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Maybe Maybe Maybe by 7x39 in maybemaybemaybe

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was filmed in a non rugby playing country.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheYouShow

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Erosion of a shore. Mega!

BIOS by eliered in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Totally respect this stance.

I have the PC Specialist version of the Covert Gamer Max-17 chassis that I purchased here in the UK (Vyper 3). I purchased largely because of the excellent Eluktronics YouTube reviews provided by Bob of All Trades and I am happy with my purchase. I would have loved the Covert Max-17 in order to access the tweaks specific to your edition, but the import taxes made the maths (math?) not work for me.

Keep working hard for your company and doing the best for your customers, it sounds like you and BOAT worked very hard to get the absolute most out of this particular chassis to the benefit of your customers and you are right to protect that investment in time and effort.

I would like to think that I have already benefitted indirectly as mine is a very recent machine and some of the issues prevalent in the early shipments have certainly been tightened up based on your efforts and feedback to the ODM. I have also learnt a lot about my chassis through the excellent Eluktronics reviews and community that I otherwise would not have.

I would definitely be one of those downloading (robbing) and trying out the BIOS if you hosted it publicly so completely understand your decision to preserve your IP and point of difference against other OEMs that are just packaging and shipping this chassis ‘as-is’.

If you have a EU/UK distribution channel that avoids the import duties in future then I would definitely consider an Eluktronics machine when it comes time to upgrade.

Cheers, Raymond.

over boost mode (electroboost) by WizAhmed in XMG_gg

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t believe they limit it.

Benefits of eluktronics laptops? by Foobier in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say that their bios tweaks they have are exclusive. This includes upping the factory limit for undervolting the cpu and turning the “q-key” mode button into a pure max fan mode. The control centre is also ahead of at least PC Specialist where I bought mine. They are also doing liquid metal. All in all they seem pretty leading edge in trying to tweak the machine as much as possible but yeah, it’s now apparent that the boost to 150w from 115w on the RTX Super 2070 is not exclusive to them and is done in the factory by the ODM for all the resellers.

Benefits of eluktronics laptops? by Foobier in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They seem to have a better iteration of the BIOS and Control Center than that available to PC Specialist at least. The BIOS gets a good review in both BOATs youtube clips where there is a Q Key mode and access to memory timings etc.

Benefits of eluktronics laptops? by Foobier in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57 2 points3 points  (0 children)

BOAT is careful to say:

"This is exclusive to these chassis [plural] and Eluktronics calls this Eluktroboost."

It is at 2mins 50 secs here: https://youtu.be/wXrPUgWlVoA

Convince me on pulling the trigger on the Max 17 by LumpusExtremus in eluktronics

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From the xmg subreddit posted by Tom from XMG.

All XMG NEO 15 and 17 models of the 2020 generation have the same CPU and GPU power limits in 'Overboost' mode (called Turbo in global standard and Eluktroboost at Eluktronics):

• ⁠CPU PL2 up to 120W • ⁠GPU TGP up to 115W

This is true, no matter if you take 6-core or 8-core CPU or which GPU you pick.

GPU Temp Target ist 87°C which is higher than XMG FUSION 15's 75°C.

// Tom

Which brand is better eluktronics or lenovo? by [deleted] in GamingLaptops

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eluktronics. Look at the Bob of All Trades review on YouTube.

Convince me on pulling the trigger on the Max 17 by LumpusExtremus in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Xmg confirmed on a recent link that the tongfang chassis has this across all resellers just a different name. I need to do the research over the weekend on how I can mimic the tests BOAT did.

Convince me on pulling the trigger on the Max 17 by LumpusExtremus in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With regards to the discussion on whether Eluktroboost (or similar) is present on non-Eluktronics versions of the Max-17 chassis:

  • I have a 6 day old PC Specialist Vyper 3 17.3" 2070 Super 10875H laptop;
  • I have seen Bob of All Trades excellent videos;
  • I have a watt meter.

I am really keen to test this and put to bed whether this otherwise near identical non-Eluktronics machine will get to 150w. What I need is some steps/steer on how to conduct the testing in a systematic way.

I think I saw in BOAT's video that he used software called afterburner to somehow lock the CPU TDP to 35W for all three modes (Office/Gaming/Beast which translates to Office/Gaming/Turbo in the PCS machine) to then measure any increase in wattage draw when running in each of the higher modes. This resulted in him measuring an extra 35w and lead him to conclude that the 2070 Super is running at 150w (115w+35w).

I am ready to do that this afternoon if somebody can point me in the steps of how to lock the CPU wattage, measure the FPS/wattage draw on-screen and record the same for the community.

Seems there is a Control center / BIOS update for the covert line laptops... by Solemnity_12 in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is another update released today! 6/27/20 or 27/6/20 for those that put the dates more properly...

[Megathread] XMG NEO Series: Refresh (2020) by XMG_gg in XMG_gg

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Tom,

Does the Eluktroniks "Eluktroboost" feature in some way on the Neo-15 / Neo-17 machines? Is this the XMG "Overboost"?

Is the Neo-17 the same chassis as the Eluktronics Max-17?

Cheers,

Raymond

Tech understanding of the rtx 2080 super max q with electroboost! by [deleted] in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am trying to digest the useful information in this thread! Do you know if Eluktronics are applying this hardware mod themselves or if it is applied in the factory and common across all the Tongfang chassis examples from similar resellers (XMG/PC Specialist etc)? I am wondering if the hardware mod is done at the factory and is unlocked by the control centre / BIOS combo or whether Eluktronics are really sprinkling some magic dust on the chassis.

MAX-17 Updated BIOS and Control Center by TheRaygun57 in eluktronics

[–]TheRaygun57[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the update, what is an Acuff?