M17x r3 680M compatability

Well that's some good news . I know it's difficult to buy anything from dell that is not on your model list, takes a bit of work.

I'd leave the tape in place. It's supposed to be outside the core area but a different core might be slightly different (why I was asking about the old one).

If you now have the correct heatsink just assemble and go as-is

I just left their phase changing paste on and went with it. All problems solved

Let us know the temps

 

I have just started the system, uninstalled ATI stuff, installed 313.96 drivers and everything seems to be workin almost flawlessly.

I have just tried a 3dmark full run, minimum temp was 58 and maximum was 67 degrees celsius ( all with stock paste ).

It just seems, that am unable to see external displays until windows boots up (ie. to see a BIOS and POST stuff on external displays).

 

That's excelent temps, you have room to push a little :thumbsup:.

It sounds like the bios is now ignoring an external display and until the win driver loads, then it sees it? Nothing to worry about as long as you can still see it on the internal.

Now's the time to get some gaming in and set some base data. See what games push it the hardest and see what OC'ing can do

 

right then, quick q..

I can flash my card now - so I flashed it with a clevo modded bios and I'm able to flash no problem...

However, once I open nVidia Inspector I get the bios followed by [INVALID]... I thought I'd made a mistake and so reverted back to my backed up bios. I then thought I should try the Dell modded bios yet I cant flash with that as it comes up with board ID mismatch...

I am now just using my backed up bios - but does that mean my card is neither Clevo or Dell?? Or is the [INVALID] after flashing with modded Clevo bios normal??

Thanks!!

 

I've always seen a mismatch error when flashing NV and was told to OK through it, and did. Can you (your call!), or is there no option?

 

I can do it fine with the Clevo bios, but the Dell one I can't even force it through....

 

Oo-er, never heard of that problem . I was always under the impression that the manufacturer of the BIOS only related to features. I would have expected to have heard of this but it does kinda make sense if there are other minor HW differences (like the mem amount)

...

 

That's perfectly normal, invalid shows due to the modified vbios.(Clevo 680m - 80.04.33.00.10_'OCedition'_revised_01 http://forum.techinferno.com/genera...modified-clocks-voltage-tweaks.html#post23432 current gaming OC 915/2000 stock voltage)



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Yeah that's why we type "y" twice to confirm, but "invalid" has nothing to do with it.

Don't force a Dell vbios flash with a clevo card, use the clevo vbios mod. and remember to reboot after flashing. http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/672230-m17x-r3-680m-compatability-70.html#post9079374

NVIDIA DRIVERS 314.07WHQL
Driver installation guide http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/672230-m17x-r3-680m-compatability-63.html#post9038829
Modded .inf v.314.07

 

Thanks for the modded .inf file j95!

 

Who overclock gtx680m in R3?
Results? and temps?

 

Any news about the m17x r3 3D controller compatability?
I Would love to upgrade without loosing 3D.

 

svl7 is working on it. His SSD died so the work was lost, hopefully we will have better news soon. [Alienware] [M17x r3] NVidia 680M Compatibility with 3D Controller - Page 4
Gaming feels like work now.

De nada.

OC 915/2000 Max Payne 3 maxed out 4x MSAA 1.2/1.5 GB vram 45-55 fps 68 ºC.(HWinfo fan control) 8x MSSA 1.76 GB vram.

 

OC 915/2000 Max Payne 3 maxed out 4x MSAA 1.2/1.5 GB vram 45-55 fps 68 ºC.(HWinfo fan control) 8x MSSA 1.76 GB vram.[/QUOTE]

my hwinfo64 constantly freezes! what could be the problem?
What use to overclock?

 

So ive installed the modded Clevo Vbios, but i cant see any clocks in MSI afterbruner, both are set on 0.

 

Settings>General>check enable hardware control and monitoring.(MSI afterburner 2.3.1)
Nvidia Inspector is the best tool for OC NVIDIA Inspector Download version 1.9.6.9

To avoid conflicts copy the settings from the screenshots http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/672230-m17x-r3-680m-compatability-58.html#post9026664

 

I have a 4gb 680m, thats a clevo, right?

 

Yeah, from upgradeyourlaptop.
Which vbios did you flash?

 

The clevo vbios you linked a few posts back.

 

So it's unlocked now? Changing the default clock enables gpu boost, my current gaming OC 915/2000 = +157 gpu clock / + 200 memory.

 

On my laptop GPU core does not rise above 719mhz but Memery overclock to 2000 and above.
Vbios official, dell gtx 680m, i use nvidia inspector

 

Hve you tried Crysis 3? Framerates are terrible even with these o/c's on the latest drivers.

 

It's locked flash the OC unlocked Dell vbios here http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/672230-m17x-r3-680m-compatability-70.html#post9079374 in order to prevent future problems the heating issue must be fixed first and try to flash using the DOS method it's safer. [GUIDE] NVIDIA VBIOS flashing

 

Not yet, I'm finishing an editing job and currently not installing anything. Try tweaking MSAA and other anti-aliasing settings + VSync.

 

hey mans, how to download files into techinferno forums?, I get the message.
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
im registred.

 

I used those o/c's and I'm getting 28-30 fps with highest detail.

 

Wow, max temp of 82 on Crysis 3, max settings and o/c'd.
Just ran 3D Mark 11, scored 7137 with a max temp of 69 and the same o/c's as used in Crysis 3.

