*The Offical MSI GX60 Owners Lounge*

Hey people,
I just ordered my MSI GX60 from Newegg yesterday and it should be here in about 2-3 days. I want to know if there is anything I must do out of the box to make it function optimally. If not I will just play and will TRY VERY HARD to give a review. Thank you!

 

They is a lot to do since windows 8 have a locked bios. Please show me a tutorial on how to change to windows 7 and where can i get the usb 3.0 drivers

 

Hey dude windows 8 bios is not locked, it just doesnt show the keys anymore its the same thing as before just hit F2 as soon as you start up the computer.

Also the USB 3.0 drivers can be downloaded, just google AMD 13.1 WHQL SM drivers. Also the USB on the right side of your computer beside the eSATA and audio ports is 2.0 and will work right away. So this gives you a place to load your USB drive with your drivers.

Cheers!

If you're really worried you can send me a PM and we can have a chat while you're installing windows 7. Its busy season right now so I don't really have time to make a tutorial although if you wait a few days ill be getting an SSD this weekend and ill do a tutorial maybe if I have to fresh install.

 

A10 4600M or A10 5750M

 

I just received my gx60. First impression..it was dam sturdy and and heavy as well. After installing the latest drivers, i cant wait to try those games. Btw my pscheck doesnt work on my win8. But it stays 4 cores on 2.7 ghz all the time during gaming. The only thing i worry is about the gpu temp. It reaches 83 degrees max with the turbo fan. Im afraid it will affect me 7970m's durability. Can anyone suggest any cooling pad? or any other ways? Crysis 2 hardcore all the time 40fps min 30fps lol. Crysis 3 high at the first mission 25fps above with no AA. Sniper ghost warrior 2 max settings 45fps above. Thats all i tried. I need opinions from u guys do i need to change to win7? i dun really like win8 and pscheck doesnt work either. Is there any way to store my win8 on a disc so that i can install it again if anything happens?

 

7970m running at ~86 C is all fine, you don't have to worry

 

lol....but those gameplay of urs only reached 76 max. Btw im 2musiclove user from youtube

 

PScheck is a scum, so you lucky it did not worked. And when it worked caused me ~20% CPU use in no load situations. Wonder why still so many people bothering with PScrap? The best what you can do is leave your Trinity in it's factory default and will add the Turbo itself according to temperatures and TDP limit...

 

The reason i use pscheck is that i have the feeling its less stuttering in games if you lock it @2.7GHz. Looks to me that the transitions between P-states is not fully optimized yet and i heard that the 5750M has more P-states so maybe it will be much better then the 4600M. Ebay plz give me a 5750M !!

If i think about it ,change gear in a car has the same idea i guess. Can get choppy if you do it wrong

 

Has anyone try undervolting the 7970m? the framerates are nice but im worry still about the temperatures. I went max 85 degrees stock clocks no oc and no cooling pad. Any tutorial on undervolting and stable voltage?

 

That's odd at stock when I was playing crysis 3 I wouldn't go more then 75C, you might want to consider repasting your GPU with some Artic Silver 5 or something.

Also you have to consider on these newer models of MSI the cold air is sucked in from the BACK of the laptop not the BOTTOM as most traditional laptops. So perhaps if you'rs intake at the back is being blocked by wires or close to a wall or air vent etc..


EDIT: Also as far as I'm aware the only way to properly change your voltages is to do a Vbios flash, but IMO I don't mess with the voltages of video cards esp with laptop video cards as they are a pretty penny.

MSI obviously made sure that the design of the laptop could sustain something under operating temperatures at full load or else it wouldn't be on the market and a lot more people would have problems.


EDIT: Considering the MAX operating temperature is 100C you are still fine.

 

Finalwire has released v2.85 of their very popular AIDA64 Extreme Edition with AMD A-Series "Richland" support.

