My 3rd Anniversary in the MSI nVidia Forum

Just had a look today in my forum member profile and noticed that 3 years have past since i  have registered at the new formed by that time MSI Forums back at 7th of July 2002.
wow it seemed to me as it was yesterday  ...  well time passes fast.
I am one of the oldest members still active here in MSI forums. I was first registered in December 2000.
5years in my favorite forum!!... and i don't indent to leave yet. Maybe i will be Administrator in the future...
love you All, 
Markoul
p.s. cookie is in the oven   

Congrats Markoul.    
Please keep to tech topics in this area though. We have an area called anything under the sun for stuff like this. Your making my job harder keeping this area clean. I won't move this right now but any future topics like this here and I will move or delete them as I see the need.

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    Quote from: Nichrome on 23-November-14, 19:07:42
    Well according to MSI you should be using MFlash in order to restore a bad BIOS
    Things are still not up and running, so this may take a while before things get back (if they planned to get them back).
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  • MSI Geforce 7800 GTX with MSI Nvidia GeForce 7800GT in SLI?

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  • BETA BIOS Releases for the MSI 870A-G54 Mainboard [MS-7599 PCB v3.1/4.0]

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  • The MSI GT72 Dominator Pro Owner's Lounge

    Hi Folks, this will be a work in progress, and will be updated as more information becomes available. This topic is also discussed at the NBR forum, HERE!
    ***The MSI GT72 Dominator Pro..... the next great SUPER POWER..... awesomely SEXY too!***
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    MSI GT72 Dominator Pro Models, Specifications, and Product Links:
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    GT72 Dominator Pro-007 | MSRP: $2,999.
    GT72 Dominator Pro Product Pages:
    MSI U.S.
    MSI Notebook
    MSI Gaming - Dragon Army HQ
    MSI Global
    Where To Buy Your New MSI GT72 Dominator Pro Notebook:  
    Friendly, reputable, and highly respected resellers, who freely volunteer their support to forum members:
    1.) GenTech PC | Website | MSI 17" notebook site page | Tel#: 1-800-990-7945 | email: [email protected] | Contact: Ken Lee
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    3.) Xotic PC | Website | MSI notebook site page | Tel#: 1-877-289-9684 | email: [email protected] | Contact: Justin Nolte
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    MSI Helpful Links:
    MSI Gaming
    MSI AfterBurner
    MSI Dragon Army Forum
    MSI HQ User Support Forum
    MSI Customer Service | Global
    MSI Notebook Warranty Information
    MSI Notebook Product Registration | Global
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    29 July 2014: GT72 Dominator Pro Receives Best of Computex 2014
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    3.) The Everki Lunar Laptop Bag | Everki Lunar Video | At NewEgg | At Amazon |
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    2.) The Steelseries H Wireless Gaming Headset | At Newegg | At Amazon
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    ENJOY!
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    Initial thoughts......
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    The look and feel is very stylish, and smooth finish is actually somewhat fingerprint resistant. Overall, with these great looks, it's fully loaded system specs, and stellar performance scores, the MSI GT72 Dominator Pro not only entitles bragging rights..... it DEMANDS them!
    All of this has me VERY excited for the upcoming next-gen 9-Series, Maxwell, X-treme Edition GT72! Can't wait!
    Enjoy!

  • MSI nVidia GeForce 4200 TI driver problem

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  • Can I use the MSI Gaming App OC settings in Afterburner then uninstall Gaming Ap

    Hello all,
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    So can I......
    1. Open Gaming App and select OC.
     Open GPU-Z and see how much the Clock Speed has increased.
     Restore the default Clock (Gaming).
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     Uninstall the Gaming App.
    2. Will the above effectively apply the same OC as the gaming App and therfore make the Gaming App obsolete?
    3. Also I've read on some forums that Afterburner will only OC the MSI card if the gaming App is installed. I'm away from home so cannot test any of this. Maybe this was the case with the original version of the gaming app. can anyone confirm?
    4. Also I've read people reporting that once the OC has been applied it is locked at this high clock and doesn't downclock when idle. From what I've seen the Gaming App does downclock depending on GPU demand. As does Afterburner. Can anyone confirm?
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    To be honest, the Gaming App is ideal for me but only if I can set it and forget it. There should be a box (like there is in Afterburner) that starts the Gaming App when Windows starts and applies the last Clock profile selected.
    Now that would be simple. Afterburner is great and gives you lots of control. But I just want the OC that MSI have created. It should be set at BIOS level for a so-called OC Gaming Edition card.
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    "Another thing which needs to be kept in mind is that maximum clockrates for the latest GeForce GTX7xx Gaming requires running >>Gaming APP<<. Switch to Gaming Mode (N770 TF 2GD5/OC (GeForce GTX 770 GAMING)) or OC Mode (N780 TF 3GD5/OC (GeForce GTX 780 GAMING)) to allow maximum boost clockrates."
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    Sure you can set these settings (clock rate etc) in afterburner and you should be good to go. Just for stability, run a benchmark. It should be same OC as Gaming App applies, but GApp might change voltages (never used it so not sure).
    Afterburner works with ANY brand's card. However MSI Gaming App not.
    However if you change settings in Nvidia control panel in : 3D settings -> Global Settings -> Power management mode -> change from Adaptive to Prefer max performance. After this card will neved downclock even at idle.

  • Benefits from using the MSI driver against the latest on my R4870 ?

    hi,
    Quote from: Stu
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    A-diddy, welcome to the forum.
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