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Well obviously the p8700 is the better cpu.

2.53ghz vs 2.2ghz
1066mhz bus vs 800mhz bus
3mb cache vs 2mb cache

However, I can promise that unless you are doing anything cpu intensive, you will not be able to tell the difference between the two.

 

Just gaming. So i should be okay with one, seeing as how i only play RPGs and not Crysis and the like?

 

You should be okay with the t6600, especially with the gt628's turbo-feature that allows you to oc it.

 

I visited the MSI site and on the driver subsection of the gt628 there are only drivers for the 32bit windows 7. Does this mean i can only get the 32bit version, or do these work on the 64bit version as well?

 

32 bit drivers work fine on 64 OS , check the folders as some of them does contain a 64 bit version

 

It seems for some reason MSI has yet to release 64bit drivers for most of their models, but as Dead2th3world says, the 32bit drivers seem to work just fine.

 

I'm picking up my notebook on wednesday from a local retailer. I ponied up the extra cash for the p8700 proc for my piece of mind if not for anything else. From what i read on Notebookcheck, the GPU on this thing tends to get extremely hot so i would also like to purchase a notebook cooler. The problem is i don't know whether the fans on the gt628 blow air out just on the right side, or also thorugh the bottom. I'm considering the Enermax Aeolus or the Zalman NB2000 which blow air upward, and i wouldnt want the notebook fans and the notebook cooler fans to cancel each other out.

Also between those two coolers, which one would you choose?

 

I would advise waiting until you get it to determine whether you want/need a cooler rather than relying on that review. If you decide you want or need one, you can buy it then just as easily as now.

 

Hi Everyone,

Newbie here. I just bought a GT628 2 days ago with the following specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2Ghz
4GB DDR3 1066mhz
nVIDIA Geforce GTS 160M 1G DDR3 VRAM
320GB SATA 7200RPM
15.4" TFT-LCD Display

I'm pretty happy how it runs compared to my Celeron M 1.5ghz laptop Anyway, one thing I noticed is that i feel some electrical current leaking to the aluminum casing. The 1st few times i used it i didn't noticed this, but one time i touched it (the whole aluminum panel where the keyboard and touchpad is placed) while barefoot i felt the current on my fingers. I tried lifting my feet from the chair, and it's less noticeable. It's just there if i plug in the adapter and not if its just running on batteries.

I know this isn't normal, i just want to know if anybody out there have the same experience. and if so, what did you do? I'm planning on bringing this baby back to the store by tomorrow or the next day.

let me know guys!

Thanks!

 

This is a frequent situation with aluminum-related material constructed laptops... Often not a problem in the US, where usually the currents are grounded. In order to solve this, I purchased a grounding adapter that prevents the 'leaks' of electricity that hover around the laptop....

Rest assured, it is said that it won't kill ya Yet it is quite disturbing....

Hmm.. where do you live? Usually in the US I don't experience it- only back in Korea I do.

 

Thank you Meraki, this is very reassuring that nothing's wrong with the laptop.

I live in the Philippines, and our plugs and sockets here normally are ungrounded. When you say grounding adapter, is this what you mean ( http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00tMpQEkbZaVceM/American-Plug-Adapter.jpg)? if this is it, i'am using one of these and still i can feel the 'electricity leak.' There are other adapters out there that are polarized like this one ( http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/666751/GE-Polarized-To-Grounding-Adapter/)... if it's something else, hope you could show me a picture so i would know what to look for.

I know this won't kill me but i read somewhere that prolonged and repetitive exposure to low voltage electricity can cause you to lose your libido... i dont want that... but seriously, it's quite irritating.

 

Does the pre-configured GT628 with T6600 2.2ghz cpu upgradeable to quad? i'm hoping it is...

 

The GT628 does support Quad Core.

 

Yes it is, as long as the model you have has the 160M VGA it will support all quads for that platform.

 

Thank you for the info... i hope someone tries it and posts a step-by-step procedure on how to go about upgrading to quad.

 

The GT628 will support the quad as-is. Just install the CPU and boot, there is nothing else necessary beyond that.

 

Hi there folks! I've been a MSI GT628 (QW7) user since last November 2009 & just got myself signed up here in your thread today.
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MSI GT628-QW7 • Grand Theft Auto IV Gameplay Video
Intel® Core 2 Quad Q9000 2.0GHz|4GB DDR3 1066mhz|nVIDIA® Geforce GTS 160M 1G DDR3 VRAM|Seagate® 500GB SATA 5400RPM|15.4" TFT-LCD Display|Exclusive Turbo Drive Engine Technology|Exclusive ECO Engine Power Management System

 

Can I post some game screenies here as well? If not, then it's just fine. Thanks

 

absolutely yes.

 

Thanks bro. Anyways, I would like to start with my GTA IV video. Please do give some comments & ratings. Please do add me as your friend too. The YouTube link is included in my sig please do check it out guys. Thanks!

 

My Gaming & Performance Desktop Environment

Just finished designing my gaming & performance desktop environment. I'll post some game screenies on this lounge later for your viewing pleasure.

