DukeCLR

Good luck with your new machine.

Thanks, as soon as I get a chance I will give it a go. My stepdaughter is getting married in Sept so my tinkering time is limited. I do have a bunch of thermal paste and some Honeywell fabric to try if needed. Thanks again!!

I appreciate the replies, I'm still learning on how these laptop balance everything. Unfortunately XTU and Throtlestop don't won't allow me to make changes, I wonder if it's because it's a new CPU. I still need to figure out what to tweak other then the core voltage. I just tested the system by running Cinebench while running Furmark, the MSI AB graphs show the voltage was pretty steady as well as the temps. It's all power limited from what I can see. I'm going to collect data while playing a few rounds of BF 2042 and see what the results are.

I have been tinkering with things, so far a -.150 volt on the CPU core didn't seem to make much of a difference in the Cinebench score, I still need to learn what other changes I can make in the BIOS because XTU and TS will not allow me to make changes. I was able to play with the slider on MSI AB and with a =125 on the GPU clock I was able to gain a bit on Timespy. I ran out of time and I'll try to adjust it more down the road.

I found this in the hidden BIOS.

Hello, new TS user here, I have been trying to undervolt my GE77HX and when i get to the portion of the guide to start undervolting I'm unable to select any of the options. It appears that it is locked somehow. I'm wondering if there is something I need to select in BIOS to enable this. Here is the image of my TS screen

I had a chance to get into the hidden BIOS and download TS. I tried to follow the guide but when I got to the undervolting section I was unable to change anything. Is there a setting I'm missing?

I have ordered some pressure paper, K5 Pro,and some thermal pads. I'm going to get something for my CPU but I haven't decided on what to get. Next week some time I should be able to take the heat sink off and take a peek at it. This week's project will be to get Throttle stop installed and try some undervolting.

I ran it again, similar score.

I know nothing about getting into a secret BIOS, I'll check it out. I also didn't see many options in the BIOS I accessed while booting the laptop, so far everything is stock, I updated an intel driver, perhaps that caused the difference in the score. For this test I didn't have HW info going but in the image i put up the AB graphs and CPU wattage stayed around 115 W.

Reading this made my try out another Cinebench run with my Afterburner running so I could see the graphs of the Cores, power and temperature. Not sure why but my score improved.

I had an Everki Titan, I would rest it on the top part of my suitcase but after a couple of years it was causing shoulder pain so I need to get a bag that I could hang from the hook on my suitcase. my GT73 barely fit in there so the GT77 would have been problematic. I wish Everki made one suitable for me, the craftsmanship is amazing, the one I use now is $50.00 pos but ti works. I do look forward to tuning this thing in.

When I tried launching XTU there was a message that stated I would need a different CPU, I also didn't see any options in the BIOS. I will need to research it more. That GT77 is beast, I wish it would have fit into my flight bag. That video makes me more comfortable with my choices for CPU/GPU.

I just played a round of BF 2042, I have MSI AB up and running, Interestingly enough in the monitoring options GPU temp isn't listed, I usually have that with the CPU temp. Overall 2042 ran nicely, I set everything to low for speed and you can the the FPS in the bottom graph was averaging 120 is, I'll put a FPS cap at 120 which should smooth it out a bit. I'm interested in seeing how the CPU speed changes during the game and I look forward to seeing what Throttestop can do for me.

I guess I must of failed in my research, I thought the HX CPUs were unlocked. I just tried to use XTU and discovered that I can't adjust things. I guess I better get Throttlestop up and running.

I ran another Timespy and got 12180, HW Monitor showed P core #7 causing a throttle, I think the first thing I will try is to lower the voltage for that core. I'm still trying to figure out what all the different terms are, lol.

The noise is a bit higher in pitch but not as loud as my GT73. I'm going to try Timespy with HW monitor on to see whats going on, I'm new to Alder Lake so I'm unsure what to tweak at this point. I have a lot of reading to do. I went into the BIOS to see if there were memory settings but I didn't see any. I did install the new kit, here are before and after ADIA64 benchmarks.

Good Idea, I'll grab AIDA64 and run a test before I swap it out. I have notice that there are 2 times I go over 16 GB of RAM, Playing MS 2020 and Icarus, I figured the new kit would be handy.

That was a helpful video you referenced, I got a reply from GentechPC and I was just able to pull it off with a suction cup and plastic pry tool. I found some extra thermal pads In my Z590 MB box and was able to install the second SSD, I will get the RAM kit in the mail this evening and should have it installed. The new RAM https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-262-pin-ddr5-so-dimm/p/N82E16820374388?Item=N82E16820374388 Here is a picture of the stock RAM.

I'm afraid to remove it to check without having a bunch of paste to reapply afterward. My first task is to figure out how to remove the heat sink over the RAM so I can put the new sticks in.

Here is a Timespy result.

I was going to install a second SSD but I don't have any thermal pads, my GT 73 had some stuck into the blank space. I also have new RAM coming from Newegg today, it looks like there is an aluminum cover over the RAM. I'm hesitant to just pull it off and I'll send an email to Gentech for advice. I also see that the paste job looks a bit messy.

My new GE77 arrived late last night, I haven't had much time to get into it but I was able to run Cinebench two times, once out of the box the second time after installing MSI Center and selecting performance. The score was worse with the software installed. Both times P core 7 hit 96 which led to throttling. I have never used Cinebench before so I don't really know what these numbers mean.

It's already shipped out, I will check out and post all the info, HHmonitor will be on of the first things I install. I will also be pulling the back off to install a second SSD and new RAM so I might check out the paste job.

Lol, I think the new lady will be getting all of my attention when I get it on Thursday.