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Thanks for the replies! I'll make some recovery discs before re-installing.

 

If you guys are thinking of pairing up a SSD with a HDD, it should not be in raid 0. To get the fastest speed, you should set the SSD as a caching drive, which the option is offered for by Intel that comes with this chipset. Then simply use the HDD as storage.

 

More to come.

 

Hey Guys!

GTX 675M SKUs are up on Gentech! ETA: June

GenTech PC - Customize System
GenTech PC - Customize System
GenTech PC - Customize System

 

LOL @ 4GB of ram :/

 

lool, they must be joking right :/
less than 2 month after launching gt 70 with 670m -__-
and the price is effin competitive
and what else r they gonna put later?gtx 680m?7970m
it's best to buy msi at the end of the year -__-

 

gtx 680m is confirmed
the wait begins...
I might just wait for win 8 if Im gonna wait that long

 

Anyone know where I can actually buy custom GT60/70 online in Canada?

 

Hi, can you give us any link or info as to how this is confirmed?

Also, is GT60 included? I noticed the GTX675s are slated for the GT70 online (from GenTech)

 

A reseller told me, it will be sometime in July. IDK about gt60.

 

What are those awesome little meters you have running in the upper right?

 

About as confirmed as a verbal promise from a shifty bloke in a back ally then lol.

 

I really really hope they will release a GT70 model with HS 7970m, but I was told it is never going to happen as MSI is sticking with Nvidia...

Sigh

 

Gadgets for Geeks. Most Wanted and Popular Windows 7 and Vista Gadgets

CPU Usage Gadget - Google Search

 

Got my GT70 yesterday. Keyboard is fine.

Taking a while to get used to the Windows key on the right and the backslash where the right Alt key usually is.

The sound quality is pretty impressive for a laptop, but the HP DV7 that it's replacing also had a subwoofer and was a hair louder.

I can't speak to gaming as this is a video editing workstation for me. The performance with Adobe Premiere, which uses the Nvidia chipset for acceleration, is just astounding.

 

Graz to you for your awesome machine

 

So far only GT70 will be getting the GTX675M but not GT60.

 

whyyyyyyyyyyyy, is there any particular reason for this?

If we want to, does gentech or any other reseller offer the upgrade for GT60?

 

u mean confirmed will launch or confirmed will be put in msi gt series?
if they really do it, then really imma jump on gtx 680m rather than amd 7970m
but yeah, no worries about their upgrades. as long we have this msi gt thingy, we can always upgrade the graphic card later

both are gadget for windows 7
first one is "All CPU meter" (it hasnt fully support ivy bridge but at least can show the loads, RAM usage, and CPU usage) it later will identify the name of CPU, temp, and the frequency fluctuation

second one is "GPU observer" (it hasnt fully support gtx 670m as it only shows the name, temperature, voltage and clock of core and memory only but incorrect fan speed reading) later it will show the amount of VRAM usage, correct fan reading, GPU load, VPU load and even PCB temp with addition of another software which i forgot the name

 

Irfan_Wikaputra; you have in your signature "waiting for the money to buy amd 7970m" is the video card upgradable or are you waiting to buy the laptop until you have enough for that card?

Does anyone know the performance difference between using a SSD as a cache drive instead of using a SSD as a primary drive?

I saw another user ask this and I am wondering the same thing as well.. Does anyone know where I can buy/customize the GT60 that's in Canada?

 

yes, it is upgradeable n i am broke after buying this laptop + samsung galaxy note :/. so this summer when i see my parents i'll most probably buy. i am a college student fyi

 

In the future when the 680m comes out, do you think the GT60 could be upgraded or provided with it? Or is the case too small?

 

I do hope so

 

Does anyone have any rough idea when the gt70 will be released with a 680m?

 

I am interested in buying a GT70. Does its BIOS have a selection between: switchable graphics, integrated GPU and external GPU?

