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[segadomcast]

I'm kinda confused with the noise thing. German notebookcheck "http://www.notebookcheck.com/Test-MSI-GT780R-Notebook.55603.0.html" mentions that the GT780R was quite loud during their testing. Here what they said translated from Google translate "Noise

Regarding noise can make no sweeping statement. At low system load, the fan varies from a relatively quiet and a noticeably audible level. The two hard disks perform from time to time with a slight clacking attention. During operation, the GT780R is then already quite obvious, the most gaming notebooks act but not quieter.

The Special button for fan control (increases the speed benefit of the temperatures) would have MSI can save confidently about 50 dB (A) go extremely fast on my nerves. Overall, we found the noise level as reasonably acceptable. Those looking for a possible peaceful gaming notebook should rather pick up the Asus G73SW." GT780R 35-45 db, vs 30-35 db for the Asus G73 (from googled notebookcheck review as well).

They even went so much to recommend the older Asus G73SW.

I'm kinda confused

To sum it up nicely:

-little no to GPU activity it's damn near silent, even with a cpu load.

-gaming, the fan picks up a BIT depending on the stress, I used Dirt 3 at max resolution to test

-obviously if turbo fan is active, it sounds like a laptop cooler

So basically, when I'm doing tasks where I want silence such as typing a paper, it's silent, when I'm doing things where I'm listening to music or noise anyway, it's entirely unnoticeable. Again, The fan on this makes a low pitched "whooshing" sound rather than the typical laptop fan whine. it seems to be a bigger fan or something I'd imagine. I highly doubt any gaming laptop would be truly silent anyway

[GenTechPC]

Thanks

GPU temp of 69º? Wow, that's amazing!

What was the maximum CPU temp during the test?

I did another test and this time with CPU and GPU temperature.

Test setup:

- Stock thermal paste MX-2

- Turbo Fan off (all I can hear is the air not the fan).

- 120W AC Adapter

- Prime + Furmark running at the same time

NBC mentioned 150W is not efficient, therefore, I use 120W AC adapter this time for test and it's been running 3 hours and 34 minutes without any issue.

CPU did dropped to 800MHz twice but all I have to do is just move the mouse cursor and it want back up to 2.2GHz.

MSI did have some kind of power management that it will set the laptop to hibernate mode after 20 minutes and it override Windows power management settings. Not sure if that's why NBC mentioned the laptop shuts off.

Conclusion: 150W is sufficient even 120W works (maybe not for the long run after 3 moths) . NBC's statement about 150W not sufficient is completely inaccurate.

NBC should request new testing unit if they found there are problems with the unit they were testing for more accurate result. Possible their testing unit is just a sample unit or ODA or Monday system.

Any GT780R owner can perform same test and will get same result.

[Arioch]

Simply amazing Ken. Thanks for that comprehensive tests. If I could i'd give you +10 or +12 rep!

[Homer S]

Ken,

Maybe you should shoot them your findings? That way, they might be motivated to address the issue with MSI directly.

Thanks!
Homer

[segadomcast]

The webcam is as good as I have seen on a laptop. It is full 720P. The software for it is on your drivers disk under Utilities. Just install "Simple Camera" software...MSI does not install it at the factory.

simplecam is nothing more than a webcam management software. I've tried youcam, manycam, simplecam, and going through skype all with the same results. The webcam is listed as Bisoncam NB pro, and it uses the standard microsoft driver from 2006. For the life of me I can't seem to find any driver to use on google. I'm also not sure what model of bison cam it is. Picture from it is sharp enough, but the video is just bad, 10 fps at best. I'm sure all it needs is a good driver as it seems unlikely MSI would have lied outright about the 30 fps capability.

[moho]

I'm kinda confused with the noise thing. German notebookcheck "http://www.notebookcheck.com/Test-MSI-GT780R-Notebook.55603.0.html" mentions that the GT780R was quite loud during their testing....They even went so much to recommend the older Asus G73SW. I'm kinda confused

They mentioned that the unit was a pre-production type model. So far all of Ken's tests have temps looking good, and some other folks are commenting on the noise being extremely low.

[moho]

To sum it up nicely:

-little no to GPU activity it's damn near silent, even with a cpu load.

-gaming, the fan picks up a BIT depending on the stress, I used Dirt 3 at max resolution to test

-obviously if turbo fan is active, it sounds like a laptop cooler

So basically, when I'm doing tasks where I want silence such as typing a paper, it's silent, when I'm doing things where I'm listening to music or noise anyway, it's entirely unnoticeable. Again, The fan on this makes a low pitched "whooshing" sound rather than the typical laptop fan whine. it seems to be a bigger fan or something I'd imagine. I highly doubt any gaming laptop would be truly silent anyway

How do you feel about the build quality? Rigidity/durability of the case, hinge quality, and such?

[desktopsheavyonlap]

Hey guys,

More review videos on youtube... finally...

YouTube - &#x202a;MSI GT780R unboxing + first look!&#x202c;&rlm;
YouTube - &#x202a;MSI GT780R First Boot + Initial Thoughts!&#x202c;&rlm;

I'm still waiting on a non-professional review on this product

[edit] video's not mine. i just happen to find it this morning on youtube. thank gumballtech, the reviewer on the video ^.^
Well... i did search for "gt780r" on youtube everyday for the past month or so... sigh

[Cloudfire]

The thing about noise, is that it is highly subjective and varies between people. A guy can say that his notebook is nearly silent, while it is noisy to other.

Thanks for the videos btw desktop. I am also looking forward to reviews from people

[kevin92777]

Thanks for the videos. (: Honestly I'm not all that worried about noise right now, because my current laptop sounds like a rocket ship when it's just sitting there, so pretty much anything that's functioning properly is going to be quieter than that. But, in other good news, I just got off the phone with Ken a little earlier doing all my stuff for my order. So I now have my MSI GT780R ordered. (: I got a 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD, the Bigfoot Network Killer, 4x Blu-ray player (because I never use Blu-ray), and I think that's all the upgrades I got. Haha. I'm excited.