*OFFICIAL* M17x Benchmark Thread - Part 3

OK, thinking I am getting these ATI drivers sorted, still cannot get CCC to load. Here are my Vantage scores and 06, no OC'ing at all. M17x-R2.

3DMark Score
P11272 3DMarks
CPU Score
12021
Graphics Score
11043

3DMark Score
15123 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score
5941
SM 3.0 Score
7880
CPU Score
3545

 

Holy crap 11k GPU? Oops nevermind, I thought i was looking at M15x 5870 benches.

 

I will be updating my sig shortly with my specs. Am I in the ballpark for stock clocks?

 

Yes that looks right for out of the box.

 

Thanks! I know some people were trying to help me sort my issues in this thread and I would like to share how I got everything to work on my machine. I did a full reinstall of the OS following the R2 guide in this forum with the exception of the video drivers. I am on A05 BIOS and could not get any of the ATI package to install (10.4 from ATI, not the Dell offered version). So, first I tried to install the Dell package and then update to 10.4. I could install the Dell package, but when I went to update to 10.4, 1 of 2 things would happen. 1) drivers would not update, stay at Dell stock. 2) would install, but performance would mimic a single GPU even though CF was enabled. I dinked around with it and eventually got it to work like it should.

1. Uninstall everything ATI.
2. Safe mode, Driver Sweeper, remove the rest of ATI.
3. Safe mode again, Device Manager, delete both ATI GPU drivers.
4. Extract 10.4 package (but don't bother installing, will fail).
5. Using the old "have-disk" method, go into Device manager and for the GPU's, click update driver and point it to the directory the 10.4 package extracted too. Have to do it for both GPU's, updater will find the drivers and update.
6. Launch the Dell GPU Driver Package. When it goes to install CCC/HDMI etc., make sure to un-check the included GPU drivers as we want everything else but those. Install.

Now everything works like it should. Stock scores are listed above. Everything about where it should be. I did notice that the 2nd GPU is a tad hotter than the main, but only 3~4 degrees. I can feel the heat on the number pad area, but it is only in the mid 60's when the fans kick in. More often than not, only the mid speed fan kicks in to cool it down. Only running Furmark Multi or the Full Vantage test package did the High speed fan kick in.

 

So here's what I got? Not sure how to translate it

 

Updated Vantage scores:

3DMark Score
P11379 3DMarks
CPU Score
12062
Graphics Score
11167

ORB - World of Performance

Was running in balanced power mode, in High-Performance, did much better. The link above should show my old scores and current.

 

And I have yours beat, 11167.

 

That is nearly double my Furmark score I think. Need to give it a try now that I am sorted...

 

I was not trying to claim some record. Did not spend much time optimizing my stock scores compared to my overclocked ones haha

Good job though, it really blew me away how strong these laptops are even at stock speeds when I got my 4870s

 

I know, was being a dork. Now that I finally have mine running, it is really nice!

 

DX11 Benchmark from Futuremark coming soon!

3DMark11

We'll have something new to add to the leader boards once it's finally released.

 

that's a good one...lol

with all the people who didn't want to pay for vantage...not sure they have changed their mines to buy 3d11 either...lol

me, im getting my copy once it comes out though.

 

Yeah by Q3 all the new mobile cards should be shipping well, so it should be a lot of activity here.

 

And I am not going to lie....the GTX 2480m looks GOOD

256-bit GDDR5 and 352 cores (an actual GF100 chip)

cooling this all will be another story.....it is 100W (they are not even trying to hide that TDP lol)

 

So... No body get the m17x with 5870's yet ? I am curious of what kind of numbers you guys going to achieve

 

they are starting to come in but none of the big benchers have them yet

 

The best CF 5870 score was on this page.

 

thanks, that's impressive

 

What's impressive about? It's barely better than 4870CF scores (by less than 10%).

 

My feelings exactly...