When Windows 7 SP1 came out, Windows Update said that the Intel GPU driver was incompatible, and MSI did not put a new driver on their support web site. My work-around was to use the BIOS to force the use of the external GPU, and this allowed the driver from the GPU manufacturer's website to work. I am hoping that the GT70 BIOS has the same option so I have the same work-around available in the future when MSI stops providing driver updates.

 

Hi guys, I've got a question about the gt60. Since I can't find any reviews I figured I'd ask here. What I'm wondering about is the 1x2 wifi card, anybody having trouble with it? Thanks!b

 

Negative, all we can tell you is that it will be out when it comes out. There has been no official announcements from nVidia nor MSI about a release of this card.

 

I am having some problems getting my ODD to eject via the quick launch buttons I works with the default os. But when I install Win 7 Pro in a clean install and all drivers it does not work. Any suggestions? I am not installing the S Bar software but didnt think it was needed for the quick launch buttons as the other buttons seem to function correctly.

 

hi so im looking to buy the msi gt70 or gt60 these are the specs there basicly the same exsept for the harddrive anyways portability doesnt really matter since ill only be taking it to school ever once in awhile im wondering which one would be a better choice and if theres any faults with either model they are both $1499 canadian

GT60
CPU Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor
Speed 2.3 - 3.3GHz
Cache 6MB
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Brush Aluminum Black
Size 15.6" Full HD Anti-Reflective
Resolution 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
CHIPSET Intel® HM77
GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670M
Video Memory 3GB GDDR5 VRAM
Audio THX TruStudio PRO™
Speaker Dynaudio Premium Speakers w/ Subwoofer
SYSTEM MEMORY 12GB DDR3 1600MHz
HDD Capacity 1.0TB (7200RPM; 500GB x 2 in RAID 0)
HDD Interface SATA
Optical Drive Type DVD Super Multi
LAN Killer Game Networking
WLAN Built-in 802.11b/g/n WLAN Card
Bluetooth
7-in-1 Card Reader
(SD/SDHC/SDXC/XD/MSPRO/MS/MMC)
720P HD Webcam
I/O PORT
USB 3.0 x 3, USB 2.0 x 1
ESATA
VGA (15-pin, D-Sub) X 1, HDMI 1.4 X 1
Mic-in X 1, Headphone-out X 1
AC Power Adaptor
Output: 19V DC, 180W
Input: 100~240V AC, 50/60Hz universal
BATTERY
9 Cells
PHYSICAL SPEC
Dimension 14.97” (L) x 10.24” (W) x 1.77” (H)
Weight 7.7 lbs
2 Years Limited Warranty (Includes 1 Year Global Warranty)

GT70
CPU Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor
Speed 2.3 ~ 3.3 GHz
Cache 6MB
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Brush Aluminum Black
Size 17.3" Full HD Anti-Reflective
Resolution 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
CHIPSET Intel® HM77
GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670m
Video Memory 3GB GDDR5 VRAM
AUDIO THX TruStudio PRO™
Speaker Dynaudio Premium Speakers w/ Subwoofer
SYSTEM MEMORY 12GB DDR3 1600MHz
HDD Capacity 750GB(7200RPM)
Optical Drive Type DVD Super Multi
LAN Killer Game Networking
WLAN Built-in 802.11b/g/n WLAN Card
Bluetooth
7-in-1 Card Reader
(SD/SDHC/SDXC/XD/MSPRO/MS/MMC)
720P HD Webcam
USB 3.0 x 3, USB 2.0 x 2
ESATA
VGA (15-pin, D-Sub) X 1, HDMI 1.4 X 1
Mic-in X 1, Headphone-out X 1
AC Power Adaptor
Output: 19V DC, 180W
Input: 100~240V AC, 50/60Hz universal
9 Cells Battery Pack
Dimension 16.85” (L) x 11.34” (W) x 2.17” (H)
Weight 8.6 lbs
2 Years Limited Warranty (Includes 1 Year Global Warranty)

 

Nope. The S-bar app is necessary for the eject function, unfortunately. It's exactly the sort of thing I don't like running all the time just so I can perform a function on the rare occasion.

