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Nope. 2400mt/s = 1200mhz aka 2400mhz ram.

 

In case anyone's interested, I did a comparison after repasting with Arctic MX4. The full thread can be found here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...-paste-comparison-stock-vs-arctic-mx4.817782/

 

Anyone know how to rotate the screen when it's laid flat?

 

It's running in 2400MHz?

 

I’m not exactly sure what the case is with ram. No idea why 2666 would be running at 2400. I will be contacting tech support to have this explained to me.

 

Coil whine?

Could someone help confirm whether they get coil whine from their GS65? Here's a recording - heavily amplified (it's not really this high-pitched) - of the laptop with both fans at 0 RPM. I cannot hear it at all while the fans are on. I would describe it as a 'kinda-like-morse-code audible only in complete silence, or with your ear touching the middle of the keyboard'. It is reminiscent of a spinning hard drive in the distance.

If all GS65's do this, then I don't actually mind. If my GS65 is defective, then I'll go through the trouble of swapping it. Thanks for your help!

 

Finally got a chance to install CPU-Z. The specs on MSI's website says DDR4-2666 is supported but it looks like i need to get XMP enabled for it to work at that speed. I went back into the BIOS to double check but I don't see XMP anywhere. I sent MSI an email to see if there is anything I can do.

 

Ctrl+Alt+the up or down arrow to go back and forth.

 

You ordered the DDR4/2666MHz Premium upgrade. MSI won't help. To correct whatever is going on, please contact our Tech Support Team using the instructions I emailed to you on May 17th.

"If you should ever need tech support or warranty service, please understand that I am not a technician, so it would be better to contact our Tech Support Team by phone at 888-666-3418 Extension 3, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, by email at [email protected], or by Online Support Ticket at http://www.hidevolution.com/contacts/ (in the department dropdown menu select Zoltan S - Tech Support).

Please let me know if they don’t resolve your issue."

 

I was looking into Ripjaw's DDR4 3200 sodimm, but looks like the XMP is disabled in the BIOS, hopefully it gets solved tho!

 

I don't think it's going to get resolved guys. They've never done it in the past. Maybe 2666, yes, because it's officially supported by Intel. But anything higher is going to require unlocking the bios.

 

Anyone having wifi issues? I have a router from Spectrum that has a 2g and 5g network. on the 5G, it suddenly disconnects periodically and when waking from sleep it seems to take a few minutes to connect to the network. Is this a killer issue or a router issue?

 

It is a killer issue, uninstall the killer suite, should not have problems after that.

 

Anyone know how to turn off the adaptive brightness, the screen gets less bright when looking at a dark background. I've turned it off for Windows but i suspect it's SCM fault. Can you turn this off or should I just uninstall it?

 

yeah right click on battery in taskbar > power options > change plan settings > change advanced power settings > display > enable adaptive brightness (battery and plugged in) keep in mind you're only changing it for the active battery mode whether its balanced or for more performance.

 

Here are a couple benchmarks between the Samsung 970 EVO nvme and Crucial MX500 sata if anyone is interested.

 

Yeah, Thanks. I've already turned them off... Still no change, afaik I only have balance as an option....

 

You might be able to get rid of most of it in Intel graphics settings and turn all the power saving crap.

 

hum it doesn't work. @Phoenix is this something that could have been turned off during the tweaking sessions?

 

nope, the shortcut might have changed OR it's not present in the current Intel Graphics Driver

Right Click on your Desktop

Click on Intel Graphics Properties

Then, click on Options

Check what hotkeys are assigned to the Rotate options.

Also, make sure that the hotkeys are ON.

Tell me what Graphics Card Driver you have for the Intel card?

Alternatively, to do this manually, go to PC Settings > System > Orientation

then change your orientation from there

 

Are you doing it exactly this way?



If yes, and it still doesn't work, please contact our Tech Support Team.

If you should ever need tech support or warranty service, please understand that I am not a technician, so it would be better to contact our Tech Support Team by phone at 888-666-3418 Extension 3, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, by email at [email protected], or by Online Support Ticket at http://www.hidevolution.com/contacts/ (in the department dropdown menu select Zoltan S - Tech Support).

Please let me know if they don’t resolve your issue.

 

Thank @Phoenix The manual way works. There isnt a hotkey option listed for it. Driver 23.20.16.4974

 

so that's your issue, has nothing to do with my tweaks.

Download this driver: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/27803/a08/win64_24.20.100.6094.exe

Uninstall the old Intel Graphics Driver then reboot

Install the new one then reboot

 

Wee! Placed my order with help from @Donald@HIDevolution.
In the GS43 7RE forums, I posted results of the laptop with various mods and an eGPU GTX 1080ti. I'll do the same for you guys to see if eGPUs are a worthy solution. I'll also do a comparison to see if the 8750H provides more FPS compared to the 7700HQ when using an eGPU.

Cheers!

 

@Phoenix could you please send me a PM?