 

Fixed ? http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/708460-alienware-m17x-r3-gtx680m-furmark-temps.html
Download here (Dell GTX 680M 2GB) Downloads

Crysis 3 GTX 680M.

Anti-aliasing 4X MSAA - Anisotropic filtering 16X - System spec. High,1920X1080p. 120 Hz.
Gameplay 2 Hours, OC 915/2000.
Fps 30-35

GPU 75 C Max. Never reached w/OC 580M.(Crysis II 63 C)

CPU intensive 87 C.

Chipset 92 C Limit 100 C. These cards are pushing more than 100W + CPU.

Anti-aliasing FXAA 35-55 fps System spec. very high - Texture very high - Vsync disabled - Anisotropic filtering 16X - motion blur disabled. (lower temps 71 C + better performance):thumbsup:

Anti-aliasing Kepler TXAA MEDIUM (2XT1) +3-5 fps System spec. very high - Texture very high - Vsync disabled - Anisotropic filtering 16X - motion blur disabled.(lower temps)










Anti-aliasing FXAA - System spec. very high - Texture very high - Anisotropic filtering 16X (Highest settings - lower temps - better performance 35-55 fps)

Anti-aliasing Kepler TXAA MEDIUM (2XT1) System spec. very high - Texture very high - Anisotropic filtering 16X.( lower temps)


GPU memory allocated 2017 MB 4X MSAA Console?

 

how to download other many Vbios?

 

NVIDIA Kepler VBIOS mods - Overclocking Editions, modified clocks, voltage tweaks - Page 159

He changed the default clock to 758 MHz, depending on the card stability you can raise the gpu clock +1006 MHz w/stock voltage.
.

 

Sorry guys, another day another problem:

Basically my graphics driver keeps crashing and restarting followed by a .NET Framework unhandled exception:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.DivideByZeroException: Attempted to divide by zero.
at .(Int32 
at .(Int32 
at .(Object , EventArgs 
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.6400 (Win8RTMGDR.050727-6400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
nvidiaInspector
Assembly Version: 1.9.6.9
Win32 Version: 1.9.6.9
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Krish/Desktop/nvidiaInspector/nvidiaInspector.exe
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.6401 (Win8RTMGDR.050727-6400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Management
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Management/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Management.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.6402 (Win8RTMGDR.050727-6400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.6401 (Win8RTMGDR.050727-6400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.


I can't help but feel it's down to trying to resolve some silverlight issues I have (basically nothing works on Windows 8)

Hoping you guys can help!

Thanks

 

1- Try disabling/enabling .net 3.5 -Program and Features>turn windows features on and off>uncheck .net framework 3.5>ok>reboot.
2- Program and Features>turn windows features on and off>check .net framework 3.5>ok>open/check windows update.

 

Thanks for that man, sadly though it's made no difference... googling reckons its hardware failure, I really can't see how that can be the case...?

 

Overclocking stable? Nvidia inspector requires .net 3.5.
Crash analysis WhoCrashed free home edition http://www.resplendence.com/download/whocrashedSetup.exe

 

Thanks for all of your help, in the end I just a fresh install and that seems to have solved the issue...

Thanks!

 

nvdm file for 314.14 pretty please??

Thanks!

 

NVIDIA DRIVERS 314.14BETA

nvdmn.inf v.314.14

Driver installation guide http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/672230-m17x-r3-680m-compatability-63.html#post9038829

Guide Optimizing GPU FPS Rendering (select TimerResolution_2.exe) http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/710325-crysis-3-performance-r3-2.html#post9107772

 

As usual sir, many thanks!

 

Hey just had a few questions, followed one two of guilds in this thread to get my gtx 680 working in my mx17r3. I finally got it working but i got with 306 drive do you think i can update? to (314) Last but least i noticed my temp was around 72/75 on load during gaming is that bad or?

 

The Nvidia driver 314.21 beta , Grab it here

314.21 BETA

INF File

 

NVIDIA DRIVERS 314.21BETA

nvdmn.inf v.314.21

Driver installation guide http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/672230-m17x-r3-680m-compatability-63.html#post9038829

Guide Optimizing GPU FPS Rendering http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/710325-crysis-3-performance-r3-2.html#post9107772

 

Nice one, J95. If it would let me, i'd rep you 100 times.

 

Thanks, have you tried Timer Resolution ? It works even better with my new 2960XM

 

Just an FYI for you but I tested it on Tomb Raider today and it had no effect - did get around a 5fps gain in Crysis 3 though

Thanks again!

 

Yeah better written or no sleep functions timeouts.

Crysis 3 default 10.001 ms
3DMark11 1.001 ms
Dragon browser 1.001 ms
IE 10 4.001 ms
Check out Tomb Raider with timer resolution gui alt/tab.

 

I was using the gui version. I'll check it out again tomorrow with both, just in case I made some boo-boo

 

The gui version to monitor (only) Tomb Raider then use the latest enhanced timer resolution + taskkill .bat from here http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/710325-crysis-3-performance-r3-2.html#post9107772

 

Will do, I'll let you know

 

So, quick dumb question -

I have a 680m coming to replace the wife's dead 580m. I know what i need to do for the drivers, but is the unlocked BIOS also required?

 

If you have the R3, which I assume you do, then yes. You will need to disable the integrated graphics. Unless, of course you have the 120Hz display, in which case its already disabled and you will lose 3D capability.