*OFFICIAL* M17x Benchmark Thread - Part 3

This is what I have quoted in the previous Benchmark Thread

" Basically I will have the same spec on my R2 like my previous R1 with the exception of the CPU. I read somewhere that it's 25-26% increase in performace. Base on my OC'ed QX9300 , OC'ed 4870's the Vantage and 3DMARK06 score from my R1 , I think R2 with 920Xm would probably be around P15K - 17K Vantage , and 24K - 25K 3DMARK06. "


Can someone tell me that I was not dreaming !!!

 

5% plus a small bump from evga e-leet.

 

3.5 ghz on all 4 cores..nice! Glad I got the 920xm after all.

 

now...i would like to see someone pull off a 1:1 on memory....

(and yes...it is a joke)

 

3dmark06 is crashing doing runs that high. Need time to tweak and get some extra cooling.

Gotta wake up early for work. More fun tomorrow. I will have more time the next few nights.

 

I hope so.

 

you have to be carefull...people start thinking jokes are facts and all..

aight drake, we'll catch up with you tomorrow.

 

My Qx9300 feels so inept now

 

Interesting your TDP is 62W mine is 55, I thought all 920xm were 55..... Oh you bumped up the settings right?

 

what kind of vantage run did yours do hemi?

 

I'm grtting a 920 !

 

i can't believe the 920XM is able to pull that off. you gotta do a crysis benchmark. i can't even wait to see what the 5870s will do with a 920XM.

 

Isn't your system limited by a 120w supply? I read that the system shuts itself down when at full load (e.g. furmark + prime). So that 3.7 ghz couldn't possibly be stable given the weak PSU.

 

sounds about right joker...

 

I did not want to indicate that mine remains at 3.7 ghz, it changes as the need may be and it even goes over 4 ghz at times according to turbo boost and CPUZ and such. I haven't tried furmark+prime, will do soon.

 

Throwing up an All stock run of the QX9300+ATI 4870's for comparison. Posted it few pages back but in the last day this thread has grown so much that it got lost.

Comparison based on Vantage runs

http://forum.notebookreview.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=42656&d=1262127850
My stock QX9300 CPU score was 10,454

Here is Mandrakes Stock clocked i7 920XM, CPU Score 16,217
http://forum.notebookreview.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=44346&d=1265161009

Am I wrong in saying the 920 with turbo is over 50% faster?

As far as GPU scores are concerned, Mandrake ran the score with Cat 9.12 Drivers, where as my GPU score was based on factory drivers as I had yet to install Cat 9.12

 

Yeah preliminary numbers seem to show the 920xm thrashing the qx9300. I can't wait till mine arrives so I can do some OC'ing.

 

Well based on what Soviet told me in a conversation, the 120 PSU doesn't have enough juice for that 17" Clevo so with furmark + p95 running, the system shuts down. He's got a 160w PSU on order, I'll ask him to re-run the tests to see if the problem goes away.

 

im not 100% sure that all 4 cores are at 3.5 ....

But i can hope they are. If they do indeed hit that high i will get a 920 off ebay

 

Even if they are not, it still doesn't change the score. Best I can hope for is that all four are not running, and there is a tweak needed to make all four run, then the scores would reflect a nice jump.

 

if they were all at 3.5 that would be a 100w power draw.... i dont see 2 4870's running then 100w CPU

..M17 any one ?

 

One easy way to test for it is to output via dual displays and have a monitoring program up on one of them while vantage is running to see if all 4 cores reach that OC during turbo mode. If they do, then this thing will be unstoppable. Or you could even run ThrottleStop with it's logging function (logs about once a second) to see which multipliers kick in during a vantage run.

 

or just run vantage with HWmonior in the background

.... if only 1 core heats up i think it should be evident.

 

even if they aren't...still allot faster than the competition....

 

i understand that and no need to jump on me i am just playing the devils advocate here.

