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    MSI GT60 2OD-261US w/ 3K screen testing

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by TheGoat Eater, Jan 3, 2014.

  1. TheGoat Eater

    TheGoat Eater Notebook Consultant

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    I just got my new favorite thing in and have been doing some testing of it. I have tried to do as many tests as I can think of and will add them over time. So far I am in love with the 3K IPS screen and I won't go back to 1080 :) , I also have been playing some BF4 @ 3K... At stock GPU clocks and Medium settings in BF4 it looks friggin beautiful and with good frame-rates (60-90) I am doing some more testing with settings and clocks soon, but I fear I am having too much fun with it. So far in my benchmarks this thing is really proving to be a hell of a beast.

    MSI Product Page

    First I will show you the unboxing :)

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    Congrats and enjoy the 3K goodness!
     
    holliday777, Jan 3, 2014
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    Congratulations on the great purchase :) I want a 3k screen so bad hahaha.
     
    ryzeki, Jan 4, 2014
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    Congratulations! Don't forget to register your laptop within 30 days on MSI Notebook Official Website and supply proof of purchase (eg: invoice) to MSI to complete your registration.

    This will give you 1-year ADC (Accidental Damage Coverage) during the 1st warranty year, plus changing your warranty starting from your purchase date, and an additional 3-month warranty extension.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Jan 4, 2014
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    Hopefully any refreshes of the GT line will have the dual displayport configuration going forward :D
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 4, 2014
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    I am going to try to use it with my HP 1440 IPS monitor - I may have to puck up another for the second DP lol. - I updated the thread with the testing results

    BF4 on medium works insanely well at 3k with no OC
     
    TheGoat Eater, Jan 5, 2014
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    Yeah having 4 screens at once is fun :D, 3 above 1080p even more so.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 5, 2014
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    Wow! really nice
     
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    I can't begin to decsribe how awesome it looks playing BF4 versus the TN panel in the last one I had. The Game looks amazing in 3k but what surprised me the most was the way that 1080 in BF4 looks on this panel. It took me a while to figure out that it was on 1080 after I reloaded everything (switched in 3 Crucial M500 MSATA 240GB SSDs in RAD0) so that made me feel good lol. I can play at 1080 and turn up eyecandy and be very happy with the framerates. I plan to put custom firmware on the 780m as soon as I can - likely a voltage bump as well :)
     
    TheGoat Eater, Jan 7, 2014
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    Just watch those temps and replace the thermal pads with 0.5mm ones if you intend to overclock to help temps.
     
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    I plan to put on IC Diamond and .5mm thermal pads soon :)
     
    TheGoat Eater, Jan 8, 2014
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