*OFFICIAL* M17x Benchmark Thread - Part 3

Your CPU temps are great and the 3DMark06 score is correct.
You need to look at your GPUs. It might be a driver issue.
Try re-installing the drivers or different ones (try the newest beta)

 

@PsychoUsagi -- way too low in 3dMark06. Ought to be around 10.5-11K. You are almost certainly in stealth mode. Press the touch control (button) with the tach/speedometer symbol located above the number pad.

 

Yay, that did it. So I take it that Fn+F7 is a separate function that completely disables the GPUs then? Regardless thanks, scored 10,550 3dmarks after doing this. Sorry I'm a newbie to Alienware. Repped. :3

 

that is what you are suppose to hit with that.

 

Congrats to TheCodeBreaker for making it into the top 5 for 3DMark06.

 

the best my c2d will do on vantage

 

I cant believe i am still in 3rd spot with the R2s
Out of 3 people but hey who's counting

 

Now try again with physx turned off and we will care alot more....

 

What is a sufficient amt of time to stress test an OC? I am trying to determine max clock for day to day use.

Normally I just care if it finishes a benchmark run.

 

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=2022286

best I got so far.

GPU OC'd to 630/1050 on both.

half of what my SLI GTX 280 desktop gets me, but still extremely happy with it.

 

John suggested to use a program called Linx and to run it for about an hour. It is a linpack program essentially.

That is not bad. I found that my GTX 280m's in SLI overclocked about matched a desktop 4890. The 4870m's in CF beat a desktop 4890 pretty well if overclocked.

Something to keep in mind, at the same clocks, the 4870m's in CF ARE a desktop 4850x2

 

Yep that's pretty awesome. 650/2000 = desktop 4850x2 in a laptop lol. Cooling is freaking awesome in these machines.

 

It made me smile when I realized that equivalence haha. Since the 4850x2 is a SOLID card. I can also run my CPU at 9x 1333 - it is then a desktop q9650 and 4850x2 haha

but oh ya....it is a laptop!

Look at where the 4850x2 stands in this chart of desktop cards. I have found these charts to be pretty acurate (pretty good site).
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2569-6.html

 

I get around ~12,5k points in 3dMark Vantage - Performance mode - with my config. Don't have a screen to show unfortunately, but I'm happy with the score since I believe it's the cpu that's keeping it a little lower then other M17xs

 

try it with your hybrid disabled.
http://i50.tinypic.com/vyy3yx.jpg

 

You are running 3dmark06 which is highly CPU dependant, that's why I ran vantage. In 06 I get around 16k I believe.

 

why would I turn it off? just because your cards dont have physx. If It is there I should use it. Vantage test physx if i am not mistaken so why should I turn it off. Thats like telling the patriots that they cant start their qb because the other team does not have a qb who is just as good.

 

Are those clocks just for benchmarking or do you run them day in/out?

 

the everyday question is:

ATIs crossfire at stock are compared to which desktop gpu?

 

it is faster then a single 4870 but i'm not sure if it is faster then a 4850x2...

 

because it inflates your cpu score.
http://i50.tinypic.com/357kbv8.jpg
here's my 280m gtx sli on with physx on stocked.

 

You turn it off because it artificially inflates the CPU score. You will notice that futuremark does not even rank your score if you have physx on, nor does HWBot - the highest recognized database for overclockers.

 

utilize it for gaming, not benchmarking.

 

IMO only if you run them at desktop 4850 speeds which might be a bit high for daily use.

 

Desktop 4850s are only 625. That is doable for every day use I think

 

really????

how much is the memory on it???

 

Around 950 to 1000. Very doable

 

making me think about flashing. lol. but 625 is max stable with software overclocking for me. the memory i can do 1088 before crashing. no artifacting though.

 

i'm going to do it.

625/1000

how is that?

 

i wonder how you guys can overclock the gpus so much without having stuttering as i do..

 

here is my m17x r2 stock

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=13529866

Need to try 06 OC'd, only done vantage.

What do you score in vantage?

 

thats my dual core 280m sli. my 4870 with quad is alot higher then that.

 

Stock, SLI 280m with 2.8 Ghz C2D is about 13,500.

Stock, the same system with XF 4870s is about 14,500.

OCing my C2D CPU and XF 4870 GPUs a bit gets me to about 15,500.

@ 2.8 my Quad gets 15,500 in 06 and 11,000 in Vantage.

 

i;m running furmark right now 1920*1200 maxed out for 30min then i will flash and re-run furmark again to see the temp difference. as long as it doesn't break 80c i'm going to keep it that way.

 

what's this 'unlocking the 4870' that someone mentioned earlier?

is that in reference to simply using RBE to change teh GPU and Mem clcoks or is there some other trick I need to know about?

 

I am quite interested in what you find. I'll probably try for the same clocks.

 

625 core is almost certainly doable at stock voltage too

 

I just got this thing yesterday. I can't figure out how to keep the clocks set after a reboot (unless you flash it, which i dont want to do) so I will keep the clocks stock unless I feel some heavy gaming coming on

Granted, even OC'd the GPU's didn't get nearly as hot as my gtx 280's in my desktop. So far I am happy with the power of this thing.

 

had to re-run i wasn't on a flat surface and i'm doing it in one sitting so it is in a controlled environment. i will also change my thermal paste depending on how things go. i hope that will shave off at least 5c. i'm running it for 30min. i'm going to doukin donuts and i'll come back.

 

Stuttering? I have zero stuttering. Played tf2 for hours, and that was after 2 or 3 OC'd 4870 vantage runs. Is it lag type stuttering? Or driver related stuttering? Or is it micro-stuttering thats induced by multi gpu's (normally you don't see this on more recent gpu's)

 

It is neither. Stuttering due to a lack of power to either the CPU or gpu. It causes a drop to single digit fps for a short interval and comes periodically. I found that crysis for example will stutter with ANY overvolting while most other program could tolerate overvolting without any stuttering.

 

Interesting. So the only way of fixing that is a bigger power supply, or to lower the OC's on the cpu and gpu to help minimize power draw?

That sounds frustrating...

 

here's stocked
http://i42.tinypic.com/2znu749.jpg
i'm going to flash now. but just to make sure 625/1000 is good right?

 

If I were you I would use AMD GPU tool to change it to 625/1000 and give some games/benches a shot. That way you know before the flash if its stable or not. Or is that what you have been doing?

 

Pretty much. But like I said, most programs do not cause enough load to cause the power draw to cause the stutter. We do not know if it is a limitation of the power supply or the power circuitry of the motherboars. But There is a bottleneck somewhere for power

 

People are to scared of flashing....it is fool proof using RBE and it's built in winphlash

 

No people are scared of winphlash because they don't trust Windows

 

Well it has not wronged me yet. And if it does, can boot off the 9400m haha and then blind flash back the 4870s from a dos USB

 

10.3 is out offically.
before


after

 

About time for that dam driver!

Will get it after this stat class