 

PM sent

 

Can any other GS65 owners confirm the hotkey for the screen rotation works on their machine? Ctrl+alt+up/dwn arrow

 

So I deleted Throttlestop again, just to check if it would be like stock, tried Intel XTU Benchmark and got these strange results. What the heck is going on =D?

 

Question about keyboard: is your keyboard with centered letters, or with letters aligned to the bottom of the key?

 

toward the bottom

 

Just to clarify, simply uninstalling Dragon Center will remove/eliminate the hidden CPU throttling it does? No other steps are necessary?

 

Unlock your bios menus, set TDC to 0 and disable TDC in CPU VR settings ->Core I/A domain. then set VR Current Limit to 800 (divided by 4=200 amps). Set IA AC loadline to 1. Set IA DC loadline to 1 also.

To remove 45W TDP restriction on your CPU (make it report half of the TDP its using; you cant remove all tdp restrictions, but it will be good enough):

Set IMON SLOPE to 50
Set IMON Offset to negative 31999. Pay attention to the negative sign.

Make sure your cooling is up to par. Your laptop will run hotter if it can exceed 45W TDP 24/7. The 'true' tdp after doing this will be about 80 watts total. That's a guess however.

Enjoy your laptop.

 

Wow ok. I’ll pass then. That’s way more involved lol

 

Left Alt, Right Control, Right Shift, F2. (in any bios menu). Then you won't have to risk bricking your bios.

 

It's just a Jump to the Left... and a Step to the Right.

It's Just Like That.

And, maybe try this, if XTU tuning isn't enough for you:

How to Lower Temperatures, Stop Throttling, and Increase Battery Life: The ThrottleStop Guide (2017)
Douglas Black, 04/15/2017
ThrottleStop is one of the most useful programs for any PC user, but it can be intimidating to use at first glance. This primer walks readers through installing ThrottleStop, explains its basic features such as undervolting and temperature profiles, and guides them through some basic optimizations that any user could benefit from.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/How-t...ife-The-ThrottleStop-Guide-2017.213140.0.html

 

Using TS already at -140. My original question was to determine if I should also uninstall Dragon Center to eliminate it throttling my CPU. I didn’t realize all those BIOS settings were also required

 

The uninstall of DGC followed by a reboot into the BIOS and select Optimized Defaults + your settings in BIOS - after setting Optimized Defaults add your BIOS changes before Save / reboot out of BIOS into Windows - this is supposed to clear the BIOS twiddling that DGC does and sets BIOS back to default - recommended to do before running XTU standalone or TS (CPU OC / undervolt / tuning), along with MSI Afterburner (GPU OC) + RTSS (FPS Limiter) + Silent Option (Fan Control) - all full apps instead the the "training wheels" of DGC.

 

Ahh ok. I see now. Thank you!

 

Recently, my combined firestrike score dropped from ~12800 too ~12200, and I can’t figure out why. Only things I remember upping since are bios, from stock to most recent, gpu drivers, from stock. To latest, and windows, to windows 1803. I’m thinking 1803is causing it but I’m not sure. Also, someone on the nvidia subreddit told me I should turn off fast boot. Is this a bios setting, and how would that change a firestrike score?

 

Check the individual scores, not the overall. That'll tell you if it's the GPU or CPU. My guess is it's the CPU, which is very sensitive to temperature.

 

CPU is not going above 74C during firestrike
I’ll get the firestrike graphics score when I’m back on

 

Even on the physics test? You might have the best heatsink and properly tuned CPU of all of us then.

 

I lowered the 6 cpu core clock to 34 instead of 37, makes little difference in applications I use. Also, graphics score was ~13900, physics 14177, combined 5722

 

I tried rolling back to the drivers the system came with, see how this goes. Also my boost clock speed is ~1200 according to gpu-z. Isn’t it supposed to be about 100mhz higher? Also, has anyone tried overclocking the gpu?
Edit: went up by about 200 after rolling back drivers, still lower than it was

 

Yes the GPU over clocks pretty well for me. Dragon center gives you something like 100mhz. Barely affects temps.

 

So a test on 390.84 yielded a combined of 12450, still 409 below what it was. And I have no idea how people are getting 13200
Edit: with an overclock of 154 MHz core and 300 MHz memory, I got 13150. Still don’t know why the firestrike score dropped unless something reduced my cards turbo speed, like a bad driver or windows update

Anyone else who’s updated the bios to the latest version, have you seen firestrike drop? Also, what is the current driver you are using for the gpu

I can’t tell if this is baseline or if he has applie the dragon center turbo ( a 200mhz core and 300 MHz memory boost)

 

Have you tried going into the bios and loading optimized settings? I went from 12900s pre bios flash to 12200s post bios flash and back to 12900s after loading optimized settings. Not sure if that’s actually what raised the score but it seems ok now. My cpu multipliers are 37,36,35. No overclock on gpu.

 

Dragon Center causes CPU throttling by changing hidden bios menu settings. Namely "VR Current Limit" which causes EDP throttling on a 6 core CPU, and TDC throttling !

 

How do you load optimized settings

 

As detailed below in a previous response: