Are there really 2 versions of 555M? GF116 and GF106?

Is there any difference between the 2?

Benefits?

 

Yeah, the GF116 core gives slightly better performance while using less energy and outputting less heat. I'm actually somewhat hoping my mobo dies one day so I can maybe get a GF116 replacement.

 

Yes this is true although ive heard people havent managed to overclock the 116 aswell as the gf106 versions. As in not as stable and 3dmark scores are meant to be lower. Although this isnt fact, simply what i heard.

 

If I read that right you said people havent manage to OC the GF106, if then well I like to assure you that you're wrong, there are bunch of people who already OC their GF106 those people also including me. OC aside, the GF116 sure is slight faster but as far as I know, people with GF116 seem to have problem like NVIDIA driver problem and unable to OC without crashing or having problems, though the problem seem to only happen to those with the 3GB version, the 1.5GB seem to be unaffected.

 

So far this is correct, i am so far unable to match you GF106 guys.
I have been looking at this and i have heat issues that i will try and resolve with a repaste and cooler..

Once i have repaseted and when I've bought a cooler i'll have another go..

Pete.

 

haha. you totally read it wrong

 

No i meant the gf116 doesnt overclock as much as the gf106. I overclock mine aswell. Just meant the gf116 isnt meant to be as stable when overclocking.

 

Interesting, I guess I'm better off Keeping the gf106. They are both DDR3 right?

If I have anymore problems with this laptop (6 Repairs in 2 weeks), I'm going Asus ROG, Slightly better CPu (200 Mhz more), 8 gigs, 15.6 inches (same rez), Nvidia 560M GTX and same price .

I would love to have a laptop with GDDR5, hopefully R2 will have GDDR5. My prediction is though, that we will get the rebrand 635M GT

 

Nah, it'll probably have the GT 650M. M11x r4 will probably have the GT 640M

 

I hope your right, but I doubt it, it would be too big of a performance boost. And I really doubt the m11x will get the 640M, its basically the 650M...unless its the 640M LE w/ GF108 then maybe...

 

I dont see why not, the GT 640M's power consumption is that of about the GT 525M. Hell we could even see the GT 650M in the M11x r4 and the 660M in the R2

 

It's not only about power consumption it's also about cost. Dell's trend is also trying to keep the same area of performance because it costs them less and us more.

 

Are you guys going to upgrade to the next ivy bridge lineup? I may consider in the future downsizing to a 14-15" as my xps 17 isnt exactly portable.

Woo 1000 posts

 

I might go lenovo. I love alienware, but until they get their reliability up and get some proper English speaking Tech I'm going to keep my distance.

I don't know how many times I have to say "my delete key is stuck" and "can you replace the casing that goes AROUND the keyboard", without getting the question so what's the problem 50 million times.

 

Okay, yeah. At 700mhz my GF116 will beat your GF106 in a benchmark like 3Dmark11. At 750mhz, you'll beat mine...because mine will crash at this speed. The highest I can clock is 730mhz, with extreme almost instant crashes. 720, I can play but crash eventually. I can push 710mhz stable on Crysis 2 (barely) and on BF3 I can only push as far as 700mhz. So all together, 700mhz is about all I can put through.
If you have the GF106, you're actually lucky. My 3dmark11 highest score I ever got was p1722. I've seen p1800-1900 with the GF106.

 

I have managed 3DM11 @ 838,1676,990 P1987 with GF116 and the volt mod but I can't get any further..

 

That score is not the score from the GT555M, because I just run a few test and the framerate is unbelievably low, and feel like the GPU is not switch and I am correct when I click on the "Help" tab on 3DMark11, clearly the GPU adapter is set to Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (#0). The benchmark is not test on the GT555M instead the GT555M just run the 3Dmark11 program itself not the benchmark.

Because I also did a test with 3DMark06, and clearly I can get an average framerate (30-50) and it is running using the GT555M as I confirm it on the setting menu itself. So I'm sorry to say that what you guys been discussing on, are not the benchmark of the GT555M, but the Intel iGPU. This is not a new problem because if you do some research you'd see even those with who are desktop user with something like i7 2600K with a GTX580 still having problem of low score.

 

Well if you just plug an HDMI cable in, it forces every app to use the GT 555M

 

i got a GF106 3GB and my best 3dmark11 score so far is P2002 @835core / 1080Mem. not stable beyond 3dmark, but very happy to break 2K. 2820QM, 8GB HyperX1866, Forcre GT 240GB@ SATAIII.

 

Nice score as to 3dmark 11, haven't played to much with it with my 6990m bit I'll have to get run it and see what I get.

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