Vyper 17.3 First impressions

HarryPT

Member
I received my new Vyper Series: 17.3" laptop a few days ago:

Chassis & Display
Vyper Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor 10875H (2.3GHz, 5.1GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 SUPER - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Card Reader (Full Size SD / SDHC / SDXC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Vyper Series 91WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x THUNDERBOLT 3 PORT + 3 x USB 3.1 PORTS
Keyboard Language
VYPER 17 SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs

I was going to buy a similar laptop from eluktronics, but decided not to due to the £700 import charges.
Here are some pictures, first impressions, and benchmarks:

 

bengag

New member
Hi, sorry to bother, but were these results with the GPU set to discrete in the BIOS? I’ve seen it suggested elsewhere that it can make a difference to 3D results as otherwise everything is being transferred to the screen through the iGPU. Wonderfully thorough overview by the way, thanks!
 

HarryPT

Member
Good to hear, just ordered mine pretty much the same as yours 😎
Great, It's quite powerful, just don't expect over 4 hours of battery life. I'm getting a portable outlet to compensate. Please let me know if you have the same issues as me. I had a couple of small problems - Bluetooth stutter on battery and the keyboard light making a high pitched sound. I'd rather have these small problems though than pay razer £1000 more for a 2070 max q and a smaller battery.
 

MCB1988

New member
Great, It's quite powerful, just don't expect over 4 hours of battery life. I'm getting a portable outlet to compensate. Please let me know if you have the same issues as me. I had a couple of small problems - Bluetooth stutter on battery and the keyboard light making a high pitched sound. I'd rather have these small problems though than pay razer £1000 more for a 2070 max q and a smaller battery.

Yeah for the money it's the best around but I'll keep you posted when it's here
 

HarryPT

Member
Hi, sorry to bother, but were these results with the GPU set to discrete in the BIOS? I’ve seen it suggested elsewhere that it can make a difference to 3D results as otherwise everything is being transferred to the screen through the iGPU. Wonderfully thorough overview by the way, thanks!
Thanks for the advice. I changed mshybrid to dGPU and saw a slight improvement in performance connected to power and on battery:

Battery: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/28465292
Power: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/28465500

No change in Blender: https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/3a2ce326-126b-4296-86e8-6948bbce2830/

I guess if you're connected to power and just want to game then you could improve performance by switching to dGPU and back to mshybrid when on battery.
 

qawely

Member
Hi, sorry to bother, but were these results with the GPU set to discrete in the BIOS? I’ve seen it suggested elsewhere that it can make a difference to 3D results as otherwise everything is being transferred to the screen through the iGPU. Wonderfully thorough overview by the way, thanks!

Hi, I didn't see any GPU related settings in BIOS. Are there?
 

qawely

Member
Here's the option in my bios (2.21.1277)


What model is your laptop/desktop?

My laptop is Vyper 17.3. I've just check the BIOS again, there's no Switchable Graphics like yours. The version mentioned at the bottom blue panel is also 2.21.1277 for mine (photo below)
MyBios.jpg
 

qawely

Member
I'd contact PCS, it's likely you'll need a BIOS upgrade, but you need to do that with their oversight to keep warranty intact.

I see. I thought it's quite odd that given same BIOS version I am presented different menu. Thank you for the advice. I'll check with PCS on this.
 

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
I see. I thought it's quite odd that given same BIOS version I am presented different menu. Thank you for the advice. I'll check with PCS on this.
Yeah, that’s quite an important setting that you need on this chassis, if you explain it to PCS they’ll be able to help out.
 

Delanno

Active member
Guys, I was thinking about undervolting the Vyper 15.6.
What you suggest to start? Should I do through BiOS or use the XTU? Then to do the stress test should I use XTU or prime95?
I have never done it before but would like to do as way of getting slightly better temperatures at the CPU.
 

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
Guys, I was thinking about undervolting the Vyper 15.6.
What you suggest to start? Should I do through BiOS or use the XTU? Then to do the stress test should I use XTU or prime95?
I have never done it before but would like to do as way of getting slightly better temperatures at the CPU.
You can’t undervolt 10th gen through software, can only be done through the BIOS. So you’ll be limited to -50mv

Id use Prime95 for stress test, and then something like fire strike.
 

Delanno

Active member
Thanks for the suggestion.
Should I do the fire strike test before the prime95 or the other way around?
And actually there is a video on YouTube showing. You enable the undervolting software through the BIOS.
Have you tried any undervolting?

Undervolting the i7 10750H:
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Bukky

Member
Hey there !!

Thanks very much for all the data you gave us ! I'm thinking of buying a Vyper too, and I still got a couple of questions, maybe you can answer those ? (not sure though).
Do you know what the power limit allowed by PCSpecialist for this specific laptop is ? 90 W ? 120 W ?
I'd also like to know wether you've checked DPC latencies for this model depending on the power profile ?
 
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