Got my X7 Dt yesterday, been playing around with overclocking which I have not bothered with in the past. managed to get a firestrike score of 17717 (graphics 22566 physics 13440 combined 8303) but result have been erratic with up to 1000 difference in scores with identical OC's at different times of day (different programs open in the back ground accounts for some i guess). I did get scores close to the 15000 out of the box which seemed low, so suspect there is some sort of power conflict between the GPU and CPU.
With a couple of tweaks with the undervolting has been handling Ghost Recon Wildlands at 4069 X 2160 with mixture of ultra, very high and high settings, 30-40 FPS (which is fine for me, tend to snipe) and ran for a couple of hours without crashes, max temps GPU 85 CPU81. got all 4 cores locked at 4.2 (although was not the intention to lock them at that speed) and have seen some current throttling in XTU. Initially when trying the Aorus overclocking the graphics overclock had no effect on my firestrike score until I set the CPU to 4.2 and found a stable undervolt. Then changes to the GPU started having an effect.
compared to my X7 V2 the chassis gets no where near as hot, the track pad is a huge improvement and the keyboard has very little flex. The cooling is much more effective than the V2 but would say they make similar noise under load.
Currently the wireless connection is ridiculously slow when plugged in but fine when on battery power (download speeds <1MB/s. I have checked the settings in the power usage menu) but so far no solution. another odd issue is that no internet history is saved, either in IE or firefox, even when opening a new tab you have to write the entire address. settings are remembered though and history should be working (from browsers point of view).
It would have been nice for Aorus to provide a Torx screwdriver with the laptop though, I understand why a Torx would be spec'ed but it is not a size many people will have lying around so I now need to go in search of one. also @Atom80 no bag or keyboard turned up with the laptop
With a couple of tweaks with the undervolting has been handling Ghost Recon Wildlands at 4069 X 2160 with mixture of ultra, very high and high settings, 30-40 FPS (which is fine for me, tend to snipe) and ran for a couple of hours without crashes, max temps GPU 85 CPU81. got all 4 cores locked at 4.2 (although was not the intention to lock them at that speed) and have seen some current throttling in XTU. Initially when trying the Aorus overclocking the graphics overclock had no effect on my firestrike score until I set the CPU to 4.2 and found a stable undervolt. Then changes to the GPU started having an effect.
compared to my X7 V2 the chassis gets no where near as hot, the track pad is a huge improvement and the keyboard has very little flex. The cooling is much more effective than the V2 but would say they make similar noise under load.
Currently the wireless connection is ridiculously slow when plugged in but fine when on battery power (download speeds <1MB/s. I have checked the settings in the power usage menu) but so far no solution. another odd issue is that no internet history is saved, either in IE or firefox, even when opening a new tab you have to write the entire address. settings are remembered though and history should be working (from browsers point of view).
It would have been nice for Aorus to provide a Torx screwdriver with the laptop though, I understand why a Torx would be spec'ed but it is not a size many people will have lying around so I now need to go in search of one. also @Atom80 no bag or keyboard turned up with the laptop
