My New MSI Gaming Lappy - MSI GT70 Dominator-895

My new GT70 Dominator..I bought the base model GT70-Dominator 895 with 8 GB Ram & 1 TB HDD..I've upgraded the ram to 16 GB & added a Samsung 840 Evo 120GB SSD as a boot drive..Using the rapid mode , this SSD is a beast I must say & with excellent value..
Here are some pics..I wish if i would've waited a little bit more..Just after i bought the GTX870M version , they released the GTX9XX series...:(
Anyways, I'm happy with my purchase..

Got the same pc, only mine came with a 1 tb hdd. bought the sister board for the msata stuff and now im puchasing a 250 gb ssd from samsung. Should be a nice upgrade I like my Bluray-dvd burner in it though

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MSI's Latest- The GT70 Dominator Dragon-1886! Should I Buy?

Recently, I've been searching around for some gaming laptops to use as a desktop replacement. I've already cut out:
-Sager: Haven't seen many reviews, though it's VERY cheap and VERY powerful, I don't trust buying from a rather, smaller, company, than the other widely trusted brands(ASUS, MSI, Lenovo)
and
-ASUS: Much more expensive than what you're paying for in hardware, though it has great cooling and build quality, the price/performance ratio doesn't cut it.
Obviously, Alienware is gone. As is Toshiba, Dell, XP, and unfortunately Lenovo (Lenovo makes pretty good gaming laptops, but not for me).
That leaves one top notch quality company left, MSI. Everyone knows MSI makes laptops designed specifically for gaming. They also know that they throw in insanely powerful specs at a cheap cost.
Now, I've heard all the talk about the cooling issues with MSI. I don't find that to be 100% relevant. The thing is, for the specs, MSI gaming laptops stay pretty cool, and with some better thermal paste, a cooling pad, and Turbo Boost on, you can cool the laptop temps dramatically by up to 20°C. Not only that, what I love about MSI is that they have incredible ventilation. It dissipates all of the heat away from crucial components, and the keyboard also stays nice and cool, too. I'm pretty sure I'm okay with cooling for now.
My budget is $1400, and I'll stretch the extra $50 at the MOST. The laptop I've been looking into is a bit different than the others. It is a GT70 Dominator 895, except with a 4810MQ and a red chassis. It's referred to as the GT70 Dominator Dragon-1886. I've found literally ZERO reviews on it, so here are the links:
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT70-DOMINATOR-DRAGON-1886-17-3-Inch/dp/B00LJEJZSY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1KEM9PDSET0Y57QYCJ8F
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjwrqieBRCln82Rgufz7I0BEiQAPNjAI6giyyvVri3L9xv8vGcaWewrb9fAPdh5hnZHBC9lsroaAjvS8P8HAQ&Item=N82E16834152602&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-All+Gaming+Notebooks-_-N82E16834152602&ef_id=UruDBAAABPDZ9SMa:20140720034526:s
So, at $1450, it comes packed with an Intel i7 4810MQ, a GTX 870m with 3GB VRAM, 8GB upgradeable RAM, a 1TB HDD, along with Windows 8.1, a 17.3" screen, and a 1080p HD screen resolution. I'll add an SSD later along with 16 more gigs of RAM to maximize the experience.
Now, you may be wondering why I didn't just go $50 cheaper and get the NORMAL GT70. The reason is because that at almost $1500, at the price you're paying, anyone deserves some eye candy with it. I love the red color to the chassis, along with the 4810MQ CPU. Sure the 4810MQ isn't that much better than the 4800MQ (about 3-5% better), but I don't care.
Now, I'd love to hear you're opinions on the MSI GT70 Dominator Dragon-1886. Should I bite the bullet and grab it? If I do, which I've basically just convinced myself I would, I'll put a review up on Youtube and add a nice, well written out response on Amazon and/or Newegg. I'll update this post in about January and give you the links to the review. Maybe, if I save the money to buy a high quality camera and do an unboxing. I hope by that time there'll be some reviews.
Also, it comes with a free mouse and mouse pad.
Leave your thoughts below. Please, do not address the fact that desktops are better, or ASUS is more bang for buck, etc. I've made up my mind. I just want to know what you guys think. Sorry for the long post! Had to get it in one try :P
Cheers!

