a copy of it. If not windows usb bootable backup can make a copy of it.

 

Thanks kdawgie, that's a really good point, I didn't consider using the USB backup. Cheers

 

When i transitioned to a bigger msata ssd, I'm pretty sure I screwed up the recovery partition. It's there, sitting at the end of the drive with the data in it, but I don't think it's working.

How can you tell if it's working? When I go to windows recovery and try to install a fresh copy, it asks me for a disk, I assume the recovery partition is this "disk", but I can't find it through the menu.

 

Try restarting the laptop and pressing F9 when it boots up, this will take you to the repair options and will tell you if you still have the partition installed and available. Be careful not to go all the way or you may lose everything. I have found that it doesn't work if you go through the Windows repair options directly and only works with F9.
I don't have my laptop at the moment as I dropped it a week or so ago and it is with the insurers under repair or I would send you a copy of the partition layout in the 'Disk Management' tool, this would let you compare yours against mine that works. (One additional thing, I ended up in a similar situation a couple of years ago with another laptop, I had previously taken a screenshot of the partition layout and using partition magic (or similar) managed to rebuild the partitions exactly as they were and it started working again.
Best of luck.

 

I sent it in already sadly or i would of tried this. I will see what gigabyte says when they get it tomorrow.

 

Let us know. Happened to me three times now. Did you have nvidia 353.00 installed? I just installed 353.06 will see if it helps....

 

Your right, if you limit the CPU to 2,5 GHz it doesn't throttle, but if you dont limit it, it throttles down to around 1,8. So , nice throttling logic Intel...

 

Im running Windows 10 preview now. I've had a few weird issues.. When the laptop sleeps for about > 2 hours, after waking i have to enable wifi manually using fn+f2.. also sound stops working after sleep.. the only way to get it working is to press fn+f7 then fn+f8 or fn+f9. Aside from that windows 10 works pretty well on my p35x v3.

 

I don't even see the point in letting your computer sleep. The ssd takes 5-7 seconds to load windows. The same amount of time you spend fixing those errors.

 

Well, the point of sleep is probably hibernate. Sure it takes 5-7s to restart but it takes a lot longer to open up all my apps and documents again.

 

Hi All, does anyone know if the P35 x/w will output at 120hz 1080p from the displayport? I've realized that my laptop (P35w v3) is faster than my desktop so looking to connect it to my gaming monitor which only has DVI or HDMI, my understanding is that to get 120hz I need a powered displayport to Dual link DVI, so any comment or advice on this would be much appreciated but before spending £60+ on the adapter I thought I'd check the laptop can actually output at 120hz Thanks

 

Nope. Unfortunately mDP is connected to the iGPU, so it's limited to 60Hz. It does support triple monitors via mDP though

 

I have recently contacted a company, regarding their 16GB SO-DIMM DDR3 modules on the P35X-v3.
Intel's maximum memory specification for the i7-4720HQ (HM87 Express chipset) is 32GB and in theory could add 2 x 16GB modules.
Due to a limitation in the Intel MRC (Memory Reference Code), which is a part of the code in BIOS, Intel 4xxx CPUs are not ready to accept the new modules.
However, it is very likely to restore compatibility with a BIOS update from Gigabyte.
Some manufacturers (i.e. Asus) have tested with their systems and already provide compatibility with the 16GB DDR3 modules.

I understand that for the majority of circumstances having 32GB RAM is excessive at the moment, however I wanted to ask whether someone has either reached out to Gigabyte for more information or tested these modules on the P35X-v3?

 

Is there even a 1x16 gb memory stick? I've never seen one for a laptop.

 

Does anyone know well the P35X v4 performs with the new broadwell 5700HQ? I am currently on the fence about purchasing this because Skylake is around the corner but I really need a machine for school starting September. I read another post saying that the 5700HQ runs hotter than the current 4720HQ, not sure if this is true though. It would be great if someone could clear this up for me. Thanks!

 

I don't think the v4 is out in the wild yet as I've not seen any benchmarks on it.

 

Great thanks for the reply at least it saves me bothering with an adapter, I'll stick to HDMI at 60hz and just crank up the graphics settings instead

 

Oh man, the v4 is out? Now I know exactly what moment I became worried that my laptop was falling behind in specs.

 

It only has a newer CPU that's it. Last few Intel cpu iterations only improved something like 10%. No big deal at all. The newer cpu may run cooler though but still. Gaming performance improvements will be marginal.

 

It is manufactured by a company called Intelligent Memory. 16GB DDR3 modules.
At the moment those modules are mostly compatible with Intel 5xxx series CPUs and require a BIOS modification to work on 4xxx series.
Asus has already provided compatible systems and I was wondering whether someone has either tested these modules on the P35Xv3 or contacted Gigabyte regarding (future) compatibility.


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According to Intel the TDP for the i7-5700HQ will be the same as the V3 i7-4720. Obviously, TDP is not the typical use case even when gaming, but because there is no drop in TDP I do not expect much thermal reduction in SDP. One thing to note, the i7-5700 increases Tj by an extra 5 degrees. So the higher temp from this laptop will have less impact to the life of the processor. Although I am more concerned about the other components.


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Just got my laptop back from RMA and it's fixed the repair took much less time than i thought it would so glad to have it back.

 

Yeah one thing that concerned mean out this laptop were the high CPU temps when gaming , hopefully the Broadwell version somehow runs cooler and not as loud.
It would be a miracle but not expecting too much of an improvement since both are like you said 47W CPU's.
Quick question
Are the fans still excessively loud with the current model when gaming?

 

P35X V4 benchmarks:

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