Advent 7555 GX - MSI GT725 again?

Its true :cry:

 

hey guys new to the forum.... stumbled on this thread when i was googling reviews for the 7555gx, shame i saw the laptop late as there are only refurbed or display models. Was going to buy when i saw it at local pc world, it was on sale at £500 but sold on the day i saw it :s

Just wanted to ask whether it would be worth purchasing even if it was a display model???

cheeers

 

If its in full working order I don't see why not.

 

Yep worth it , you will still get the accessories , warranties and other stuff with it . Still looking for one ? I know a guy selling his ..

 

Hi
New to the forum. Got lucky today, even if the currys deal is expired today in the morning i've ordered 7555, got despatch confirmation from dhl allready! Cracking price 485 quid (499 oryginal price-15 cashback from quidco). Canno't wait for it to arrive!! May need some support from forum users. Happy day today thanks to the Hot Uk Deals.

 

Welcome
That's a pretty sweet price ! You will get plenty of support on NBR that's for sure.

 

thnaks.
Just to confirm does it really have the same components as MSI? I've heard about lack of software for Advent, so can I use MSI will it work? Thanks again.

 

Nope MSI's is more like a premium machine , we have 1680x1050 and some 1900x1200 , bluray , turbo/eco touch sensor , proper support and so on. No deal breaker for some but still
Yeah , most of them should work as it's basically the same machine .. does your one comes with w7 or vista ?

 

Hope I won't have to deal with advent customer support (don't even know if there is one existing). It's vista but I will try to get free w7 upgrade.

 

Ur not the only one . yep vista has to go !

 

jake! where did u get it from for that price..plz pm me or elaborate mate!
cheers in advance

 

You are right on soooo many levels

 

yes quite nice price! Isn't it? from PC world but i've been very lucky-right time right place. here's the link http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/589732/advent-gx7555-top-spec-gaming-lapto?page=2

 

oh ive seen this but both pc world and currys websites say sold out!!! :S so how did you get yours ring them up or did it show that it was in stock??

 

It was still in stock when I was buying, but after aprox 5min was sold out. Don't worry I bet there'll be some others deals to get. Finally my 3 months serching comes to an end!!

 

daaam that is lucky!!!! im just going to have to keep my eyes peeled! you probs got the last one!!

 

Hi i have one of these Advent 7555 GX laptops, is anyone aware if the motherboard will accept a Q9100 or Q9200 cpu? i was looking at upgrading it.

I know that the chipset is intel GM45 and the intel website states compatibity with the above cpu's just not sure if the bios version could be an issue.

 

Hi , first of all welcome on board , yes it will support Q91 , Q92 & QX93.
Go for the Q92 or QX93 as upgrading from the stock Q90 to a Q91 is just pointless.

 

hi guys.
does enyone know where i can find drivers for graphic card ati mobility radeon 4850, msi site isn't very helpfull. thanks in advance

 

Excellent! thank you for your swift response, i will take your advice.

 

Hi, I have been reading the conversation and "jaka jake" ordered the advent 7555 for 500£, and I wonder wheter you can send me a link to where to buy it as well. thanks for answer

 

I just want to point out this:
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/sto...0&criterion=advent 7555&AtimeStamp=3441859709
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...0&criterion=advent 7555&AtimeStamp=3441866134
One is for 500 not Refurbished(for 500£) and Refurbished for(800£)
what's happening ?

 

Has anyone ever actually managed to buy one of these at that price? £500 sounds like a website cockup.

 

Download the driver from http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx and get this to mod it http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php .

Follow the instructions and ur good to go. Any questions feel free to ask.

PS: don't do it now as CCC 10.1 is around the corner ... by Friday hopefully

You welcome . eBay is your best friend when it comes to these cpu's

 

hi, yes I got one, DHL has delivered it today. But i supose it was very short offert, probablly some tiny stock to clear.

 

Wow.. good stuff! i felt like i was getting a good deal at £799 .. you got the bargain of the decade!

 

belive me I'm more than happy !! just try to play crysis for a while but it's not smooth i think i should get new drivers for ATI. overall very pleased-more powerfull, quiet and light than my HP-dv7. cheap as chips.

 

Haha, 499 for one of these...blinding deal.

 

I took Dead's advice got the Q9200 cpu and also bought a 500 7200rpm harddisk, i find that combined with the latest Radeon drivers crysis plays much smooth'er.

