*OFFICIAL* M17x Benchmark Thread - Part 3

Cat 10.3 http://www.sendspace.com/file/2k07wf

I can't find for the XP ..

 

+rep all the same, thanks!

 

does it contain modded drivers for the 4870s of M17X?

 

It works without modding it for the 5870. Plus it's a big boost in performance.

 

Wrong thread for asking about buying advice....

And I have to say.....so far I am absolutely not impressed with 10.3 drivers.....have not been able to even get close to 14k with them

Is there a tweak or something I am missing?

 

@scook

did you install the crossfire profiles?

http://www.mediafire.com/?j0nfj4yumzo

 

I assume that is the profiles thing bundled in there with a seperate installer?

I did not, will give that a try

 

* Sweating * ... Here's another one. I wonder how much higher I can get with a bios fix.

:: P14409 :: GPU 14008 :: CPU 15763 ::

 

nice. ren.
i'm also going to push my gpu's in a minute. i'm just trying to break 17k on stock gpu's first then i will overclock it.

 

wtg!!
nice job!

 

Congrats Ren, about time one of you R2 boys broke 14k GPU

 

Well , I cross my fingers evertime I do a run on the m17x-R2 .. lol ... I had to do voltage here , ram voltage there .. multi here... so I can cut down some flickerings.

fyi....I have tonight before I'll be a m17x-R2 ex-owner.

 

diziam...that was with flickering???
i would rep ya, but says i have to wait.

 

Yeah, " some " flickerings...

Here is a single run

:: P8792 :: GPU 7662 :: CPU 15775 ::



:: P8852 :: GPU 7722 :: CPU 15776 ::

 

tried pushing my atis a little and got scores alittle higher than witcher's

im on an r1. the vantage's clocks are same as the 06's though i forgot to bring up gpuz and cpuz

 

Thanks guys

And nice run rubyboy !! Now push the GPU a lil' harder

 

thanks rengsey. ill try when i have time.

how exactly do you calculate the amount to increase for both core and memory?
is there a need to have a fixed difference between those two or is it just randomly increasing each by 5mhz and finding the most stable?

 

By 5 or 10. I usually try 10s to save time.

 

overclock the gpu doesnt have any affect in 06 i'm running vantage now to see whats up.

vantage
http://i50.tinypic.com/nvoapl.jpg
06
http://i46.tinypic.com/30uworr.jpg

 

got some higher scores by upping the cpu and gpu a little more

13.2 vantage and 18k 06


bet it could be higher if the stupid stuttering dint reduce my fps to less than 10 for about 5 secs in a few tests

 

rubyboy is moving on up to the top 5 in the R1 list. A few more hundreds , you'll be in the top 5 " All powerful " !!! Keep pushing !!!!

 

Now now John....dont let those single Runs jade you or anything.....

here is an R1 single run to keep you all in perspective. And I only did one run, did not try re overclocking for a single card or tweaking anything. So, I would assume higher is doable

Don, Ruby is smoking you, catch up!

 

scook are you overvolted on the gpu core?

I found out how to software overclock insted of flashing every two minutes. So I'll be in the game again.

 

Don, for those scores , you have to OC the GPU. Stock GPU won't hit those numbers. And I don't think overvolting the card will make any difference at all, probably freezes. lol...

 

ok. I'll try again when I can. I think I did vantagd wiith 625/1100 &nd 06 was much l

 

Overvolting the cards for me caused stuttering and dropped my scores

 

Yes I have the cards overvolted but I cant say for sure if overvolting made a difference. I am only assuming it helps. I am pretty sure in some circumstances it can lead to stutter though.

 

lets have look at your vbios mr cook

 

Overvolting makes a big difference for me. Without it my cards max out around 630 core and with it I can push 665ish.

 

what you want to see John? I can just post the .rom but that would make it too easy for others here

I have core @ 665, memory @ 1130, voltage @ 1.15V

I get some artifacting so may need to lower the memory. have not pushed the core much past this yet (but hope it can be done)

 

nice scook!

 

Mandrake did his 14.4k GPU score run at 675/1150, numbers I was completely unable to match as my GPUs were extremely unstable at those clocks

Here is the screenie from that run of his (I hold onto it so I know what I need to beat ) For what it is worth, I asked him and he said he never overvolted over 1.13V

 

With those settings, you should hit almost 15K vantage or at least surpass my scores. There is no point of having those settings if it doesn't yeld good results.

I wish my cards could have hit those settings.

 

i'll go for 13 across the board
http://i48.tinypic.com/14442hi.jpg

 

I guess it's pretty much a safe bet that the 4870's can run at 600/1000 24/7 safe and stable?

 

alright don, now we're talking...moving on up now.

 

Yes Crylo

Keep pushing Don! When you going to start doing some real GPU oc?

 

i strongly believe so yes but so can the 280m but less powerful.

although again for gaming there is no need to run it overclocked.

 

I can maxxed out 655/1120 stable. If I even go 5Mhz more on both, it freezes during runs.

 

Cool just making sure, because that's what I plan on running both my cards at 24/7 when I get my R2.

 

here are the ROM files for the 4870 from both the R1 and R2 (different BIOSes)

I just edit then using RBE and flash using WinPhlash (has worked great for me so far)

 

which one do you use scook?

 

the R1 one

 

Wsup ppl, can anyone help me out?...cuz Im having no luck locating a seller.. where can I get a Nzxt Cryo Lx in the UK?

 

try benching in balanced mode or in quality mode setting...
curious to see something.

thanks sir!

me
i use the rbe/atiflash/atiwinflash

edit:
ok, so i take it back....im liking these new drivers allot!

 

don, you mentioned you found a software oc tool instead of flashing. what tool is it?

 

amd gpu tool and 10.3 beta.

 

Jon, what sort of tweaks are you making in the driver and using ATI Tray tools?

I only found a few obvious settings