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

No-one pushes their 2920/2960XM at all here (M17x), it's rather dry :/

4.4Ghz all cores is a good place to start Slick.

And then 4.5Ghz if you can. Ho ho ho

4.6Ghz.

 

its getting hot here where I live and with me being on campus almost everyday its hard to find time for OC-ing. Besides I still have trouble getting the heat down. Tried to scatter the IC 24 paste with credit card but failed since it is very sticky. I instead put a thin line in the middle and it is still somewhat the same.

 

long, put the IC diamond tube into a ziplock and then put it into some hot water. This will make it more workable. Try that

i don't know anything about overclocking, i'm just going to leave it stock

 

Trying to spread ICD will be a fail because it is soo thick. The line method should be fine. What are your temps?

@Slick an XM at stock?!?!?!? Blasphemy!!! Hint hint: A few guides in sig...

 

Step 1: Download XTU 2.1
Step 2: Open and set multipliers at 40/40/40/40
Step 3: Restart

It's easier than adjusting the turbo settings -_-'

Edit - Ahhhhhhhh, you were being sarcastic Slick!

 

Wow I totally didn't see that sarcasm! Facepalm for me.

 

hmm i tried again with RAGE, Deus Ex and Mass Effect 1 and it can get as high as 88*C on core 1 (86,86,83) and 87 on cpu package, but when i alt tab to windows the current temp is around 79-80*C. I set mine at 40/39/37/37 like you guys said.
Is there any like chart like software that I can track the temperature of the CPU? the core temp gadget is too small.

@slickdude: should I do that? Oh wow you got a XM too? Congrats man

I do the same line method i did before, only a bit less paste and I didnt put as much pressure on it.

edit: played mass effect, FEAR 3 coop for an hour and the temp is never above 77 (72, 71, 70 for the 3 other cores). I'm hoping the paste is taking its time to stretch out

 

hahahaha...i was being sarcastic guys!! lol

ya, just picked up an 2920XM. It was pulled from a m18x so it should be solid for OC'ing

Long: If i were you, i'd take whatever is left on your ICD7 tube and give it away...then go and get yourself either some PK-1, mx-4 or OCZ freeze. Much easier to work with and dare i say, better temps than ICD7

 

aye I was half way there but still many people here do use ICD 24 so I don't know. But I'm close to running out of paste already so the next one I get will surely be PK-1

 

Your Vantage GPU score is dead on at stock settings, but your CPU is a bit light for a 2860QM (36-35-33-33), which can ordinarily deliver about 22,000+. You may need to increase TDP (Short Duration Power Limit) and the Short Duration Time Window and disable Long Duration Power Limit in the BIOS, which has been covered extensively in this forum.

 

Can we bench SSD's?

 

Sure you can, it's the benchmark thread

Nice scores right there, don't forget to put a proof of your system next to them

 

Ah yes of course Forgot about that

 

Im due to get my Replacement R3 on Weds, are there any 560M benches around that i can compare to or am i going to be the only 560M bencher around?

 

i had a 460m before i upgraded to the 6990m my best score is pictured below, and i bet you can easily beat it with that 560m if you overclock it.

 

ive been away from the benching scene for a while ( as noted by the last links in my sig...) should i be expecting roughly the same performance out of the 560 as the 460? if i remember correctly i was getting close to those scores with a single 5870 and a 740 in my r2

 

from what i understand, a 460m clocked at 800/1600/1500 is equivalent to a stock 560m. I didn't know what your processor was, but at stock speeds with that 2860, you should be able to blow that score away easily.

 

im gonna be on a 2670 for a while, that cpu was quoted as part of my m15x replacement( i had 820qm) but they were trying to only give me 6870gpu ( i had the 5730) so i sacrificed the 2860 for the 560M. but i got a new machine out of the deal, off a m15x that was purchased from the outlet for $800 so i cant complain.

that being said, is there a reason to get 1866 Ram for this thing, and is it even compatible with the 2670? i ask because i want the best possible HW combo i can before getting my OS tweak on =)

 

no reason to get 1866 ram...some people have reported issues with it running at 1866. 1600 seems to be ok. But seeing how there is virutally no peformance difference between 1866 and 1333, i've stuck with 1333

 

i found in the R2 that i was able to attain higher Cpu clocks with the higher clocked RAM, i would assume that since the only method of overclocking a NON-XM cpu was bclk adjusting. am i correct in assuming that we only have a very small adjustment window with our BCLK on non XM cpus maybe 5% or so?

i also found i was able to get higher 3d06 scores with the 1333 ram in the R2 that was being pushed ( obv not a huge difference, but like 20-50 pts difference over 5-7 tests) i was hoping to see a larger increase since we have availability to get our Ram clocked somewhere around 1900mhz with a slight BCLK adjustment. every point counts =)

 

that's correct Clever, you only have about 5% room. If you raise your bclk beyond 105, you're heading for bsod city.

Its much better to increase your max turbo tdp to keep your 2670 turbo high. You can do this easily with XTU 2.1. You turbo, although advertised at 3.1ghz (1 core) will only run about 2.9ghz 1core and with 4 cores, you're probably looking at about 2.4-2.5ghz. Intel's turbo 2.0 has tons of factors that regulate what turbo speeds you'll achieve. You can stress your CPU with something like prime95 (8 threads) and monitor your mhz with hwinfo64. You'll see what i mean.

if you have issues doing this, we can help you with it

 

If its similar to the XTU we used on the m17 then i should be able to get it right. no more Throttle stop to raise the TDP? also am i going to run up against throttle like the 580M in my 560M?