So I'm getting some positive reviews here :D I'm hoping that I'm making the right choice on this laptop. It seems very powerful for me. But I have a question: Would you guys prefer that red chassis? I really love the stealthy black on the others, but I also love the style of the red one. What do you orefer? And just to let you know, as I'm spending $1500, I'll be showing off a bit (hint).
And if you didn't realize dblkk, it's me from tomshardware.com

[REQUEST] GT70 Dominator-895 2PC Fully Unlocked BIOS

I'm not sure what other information you could use, but I'm looking for a fully unlocked BIOS for the GT70 Dominator-895 2PC..
I also have a question, in the unlocked BIOS, is the option there to choose Optimus/Integrated/Dedicated for the graphics? Optimus seems to be a pain in the ass under linux..
Thanks

Quote from: Fourdollarman on 16-December-14, 07:57:56
I am also trying to track down an u locked bios, I want to play with my proc and gpu. Have version 515 currently
Please open your own topic in Private Custom Modified BIOSes section!

GT70 Dominator-895 Win8.1 Drivers

I just did a fresh install of Windows 8.1, however I can't find drivers anywhere on MSI.. I go to product download page and it comes up empty. I suppose I could find most of them via manufacturer website, like the killer from qualcom, nvidia and so forth.. But I don't know some of the drivers and software. A list of drivers and software offered by MSI would be great and help make sure I've gotten everything..
Thanks.

Quote from: Dblkk;110315
You try using the disk that came with your laptop?
I do not have it at hand..
Quote from: zipper;110316
I suppose the Dominator series mostly use the same drivers, for instance http://www.msi.com/support/nb/GT70-2PC-Dominator.html#
has 8.1 drivers there.
Thanks, those seem to be right.
Some description on them would be nice, especially the BIOS.. Do we know the difference between 50Y and 70Y? And how about VBIOS under firmware, is this firmware for the graphics card?
Thanks..

GT70 Dominator 895 2PC problems

So I recently purchased this laptop, 870M GPU, Intel i7 4810 CPU, 8GB Ram, and 1TB hard drive. So far it's been great. Though I have had some minor problems, for instance, the G that opens the dragon gaming center when you touch it doesn't work anymore. It used to, and it still lights up when I press it, but it doesn't open the center anymore. Any idea on how to fix that?
Also at random times the touchpad stops working for a while, and then comes back. It's always enabled though.
And last, the mic is quiet. I've turned the mic to it's highest level and increased the boost to +30DB. Any ideas on that?

for the dragon control, it opens, but you have to look in the taskbar on the lower right hand side. Sometimes it doesn't launch full screen, just opens. Ive noticed that right away happens now and then.
For touchpad, are you using an external mouse? I use blutooth mouse, and when it senses the external mouse the touchpad turns off. If you don't like that or if you don't have a external mouse, go into the control options for it, again located in the lower right, and set it so that the touchpad doesn't turn off when external mouse is sensed.
As for mic, I haven't the slightest, I use headset, but my mic seems to work fine for skype

MSI GT70 Dominator Temperatures

Hello I recently bought a MSI GT70 Dominator with Intel i7-4810 MQ & GTX870M and i am really worried about the temperatures it is producing.
I am using the MSI Gaming Center program that came with the laptop to view temps and i discovered today that after playing GTA IV (with modifications) that the cpu temp was at 90C!
The GPU was around there too but it lowered quickly down to 50C and the cpu temp is still sitting at 70C right now..
I remember when i first got this thing it used to sit at 40c idle cpu and like 35c GPU
When i turn it on it stays at 40c cpu and 35c gpu but if i play GTA IV the temps go up fast.
I do not have a laptop cooler? would that help in this situation?
I just got it in May
Thanks!

