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    OMG: MSI is coming with a GTX 980M SLI notebook!!!

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Cloudfire, Oct 12, 2014.

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    Yes I hook up a mechanical keyboard to my machine so I have to agree, this is a desk to desk machine where you don't have to lug around a decent keyboard to go with it :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 7, 2014
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    Nice image of it...

    [​IMG]
     
    ThorofAsgard, Dec 8, 2014
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    This made me chuckle :p
     
    MSIGeno, Dec 8, 2014
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Psh, make it an 80 plus platinum fully digital supply at least with USB output to monitor the current efficiency etc ;)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 8, 2014
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Let's make it modular! Despite being.... one cable. Just for kicks!
     
    ryzeki, Dec 8, 2014
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    -=$tR|k3r=- Notebook Virtuoso

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    Mmmmmmmm, I feel a GT80 Titan coming to my future soon...... Ahhhhhhh, feels GOOD...... feel it Ryzeki? :D
     
    -=$tR|k3r=-, Dec 9, 2014
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    I will need your address, in case I might need to pay you a visit, before any sort of GT80 arrives!

    I am pretending it is january to have more info! :D
     
    ryzeki, Dec 9, 2014
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    -=$tR|k3r=- Notebook Virtuoso

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    Address? Sure......

    901 Canada Court
    City of Industry, CA 91748

    Knock on the door of the motor coach, parked right next to the loading dock.

    :)
     
    -=$tR|k3r=-, Dec 9, 2014
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    I am setting up camp at MSI then! :p

    CES 2015 is in las Vegas, January 6.... I will be on Vegas but I will return on the 2nd. I need to plan my vacations better, in order to attend such events!

    I can't wait though, I bet a wealth of info is coming right up! :D
     
    ryzeki, Dec 10, 2014
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    Should be a fun time :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 11, 2014
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    Any leak on rough cost? $4,000? More? Less?
     
    Stoop14, Dec 21, 2014
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  13. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    The article is down. Here is the video of their preview :)

    <iframe width='660' height="415" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nSdHh7DLUIs" frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  14. ryzeki

    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Hahahaha, really liked the video :)

    While not much is revealed, it does seem like MSI is busy at work at making one of the most powerful machines ever. The massive 330w brick is quite nice :p and it seems there will be an extreme edition CPU later as an option or as THE only option?
     
    ryzeki, Dec 22, 2014
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    Alienware better step up as this beast has my eye after a long while pining for an m18.
     
    Crimsontarget, Dec 22, 2014
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    My biggest concern is the temperature, the impact of losing half of the laptop's body to the keyboard.
     
    tikutuco, Dec 22, 2014
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    It looks like the heat exhaust is thicker than the rest of the notebook so with some beefy fans they can channel out a lot of heat through those holes
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 22, 2014
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    I wonder if those plugs are the same as my current machine and if a certain power box would work with it...
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 22, 2014
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    They probably are, and they probably do work :p
     
    ryzeki, Dec 22, 2014
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  20. -=$tR|k3r=-

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    4k, SLi, & X-treme..... absolutely Bonkers,Bonkers, BONKERS!

    :D
     
    -=$tR|k3r=-, Dec 22, 2014
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Looks like the Delta 330W we already see in Clevos and Alienwares and proven insufficient given the cooling is done right (more room for overclocking, more stress on the PSU). If there is a single point of failure it's this one. If the 4K rumor proves right, they obviously went out of the way and custom ordered a display (there's nothing else on the market with such screen), yet they stuck with already proven insufficient PSU. If that's not form>function, I don't know what it is. They claim enthusiast machine, yet you get the bling, but not the power (again if the cooling is up for the task, if it's not, even more black points).
     
    triturbo, Dec 24, 2014
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    The PSU is fine for stock and there may be other options for enthusiasts ;)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 24, 2014
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  23. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    We shall see I guess ("may be" is not enough :p ). As for stock - really? Is this the way they are planing to enter in territory owned by Clevo and Alienware?
     
    triturbo, Dec 24, 2014
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    @Jesha........dude go pound sand!!, my p570wm with non sli dual quadro k5000m's, willl smoke or keep up with most sub $5k desktops. You dont know what your talking about. The new sli 980m's are outperforming me currently by 20% or more in gaming and cad benchmarks. Hold your tounge before "the curlews peck out your eyes".

    I can run 24/7 @ 4.8ghz , 100% mobile. Show me a desktop that can do that. And be mobile. In one oakley backpack??
     
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    The main advantage desktops have on the quadro front is the better ability of the gk110 chips to handle fp64 operations. Other than that it's not a big difference.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 25, 2014
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    My guess is your options will be a i7 4720HQ or a i7 4980HQ, similar to the GT72s, with the addition of this newer (100mhz higher) chip? :)

    I wonder if the 330w brick will only be for that 'extreme' version.
     
