*The Offical MSI GX60 Owners Lounge*

Ensuring that I don't kill it and have to buy a new computer.

 

can someone tell me how to tighten memory. My ram has been upgraded to a 4x2gb 1886 mhz ripjawz kit

 

What do you mean by tighten memory?

 

memory timings. and what is "command rate" for ram?

 

I once found an in depht info document on Guru3d'forum. If I find it ill post it for you. But I cant rember with accuracy what is what.

 

hi

i am always french and so bad in english!!!!

i have a problem:
i was flashed my 7970m @ 1060/1500 @ 1.1v :thumbsup:
i try to 1.125v but it s stange and it s impossible to oc @ 1000/1500
then i was flash to 1075mv,1100mv,1125mv but it s strange gpuvddc is correct in hwinfo but it s freeze to 1000/1500

the only flash who run is 1005/1500 @ 1.05v

i create the oc bios again to try but nothing ...
VDDC is ok but gpu freeze

the only work is 1005/1500 @ 1.05 it s fine but i would try 1.1v....



EDIT: do i reinstall drivers?

 

Sorry for being a noob. But can someone please guide me through on how to lock the A10-4600m @2.7GHz? I don't want to do something stupid and stuff the laptop up. Thank you. GX-60-1AC with Windows 8.

 

have you an idea?

 

Nope sorry. You lost me a bit here and there due to translation. Do you want to oc further or back to origebal clocks?

 

Try flashing the stock bios and then going back up to the higher speed. Make sure you use the same bios file as before.

 

yes i do but strange reaction

now the rom who work
1030/[email protected]
but i have a problem when i try different flash

 

finally don't work: ok for bench but freeze in planete side 2....

1010/1550 ok @ 1.05v

no one could have a solution? or send me à bios @ 1.1v?

a radical flash to à 8970m maybe? ( bios 8970m work in 7970m? )

 

Ill send the bios for the 8970m once i get home

 

Anyone tried Litcoin mining on this laptop? Can't get cgminer or guiminer to work with switchale graphics..

 

Hi I tried to upload the rom file but it kept on telling me it is an invalid image file

 

nope sorry monk

 

a bench @ 4.0Ghz:





temp max is 80°

look the cpu score like more than à Intel Core i5-3230M Processor (4084)

realy good and temps are realy good!!!

 

Nice improvements, 4ghz is a good frequency for these chips to start stretching their legs.

 

Makes me wonder even more, why AMD locked these puny CPUs up... Overclocking them heavily seems to mitigate their weak architecture...

Nice results dabidbobol!

Wish I had one of those ES to kick my A-10 4600m out...

 

When does Mantle come out? Cause the latest beta driver keeps making bf4 crash.

 

thank LisuPoland,

it's a good a8-5550es
there is no drop it's really good, the gx60 with this one is very powerfull

my only pb is with the 7970m, impossible to flash @ 1.1v
i don't know if bring flash work, because my 7970m work only 1010/[email protected] => 77° max

please have you an idea

 

dabidbobol

It is really nice you have hit 4GHz, congratulation to do that! When are the gaming benches coming?

 

4Ghz wow really impressive!

 

I Atom,

promise I did it this Weedend, but before i hope find a solution to my 7970m flash problem.

 

How can I share the bios wirh you I tried to up load it for you without sucsess. Can i mail it to you?

 

yes RIPGreave thank

 

Email address?

 

i send you a message

 

Got it? I m using the 8970bios works 100%

 

Hi, I'm a bit surprised no one has answered this. Maybe it is something everyone else knows? Anyway, I've never heard of the power-plans killing hard-drives by turning them off when not in use. I think it's more likely to prolong the hard-drives life, while also saving power and keeping laptop noise to a minimum.

As for your HDDs specs you can download a diagnostics tool from WDs website, but I also think a tool like piriforms "Speccy" will get you the information.

If I am right in assuming that you had to set up your computer again with the new HDD, then there are a few things the laptop will do in the background on a "new" system. In win 8 for instance, all unused language files are uninstalled after setup. That is murder on the Hard-drive, and you might even experience lockups like you described. Worse still is the time it takes to restart your laptop while this is going on.

 

Hi, turning the Hdd on and of is vad for it. The magnetic plates is unaffected but the electrical parts takes the beeting. The worst part for your pc is start up. Now if you repeat that 5-6times perday you can expect a short life span

 

Guys, thank you both for the replies. I'm terrified of the idea of sending the laptop to technical service one more time for about a week if the HDD fails again. I also disabled the Fast Starting option in windows 8, thinking that it might be something else which damages the HDD. But a google search did not confirm that idea. I'm completely dependent on my laptop everyday and I use it for about 15 hours daily; nearly half of that for gaming.