 

No throttle on the 560m. Throttlestop is a good monitoring tool and it also allows the TDP to go way above 99w.

 

all nvidia cards have the throttle if you hit 78C, but the 560m should never hit those temps.

 

Clever, throttlestop did not work in my experience with a non-xm processor. I've tried with a 2630 and a 2820. Both times, only XTU worked. You have to first enable overriding the turbo settings in the bios

ultimately, if your temps get up high enough, you will throttle in the 560 just like in the 580...however, the 560 runs much cooler, so its much harder to do

 

Hello to all

 

someone mentioned SSD bench? Just installed the latest 11.1 WHQL driver so I run the test again

 

Can I get a link for that 11.1? Is that on your M17x?

 

Here you go

Rapid Storage Technology 11.1.0.1006 WHQL

I remember reading about it here on NBR but couldnt find it again.

 

Lmao.

Better link for Intel RST 11.1.0.1006 WHQL drivers: intel drivers pour Raid/Sata/Ata/Ahci

Also new NVIDIA Verde Notebook 296.10 - WHQL drivers released http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windo...ok-win7-winvista-64bit-international-whql.exe

 

Oooh nice thanks!

 

Nice pointers. +rep.

 

can someone post a link to the modded A08 bios i cant seem to find it

 

PM'd 10char

 

I cant Compete with the Max specc'd systems but here are some baseline scores fro my 560M/2670

3D06:


Vantage


3D11

 

First off, congrats on your system Clever!!

Your 560m has a lot of overclocking room. So you have a lot more life in it. you should be able to pump it up another 15-20% conservatively

Nice scores!

 

Alright guys. I finally sucked it up. I went all the way back in the thread till November 16th, 2011, the date of the last update I had done. I scrubbed everything (743 total posts I was a little behind) till now, and have updated the leaderboards accordingly. Sorry for the delay, as I got sucked into Folding@home and was busy with that and constantly editing the F@h thread. I'm thinking I may asthetically change this threads leader boards once I get some more time, as I learned quite a bit while redoing the F@h thread.

You can commence your continued competitive benching.

☻☻☻LEADER BOARDS HAVE BEEN UPDATED☻☻☻​

 

Flashed my Kingston HyperX 1600Mhz to a Corsair Vengeance 1866Mhz





Could not get it to run CL9 though.

 

@GeoCake that is awesome! You got to get a guide out on how to do it.

 

Awesome! Yeah you gotta share with us how to do it XD. Also yours is the PnP or XMP version?

Thanks man

Will rep you both when I'm able again!

 

How to flash your RAM to 1866Mhz

Note: Make a backup first! I am not responsible if things fubar. RAM can be easily flashed back if you use a 1333Mhz stick with the already flashed one, as both sticks will run at the lowest possible speed, allowing you to flash back to stock.


1. Buy Thaiphoon Burner Thaiphoon Burner - Official Support Website for £18.43

2. Download the Corsair Vengeance 1866Mhz improved *.thp: profile http://softnology.biz/work/CMSX8GX3M2A1866C10.zip

OR

Download the Kingston HyperX 1866Mhz *.thp profile http://www.mediafire.com/?zanp2rrf6vflcog

The Corsair has slightly better timings, but the difference is too small to notice. If the Corsair is not stable use the HyperX profile. I personally use the HyperX profile for full stability.

3. Open Thaiphoon Burner;
a. Click Read, then the first option in the dropdown.
b. Click Write;
i. Select Load SPD dump from file and select the downloaded profile you got from step 2.
ii. Select Write to all SPD EEPROM Devices
iii. Hit Write and restart!



Credits to everyone here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...orsair-vengeance-cpu-z-jedec-screenshots.html

 

Can you enable the 2133Mhz XMP Profile?

 

Yeah, but it will only run at 1866Mhz!

I tried CL9 but my laptop didn't boot. Had to put in a 1333Mhz stick to flash them back to stock Corsair 1866 one by one.

 

Will there be side effects or long term damage doing this?

 

I'm testing it now.

Has been fine so far.. I'm gonna play some ME3.

I had one shutdown in Windows only, restarted and my iGPU drivers need re-installing . No BSODs.

 

Try CL9 @1.65v. That's what is need for my Limited Edition HyperX.

 

Geo, you are hardcore bro

 

**** challenge****

I'm looking for people with a similarly spec'd machine to go up against in 3dmark benchmarks, if someone can beat the scores i post with my machine afte they accept ill send them a prize ( it will be cheap , dont get too excited)

so yeah im bored and i cant compete with the 2920/580 crowd yet


so Come at me breh!

 

ME3 is very easy on the hardware, try something else! XD
Just got back home, im gonna try out your method soon! And rep'd

thing is not so many people with similar configs as your surf the forum very often

 

I think GeoCake has a 560m, I could also lend him my 2630QM and you guys can duel away. Also @clever, next time when you post benchmarks, please include a breakdown such as the individual test scores in '06, separate CPU and GPU scores in Vantage and separate Graphics and Physics scores in '11