    Talon, Dec 26, 2014
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  27. TheGoat Eater

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    I have never liked KitGutu and its sketchy ways , but he no doubt is saying next to nothing because of the NDA which if he broke would likely mean legal action and blacklisting so maybe we should press for him to reveal more :)
     
    TheGoat Eater, Dec 26, 2014
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    For the record the processor you have quoted is Haswell-E not Broadwell, this is evident from the lithography in your link. If you do not understand what lithography is then this link should make it a bit more obvious.

    Products (Formerly Haswell E)

    Currently there are laptops for sale with Broadwell CPU's albeit ultra low power (BDW-U) or extremely low power (BDW-Y) CPU's. As to date there are no desktop Broadwell CPU's for sale.
     
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    Intel have held off on the higher end versions of broadwell. As for the reasons there are many people speculating out there.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 26, 2014
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    wickette, Dec 26, 2014
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    Yep, seems to constantly change. Also a second refresh of Haswell, 472x, 4820MQ. Not sure about 4920 or MX.
     
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    4980HQ - there's that, not really Extreme, unless it's MSi special unlocked edition.
     
    triturbo, Dec 26, 2014
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    With 4 GHz max turbo the difference to MX is quite small.
     
    zipperi, Dec 27, 2014
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    If TDP options are all available a max turbo speed of 4.4ghz on all cores may as well be unlocked.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 27, 2014
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    You don't get Extreme to run it stock.
     
    triturbo, Dec 27, 2014
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    Thermal constraints will keep them close. Even desktops are struggling at 4.5ghz levels.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 28, 2014
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    porky133, Dec 28, 2014
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    That price is a joke....
     
    GTVEVO, Dec 28, 2014
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    That's NZ $ - divide by 1.29 to get US$ (still high)...
     
    zipperi, Dec 28, 2014
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    I would assume this is just an overpriced estimate? MSIGeno assured me it wouldn't run over 5k....
     
    Nate8080, Dec 28, 2014
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    True that, but one was hoping to beat the hell out of what is currently on the market = even better cooling. I guess it would be OK cooling, probably running all 4 @4.4GHz (they would be stupid if at the very least don't allow this "freedom"), but nothing really inspiring to be honest. For a get it and run it machine, it would more than OK, but not really an enthusiast piece as the name would suggest.
     
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    Well actually being able to overclock the CPU to 4.4ghz would place it above any other currently sold SLI machine on the market for clocking, the sager's heatsink is too small and alienware don't sell the 980M at the moment.
     
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    Finally. FULL review :D

    <iframe width='660' height="415" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Syb7dMqBzkU" frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    Not a full review until you get to see the guts ;)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 2, 2015
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    I will be updating with some stuff that I can find out on Monday :) Can't wait to test out that keyboard ( and the GS30 )
     
    TheGoat Eater, Jan 3, 2015
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    4K on laptops is a joke anyway for several reasons:

    1. For the next few years we will never have enough horsepower to run games at 4K, max settings, 60(+) FPS.
    2. The screen size is too small to justify higher resolutions. I think it does make sense on 27" and higher displays, but certainly not on a 18.4", let alone anything below that.

    In my personal opinion 4K on laptops is just a giant waste of resources.
     
    1nstance, Jan 3, 2015
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    Some pictures of the monster, sorry if they were already posted, I didn't check all the thread.
    https://www.facebook.com/MSIFrancePortables/photos_stream
    Cooling seems powerful, I hope it won't be too noisy because fans look similar to the old GT (and you have 2 of them), 2 air exhausts for a single fan usually mean the fan have to spin faster for a decent air flow. (hence the noisy elder GT)
    On the other hand, I may be wrong since you have 4 radiators, which is a lot of cooling surface, which allow either low spinning fan or excellent tempeatures.
     
    Darkomax, Jan 4, 2015
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  48. 1nstance

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    Well, according to a video review posted earlier in this thread the fans are pretty/very noisy (depending if you enable the turbo fan yes or not).
     
    1nstance, Jan 4, 2015
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    I agree about 4K on notebooks being a waste - But on certain occasions it is good, such as editing photos. I have the 3K IPS panel in my GT60 and it can be pretty hard to read when I keep text size at 100%
     
    TheGoat Eater, Jan 4, 2015
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    What are the prices on this laptop?

    I found 4720hq and 16GB version is going to be $3299 and 4980HQ and 24GB version for $3699. Both with 1TB and 256SSD.
     
    Talon, Jan 4, 2015
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