MSI GX60 Gaming Notebook Announced Discussion

[Sarah White]

MSI has unveiled its upcoming MSI GX60 notebook, targeting gamers who are interested in portability without sacrificing on gaming performance ... using the latest AMD technology.

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[Mobius 1]

I heard that the CPU AMD uses on this thing is on par with 2nd gen i5's like the 2450M, wouldn't this seriously bottleneck everything?

[Karamazovmm]

I heard that the CPU AMD uses on this thing is on par with 2nd gen i5's like the 2450M, wouldn't this seriously bottleneck everything?

it will probably be a bottleneck

[Forge]

it will probably be a bottleneck

We've been theorizing that the CPU would perform at about the level of an i3 2310m.

Going with that assumption, Meaker did some testing a while back. (Emphasis mine)

Metro 2033 @ 1080p, very high, 4xaa, 4xaf DX11 (no adv physx)

Average Framerate: 33.67
Max. Framerate: 91.91
Min. Framerate: 2.20

7970M @ 950/1575 + 2310m.

(I think the below test was done with an 2820qm)

Average Framerate: 43.24
Max. Framerate: 88.79 (Frame: 1744)
Min. Framerate: 10.57 (Frame: 1301)

At 925/1575.

[Atom Ant]

I heard that the CPU AMD uses on this thing is on par with 2nd gen i5's like the 2450M, wouldn't this seriously bottleneck everything?

The desktop version A10-5800K ain't seems bottle-necking a Radeon 7870, so I guess the scenario will be similar with A10-4600M and Radeon 7870M.



The fact is CPU power won't do sensible difference for gaming.

[Forge]

From Meaker's test, it looks like it's noticeably bottlenecked. Changing the CPU netted a 25% average FPS increase.

Yes, the i3-2310m is just a surrogate for the A10-4600m, but they should be close enough that we can draw the conclusion that, yes, the 4600m will bottleneck the GPU compared to an i7.

Right now, it's going to come down to how attractively priced it is.

[Karamazovmm]

From Meaker's test, it looks like it's noticeably bottlenecked. Changing the CPU netted a 25% average FPS increase.

Yes, the i3-2310m is just a surrogate for the A10-4600m, but they should be close enough that we can draw the conclusion that, yes, the 4600m will bottleneck the GPU compared to an i7.

Right now, it's going to come down to how attractively priced it is.

indeed, its been awhile since amd made a decent cpu, thus it would bottleneck, just wasnt sure on how much it would be
just look at total war games that are cpu intensive, amd cpus bottleneck the performance heavily. hell even a i7 2600k still bottlenecks

[Mobius 1]

The only logical solution is to get the end-year P570WM with an i7 3930K

From Meaker's test, it looks like it's noticeably bottlenecked. Changing the CPU netted a 25% average FPS increase.

Yes, the i3-2310m is just a surrogate for the A10-4600m, but they should be close enough that we can draw the conclusion that, yes, the 4600m will bottleneck the GPU compared to an i7.

Right now, it's going to come down to how attractively priced it is.

I guess if you overclock the A-10 on this thing you can get a slightly higher performance than the i5 2450M?

[Forge]

I haven't been keeping up with the ins and outs of Trinity. Has anyone managed to overclock it yet?

[IKAS V]

It all looked great until I seen what CPU they used, A10...really! Great idea take one of the top GPU's and bottle neck it with a CPU that can't match or even come close to entry level i5.
@ Forge unfortunately no OC that I know of, which was a surprise becuase the older llano did very well.
I hope it has dual channel memory.