topic Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB in ERAZER Gaming

Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 15:47:38 GMT

So I just purchased a Medion Erazer Beast laptop. https://www.overclockers.co.uk I have issues.

Can't get into bios. This seems to be a thing with Medion stuff as I've seen threads about this. I really want to turn the AMD integrated gpu off as the temps on the CPU are already very high (usually around 86c). And my NVIDIA control panel is lacking the usual options like DRS). Secondly this 3070 laptop gpu either works well or it does'nt. What I mean is DLSS just doesn't work. If I have a game running at 45fps and I turn DLSS on my FPS increases to....45fps, sometimes worse. I appreciate it won't perform like a desktop 3070 but DLSS should work. Otherwise performance is good. But I'm not happy with a poor DLSS performance. And I have the latest drivers.

I'm not sure if anything can be done to be honest. I was suspicious that £1399 was cheap for a laptop with a 3070. But if it's a real cheap OEM version then that would explain it.

Getting into BIOS would be a start though.

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

Fishtown — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 17:40:05 GMT

Hi @slackbladder and welcome

look at page 35:

You can only run the configuration program upon system startup. If the notebook has already started up, switch it off and restart it. ` Press the F2 key to run the UEFI configuration.

https://cdn.medion.com/cdn/download.pl?lang=de&filename=bda_x20_x25_beast_en.pdf&id=21482&type=anleitungen

does that not work?

bye Fishtown

Useful: Control center software

https://www.medion.com/de/service/product-detail/30031969

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

Fishtown — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 17:50:39 GMT

Hi @slackbladder

addendum: look here , Post5 ( the rest is interesting even if the contribution is very, very long)

https://community.medion.com/t5/ERAZER-Gaming/Medion-Erazer-Beast-X25-Benchmark-Performance-und-erster/m-p/116269#M7253

bye Fishtown

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 00:26:51 GMT

Hi. Thanks for the response. I got bios open with F10 eventually but it's pretty basic. UEFI i've not tried yet but will do.

As for DLSS not working effectively maybe it's hit and miss. Will check again.

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 21:16:08 GMT

Just want to say things seem to be working fine. Now I'm thinking of adding another SSD. I'm assuming an NVMe PCIe 4.0 is fine? Like this - Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 Solid State Drive

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

sweetpoison — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:35:11 GMT

Make sure you can return the SSD if is not the right type. It is possible that second M2 slot to be for SATA SSD.

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:07:35 GMT

So does anyone know for sure? This particular laptop doesn't show up on the Medion website so I can't check but I'm sure I read somewhere it had 2 NVMe slots not one and one SATA SSD (pretty sure the SATA SSD would be too big). I'd install myself if it isn't too tricky but it's pretty bad that I can't find more info on their website. Maybe I should email their support team?

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

Fishtown — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:14:44 GMT

Hi @slackbladder

a second PCIe seems to work, see this post,

https://community.medion.com/t5/ERAZER-Gaming/RAID-im-Beast-X25/m-p/120700#M8411

but only with PCIe 3.0, see this post:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/apu/amd-ryzen-processors/amd-ryzen-7-mobile-processors-radeon-graphics/amd-ryzen-7-5800h

bye Fishtown

2 x M.2 SSD

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:30:30 GMT

Hi. Thanks for that. I actually contacted Medion and they said there wasn't room for another SSD. So errm, assuming they are wrong if I used a PCIe 4.0 would it still work but slower (I happen to have a 4.0 lying around)? Otherwise I'll use it on my PS5 and get a PCIe 3.0 for the Erazer. Cheers.

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

daddle — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 20:31:45 GMT

@slackbladder

You can make use of your PCIe M2 SSD 4.0. The higher versions are downwards compatible.

And slower? I do think you couldn't see or feel it.

regards daddle

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 18:01:10 GMT

Hi all. Yeah, just went to Bios and could see there is space for another PCIe NVMe SSD. Why Medion support said there wasn't room for another surprises and worries me. What else do they get wrong?

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

daddle — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 19:08:46 GMT

@slackbladder

This usually you can't see it in Bios. Only after mounting one. What are you trying to say? I told you in my last post you could use your PCIOe, because I know there is another free M2 PCIe Port on your board.

One is addressed directly by the CPU, the other by the chipset, thus a little bit slower.

daddle

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 20:20:30 GMT

According to this - https://community.medion.com/t5/ERAZER-Gaming/RAID-im-Beast-X25/m-p/120700#M8411 which I got by holding down F10 I have two nvme controllers. I looked on my laptop and one is used and another is empty. Is it bios or UEFI? Don't remember the difference, sorry.

And I checked to be certain because Medion Support who should know because, you know, they are SUPPORT, said there was only one. Sorry for any confusion but who was I supposed to believe? Ultimately I did what Fishtown posted and checked for myself.

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

Jforshore86 — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 14:44:33 GMT

Hi everyone. I have just bought this laptop and have looked at what the score is with a second SSD. I was on hold for 20 mins to support and they confirmed with their supervisor that the total max this unit can support is 1tb, added together!. Not each! She confirmed this to me again and again. So unless someone can find out manually if the second SSD slot accept anything larger than a 512, that may be it for the unit totally!! SSD wise.... Hi and thanks for the feed. Mine also came with 2 dead pixels on the screen.

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

Jforshore86 — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:53:06 GMT

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 16:10:12 GMT

I recently installed a 1TB Samsung 980 Pro SSD in the second SSD slot. Everything is fine. I'm afraid Medion's support are not very good. They told me there was only 1 slot!

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

Jforshore86 — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 16:54:23 GMT

Slackbladder, was it hard at all getting into the computer at all? Removing the rear lid and screws etc? Is there anything i have to be careful of and is it a case of just screwing the ssd in? I also want to upgrade the ram to 32gb. Is that difficult as well? Or just removing and replace??? Many thanks

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 17:51:31 GMT

Hi. No it came off easy and was easy to install. Just screw it in place. As for the RAM no idea as I have not touched it.

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

Jforshore86 — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:03:58 GMT

With regards to this whole thread, have you solved the issues you had with the dlss with the F10 solve and the 45fps etc.. I know absolutely nothing about fixing computers, so if I give this thread to a computer guy and my computer, would they be able to get the device working well and understand what needs to be done??

Re: Erazer Beast X25 NVIDIA RTX 3070 16GB

slackbladder — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:25:30 GMT

Yeah everything works as well as I could hope for my laptop. Just remember the BIOS doesn't use UEFI and is quite bare bones. A PC tech should be able to do plenty with the laptop as it's not too tricky but there are limitations with some of its hardware.