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    Mx17 low performance?? help

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by gamerface, Mar 17, 2011.

  1. gamerface

    gamerface Newbie

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    Bought my sig rig the Mx17 from a guy on craigslist for a un beatable price.


    System: Alienface Mx17
    CPU p8600 duo
    Intel Core2 Duo P8600 2.4ghz Memory
    DDr3 6gb 5.75 usable Graphics Card
    Gtx 260m & 9400 Sli Hybrid mode
    Hard Drive
    500gb 7200rpm drive Sound Card
    Windows 7 64bit freshly installed

    System runs great but in sli hybrid or not playing blackops & or other games with decent performance is failing. I do get like 25-35 frames steady sometimes.. but then other times for no reason drop to 10-15 for no reason. Overall playing online is just wayy to jumpy..


    Better cpu? GPu? Oc?
    What possible steps can help me get better performance.


    Nvidia control

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    EXAMPLE
    Black ops settings

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    Its not just black ops.. remember.. Not getting very good performance.. Or is this normal with mx17?

    Better cpu? GPu? Oc?
     
    gamerface, Mar 17, 2011
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  2. shadowyani

    shadowyani Notebook Deity

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    What sig rig? You need to turn on your sig.
     
    shadowyani, Mar 17, 2011
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  3. gamerface

    gamerface Newbie

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    I justed decided to post it

    System: Alienface Mx17
    CPU p8600 duo
    Intel Core2 Duo P8600 2.4ghz Memory
    DDr3 6gb 5.75 usable Graphics Card
    Gtx 260m & 9400 Sli Hybrid mode
    Hard Drive
    500gb 7200rpm drive Sound Card
    Windows 7 64bit freshly installed
     
    gamerface, Mar 17, 2011
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  4. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Mmmm, a single 260 and a P8600. You need to post a benchmark with 3DMark Vantage on default settings. You might also want to use HWInfo32 and post a screenshot of your GPU and CPU temperatures after a moderate gaming session. The guy you bought the computer from may have never cleaned it, and it may be suffering from some thermally-induced throttling. We need more numbers to troubleshoot your problem.
     
    TurbodTalon, Mar 17, 2011
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  5. gamerface

    gamerface Newbie

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    ok.. installing HWInfo32 & 3dmark now.. Will post updated info in a few

    thanks
     
    gamerface, Mar 17, 2011
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  6. gamerface

    gamerface Newbie

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    Done,,


    Ok.. here it is guys.. Vantage on default settings. & i posted a pic of Hw monitor after gaming for about 25mins

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    temps after a little gaming. Voltage on my 260m had a min of 0.85v while the lower end 9400 had a higher voltage at 0.90>> what does that mean?

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    thanks for all the advice guys let me know what u think.
     
    gamerface, Mar 22, 2011
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  7. haroon

    haroon Notebook Enthusiast

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    What was this unbeatable price?
     
    haroon, Mar 22, 2011
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  8. gamerface

    gamerface Newbie

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    I gave him 600 bucks & a Ati 5970.
     
    gamerface, Mar 22, 2011
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  9. gamerface

    gamerface Newbie

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    After making some small adjustments i Got a higer score here guys!..

    Vantage Benchmark on default settings: It only allowed me to use 1 gpu which was the 260m & it hit temps at 85 degrees .. Is this safe?

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    So what do u guys think..? is this system running to par
     
    gamerface, Mar 22, 2011
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