 

Lol, I think that's after hiding

 

I posted this in another thread, but this looks like a more visited one, so I'll try here.

is it possible to run eyefinity panels with the two 5870s in crossfire? I know that the new HP Envy 17's selling point is that it can run a 5850 and run eyefinity off a laptop.

Would the 2 mobile 5870s (I know mobile GPUs are usually 1/2 as powerful as desktops) be comparable to scores with a desktop 5870 in eyefinity (5040x1050)?

Thanks guys.

 

I would hope that 5870 CF is as powerful as 1 desktop 5870 but most likely... not.

 

whats the word mr cook?

or better yet...which thread to jump in??

 

The M17x W/ 5870s or something like that is where people are posting at the moment. One person had a 13500 GPU supposedly stock pretty much all the others are in the 12500-12700 range for GPU. Not as high as I would expect really...there was also a stock 920xm with dual 5870s in 06 that was over 19k - again though, not sufficient screenshot to prove that it is stock....

I posted an example of a proper screenshot for them

 

ill give it a read through. thanks mr cook.

 

Heres the latest with everything stock 3d advantage 06. I dont even know how to check the ati drivers lol.

 

Thats a nice Vantage score for stock !!! But still a lil' shy from the ATi 4870s OC'ed which is 15K.


I wonder what will the OC 5870s score will be......

 

Is this 3dmark06 or 3dmark Vantage? If it is Vantage, then I see a performance increase. If it is 06, I have it beat... Say it ain't so!

My scores, all stock, no OC'ing anything...

3DMark Score Vantage
P11379 3DMarks
CPU Score
12062
Graphics Score
11167

3DMark Score 06
15123 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score
5941
SM 3.0 Score
7880
CPU Score
3545

 

I guess I should post my results in this thread. The program settings are default and stock clocks.

Vantage:


3dmark06:

 

Next time, for an official score, you'll need to provide a screen shot of cpu-z and gpu-z along with the score.

 

4.5k for a stock 920XM is ok. That's a good 3DMark06 score for starters!

 

can you overclock your cards Achilleus and put cpuz and gpuz in the screenshot

 

What are you guys using to edit the vbios and changing the voltage and clocks?

 

I use Radeon Bios Editor (RBE) with winphlash

you can also flash it from a bootable USB stick - some prefer this method

 

What is the advantage of the USB stick compared to Radeon Bios Editor?

 

@joker (from the now closed benchmark thread)

Do you think you're score was higher than other because you did a clean install?

 

I take back what I previously wrote on this post... I answered my own stupid question...

 

here is my r-2 with 4870cf stock run in 06

 

BKC, his score was higher because he overclocked his video cards by 200 mhz.

 

I'm a nub, how do I go about doing that? I can't find the options in the bios and I have no clue how to use amd gpu tool. I looked at codebreakers gpu overclock steps but it didnt work for me.

[/nub]

 

joker said he had a hard time overclocking them using amd gpu tool, so he flashed the cards.

 

There's no point in overclocking the video cards unless you want to improve your benchmark scores. I think tweaking them with stock settings will benefit you more in the long run (for real world applications).

I suppose what I'm going to do is a fresh install onto an SSD and run benchmarks from there. Little things like disabling antivirus and unecessary programs should help a bit. But I'm waiting for the heavies like Mandrake and Joker to really play with the cards, unlocking their true potential.

We must realize that these cards in crossfire are brand new and I'm sure there will be many driver revisions/bios improvements to make them as strong as possible.

 

here is my score with cpu overclock.Cant get gpu to overclock my cards without bsod.

 

I really hope that Dell will issue a bios update. Have they ever done that for a GPU?

 

Thanks I noticed the stock voltage for the dell 5870 is 1.05 while the asus one is set to 1.15

It's prob the reason why we can't overclock these cards as well as the asus

 

It might be a reason therefore we need Dell to fix this issue.

 

So how far has anyone with a 920XM and CF 5870s come along with overclocking? BTW, flashing them is alot better then using amd gpu tool.

 

I cant get amd tool to oc my 4870s at all.?