Their marketing has top notch claims, first notebook built for overclocking and such, for enthusiasts, overclockers and such....but it is false. They limit their CPU power package to 60W, ridiculously low. I managed after months, to hack the power limits imposed by the EC firmware from their design team, so that it would actually perform as it should, where the only limit is thermal throttling....imposing forced power limits is a crime for such a marketed notebook built for overclocking. As I mentioned in other posts, I think EVGA is exiting the notebook market, and I agree they should if they can't stand by their marketing claims.....although the machine is well built they need to review their marketing and actually produce notebooks for enthusiastis as the marketing mentions, built for overclocking.
Although the i7-7950HK can't be compared to the LGA counterpart 7700k, after many months of frustration, I managed to bypass the EVGA cancer limiting my machine components.
on Hwbot, brazil novice team managed the 1st spot for CB15, CB 11.5, Geekbench 4, XTU, Wprime 32.....please EVGA, when marketing as an overclockable notebook for enthusiasts....make it so....as your brand deserves, like I have tried to prove....otherwise tone down your marketing and compete with the mediocre bunch.
I still stand by that EVGA has exited the notebook segment and could care less.....but if they do attempt another try, please go for full performance, ignoring the thin and light market for a quality and no compromise build. If they do, I will be there proving it so....doing my best to make it perform top notch on all relevant benchmarks.
http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/core_i7_7820hk/ Thanks for nothing for giving me a gimped i7-7950HK and a relatively gimped GTX1080 for a thin design but heavy nonetheless, and a fancy GUI BIOS that does nothing to unleash the beast. Ridiculous marketing, well built machine, and a lot of work from my end to make it perform as it should......throttling only with thermal limits and not some random engineering design choice, probably for warranty purposes instead of standing by their lofty and obviously false misleading marketing claims. First Notebook built for overclocking......hahahahaha......I want a refund for such a claim, or at least release a notebook designed for such claims, full performance and no compromise.....there is a niche market for that, in which only Clevo is claiming and their is a lot of space for improvement.
post edited by vistarshook - 2018/07/15 17:35:20