After I turned off the fast starting option, there remains only one thing that causes the HDD light to be constantly on. When I leave my laptop unused for a few minutes, the Windows 8 Process Center starts working silently I believe (but I have no idea what exactly it is doing), and that causes my HDD light to be constantly on until I touch the mouse. Do you have any suggestions guys? I appreciate any answer. Thanks in advance.

 

yes i receive the bios.

i will done the flash this week-end.

 

What anti virus system do you have? I know some scan the hdd the moment that the screen saver comes up

 

Hi a question: Iv got 16 gig ram in my laptop is it nesasery for virtual memory? How do I disable it?

 

Other than Windows Defender, I only use Zemana Antilogger, which is not an antivirus, but just an anti logger. I had used it with my old laptop as well, without any problems. So, I don't think that's the reason.

 

Usually not, go to the page file settings and set it to 512mb to avoid any compatibility issues.

 

Thats the "maintenance" W8 does at idle. I use quotes because whatever it does seems useless. I disabled that completely (don't remember how but there are guides out there so google it), and I have had no problems with the OS. Ive been using this same install since I got my GX60 (April) and haven't noticed any problems as a result of turning it off.

 

hi guys

promises somes results with gx60
always pb with flash 7970m ( stable @ 1020/1550 ) i don't knows why i do not return @ 1060/1550.
i search a solution:

 

Has anyone tried PCSX2 with Gran Turismo 4?

 

Has anyone tried the latest beta from amd? I have a gx60-1Ac, i tried to play bf4 and got happy for the result, i get 30-50fps.. Here's my sample

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LceseGZweQk

 

I have the GX60-1AC as well (got it roughly in February), and the latest beta works pretty well, if not just a tad better than the last. However, I get about 40-45 fps on average for Battlefield 4 on Ultra, with one or two fps drops playing the entire campaign. All in all, the beta hasn't given me any reason not to use it and revert.

 

Okay, so, I guess second post here on the forums, because I just answered somebody, but I have an MSI GX60 1AC, (A10 4600M, 7970M), and on stock everything, the 7970 is hitting temperatures that are a tad worrying, I was going to try and overclock it, but it seems like a bad idea when its hitting ~93C from stress tests that you can do with MSI Kombustor. I haven't seen it go past that temperature, and it says it isn't throttling it at all, but thats a really high temperature in my mind. I was wondering if that's just me worrying too much, or if that is definitely a problem. I dont see it get that high in real-world applications, like Battlefield 4 I mentioned in the post above. Those hover around high 80's. Maybe repasting would be a good idea? Ive dusted it out (it had some buildup, but just as much as I would expect since the beginning of the year, not all that much), but that also means Ive tampered with the warranty sticker over one of the screws, so I dont know how accepting MSI is about that. Any ideas for the tad worried?

 

~85C is normal for 7970m in stress, you do not need to worry.

Also don't OC the 7970m - it is pointless on bottlenecked GX60. The only benefit will be showed in benchmark scores, but in-game this will yeld no improvement since stock 7970m is already kept back by the CPU.

No point in making your GPU run hotter, if this does not improve the FPS in games.

 

Wow, nice to hear BF4 manages so well on GX60-1AC.
Is the Mantle support patch for BF4 out already or those are your results without Mantle?

 

As long as you don't physically damage components, MSI will still honor your warranty.

Repasting is a good idea. I did mine with MX-4 and at stock I was hitting 80-85c in games. I've since flashed an undervolted bios as I never saw utilization above 80-90%, and now the 7970M tops out at anywhere between 72-78c depending on the game (750MHz @ 0.95v, no performance loss).

I would advise against those stress tests. They do noting but make your GPU way hotter than it will ever normally get. 93c is not a nice temp.

@Lisu: no Mantle yet

 

@lisu not comletely true. I flashed my 7970m with the 8970 bios and it made a nice diffirance.

 

Flashing is something different, than an ordinary OC...

 

Well then prepare for a nice boost! Mantle is supposed to give ~20% more FPS with no graphical quality loss.

If you get 40-45 FPS on multiplayer already, then Mantle should boost your FPS to ~50-55 area - and that is really not only playable, but also enjoyable.

 

That's true, I was just hoping to *see* if it was possible, especially since from what I understand, if you get a hold of the A8 ES, it fits nicely and overclocks well, or at least go to the A10 5750 to loosen the bottleneck at least a little bit.