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    7970M Benchmark check - anyone running WoW with it?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by The Zen Crane, May 27, 2012.

  1. The Zen Crane

    The Zen Crane Newbie

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    So super excited about the 7970M, even over my 580M. Pulled up World of Warcraft, 1920x1080 Ultra setting (AAx4) and got... 35 FPS sitting around in Stormwind. Seemed a little... underwelming. So now I am not certain if its the card or just my unreasonable expecations.

    Thoughts? Anyone else with the new unit want to share thier real world experience with the 7970M and WoW. Maybe I got a slow card or something. :) Since GPU-Z doesn't seem to work with it yet, hard to monitor performance and load.

    Again, thanks for your comments!
     
    The Zen Crane, May 27, 2012
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  2. GTRagnarok

    GTRagnarok Notebook Evangelist

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    Press Fn+F7 to turn off the integrated graphics and run solely on the 7970M. GPUZ also doesn't work with Intel's integrated graphics for me, but it'll work for the 7970M.
     
    GTRagnarok, May 27, 2012
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  3. [Cyanide]

    [Cyanide] Notebook Consultant

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    I get around 31 fps in Org with barely anyone around with everything cranked up, seemed kinda low as well.

    Ahhhh apparently I was running on the HD4000 graphics chipset, CPUz reports I'm using the 7970M now after hitting Fn+F7 and rebooting, thanks!
     
    [Cyanide], May 27, 2012
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  4. Gentoo

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    What kind of FPS are you getting now?
     
    Gentoo, May 27, 2012
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  5. Heihachi88

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    He must be getting around 200 FPS in wow :D
     
    Heihachi88, May 27, 2012
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  6. [Cyanide]

    [Cyanide] Notebook Consultant

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    46-50 fps, I have everything turned way up though, FSAA is maxed out, max shadows, aniso maxed, it's on Ultra, but I like running it in fullscreen windowed mode as well

    In fullscreen mode w/vsync turned off I'm getting around 56-60fps
     
    [Cyanide], May 27, 2012
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  7. StZu

    StZu Notebook Evangelist

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    Overclock it NOW!!! Lol

    I envy you :)
     
    StZu, May 27, 2012
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  8. jmorales2012

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    When you overclock it what fps should you expect to get? What speed should you overclock to? The max speed?
     
    jmorales2012, May 27, 2012
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  9. Gentoo

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    Cool, thanks. [Cyanide], or anyone else with a 7970 card, could you tell me how many instances of WoW you are able to load and play before it gets too laggy or unusable?
     
    Gentoo, May 27, 2012
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  10. [Cyanide]

    [Cyanide] Notebook Consultant

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    After I get my SSD and more RAM next week I'll do more benchmarks :)
     
    [Cyanide], May 28, 2012
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  11. Vahlen

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    I'm pretty sure a high-end toaster could run WoW........the 7970 wouldnt even realize it was rendering anything.
     
    Vahlen, May 28, 2012
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  12. [Cyanide]

    [Cyanide] Notebook Consultant

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    This is very true.
     
    [Cyanide], May 28, 2012
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  13. StZu

    StZu Notebook Evangelist

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    If you oc it properly you should get a good 20% boost on safe clocks. For 2 hour gaming sessions

    Right now im at a 19% improvement in 3dmark11 running an everyday overclock on my good old 6970 so 20% should not be a prob for a 7970

    Just remember all card overclock differently, watch your temps make sure you dont surpass 85c under heavy load
     
    StZu, May 28, 2012
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  14. SlickDude80

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    a 20% overclock is only achieveable in a 7970m if you boost the voltage to 1.075v

    i can run 3dmark11, Vantage and Unigine at 1ghz core on stock voltage...which is almost a 18% overclock over the stock 850mhz. But most cards aren't clocking that high. Most cards are running max 10-14% OC
     
    SlickDude80, May 28, 2012
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  15. [Cyanide]

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    I don't plan on overclocking anything as of this point, this laptop is already far more powerful that my desktop ever was. Once it hits a ceiling, then I'll consider it :p
     
    [Cyanide], May 28, 2012
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