"Official" x460DX Owners Thread

[Prism]

Thanks wumpus243 for your answer!

Worth a try (if you haven't already):

A) Windows advanced power settings, and
B) MSi S-bar to Game mode.

Probably done already, but just an idea.

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, as you guessed I already tried this. I also changed "minimum processor state" to 100% on battery in the energy saving options, disabled Intel SpeedStep in the BIOS, tried every possible option in ThrottleStop.

I've done some moderately demanding titles on battery without a problem. Maybe not as demanding as yours.

At the moment I want to play Skyrim, a somewhat demanding game. I suppose if I were to drop the settings to "low' I would manage to play, but this defeats the purpose of having a high-end discrete GPU in the first place. I'm afraid I'll have to return the X460DX... it's a shame, really!

[xenom]

Hi, I just acquired a X460DX-079 (being french) yesterday.

I'm very satisfied ftm but one thing disturbs me concerning the battery. It was charged at 98% when I first started the computer. Generally it is about 50% but even it's not a problem, I'm worrying about the wear level of my battery which is already at 5% does it seem normal ?

Both battery care and hwmonitor give 4-5% wear
I've been testing battery browsing web with wifi and luminosity near minimum in turbo battery mode and battery lasted about 5 hours.
Is that normal ?

Thanks in advance.

[Mr.Mischief]

Hi, I just acquired a X460DX-079 (being french) yesterday.

I'm very satisfied ftm but one thing disturbs me concerning the battery. It was charged at 98% when I first started the computer. Generally it is about 50% but even it's not a problem, I'm worrying about the wear level of my battery which is already at 5% does it seem normal ?

Both battery care and hwmonitor give 4-5% wear
I've been testing battery browsing web with wifi and luminosity near minimum in turbo battery mode and battery lasted about 5 hours.
Is that normal ?

Thanks in advance.

Mine is the same way. 5% battery wear from the first day.

[xenom]

Well, at least I'm not the only one in that case..

Concerning your battery life, are you so far away from the 8 hours announced ?
I've cautiously calibrated it and battery wear even increased to 6%
In any case I'm more worried about my battery life of 4-5hours than battery wear. I think I'll contact MSI for a replacement battery.

[Zeldagix]

I just got my x460DX-007US! This version comes with a 5400rpm hard drive. Which, of course, means that I will have no choice but to upgrade to an SSD! I also plan on upgrading the RAM from 4GB to 8GB.

My battery was at 7% wear out of the box.

I did some benchmarking.

Windows Experience Index:


3DMark06:


CrystalDiskMark:


Yea, 5400rpm hard drive sucks. Maximum GPU temperature during 3DMark06 was 75 °C. And does anybody know why my WEI Graphics score is only 5.3?

Overall I'm loving this new toy!

Oh and another quick note. THX TruStudio PRO is actually quite impressive. I've actually been going through my entire audio library because everything sounds so different (in a positive way). Of course, you'll need a good headset to take advantage of this program (on the integrated speakers the program doesn't make much of a difference).

[xenom]

Hello,

Did you find any way to charge your usb devices when the computer is halted or sleeping ?
I tried both i-charger on the website and supercharger from liveupdate software pretending it permits charging while sleeping but it doesn't seem to be working at all.

[Mr.Mischief]

Hello,

Did you find any way to charge your usb devices when the computer is halted or sleeping ?
I tried both i-charger on the website and supercharger from liveupdate software pretending it permits charging while sleeping but it doesn't seem to be working at all.

Have you tried charging from all three USB ports? My X460 is still at MSI, but I remember the blue light on my Razer mouse stayed on even when the laptop was asleep.

[silver9]

Hi i just got my msi x460dx-007us a few days ago and i love it! I've read through most of this thread but i'm still a little confused.

I'm new to windows 7 since i was using xp on my desktop.

My questions are:

1) Do i need to burn a disc of some sort for backup? (burn recovery)
2) What bloatware do i need to uninstall? i installed Ccleaner but i don't understand how to use it.
3) what drivers do i need to install? are they all up to date?
4) i uninstalled the 60 day trial of Norton and installed avast free and anitmalware free. also installed advanced systemcare 5.
5) i downloaded google chrome. can i uninstall ie9?

My specs are i5-2410 with 4gb ram and 500gb 5400rpm. There is an 120gb ssd for $99, should i switch that with the hard drive? theres also 160gb ssd for $149.

Thanks for your time, i could really use the help!

[silver9]

also, the driver install dvd was working before, but now the list of drivers doesnt show up when i run the dvd

[silver9]

also, the driver install dvd was working earlier, but now the list of drivers doesnt show up when i run the dvd