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Unfortunately MSI decided to fit this machine with a i7 6920HQ, rather than the fully unlocked i7 6820HK processor. We can, however, overclock the GTX 1080 cards to try to push the performance to a higher level.
Overclocking the GTX 1080s is easy enough, however some adjustment to the fan profiles in the MSI Dragon Center really is quite important, otherwise some throttling is likely. I increased the GTX1080 fan speeds at Stage 5 from 50% to 60% and at Stage 6 from 60% to 86%.
This helped ensure that the GPU core temperatures held around the 80°C mark under heavy load, and the boost clock could increase without penalty.
The modest overclock translates well into real world performance. Most games benefit from a couple of extra frames per second as well.
Don’t buy MSI until they have fixed the issues with the GT72 and GT80: Read more: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/gt72-gt72s-and-gt80-gt80s-owners-gpu-upgrade-discussion.795236/ and here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18746748
That’s really pathetic!
What is pathetic?
What MSI has done and then the way they’ve responded.
Yep. My GT72 is not upgradable like MSI advertised.
You have the GTX 880M? Has anyone attempted at placing eurocom’s MXM maxwells in there?
You have the GTX 880M? Has anyone attempted at placing eurocom’s MXM maxwells in there?
Seems like the GT83VR is a step down from even the GT73VR lol. Raid 0 instead of Super Raid 4. No 120 Htz display, no 4K or turbo mode.
Not even G-Sync from my understanding according to MSI support. So what exactly are you paying extra for here?
Doesn’t seem like you’re getting much of anything here. Other than the two GTX 1080. Not worth as i think might just go back to Asus. Wait for their new GX800 to come out.