Honestly, you should be sitting at around 40C if your room temperature is 25C, when you're at your desktop.
During games, going up to 85C or 90C isn't terrible, but it shouldn't really get any higher than 90C, even with the newer 4th gen Core i7's and GTX7xx/GTX8xx cards.
You might consider doing a repaste job on the heatsink compound for the CPU and GPU. That can play a very significant part in keeping your temperatures lower. Just make sure you use a good silver based compound (like arctic silver MX5 for example), these will provide better cooling than normal heatsink compound.

Meet The First Next-Generation Gaming Laptop: MSI GT70 Dragon Edition 2

An interesting write up of MSI Next-Generation Gaming Laptop: MSI GT70 Dragon Edition 2
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2013/05/31/meet-the-first-next-generation-gaming-laptop-msi-gt70-dragon-edition-2/
Meet The First Next-Generation Gaming Laptop: MSI GT70 Dragon Edition 2
Sony and Microsoft MSFT -0.43% have outed their next-generation consoles, and with Intel INTC +0.27%

The Dragon 2 has landed! Unboxing photos can be seen here.......
The Official MSI GT70-2OD Owner's Lounge
.... and here:
2013 Dragon Edition 2 is coming soon with all new features
Enjoy!

MSI GT70 Dominator GPU Throttling Issues

Hello everyone, I'm new to these forums, but figured someone on here might have an answer to my problems. I received my GT70 Dominator yesterday, and am having serious trouble getting it to run Titanfall properly. By default I used the Nvidia Experience recommended settings which were 1080p, and High across the board. This made sense because I bought this laptop to replace my desktop which has a Core i5 2400, 8GB Ram, and a GTX 760 in it. My GT70 has the Core i7 4800HQ, 16GB Ram, and the GTX 870M. The laptop's CPU should be more powerful, and the GPU should be within 10%. Titanfall runs at the same settings on my Desktop Flawlessly, but the framerate drop on this laptop is HUGE. The game will start around 60FPS, but will almost immediately start dropping in to the 20's. The FPS fluctuate constantly.
I've tried running MSI Afterburner to see exactly what speeds the GPU is running at under load. Unfortuantely it can't display the info yet (the 870m must be too new.) I tried GPUZ then, and it just says the GPU's specs (doesn't show moment to moment actual numbers.) However the MSI Kombustor software does display the Core speed and Throttle speeds. The Core Speeds almost instantly go down to 888Mhz, and drop off from there. The Throttle speeds go from 754Mhz, to 724Mhz. This is before the GPU even hits the 80C tempature limit. I've never seen this GPU over 900Mhz where 941Mhz should be it's baseclock (which I always thought was the minimum.) Running at 724Mhz whould net between a 20-25% performance drop, and would make sense why Titanfall can't keep up with my Desktop performance.
Has anyone else come across this issue? Has anyone found a way to disable, or change the throttling settings? If I can't fix this then the laptop really doesn't perform at the level I need it to.

Quote from: hch;100907
NV changed the way GPU works on GTX TITAN and GTX 700 Series, maybe try to increasing the temperature target with some third-party software, then you can raise the performance.
Sorry GTX 870M doesn't work with this.
But the dropping behavior seems normal, cause it will start dropping when hits its temperature limit. that's probably why it acted this way.
Think you can try the methods other mentioned maybe it's the setting or driver version.

MSI GT70 Dominator FPS problems.

