*OFFICIAL* Alienware "Graphics Amplifier" Owner's Lounge and Benchmark Thread (All 13, 15 and 17)

Do you really need external screen if you want better bench score? I have never heard about this before.

 

I'm guessing you used an external monitor? I'll have to try it, also what kind of score do you get using the AW screen?

 

The AGA uses a JST connector which looks like this:

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...tor-with-Wires-Cables/719331_32495230920.html

 

When you're using the laptop's screen, the rendered output is piped back over the same connection used to send data to the AGA. This typically takes up about 10% of the bandwidth.

If you use an external monitor plugged into the AGA, there's no need to send the rendered output back to the laptop. That 10% overhead goes away, letting you get higher frame rates.

So yes, using an external monitor will help withperformance.

 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12655409?
Around 1482 MHz, I overclocked a little bit.

 

That's a lot.

 

I understand. This means that people need also to invest in an external monitor to have the pleasure of maximum performance from their external graphics card. Oh well
This means that those who bought GTX 970 desktop cards. Barely can have better performance than a heavy OC'd GTX980M if they used the internal screen.

 

1.5GHz gaming

 

Heaven benchmark results :

GTX 980M : 1184
GTX 1080 FE :2516

everthing maxed out at 1080p..

17 R2 here, isnt it amazing.

 

I just got the water cooling 980 Ti, don't upset me

 

depends on how much you paid for it hope you got it for a good discounted price

 

CA$799

 

wow thats a lot. Which one is it? I am surprised they haven't dropped down closer to 450 usd

 

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-1996-KR

 

if you are not going to use VR and use 1080p for gaming, this card wont fail you for a long time...but that price is high .. better to have a custom gtx 1070

 

It means all that heat your OC'd GTX980m would be making is external to the laptop.

 

Hey folks.. brand new on here. I was looking for some information about my X51 R3. I purchased a graphics amplifier and an ASUS 1070 Founders Edition. Currently the X51 has a GTX 960 inside. I was wondering how this may effect the performance? It almost seems as if my system recognizes both cards and is using both as they both seem to be spinning up. My monitor is showing usage of the 960 even though both of my displays are hooked up to the 1070 in the GA.

I know that this isn't an SLI situation... just confused as I figured the 960 would not be used for really anything. Both cards register and both are showing activity. Is it possible that some work is being offloaded on to the 960? Should I just remove it?

Sorry if this seems incredibly newbish. I just recently got the desktop and have been a console nerd for a long time.

 

I finally plugged an external monitor to do some more testing with the AGA and GTX 1080 FE and I was amazed by the improvement in scores. This was with a slight OC of +150 on core and +200 on memory using MSI afterburner and top temp was 69 C which has room for more OC. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12680396? I am now more relieved knowing with an external monitor the performance is there.

 

Nice score.. But my Titan X did a little better LINK. Push that 1080 a little hire please & beat my score!

 

Sure why not, I upped it to +200 on core and +300 on memory and this was the score http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12681769? these cards are pretty good.

 

Awesome! Now beat THIS ONE please for more rep!

 

Doesn't GTX 1080 supposed to beat yours, He has r3 with better cpu..means aga performs better in R2 ?

 

i7-4980HQ is known for heavy throttling. A Skylake 6700Hq should fine match previous HQ top model without much difficulty even with lower clock speed

 

Not necessarily.. Each GPU variant performs differently in different benchmark tests. Some are stronger in one type but not in another, but in theory the 1080 should beat the Titan X. Also his 17R3's CPU is not better than the one in my 17R2.. I also have a 17R3 with a better CPU than the one he has, which I have yet to test/benchmark with my AGA. Contemplating selling my Titan X to buy a nice 1080, although I really desire to hold off until the 1080Ti gets released because the performance difference with my current setup is far too close to justify an upgrade in GPU as it stands.

 

The 1080 did, he got 15629 in firwstrike
The Titan on the R2 got 15470 in firestrike. However the 1080 was OC.
The skylakes and the haswells perform about the same. Skylakes are just a little cooler and more energy efficient.
The Titan X, the 1080, and the 980Ti are also around the same. It only takes a bit of OC to get a Titan X and a 980Ti to get really close to the numbers of a 1080.

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Look at the numbers a bit closer and you'll see the 1080 is slightly better.

 

True, in Firestrike.. Try beating my 3DMark 11 score & see how you do.. That's a different kind of benchmark all together & the 1080 may not be able to top out the Titan X there although I hope it does. P18838

 

Need your opinion:

I'm going for 1080p gaming at a rock solid 60fps, full settings. Should I get a 1080 or a 1070?
Do you think the 1070 can survive 2 gens of 1080p gaming?

Considerations:

Today's 80 series will likely be next gen's 70 series (i.e. the 1070 performs almost exactly like the 980ti). That means if I buy a 1080, I'll probably be able to use it for 1-2 more gens.
If I get a 1070, it won't hurt as much (financially) then I can just buy another 70 series card down the line.




One more thing. Will the 1070 work with the AGA? I read a few pages back that there's a problem.

 

Guys i need urgent help
"Nvidia display settings not available, you are not currently using a display attached to an Nvidia GPU"

this happens when i both connect my Aga or without it, i can see the GPUs in device manager and nvidia experience but cant use them because of this message..i remember this happening to me once but i dont remember how i fixed it.

I tried DDU for clean installation of the driver but same thing happens (((

please help

 

For everyone that would like to see why the 5.5 inch cards won't work watch this video. Skip to about the 530 mark and you can see what happens

 

Is there a list of psu that work with the amp and have the power connector in the right place?

 

i hooked AGA to an external monitor, no problem there

 

Phew, i fixed it, i also uninstalled integrated gpu and updated its drivers, now it working properly..

 

Try this one.... This my aga after changing the psu...

http://imgur.com/6Gni0ml

 

Looks good how quiet is it ?

 

Would you guys say that at this time a 980ti will work with out any problems and a 1070 has issues?

 

I have a 1070fe - no issues

 

I'm interested in this as well.

 

This fits in the AGA?

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The height will work but not sure about it being 11.26 long. It notes that all the 10.5 will fit.

 

I just ordered one directly from nvidia. Supposedly they have them in stock.

 

The psu doesnt really make any noise at all.
Im still waiting for my noctua nf a9 fan and will replace the default aga fan....

 

will an 11in card fit (1080 G1 Gaming)?

 

That's something that is not quite clear to me, we know it has to be less than 5 inches tall, but how long can you go?

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Does the GTX 1080 FE in the GA work with gsync to an external monitor?

 

Bought the corsair cx650m version plus noctual fan damn thing is so quiet now I had to open it up to make sure it was working.

 

this just in.......

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12751876

OC settings:

 

So you're able to close the AGA completely with the cx650m? if so i'm definitely grabbing one for the noise reduction.

 

I got an Evga 1080 SC a little over a week ago and finally decided to run a benchmark tonight (after getting 3dmark on sale), and Firestrike result was 15502. Thats with no overclock. This is with a 17R3 6820HK. Bios is 1.2.8. I then decided to try using MSI Afterburner but got very unstable results when running the benchmark. It went black and unresponsive. Had to hard reset. Happened 3 times, with what i thought was mild overclocks. I'm wondering if there is an issue with MSI and an EVGA card? This was the latest beta of Afterburner. Should I try with EVGA Pecision?

Edit: Got more stable results with Precision OCX. Card does not seem that overclockable though. I managed a slightly better score than what I'm posting, but I did not save it:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12761301

 

Yes able to close the top fine.