You've got a couple easy workarounds if you don't want to run S-bar all the time too. Simplest is to put a shortcut to your cupholder on the desktop and when you need someplace to set your coffee, just right click on it and hit "eject".

If you absolutely must do it from the keyboard, you can use an app like " ejectCD". Installing that, and creating a shortcut to it (can be anywhere, not necessarily on the desktop) you can assign a keyboard command to the shortcut and open it with the three-finger salute of your choice. This type of app doesn't run all the time - it just does its thing when you invoke it, then it goes away again.

Of course, you could also leave a paperclip hanging out of the drive door and do it that way. But, if you wanted to be dealing with an annoying paperclip all the time, you'd roll back to OfficeXP.

Joe

 

Thanks that was my next step......its not that I don't like s Bar but it had useless links to things I uninstalled on the original os. Will install it and live with it thanks.

 

Please, does anybody know where I can buy the non-backlit keyboard from the barebone version...?
I need to replace my Steel Series version...

 

Anyone having problems with the Turbo Button on a custom OS?

I was having problems getting my ODD to open but I hadn't installed S Bar and was informed that I had to to get it to function on the quick launch. After I installed S Bar the ODD worked perfectly but the Turbo Button comes on then goes off. I know it needs to have AC powwerto function but it seems like its a software problem. It just pops up on screen as saying its on then quickly pops up saying its off.

 

You need to download NVidia VGA OC.

Get it here, MSI Global ? Download Center

 

mod - Speedy Share - upload your files here

1/4 options unlocked power bios for gt 60 by majster. (the most importand for overclocking).
timings - unlocked
mem clock - unlocked
and a lot more options .

 

Are there more options than before regarding O/Cing ? Always helpful Majster

 

16F3 after unlocking is like desktop mainboard .

 

Yeah I would like to get all the overclocking resources together so I can post them to the first page.

The Nvidia tool or what ever it was somebody told me to use the latest version I found was like from 2005...

 

mod - Speedy Share - upload your files here
50% unlock
There is so many options !
MSI gt60 will be the best overclock platform I think .

 

Any luck with the "CPU Information" menu?

 

Like ocing non xm cpu?? And why do you have gtx675m instead of 670m

We want some bench of it!!

 

That's exactly what I was wondering, how did you get a gtx675!?

Edit: I think I was missing a question mark...

 

layjohn the msi gt70 and gt60 you can upgrade the graphics card from the standerd gtx670m to amd 7970 or gtx680m or quite a few others without voiding the warranty so he most likely change the graphics card himself

 

that I am awared, I'm more concerned where he got it from, directly from reseller or ebay and such, cuz out of those reseller i know, they don't offer graphic card upgrade.

But most likely I'll be going for the 7970, but I would need some help on the modification =[

 

Everything explained here layjohn:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/659226-7970m-heatsink-modification-5.html

 

Yes, I've been reading that thread, but for a completely new to laptop, I have trouble reading that thread, those pictures were quite a bit confusing for me. By the time I purchase a 7970 I was hoping I can find someone help me out one on one, well when time comes, I'll probably find someone physically teach me howto

 

I could definitely give you a hand when you get your hands on the GPU and heatsink (and right pads and paste)

Have you ever disassembled your nb ? If not, you should so you have a better idea of what I was talking about in the thread.

 

I definitely have no experience with nb, more of a desktop guy, but yes, it will be great if you can help me out when I get my hand on the stuff, thanks in advance =]

 

awesome!!!
as expected from majster msi (master msi)
how do we flash it properly

 

haaaa if there're extra features on the GT60/70 bios wise, I might give it a shot lol

Keep us posted irfan To flash it, you need to follow these instructions:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/646084-msi-ms-16f2-barebone-bios-updates.html

Good luck !