New features & improvements

Optimized 64-bit benchmarks for AMD A-Series “Richland” APU
Improved support for AMD “Kabini”, “Temash” and “Kaveri” APUs
Improved support for Intel “Haswell” and “Valleyview” processors
Preliminary support for AMD “Beema” APU
Preliminary support for Intel “Avoton” SoC, “Crystal Well” CPU, “Haswell-E” CPU, “Haswell-ULT” SoC, “Ivy Bridge-E” CPU, “Lynx Point-LP” PCH, “Wellsburg” PCH
Preliminary support for DDR4 memory modules and GDDR5 system memory

AIDA64 v2.85 | AMD Radeon HD 8000 GPU - AMD Richland APU - Microsoft Windows 8 Support | AIDA64

 

Has anyone gotten GTA 4 to run in win 8 on this PC? Had a real tough time with it, everything else runs perfect. I think GTA 4 is just a horrible port.

 

I didnt upgrade the thermal paste as it comes as original and I still dont understand about the air sucking part.

 

Well cool air is sucked into the back of the computer and the hot air is pushed out the right side of the laptop.

 

Hi, I've signed up) tell me please, I bought 25 March 2013 this model, a tool display shows the name of AIDA - Lenovo ThnikPad B156HW01 V.4. Strange's got to stand display-LG Philips LP156WF1-TL3
Tell me why?)

 

The LG Philips LP156WF1-TL3 is the stock screen shipped in the MSI GX60.
Review MSI GX60 Notebook - NotebookCheck.net Reviews

As an option a reseller may offer an upgrade screen at an additional cost to the buyer.

The AUO B156HW01 V.4 is a MATTE Type 95% NTSC Color Gamut LED backlit display that is one of the screen upgrades that may be offered by a reseller.

In the link you can see the GX60 offered by GenTechPC with an AUO B156HW01 v4 option.
Gaming Laptops - GenTech PC - Gaming Notebooks - Custom Laptops - Custom Notebooks - Customize System

If you paid for an AUO but got the LG then call your reseller.

 

Guys. MSI unveiled the Radeon 8970M+ A10-5750M Powered GX70

AMD Radeon HD 8970M "Neptune" Solar Series GPU Performance Unveiled With MSI GX70 Notebook

Interesting edition, 17,3 inch, Backlit keyboard, SuperRAID, killer LAN...

 

Very Nice!

Steelseries Backlit Keyboard




The $64 question....$

 

The sad thing is again this computer will be bottle-necked by the CPU, its very nice don't get me wrong but non the less I wouldn't mind owning it.

 

WOW! That's what I was talking about! +Rep for you

 

I think is a good movement from MSI, Since GT735 (and GX733 refresh) MSI did not offer 17 inch AMD powered notebook, also I think GX60 sales have been good to lauch a new edition. For me, is a good begining to see a (rumored 3 modules) kaveri-powered GX60 and/or GX70...

So, this GX70 is a very welcome Notebook!

 

How to overclock the 7970m and control its voltage?

 

Has anyone tried to overclock the processor to 3.2 from the CCC AMD Overdrive option? You can see if marks ccc options Display Advanced

 

Radeon 8970M+ A10-5750M excited to have this combination in my GX60. We know we can upgrade to the new Richland APU, but how about this GPU?

 

Well it's fully removable so as long as the BIOS behaves it should work.

 

Do you guys think it's a good idea to get gx60 now? or is it worth to wait and see if gx60 will get a refresh?
Currently there's a deal in australia with 16gb ram free upgrade for $1250 (usual price $1299 with 8gb ram in australia) that will expire on monday...

 

Great and hopefully the power use will be lower to use a smaller adapter.

 

This news tells me: Success for the MSI AMD Gaming Notebooks. Seems like the number of sales of the GX 60 was high enough, so they continue the AMD Gaming Notebook series.
I hope the succsssor (the GX 70) wont be too expensive, the pricing of the GX 60 would be nice.
I wonder if MSI will release any new Nvidia Gaming Notebooks? Or will MSI replace Nvidia GPUs with AMD Gpus ?
10-20% CPU performance increase is a very good thing, maybe AMD will be able to shorten the performance gap between the I5 and the APU.

