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

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by BatBoy, Mar 11, 2011.

  1. wonderpookie

    wonderpookie Notebook Consultant

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    wonderpookie, May 5, 2012
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  2. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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  3. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    I guess off, otherwise I am buying a second one :D
     
    maxheap, May 5, 2012
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  4. svl7

    svl7 T|I

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    You don't know hardcore, Slick :p

    Btw, nice scores!
     
    svl7, May 5, 2012
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  5. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    :D :p hehehe. I can't wait to get the 7970's.
     
    DR650SE, May 5, 2012
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  6. SlickDude80

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    That was tess off...depending on the OC, i'm pulling 6500-6600 with tess on

    BUt it's so much more fun to run it with tess off

    apparently not lol...and thnx
     
    SlickDude80, May 5, 2012
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  7. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    Team - I'm sure we can help this fellow with his questions. :D
     
    Mr. Fox, May 9, 2012
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  8. [Cyanide]

    [Cyanide] Notebook Consultant

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    Yes please! Dying to hear from an R4 owner!
     
    [Cyanide], May 9, 2012
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  9. SlickDude80

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    Cyanide, seeing how the R4's are just shipping with 7970m's, you won't get a real opinion for a long time.

    What i can tell you is that the 7970m IS worth the $200. It absolutely demolishes the 580m/675m. It's not close.
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  10. [Cyanide]

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    That's what I've been hearing as well, just wanted to make sure before I pulled the trigger.

    My next question is, will picking an AMD GPU mean I won't have switchable graphics?
     
    [Cyanide], May 9, 2012
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  11. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    the 675m is based on 2 generation old 40nm fermi tech. I can, without any hesitation, recommend a 28nm 7970m OVER the 675m. I'm playing games right now without comprises. It's almost like i'm on a gaming desktop

    the 7970m has enduro which is amd's version of optimus. So you are covered
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  12. [Cyanide]

    [Cyanide] Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks so much! Can't wait to get my hands on this laptop!
     
    [Cyanide], May 9, 2012
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  13. Tribiyani

    Tribiyani Newbie

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    If ups deliver today as promised I might be able to get you those m17x r4 genuine benchmarks with the 7970m and ivy bridge.

    They have 1hr to meet their stated -by end of day- deadline. Fingers crossed!
     
    Tribiyani, May 9, 2012
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  14. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    That would be sweeeeeet!!! :)
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  15. [Cyanide]

    [Cyanide] Notebook Consultant

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    THAT would be AWESOME!
     
    [Cyanide], May 9, 2012
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  16. Tribiyani

    Tribiyani Newbie

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    Still waiting...

    Tell me what benchmarks should I expect from:

    Processor : Intel Core i7-3610QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0) Display : 17.3" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
    Camera : Integrated Skype HD Certified FullHD Camera with dual digital microphones LCD Back Cover : Soft Touch - Stealth Black
    Ship Accessory : Southern Europe Docs (EN, SPA, POL, GRE)
    Placemats : Placemats (Eng, Gre, Pol, Ara, Rus)
    Resource DVD : Alienware M17x
    Memory : 6144MB (1x2048 + 1x4096) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
    Hard Drive : 500GB 7,200rpm SATA 6Gb/s HDD
    Optical Drive : DVD+/-RW (Read/Write)
    Power Supply : Alienware 240W AC Adapter
    Power Cord : UK 250V
    Battery : Primary 9-cell 93W/HR LI-ION
    Graphics : 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7970M
    Sound Card : Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software Wireless : Intel 2230 Wireless Card + BT
    Keyboard : Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
    Operating System : English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64 BIT)

    I'll do tests on stock settings. Which tests should I run? Anybody wanna play "call the scores"?

    ; planning to play fall of the samurai - does anyone know how to run an fps counter from the console?
     
    Tribiyani, May 9, 2012
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  17. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    you can use FRAPS to run a fps counter.

    I'm guessing

    5500-5800's 3Dmark11 @ stock with tessellation on
    20-21 vantage
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  18. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Test Vantage and 3DMark11, and give 3DMark06 a run for kicks. All at the preset defaults.
     
    DR650SE, May 9, 2012
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  19. Tribiyani

    Tribiyani Newbie

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    Thanks will do. On the phone to ups now who are chasing up on where the driver is.

    damn it! Don't They know nbr and the whole of the uk are waiting on those stats?
     
    Tribiyani, May 9, 2012
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  20. wonderpookie

    wonderpookie Notebook Consultant

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    You're a fellow UK brother!?! Yeay! :D
     
    wonderpookie, May 9, 2012
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  21. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    I love the UK and London! Apparently there was a rumor that James Blunt died yesterday. After the rumor came out Blunt tweeted that he wasn't sure if it was true :p but said if it is true, the afterlife looks remarkably like London! :p Score! Can't wait lol

    Also can't wait for the benches.
     
    DR650SE, May 9, 2012
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  22. wonderpookie

    wonderpookie Notebook Consultant

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    It scares me that you know this :confused:
     
    wonderpookie, May 9, 2012
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  23. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Somone on my facebook posted it and I had to check it out. I don't have a twitter account, and rarely post anything of value on facebook. I just like reading the senseless stuff people post :D
     
    DR650SE, May 9, 2012
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  24. pau1ow

    pau1ow Notebook Deity

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    pau1ow, May 9, 2012
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  25. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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  26. troyguitar

    troyguitar Notebook Consultant

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    Here's a benchmark for you: brand new 3610/7970m machine standing in Stormwind in WoW at 1080p with all settings maxed and a browser open at 1080p on a second screen = 30 fps.

