Question 1

I bought this laptop a week ago and when i play games (specifically ARAM3) I get a massive drop in FPS but when i plug it in i get 60 FPS no problem, is there a way to make the GPU and/or CPU to perform like it was plugged in but on battery power? please help! thanks!

Accepted Answer

You can turn off the "power management mode" in the Nvidia control panel. You can even do it on a per game basis. It is in the "Manage 3D Settings" panel. I'm not sure if it will help your problem though. The issue it fixed for me was that I was getting FPS drop (to around 30-40fps) plugged in or not due to it trying to save power on an older game that doesn't need all the power. It will probably help somewhat, though as Steven said you probably can't get 100% while on battery.

Question 2

Is there a bay to drop an SSD in there?

Accepted Answer

Yes there is. There is warranty sticker on top of one of the bolts that you need to remove and i spoke with MSI and they told me that sticker won't void the warranty but so far i took that on trust. Just as a observation while i was driving cross country with my laptop in my back pack, the SSD came out of its port(while the laptop was sealed). I think that happened because of the shaking and the position in the backpack so now i remember to put it in vents down(closer to the bottom of the backpack) and haven't had issues since. If your next question is is there slot for 8 more gigs of memory the answer is yes and it's quite hard to fit it in but it can be done.

Question 3

Will this be able to run Battlefield 4 at High to Ultra settings?

Accepted Answer

It runs Ghost at high and everything else i came across. One note tho. I didn't like windows 8 so i had to install win 7 and the drivers for 7 are not exactly perfect, so as a result my Geforce fails to turn on as I start a game with high demands. You can tell by the lag(obviously) and the light above the power on/off remains white(when intel is running) not orange(when GeForce is running or your dedicated card if it is different configuration). When I had it with the factory settings i had no issues but I just couldn't bare that windows.

Question 4

Is the HDD RPM 7200 or 5400??

Accepted Answer

It turns out that it is a 5400 RPM. I originally thought it was 7200, but CrystalDiskInfo states otherwise. This particular model has 2 drive bays though, not to mention that the DVD drive can be replaced with a HDD too. Keep in mind that upgrading this requires voiding the warranty, aside from the DVD drive which just pops out. I suppose you could send it in to MSI for upgrades though. Sorry for the long winded answer.

Question 5

Why there is no COA sticker for Windows 8 with serial number? I formatted the hard drive (recovery partition has been also removed) after I added the SSD drive and now I cannot go back to Windows 8. 
I won't be able to activate Windows 8 without the serial number.

Accepted Answer

Microsoft no longer gives COA codes on machines where windows is pre-installed. Upon booting the machine you will need to make recovery disks. When you put in a new drive it will install windows.

Question 6

If I purchase this and upgrade the WIFI card to an Intel Wireless AC 7260, will that void my warranty if I put the original card back should there be a warrantable issue? Also, if I install an SSD into one of the mSATA slots, will that void my warranty even if I return it to the factory state should there be a warrantable issue with the laptop?

Accepted Answer

Unfortunately yes. On the bottom of the laptop there is a sticker covering one of the screws that says breaking or removing the sticker will void the warranty, now this might only apply to a manufacturer warranty but i don't know. if youre really worried just buy the newegg accidental damage plan. IMO it makes noc sense to have that sticker because the laptop is designed internally to uograde the RAM and even add a second Hdd or ssd.

Question 7

Hi, My question is how many ram slots does the PC have?

Accepted Answer

4 Slots for RAM. One is filled in with the 8GB stick. The 4 slots makes this machine capable of having up to 32GB. Which one may consider to be overkill.

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