I recently bought the the MSI GT70 Dominator, and Ive been having some issues with frame rate. Unturned only runs at 25 fps sometimes, and I can't get minecraft over 30fps. League of Legends sometimes dips below 30 fps on max settings, but also sometimes gets above 60fps. Why are my frame rates so unpredictable, and why cant I get minecraft over 30 fps??
Thanks for the help

Do you have GTX 880M? If so you should use 327.23 Drivers. If it is working fine with them then it is famous 880M bug. I suggest you to RMA laptop then and wait couple months to buy GT72 with 880MX or whatever GPU but not 880M.
And you need to google proper modded inf file for this new GPU in 327.23. Search at laptopvideo2go or ask somebody at some forums to add 880M IDs
However if those drivers will not help and you already tried "launch with high performance Gnvidia GPU" then check temperatures. If it goes above 80-90 then it is throttling issues. Overheating.
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/754922/geforce-mobile-gpus/nvidia-crippling-the-gtx-880ms-with-there-new-drivers-look-for-a-nvidia-response-/1/

MSI GT70 DOMINATOR 2PC + MSI afterburner help ¡¡¡

Hey guys need your help, im new on gaming laptops, so this it's my problem, recently i bought an MSI GT70 2PC with GTX 870m, download the msi afterburner to check the temperatures of the graphics card, but dont let me do anything, only i can change the clock and nothing more, why happens that? anyone know how can modify the fan speed, because my graphics card got 75-80 ªc when i play

The absolute maximum of the GPU is 93 C, at that temperature it should clock down automatically - if you stay below 90 C everything is OK; my readings hover on about 80 - 85 C max.
With this you probably could set the fan to about 60 -70% with much less noise and decent cooling if you want to be on the safe side:
http://gentechpcforums.com/Images/Softwares/MSI/GT70%20Fan%20Control%20V1.6.3%20setup.zip

MSI GT70 dominator pro 890 For workstation

Ive posted this on the 'workstation' section, as it would fit better there, but my laptop is technically the gaming. So, yes it is a double post one in each forum.
Wanted to know if my laptop was good for rendering, if there were any tips or tricks for using my laptop for video editing, or any tips or tricks for using vegas pro 13 in general. Newbie to this program, normally use cyberlink powerdirector 12.
MSI GT70 Dominator Pro 890
i7 4810mq (4900)
32gb ram
3x 480gb crucial m500 msata (non raid - 1 OS - 1 media source - 1 scratch disk)
1tb Samsung evo 840 2.5" (partitioned 50/50 split - 1 Media export - 1 Regular data)
Gtx 880m 8gb gddr5
bluray burner
Thermal paste was repasted with antech diamond 7
normal 17" tn 1080p panel
Question of the rendering process. If I have gpu accelerated turned on in normal preferences, but render using cpu only in the actual final render as options screen,, my 15 min movie takes about 22 min. Temps skyrocket cpu wise for first 5 seconds then calm to 90c (80c with turbo fan), gpu gets to 70c (60c with turbo fan). CPU is around 80% resourced, gpu core max, memory clock max, gpu load 15%.
But if I have same gpu acceleration on main preferences, and change to gpu rendering only under the actual final rendering as options, it takes 28 min, cpu is at 68% (80c max fan), gpu core and memory max, gpu load up from 15% to 30%, memory controller up from 3% to 11% (65c temps).
So what I see is that gpu rendering preferred options but render cpu only, uses some gpu but more cpu, and gives faster results, than total gpu rendering with more gpu power and less cpu.
Shouldn't gpu rendering be far quicker than cpu? I know my cpu is good, but thought that the 880m would definitely beat it out in rendering.