 

hi. I've tried to install new drivers for graphic card, but now catalyst(software for ATI) doesn't work any more and all games are running very slow even on low details. I've google it and there are many people with the same problem and from what I found out there is no clear solution. It doesn't matter if I am using latest or oldest drivers,or follow all the instructions found on the internet still cannot get fluent smooth play. I got vista 32bit but people with W7 have the same problem. any advice? just want to enjoy my new laptop.

 

What driver did you installed ? Did you mod it with UAC OFF or follow the instructions properly ?

 

hi. thanks for quick answer. I've tried catalyst: 8.1, 8.6, 9.8, also ATI tray tools from ray adams(guru3d.com). UAC was on (have to google it to know what is it- silly newbie ) yes I followed the instructions propely. I will try with UAC off. Maybe upgrade to w7 will help. Thiss stuff is getting so much more complicated where is my old pentium3 PC?

 

why you using ATI tray tools to update your driver ? This tool is for overclocking .. If you want to OC , just use the built in overdrive OR use GPUtool.

Now , go to http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx and get the appropriate driver for your machine , in which case is vista 32 for you.

Extract it BUT cancel the installation after extraction .
Download Mobility modder from http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php run it (with UAC off AND leave if OFF) and point it at the extracted folder to mod it.

when it's done , navigate the modded folder and run the .exe .. reboot and ur good to go.


PS: don't forget to UN-installed your previous driver before doing so and run driver sweeper if required ( you probably should ).

I was on vista 32 as well and never once d had this issue.

 

Thanks, done everything as described and it works!! - well sort off . I mean catalyst is running now but I'm getting from average 18 FPS(high settings) up to whopping 19 (very high) so it's not silky smooth. Maybe some other advice? Sorry for all the annoying questions and thanks again for help.

 

18-19 fps in what? Crysis? Half-life 1?

 

Setting the notebook power to high performance although I very doubt it would help increase your framerates , turning AA and so on off will definitely helps ..
I have no idea how much Fps I get on crysis but it runs smoothly with no lags

Good question ! I'm pretty sure it's crysis though .. right Jake ?

 

In crysis (not even warhead).Have spent 8 hours today trying to sort it out, there must be something wrong with the driver. Why oh why I canno't just download it and install, to make it works propely. But well, some progress done with great help from Dead2th3world, will try tomorrow to fix it.

 

The latest CCC 10.1 will support notebooks just wait couple of days ..
Get your hands on driver cleaner and driver sweeper .. it will helps getting rid of old driver stuff before installing the new one for a better experience.

 

What res are you playing, Crysis in DX10 very high at high res is a system killer. Patch up and then use DX9 not DX10, High not very high and also the 64bit crysis exe. Should improve your fps while still looking good.
I couldnt run DX10, very high at high res and framerates with crossfire 4850ms let alone a single one!

Crysis is still THE most demanding game out due to the amount of stuff it renders and the lighting etc.

 

Sorry if I have missed it, but what resolution are you running crysis on? I had it on 1680x1050 with no aa, on very high, and I was only getting that.

The sad truth is not many laptops at all will play Crysis at a playable framerate on very high and a decent res.

EDIT: Sorry Alex, must have doubled up with you there.

 

No worries mate, at least we made the point lol

 

sorted:
some data from crysis tests first one for DX10:

Run #1- DX10 1152x864 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 19.895
and DX9
Run #1- DX9 1152x864 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 38.155

So i cannot really play with DX 10 on? can i? A bit disappointing- i was looking forward to finally see DX 10 glory, ehhh By the way is there a big difference between those two?

 

DX10 is like vista , a pile of crap ! so far all I've been having from it is bad experience

 

So you're not playing at a massive res. Even still, those differences are huge.

It does look good in dx10 with all the sun-rays effects etc, but as you can see its very taxing.

@ Death, you using win7 yet?

 

As above, very high dx10 uses a lot of additional lighting and shader effects. Unfortunately because of this its very demanding, luckily a lot of the differences are subtle so you wont lose out big time or immediately notice.

 

Been using it since the RC , i'm on RTM pro at the mo. How about you ? still on vista ?

Farcry 2 lags badly in dx10 and crysis keeps on crashing .. the only game that works with dx10 for me is gears of war.

 

Nice, :cry: yes I'm still with Vista. My work 3d programs don't work with the overhauled display drivers of win7. I just hope they sort it out soon so I don't have to live with this crap for much longer

 

That suck man ! Why don't you dual boot ? work on vista and gaming in 7

 

Originaly I thought about it, but I just kept putting it off, until now that they are promising to get it compatible soon. Fingers crossed!

 

We'll all be enjoying DX11 soon enough... Word on the street is it will prove to be as bigger boost to PC gaming as 6 + 9 were when they were released.