I get mine tommorrw and i should be able to do the same thing based on what he is doing

 

I'm looking forward to seeing more results. Unfortunately my R1 hasn't made it back to dell. Stupid APO shipping , So I havn't ordered one yet, but I'd like to wait till 5870's come out. Not sure if I'm that patient though. Although by the time I recieved an R2, they would probably be out, so I may as well wait

 

I know exactly what you feel : One day before the new system and everyone is happy, throwing nice scores in your face, hehe...
Damnn, I'll skip the R2... 100%..... maybe 95%....

 

based on this post i have a VERY interesting find. The blck is unlocked.

Anyone with a desktop i7 knows what i am saying. The blck is what you need to overclock it. The BIOS in the M17x uses the blck to overclock the 5% which means if you could decompile the BIOS you could change the value and have it overclock more.

I am just happy to see it unlocked and know the potential is there. I do not know if you can adjust it in the OS level like you can the FSB through.

 

Looks like a job for zfactor.

 

jump on you?

 

omg i can't wait to get my m17x-r2 it's gonna be fun trying to replicate what you guys are doing cuz i have no idea as to what i'm doing.

 

Just wait till they start re-flashing the GPU BIOS with faster clocks. Thats what I'm eager to see.

 

ATi tray tools won't OC the 4870s? Sigh. Damn you nVidia for not having fermi or die shrunk GT200 ready.

 

they tried GT220 but it was very very bad ... like just bad.

They did die shrink the GT215 core ( or was it 210?)

Anyway, the only way to OC the 4870's is a Vbios flash

 

Guess I'll have to look up some guides on OC'ing the 4870. RivaTuner doesn't work either? Some people had success in OC'ing the 4670 in the SXPS 16 by modifying the ini file in Rivatuner. I think I'll try that tomorrow.

 

nobody has tried modifying the INF but when i get mine tommorw i will try a couple things but i am going to write up some things to help people understand ATI cards since they are flooding the market.

Maybe how to flash and driver instillation.

I really need to get my website up and running

 

Check this out, it might be useful for your guide: http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?P...3656a0175eea&topic=130309.msg996297#msg996297 and http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5541436&postcount=13

I'm going to try it out tomorrow so I can avoid vbios flashing.

 

vbios flashing is really easy and painless. Here is a really good guide done by Mandrake. Props go to him. http://www.notebookforums.com/thread230061.html
Just remember to keep a copy of the original vbios so you can flash back to the stock flash. I never once had an issue and I was reflashing the vbios 15-20+ times a day when I was OCing

 

I've got a lot of experience with bios flashing nvidia cards, just not ATi. Still I'd rather have a software solution where I can change the clocks at will rather than have to manually flash each time. I'm hoping RivaTuner does the trick later today.

 

Flashing the vbios with ATI cards helps with stability versus OC'ing them in Windows. I found the opposite to be true with the nVidia cards.

 

nice job mandrake.

 

Thanks don. Lots more to do.

 

nice. me myself. i'm stilling having trouble and it's worse now. i'm stuttering so badly right now i dont even want to look at the machine. on top of that the slave gpu is at full blast and i'm getting a replacement fan.

i'm calling a manager.

 

Yes! More complaints!...until the satisfy their customer with a new R2!

 

first i would like to say the dpc is completely gone. there is none whatsoever. maybe every 10min while doing something but the stuttering has become worse
well there going to do something. i just installed 06 and vantage'

i'm running going to run vantage now. then bed there is no reason for me to run anything else.

 

you just ran vantage and got 7000 on the gpu and 6000 on the cpu. I didnt use snipping tools to save it. Dell said a manager willl be there in 2 hours and call after that.

 

Are you drinking? Looks like your losing motor skills lol or been up all night benching. Thats how I get lol. I'm confused on the message your trying to get across

 

lol. i was pretty tired. i'll edit it.

 

Power nap time don...plenty of time to play later.

I brought my system to work with me. I'm just waiting for some of the guys on my team to call me a dork, lol.

 

Bro, will you be posting benchmarks on that new M11x puppy you just got? What specs did you go for?