 

Wow oli, thats dam nice

Curious, wouldn't that cause alot of ram use and some possible cpu usage?

 

+1 for a fine job!!

 

It's a light stuff. It cost a little ram for about 10,000k & making my total mem usage at 1GB. I disable some default services which I am not using to save some resources for other purposes like this. These stuffs doesn't affect CPU usage either & it's more of an idle state when you look at it

Thanks alot guys

 

Ahh nice man, yeah its definately nicely presented . Looks the part, and guessing it feels .

Ooh couldn't find the video, now i see it will watch tommorow as i've just performed a reinstall with no addons :/ lol.

 

How'd you configure that, oli?
Also, rated and commented your video.

 

Gee, thanks man! It's Yahoo Widgets & Rocketdock combo. The digital clock rings every passing hour & that means to me alot to me especially when I drowned myself too much for playing & eventually forget about the time

 

my gt628 w7 is running on 4gb or ram... but i noticed in the memory usage, it's only using 3gb and found out that the video card is using the other gig as reserve resource. This adds up to 2gb for the video memory, 1gb from geforce gts 160m + 1gb from physical memory. Now to my question: does anybody know how can i turn off memory sharing? so i can make use of the full 4gb physical mem. thanks!

edited: btw... running on windows 7

 

What OS are you using?

 

i'm running on windows 7

 

Go to run then type in MSCONFIG
Go to the boot tab then select advanced options.
Enable Maximum memory check box.
Reboot into BIOS Enable Memory Remapping fetaure. (location of this feature may differ per BIOS)
Usually in Chipset Features or in northbridge.
Save and exit.
Now return to MSCONFIG and Disable Checkbox for Maximum memory.
Reboot

Hope this helps. It fixed my computer.

 

Here is the new URL of the GTA IV gameplay video (featuring our lethal machine) after I accidentally deleted it earlier. Kindly drop some comments & ratings if you have some time. Those initial nice comments somehow prevented some trolls & critics. Thanks guys!

 

Hey, as the GT628 outperforms the new GT640 (lol), gaming wise.
Im thinking of buying a new GT628.

I can get one with a Q9000 or P8700 with faster cores. Now i can't make up my mind

Any ideas?

 

Q9000 Bud, games are taking advantage of multicore these days, and with the new arcitecture out, you need as much horse power to make it last.

Q9000 even at 2.0ghz is able to handle single thread games out there as far as im aware, and the GPU will take the aditional load im sure.

Sorry to jump on this rather heavily haha, but i do believe its the right choice!

 

Agreed with cata regarding the Quad but why would you want to buy a GT628 when there's better machine coming around the corner with 5series on board and should be about the same price range?

And a good advise , when buying a gaming lappy , get the one with the most powerful GPU and not the processor ... processors can be upgraded any time and available mainstream , bloody cheap too unlike GPU.

 

Hi guys. 'Tis my first post here so I'll start by saying gratz for a great thread.
I just got a GT628 with the T6600 CPU and I'm very pleased with it. There is only a problem. The Eco and Turbo touch keys do not work. I've read in an earlier post that I have to update bios and firmware. Thing is I don't know how. I'm not new to the computer world, but just haven't done this ever. If someone would be so kind as to explain how to I'd be ever grateful. Please explain step by step, including how to make a DOS bootable USB stick from win 7 or vista . Thank you very much and I look forward to a response.

 

Ok MSI have a guide HERE, but this was designed for the GT627, as the GT628 is no longer on the MSI website, so you'de have to get the firmware version off someone that has a GT628.

You should only need to update the firmware. If this doesn't work, updating the bios as well won't hurt...

 

O'really? http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=135&prod_no=1881

 

Knew I would get proved wrong there.

After a 5 min search on the Australian site, it didn't show up in the list of g series laptops. There, happy?

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodpage2&maincat_no=135&cat2_no=271

 

I got the hang of flashing new bios and firmware. Thing is it still doesn't work. No Eco, no Turbo. And no OC options in the Advanced bios menu. Btw i got win 7 x64 if it makes any difference. COuld it be something with the SCM?

 

Just read in a MSI-1651 thread that CPUs with 800mhz are 99% likely not to function with turbo. But still something should happen when i press the button. And the Eco button too of course. That one doesn't depend on processor does it?

 

Install it. You need it for them to work

Did you pressed Alt + Insert in the advanced tab ?

 

trying that now. I got SCM for win 7 32 bit. is that ok?

 

Yep will work fine.

 

nothing happens when i press alt+insert

 

OMG OMG it worked!!!! I just reinstalled SCM!! YAY

 

OMG OMG happy for you!!!

 

No hidden option for OC ?
Then get the latest BIOS/FIRMWARE .. use this to flash it http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=116721.0 very simple and easy to use , just follow the instructions. Good Luck

 

No, it's there, you need to go to the downloads page....

 

After a 5 min search on the Australian site, it didn't show up in the list of g series laptops. There, happy?

EDIT: I know its there I just couldn't be bothered looking further than the g series pages, because all I was looking for was their guide for flashing bios/firmware.