*OFFICIAL* Alienware 17 and M17x Benchmark Thread - Part 4

Well, I'm sure they don't appreciate it, LOL. When you're right, your're right. But, nobody likes to be told their baby is ugly.
Edit: just kidding... you were very diplomatic in just presenting information.

I don't see that as being out of line because all you did was presented facts. But, don't be surprised if one of them gets their feelings hurt and reports your post as trolling.

 

What's going on with the 560m?

Yeah, but I wasn't even over there for that you know. Just a few light words and here comes someone basing AW. *facepalm* I would never bash the Clevo. simply put, you can buy the base and throw in your parts and your golden. Wish AW had that setup going on, but I completely understand why they don't though.

 

Happens every time. Don't know if it's just envy or what. I get attacked on other forums sometimes just for owning the best... Crazy.

OK - back on topic. Let's see more benches, boys.

 

since they don't carry the 460m anymore they would have to give me at least a 560m as a replacement.

 

ok. So get to asking. All they can say is N O !

@Mr Fox
Indeed.

 

ok boys, girls and ... johnksss... only had time to do one run tonight

3dmark11 -- 4544

825/1225, tess off
core i7 2820 tdp set at 58w for duration of test via XTU

 

nice, ill do a 3dmark 11 run after I get my machine put back together had to take a pic of the scorched mobo so that dell will replace it.

 

yeah, me!

Meaning: Set to application controlled under CCC settings?

 

Good job, Slick! Nice run.

Wide - that's an awesome Vantage 20.2k run... I think I missed seeing that one before John quoted it.

 

come again?

ok, i know you bench addicts are dying for more...so i've posted my desktop Vantage score:

Vantage -- 49,459 .. I can get 50k with some tweaking but i just haven't bothered





Slick's desktop computer that got this score:

Slicks Desktop Computer

 

Damn slick. That's nice!

 

Thanks bro!

 

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and sometimes I wish I built a desktop....

here is my 3dmark 11 score, gonna see if I can push it higher in a bit. GPUz wouldn't work at all for some reason so I just used MSI afterburner. gonna fix it for the next run though.

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edit: oops wrong picture

 

excellent BigTony!

 

Looking good! Kind of why i have a DT setup as well..

 

that looks like its gonna be the top score of mine for a while. Looks like its time to upgrade something.

 

Just got my system this morning, running stock settings at the moment.

How do these look ?

3dmark 11 score 3555
Vantage 14595

i7 - 2760
8gb 1600 ram
GTX 580M

Cheers

 

Looks good to me. Run Furmark and see if there is any throttling. If there is, head to the link in my sig.

BTW Nice desktop Slick, very good balance of power. If you want to see overkill, head here:
Asus Mars II Quad Sli Build

 

@miprs4 They look about right for stock.

 

Looks like it has stabilised at about 71/72, what does throttling look like?

 

Well you need to keep an eye on the clocks display on Frumark, make sure the core stays at 620 for the whole time.

 

Thanks for the advice...

I ran for about 15 minutes...

72 max temp solid 620 the whole time....

looks good to go

very pleased with the system so far...

 

Looks promising! If you run into any problems, let me know. Happy to help. People say I'm kinda the nvidia go to guy here. Don't know nothing about AMD though

 

I'll be your AMD guy Only thing I know about nvidia I learned form my Inspiron 1720 8600M GT, and M11x 335M

 

you should see some of the scores people get in vantage with rigs like that.... the top score is like 89k

here is my 3dmark06 score, anyone know why my CPU score is so low?

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Yeah I know. My only problem is, the Asus Mars II is the same as a GTX 580 in SLi with no downclocking. They are extremely rare and expensive. And also so wide because they takes up 3 PCI slots each. 6 PCI slots can accommodate 3 GTX 590's which is 6 580(ish) GPUs vs 2x Mars = 4 580 GPUs. Plus you bag some change for watercooling or a second i7 CPU is you have a Mobo which has that.

If I become a hardware engineer for any of the tech companies, I will make a dual GPU MXM

 

How long does it take for everyone to complete the 1024M bench on the Throttlestop application?

 

lol...great computer! Why do you think that it's overkill? looks about right to me

no John, not application controlled. Tess is completely off so my scores are higher than they should be in 3dmark11

 

Ah, thanks Slick.

Have you ran this http://www.benchtown.com/ausbench/download
yet?

 

i actually have this app on my desktop. I'll post the results later

 

Thanks brother slick. I like that bench. It's fast and can be ran with one gpu or individual test.

My over kill rig a year and a half ago. 3 295 gtx's

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Is that automotive coolant in that rig?? Niiiiceeee!

 

Nope, just regular uv green.

 

nice system, I like the green as well

 

here you go:

 

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I'll do a run through of that later and see what happens. probably won't get even close to your score

 

I'm hoping to get some benches up soon. I'm going to see if I can get Firepro M8900s to work in crossfire. It's been confirmed that flashing an M8900 vbios will work. No I just need to wait for my internet to quite being wonky so these drivers will d/l.

Also going to be sweet if they will work in crossfire

 

Hi guys,

Can't do better for now, will try to grab an XM CPU if I want to do better.

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18K Vantage
http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3682308

 

morgor, those numbers look very respectable!

 

Thanks Dude.
I WANT AN XM CPU :cry:

 

you sure? lol...they are nice to play with, but you'll constantly be dealing with heat

Have you maxxed your turbo and made it permanent yet?

 

I'll wait for the 3920XM =P that'll hopefully be my next purchase providing we get a bios update =)

 

Yep, i know that. But extreme processor only exists for benchies, no ?
Already use uncle's web ts and intel xtu.
I think I can't go further with my 2820 (which is more than enought for skyrim, sc2, bf3, crysis 2 ....).

Not sure to be compatible
Hope so

 

thats a ungodly number you got on 3dmark vantage man @.@

 

There were reports that the 2720 q154 ES with 8meg cache is actually a 2920 in disguise...AND ITS COMPLETELY UNLOCKED.

If you can find it, it will be a cheap $200 XM processor

 

Heat is more do to benching..but you can run all cores at like 3.7 ghz and heat not really play a factor to much. One only needs to use the cstates and no flex and your good.

Provided it even works in our machines...And it's still a 1000 dollar chip...

Nope, but it is where everyone starts at. The key factor is..You can run at pretty much any speed you want with in reason of course. Versus Non extreme.

I would be a bit skeptical of that one...I seen it on ebay for a while now. (but in this case..would love to be wrong and stay wrong - )

 

I got it confirmed from Shirley (one of ebay's largest mobile cpu sellers) that the 2720 q154 ES is identical to the 2920 q154 ES...multiplier is unlocked. The problem is: I can't find this CPU anymore. John, keep your eyes peeled for me

 

That's good enough for me! Shirley was the only one i ever dealt with when buying es cpus.
Will do Slick.

Humm, the lat one i last seen wasn't Shirley though.

 

I just searched ebay...no such processor anymore. I wish i had found this out before when they were more plentiful. THere were a few 2720 6m cache versions, but not the 8m cache version