    Any suggestions to improve this would be nice, this is hardly better than my old e2180/9800GT desktop that the M17x is replacing.
     
    troyguitar, May 9, 2012
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  27. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Are you sure the 7970m is utilised? Open GPUz when running and see if it is using the iGPU or the AMD GPU.
     
    widezu69, May 9, 2012
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  28. SlickDude80

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    its that enduro...WoW will fly on a 7970m. I still think that there are tons of issues with Enduro and the 7970m. I'm leaving my integrated graphics shutdown until the whole driver matures
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  29. troyguitar

    troyguitar Notebook Consultant

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    Unless CCC can control the integrated graphics settings, it's using the 7970. How do you disable the integrated graphics entirely? I don't have that option in my BIOS.
     
    troyguitar, May 9, 2012
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  30. SlickDude80

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    troy, you have to wait for an unlocked bios to kill the integrated graphics. This will guarantee that you will be using the 7970m and only the 7970m. Dynamic graphics switching like optimus never worked right. You should be getting 90+fps in WoW with your 7970m

    can you run a 3dmark11 bench and tell us your score?
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  31. troyguitar

    troyguitar Notebook Consultant

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    P5702 running your 12.5 beta 7900 mod drivers with the super basic version of 3dmark11 where I can't change any settings at all really.
     
    troyguitar, May 9, 2012
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  32. SlickDude80

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    ok, that's 7970m territory. Were you getting that 30fps on Wow with the mod drivers or the original dell drivers?
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  33. troyguitar

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    Both. I get a ~2-3 fps increase with the mod drivers.

    Also got P5776 running the benchmarks a second time with nothing else going on, but still sitting on poor WoW performance.
     
    troyguitar, May 9, 2012
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  34. SlickDude80

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    what kind of add ons do you have?
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  35. troyguitar

    troyguitar Notebook Consultant

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    None. Just resubscribed after not playing for years. It's a clean install. Even turning most of the settings way down I still am dipping into 30some fps flying around SW with ~40-45 fps standing still on the bank steps.
     
    troyguitar, May 9, 2012
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  36. hanser

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    GeForce GTX 680

    Core Clock
    1006MHz

    Boost Clock
    1058MHz



    and the 7970m can get that Clocks OMG!!!! jajaja im very happy with this card now :)
     
    hanser, May 9, 2012
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  37. long2905

    long2905 Notebook Virtuoso

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    They have different architecture you can compare based on clock like that man :)
     
    long2905, May 9, 2012
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  38. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    You can't compare it like that dude. It's like comparing a a 4 cylinder engine @10000 revs vs a 16 cylinder one @10000 revs.

    If by your rational, then a Mobility 5850 clocked @900Mhz is faster than a 580m clocked at 800Mhz but it isn't.
     
    widezu69, May 10, 2012
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  39. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    its not??? oh crap! :eek: *quickly cancels his Mobility 5850 order* :rolleyes:
     
    jaybee83, May 10, 2012
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  40. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Hahaha anyways 1Ghz is still amazing by any mobile card standards :)
     
    widezu69, May 10, 2012
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  41. DR650SE

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    Yea it is. 5870's where the best cards I ever benched. I managed to achieve a successful Vantage and 3DMark11 bench at a 44% overclock :p
     
    DR650SE, May 10, 2012
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  42. samadurai

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    well I just ran my first Vantage,everything is stock.I got a 7970M but GPU-z isn't working.I got this on Wed.I like it a lot except why did they make the printing in the bios so small? Any tips on how to get better performance? Trixx doesn't work either so I can't OC the card and there's not much I can do with the cpu.Can't post a screenshot says "not a valid image" Graphics score was 22330,cpu 24484 3DMark score 22832 Oh I forgot the cpu is a 3820qm
     
    samadurai, May 11, 2012
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  43. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    What are your specs?
     
    DR650SE, May 11, 2012
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  44. samadurai

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    3820qm,8gb 1600 ram,7970m,Patriot Wildfire 240gb ssd,500gb hd Do you know why I can't upload an avatar or a screenshot of my Vantage score? The pics are within specs, keeps saying "invalid file" I notice a lot of guys don't have an avatar.thanks
     
    samadurai, May 11, 2012
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  45. GeoCake

    GeoCake http://ted.ph

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  46. samadurai

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    Ok thanks GeoCake
     
    samadurai, May 11, 2012
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  47. samadurai

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    Is there any thing I can do to make my cpu run better? I know the multipliers are locked;any other tweaks on a qm?
     
    samadurai, May 11, 2012
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  48. jaybee83

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    other than raising the TDP limits via BIOS hack or OCing the BCLK not really....
     
    jaybee83, May 11, 2012
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  49. samadurai

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    I went into the Bios and it said:LONG DURATION POWER LIMIT 45
    LONG DURATION TIME WINDOW 28
    SHORT DURATION POWER LIMIT -ENABLED
    SHORT DURATION POWER LIMIT 56
     
    samadurai, May 11, 2012
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  50. jaybee83

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    jup those are the standard values for the 45W quadcore model. u can try and raise the long duration to 60, time window to like 45s and short duration to 70W.

    should give the cpu turbo boost more wiggling room to work properly. just make sure u keep the cooling in proper working order and the cpu core temps in sight!
     
    jaybee83, May 11, 2012
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