 

Very nice
Hopefully we get a GX 60 refresh with the same hardware.
Any idea when we might see these?

 

Personally, I would wait for the Richland APU refresh and it should also come with 1866 RAM. If GX70s are now out, then GX60 refresh shouldn't be long, or you can upgrade the GX60 with the Richland APU later, but question will be if your 16GB of RAM will run at 1866 later.

 

I think the refresh may also go with 1600mhz ram but perhaps the unlocked bios will work with 1866mhz as there is an option.

 

Managed to dig this up....a10-5750m gx60 refresh in czech
Google Translate

So the refreshed model number is GX60-3AC

 

nice find but they must be out of their mind with the price, if you convert it to euro it's around 1350E (1720 USD) !!!, for that you can get an i7+HD7970m bundle easily

 

But remember, several times Dolar to Euro conversions are close to 1:1; so I think this versión is like 1400 USD when it comes to US.

 

Yeah european prices are fun like that. Worst case is grabbing a cheap deal on the current GX60 line up and popping in the new CPU.

 

why would that be the worst case ?

 

Hmm...MSI is planning a Hitman bundle for gx60...

 

That would be if the new version was sky high in pricing (I doubt this).

 

The Hitman designation is given to the GX60 w/A10 5750M and 7970M with a 1TB 5400 hard drive in South Korea.

There's an early buyer promotion going on that gives a free upgrade to 16GB of Ram and a free copy of the Hitman Absolution game

The price without OS but with VAT is 1,098,000 Korean Won = $998US

The GX70 is expected at the end of April.

 

Yeah...i am aware of the south korean variant...
But they are planning a Hitman bundle for the rest of the world...Saw the bundle in MSI Australia's Facebook page...
No word of a GX60 with A10-5750m in the bundle for australia...
the bundle only include a dog tag, mousepad and a steam key for Hitman...

 

They get a better CPU more RAM and a BIGGER HDD for 200$ less then us god dam.

 

What I forgot to mention is that the GX60 Hitman in Korea is without an optical drive.

It has a caddy in the optical bay.

If you want an ODD it's an extra cost option.

Many peeps these days are installing an SSD for their primary boot drive so the 5400rpm is a good choice for the HDD to be used as a storage drive.

The GX60 is selling well here and the GX70 is going to be a good seller as well.

 

GX60 Hitman on MSI Mobile

MSI Notebook – Promotions and Sales

 

Hmm..guess we wont see an APU refresh till the Hitman promotion ends....

 

I also forgot to mention that setting the boot.ini options to have two cpu cores then A10-4600m will automatically run both cores at 3.2ghz, but then you lack of course 4 cores. I have yet to try with setting it to 3, setting it to 4 well does nothing obviously.

It does show that they can be stable at 3.2ghz as I ran tera with it for an hour or so, the only problem is the load on just 2 cpu's for TERA is 100% so yeah not a solution....

Anyone else manage to get 3.2ghz x2 and 2.7ghz x2?

 

Did u ran games with the 2 cores 3.2GHz ? I'm curious if it gives bttr fps than the 4cores 2.7GHz variant.

 

Guys check out my gameplay videos of the gx60 here Gx60test - YouTube

 

Yea i did. It automatically goes up to 3.2 on 2 cores and 2.7 on 2 cores. I have already mention it in my previous post but it seems everyone ignored me ==. Btw i did not use pscheck or any program to lock on my cores. I let the cpu run on default and when its needed especially copying files, it usually stays at 3.2 on 2 cores and 2.7 2 cores. Gaming wise i only see all 4 cores on 2.7ghz

 

Good thinking to leave Pscheck off and the two core solution is good try. Perhaps you should try more games because not all the game multithreaded, there you should experience some gain with 2 cores on 3.2GHz. Has anyone tried before A6-4400M in MSI GX60?