Msi gt73vr

philstanbridge · 26 Aug 2016 at 04:22

There are two different 1080 models. The slim model with a slightly higher spec looks like it will suit my requirements. But how will it cope with the heat? I'm guessing the bulk of the other model is due to the cooling but who knows? Has anyone got one of the thinner laptops?

philstanbridge · 26 Aug 2016 at 10:05

Yes that's what I've more or less ascertained. I contacted them this morning but that looks the likely story. Thanks!

philstanbridge · 26 Aug 2016 at 11:21

Hmm Overclockers staff haven't been particularly helpful in this case. They say for more information I really need to speak to MSI.

From my research it would appear that both the laptops are the same, only one has more RAM and a larger SSD. Would that be correct?

LT-249-MS

LT-24Q-MS

philstanbridge · 26 Aug 2016 at 11:59

Gawd that's actually pretty poor on their part. It's totally confusing and they are telling me their spec is correct yet we know it's not.

philstanbridge · 26 Aug 2016 at 12:11

Well that's what I'm thinking too. It has the ram and SSD upgrade plus the BD writer, which is a nice addition. The support guys say their spec is correct, so I guess I'll have to see.

philstanbridge · 26 Aug 2016 at 15:44

Well I went ahead and bought the GT73VR 6RF-035UK. I've been informed by support that they have variations of the model in stock and that the one I'm getting should have the Bluray writer. So we will see won't we!

philstanbridge · 26 Aug 2016 at 22:20

Did you get it from here? Support told me that they have 'exclusive' variants.

This is the email I received:

"Thank you for your webnote.
From what our suppliers have told us, these will have a BD writer.

If you have any other questions, please let us know."

philstanbridge · 26 Aug 2016 at 22:38

Psychosis said:
Bought from Overclockers -

LT-249-MS MSI GT73VR 6RF-035UK NVIDIA GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5 17.3" FHD, Intel i7-6820HK Gaming Laptop

This is the one with 512gb ssd and 32gb of memory.

Did you complain to them at all?

philstanbridge · 27 Aug 2016 at 13:27

Thanks for your post. I appreciate your honesty.

Well I received my laptop today and it is dead. I'm not a happy bunny. I can't get a picture at all. There is power to it, the red power button keeps recylcing on and off for some reason. It's weird.

philstanbridge · 27 Aug 2016 at 17:50

It was the thick chassis and no drive at all. It's not that surprising judging by the heat pipe design. They've either drenched the drive to cut costs or they've removed it due to the design of the heat pipes

philstanbridge · 29 Aug 2016 at 13:48

I am absolutely positive the MSI is the way to go. I'll await my replacement. I realised when inspecting my one (for the ten minutes or so I had it) that it is considerably lighter than the Asus ROG it replaces. This is a good thing, in my opinion, but it also points towards a lighter build quality. I can see why it has no optical drive though, pretty obvious when you see how the heat pipes have to work round that 1080. It must generate oodles of heat. Hope it isn't too noisy but going by the above it should be okay.

From what I'm aware the new Asus doesn't support Thunderbolt, or does it?

philstanbridge · 29 Aug 2016 at 15:42

Hello Loki!

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...-intel-i7-6820hk-gaming-laptop-lt-249-ms.html

This is the one. As you can see from the advert OCuk are using the wrong placeholders and specify a Bluray writer (which was one of the reasons why I bought it). I was disappointed there is no ODD at all but I can understand why.

I appreciate you get DOA's and laptops that will break but I was disappointed to be on the receiving end of one

philstanbridge · 31 Aug 2016 at 11:09

My laptop has been received this morning. So I'll have to wait now for the RMA team to deal with it. I don't know how long this will take

philstanbridge · 31 Aug 2016 at 13:41

I'm sure a lot of them do. I've had MSI and Asus machines before with a little backlit bleed. The bottom line is, whatever option you go for, a laptop is always a comprimise. Even one that is nearly £3,000.

philstanbridge · 5 Sep 2016 at 19:41

Right I've received my replacement. This time it works, well sort of! I've been suffering a LOT of crashes using Football Manager 16. Apparently my unit is overheating, but I can't be sure.

I'm running speedfan here, and I've told it to control the fans. Whilst I have been typing this the temps have reduced quite nicely. GPU is just 44 and HD is 40. The cpu varies massively though, and although it is 43-45 at the mo, I've seen it as high at 70.

But in FM they ramp up skyward. I've had some real nasty crashes which cause the machine to reboot. I've had a corrupted game file as a result. This is not really what I expected, but I can't be sure what is causing this. What's the operational temps for these machines?

philstanbridge · 6 Sep 2016 at 09:32

Loki said:
Hi Phil,

Please get in contact with me directly neil reid(no spaces) (at) msi (dot) com and I will pick up with our service team on this with you

BR

Very kind of you Neil. Email on the way.

philstanbridge · 6 Sep 2016 at 18:03

MOOGLEYS said:
Try running Aida64 and monitoring the CPU temps and if it throttles. If you run the cpu and GPU test at the same time you might find it throttling the CPU. It's common on laptops but should not really happen. Run the check and monitor the CPU and GPU temps. Aida will tell you if it throttles at all.

https://www.aida64.com/products/aida64-engineer

I downloaded this, but because it is a trial version it isn't overly useful. I'm not inclined to buy the full product as I am pretty sure this laptop is going back.

I also downloaded FurMark and the 1920x1080 test bombed at 72 degrees. The machine then reset itself out of frustration. I'm guessing the gpu overheated in some shape or form, and this is what I'm experiencing. I would be very interested to know how the other owners are getting on with theirs? I mean, I really want to like the laptop, and I really don't want to send this one back. But I may not have any choice

I'm pretty gutted right now. Am I just extremely unlucky? Surely these should cope with the heat?

philstanbridge · 6 Sep 2016 at 18:29

Oh right I'll have another look. Cheers.

I'm looking at Speed Fan. It lists 4 fans but only 3 appear to be working according to that...

philstanbridge · 6 Sep 2016 at 18:48

I ran the Aida 64 thing. Indeed the cpu is throttling at 100% with the gpu at 80 degrees. So what exactly does this mean? The throttling begins more or less instantly.

philstanbridge · 6 Sep 2016 at 20:17

No probs, glad you are enjoying yours I'm sure it is a great laptop

Do me a quick favour. Install Speedfan, and tell me how many Fans you have showing as working? I've got 4 listed but only 3 are responding.