Quote from: BlueAlexFPS;108317
Normally I would like to say this is very good choice, but since MSI have real workstation, I recommend you check below link to find the real machine for OpenGL graphics works!!
http://www.msi.com/product/workstation/#?category=GT Series&category_no=1151
Yup, great recommendation, and also what I thought and spent about 2 weeks researching before not buying. The most often supplied k2000m chip is crap. What it does for professional programs could be compared to the gtx 755m. The k3000 gpu is a decent mid range chip, but the k3000m is a low end. I'd compare it to the gtx 765m for gaming. Only real benefit would be specific drivers. The k4000m is the equivalent of the 870m but for professional. But isn't offered until you hit the $3000 mark. Reading so many reviews and watching several youtube videos showing side by side geoforce vs quaddro, and some programs like photoshop and vegas pro are actually rendered quicker on the geoforce. While Autodesk and maya were within a min of each other.
I know you probably saw this chart
I saw it to, which in the very beginning of my laptop search I thought I had found the perfect laptop. But after reading user forums, talking to/with people first hand, then watching some you tube showing side by side 780m vs 3100m rendering. I decided that until I could get the 4100m at a decent price, the 880m would suite me well.
The 'workstation' laptops are also 4700mq not the 4800-4810mq.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGP0ga6salw
Heres one of photoshop comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryf4b6BMjNk
heres a 2 year old maya comparison. While this one is a little off. I found one a few weeks ago that was perfect and I really should've short cutted it. But for maya and solid works, the geoforce is either right behind or right ahead for speed. But when it comes to quality, the quaddro's cant be touched.
When I use solidworks/maya for a project, normally its just something really quick. In which 100% detail isn't important, but speed is. If/when I need a perfect product, that's what the pc is for. My major projects even on a k4100m (the best mobile chip) it would take countless hours to render. My pc, dual titan black, would take 30-60 min. So I could use laptop to start and work with project, the 880m does a great job at in project editing acceleration, then i save file/settings export. Load on pc, make sure everythings still good, and render on there. But typical large projects are better done on high dpi mouse, mechanical keyboard, and larger monitors.
I'm not slamming you at all. Thanks for the comment, typically you'd be 100% correct. And if i didn't have a full out rendering pc, that would be my only option. Plus, i hope you or anyone reading this learned a little something. Or if im wrong somewhere, i can be corrected and learn something.

New Z97 Gaming AC board and MSI gtx780

All,
Been banging my head against the wall all night on this. Hopefully its something easy. Got my new rig assembled:
I5 4670k
MSI Z97-Gaming 9 AC LGA 1150 Intel Z97
MSI Gaming N780 TF 3GD5/OC GeForce GTX 780 3GB
Have a M.2 intel SSD installed
Windows 8.1 64 installed no issues
For the life of me, I can not get the motherboard to detect the 780, I updated to the latest bios using the USB flash utility, no issues. Completed successfully.
Using the Board viewer it shows nothing in the PCIE slot, I have also tried SLOT 2 still no luck.
The MB still does not show anything inserted into the slot.
Any suggestions would greatly appreciated...
Thanks in advance

Well, wish I had good news, but not so much. With everything setup on a test bench the board wont even post with a card plugged into the PCIE slot. Remove the card post, and into the bios every time. Tried clearing CMOS, all 3 PCIE slots just a no go.
RMA is issued and it will be going back tomorrow.
*Fingers crossed on the new board*
Thanks for all the suggestions, will let you know what happens when the new board arrives.
Cheers

New bios availible? MSI H97 Gaming 3

Hi
new bios availible? MSI H97 Gaming 3
actual bios 1.81B

1.8 official is out http://www.msi.com/support/mb/H97-GAMING-3.html#down-bios

2013 MSI New GE70 gaming laptop video - Intro by Patrik from Fnatic

See our new gaming weapon with latest platforms and MSI gaming features!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIgyh9gAUVE

really really want this, when will it be available in Indonesia?

MSI Gt70 dominator gtx 870m touch panel issue

Hi!
The touchpanel of mine msi gt70 dominator stopped working after I upgradded the EC.
I cant use the Fan boost anymore. I still can activate or deactivate wifi through SCM but there is no option to use the Fanboost. Can anyone help me ?

Yes you probably need BIOS too to work with newest EC.
But tell what are your current BIOS and EC versions 1st,
look for them in BIOS setup system information
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Yes you probably need BIOS too to work with newest EC.
But tell what are your current BIOS and EC versions 1st,
look for them in BIOS setup system information

My New MSI Gaming Lappy - MSI GT70 Dominator-895

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