Genesis IV Not what i expected... but Still No room To complain :D

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Chassis & Display
Genesis IV: 15.6" AUO Matte 95% Gamut LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (£79)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3840QM (2.80GHz) 8MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 635M - 1GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
6x BLURAY WRITER, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Surround 5.1 PRO External (£69)
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Upgrade to 62.16WH 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (£39)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 65W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

( Pardon my bad spelling and grammar)​

( LITTLE RANT FIRST AND WARNING TO OTHERS)​

After now having this laptop for more then 4+ months now i have had time to get into it's Pro's and Con's! and see what it can do and after thinking a High End Multimedia would be a great idea for me, this how ever is not the system i hoped, sure it looks good on paper but how it was put together is a different story. First off all lets get the rant out off the way shall we and Reasons to it?

After buying this laptop i noticed when trying to play the simplest off games on low it would just overheat, so i thought MAYBE! just maybe it's running off the HD 4000 not the 635m but apparently my 635 was running so i could not get why it was suffering so badly. After seeking advice from friends and my own knowledge of laptops, it was painstaking in front off me use the VGA or HDMI outputs into a screen off any choice ( First it was my 26 inh LCD Screen) I booted up Need for Speed Most wanted and it ran like a CHARM! ran it at 1920x1080 on close enough to full graphical power since I know the 636M it's self is not like others and has it's limits. There i was playing a game on my on the Tv screen yet It can't play need for speed on LOW on my main laptop screen? Just skips frames 24/7 I know this is a multimedia system but after paying for a Dedicated card that can't even do that when it says on reviews from other card sites it can makes me wonder? SO Why does my laptop run better on HDMI output? Other laptops can do both and not suffer the same problem? Done everything ( removed Drivers added old and custom drivers from sites PC Specialist advised me to do) Still hates to run games off my laptop screen, my guess is both Chips (Hd 4000 and 635m) are trying to run at the same time and the laptop it's self is fighting back and both just seem to dislike working together?
I know what i was getting and I did not want a gaming laptop yet i still wanted a laptop that could still run certain games at a good rate yet i can't?

IN A NUT SHELL Next time warn people about what it can and can not do

RANT OVER ​

Pro's

1)Screen looks sleek and stunning, the 1920x1080 screen crisp lining is far beyond most laptops to date.
2) CPU show's no slowing down even when running 4-8 different things it never chugs.
3) ( If running a game on HDMI Output) It runs games very well, from bf3 in all Medium without little Frame drop both CPU,RAM and GPU Never slack then in HDMI
Loading times on blu ray Drive are outstanding, just upgraded powerdvd to 13 and both hardware and software work like charm and the 4k image is outstanding even on the Genesis.
4) Quite when not using for High End gaming, or High End video processing or game Design.
5) Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Surround 5.1 PRO External is excellent, depending on speakers or headphones it makes cheap speakers sound like £100 speakers from BOSH! Could listen to the sound off T-Rex walk all day long with that amount off base. The amount off little bit's off Software that came with it are awesome feel like a small time D.J

Cons
1) ( GPU running on laptop screen with games) Not a good idea,Both Chips HD4000 and the Geforce 635M chip both over heat and the laptop games -Say bf3- will crash and over heat making it impossible to play anything.- If you really want to play a game on the laptop screen lower the resolution and install the old 3.14 drivers-
2) Blu ray player is very noisy

Would i recommend this to me friends?
Yes... but no due to the fact Even this laptop should be able to play games on its own screen without much hiccups.

and still do like the laptop ( Hell ya! ) just this little thing that makes me wonder is it worth contacting them over?

 

[mantadog]

If it's not working properly then why not get it fixed? I mean I know it sounds obvious but if it wont play games properly on your laptop screen but it plays ok on your 2nd display then it obviously has a problem. So far as I can work out it can't be the dedicated GPU and the on board graphics trying to do the work together because otherwise it would play up on your 2nd display too...

I don't think this is a problem with the system, it's a problem with your machine. If I were you I would ask PCS to look at it, could be a fault on the motherboard or something.

 

[Yamikotai]

Pretty sure Optimus isn't working right, and it's trying to use the HD4000 for the main display - chances are the HDMI port is connected to the GT635M rather than the HD4000 so it automatically uses that for games played via HDMI.

 

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Wont have anything sadly Hd4000 seems to run only on my laptop screen and I think it trys to run my games as well so its haveing to work 10x harder then it should. I can see what they tried to do but it's clearly not the way I think laptops should be made. Wanted other peoples views on it as well, should be able to run smoothly by turning on off not having both on at the same time. I will be contacting them on Monday then i guess.

 

[Yamikotai]

There's an easy way to force games to use the GT635m.

http://superuser.com/questions/484962/how-to-force-my-laptop-to-use-the-discrete-gpu

 

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Already tried that, still has no affect at all. Still drops the frame rate after about 2-3 mins off gameplay

 

[mantadog]

Well if it's a known issue then I would be badgering PCS for a suitable replacement laptop in all honesty. That is just a failure of design and really not up to usual PCS quality. I haven't had time to post much recently but when I was active here before everything was normally top notch. Should not be selling the machine with a separate card if it cannot use the said card properly. End of story.

 

[Yamikotai]

Well if it's a known issue then I would be badgering PCS for a suitable replacement laptop in all honesty.

Mine has no such problem, so I imagine his needs to be sent in for repair.