m17xR3 with 6870

Still, 56 would be better than 30.

 

i'll change it once i get back, and see how it goes.

 

3dmark06
15790 3DMarks

OC gpu to 775/1100

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Nice, pretty close to my scores, especially given thats a single GPU.
If I can find a way to upgrade my machine with two of those in the future, they're gonna fly!

 

Just give me till tomorrow to get my r3 w/optimus so I can try OCing it like you did so we can compare notes

 

nice run, scores are looking good so far. if the 6870 is anything like the 5850, then there should be a lot more room to oc.

are you planning any vantage runs???? i would love to see them

 

have to get new keys to ran vantage again.

bleh, was running 06 at 825/1150 when it crashed/hanged
is that all i can go?

 

inap, what were your max stable settings for your 5850?

and what were the stock settings?

 

stock @ 625/1000 1.0v

daily gaming @ 750/1050 1.0v could be higher but i like to keep my temps low.

insane benching @ 985-995/1135 1.15v depending

you have to go higher on your voltage for higher stable clocks, but that involves flashing it.

but my 5850 could go as high as 850/1100 before i needed to up the voltage. but every card is different.

 

sweet. not going to try to change the voltage yet, as i have no idea how how to do that. any good guides on NBR?

 

Do you only use MSI afterburner to OC?

 

there was a guide but was taken down. if you not into heavy benching then i wouldn't worry about it. but if you need help let me know.

 

so the 460m will net a higher score with overclocking. thanks for posting your results.

 

yap, should i be using something else as well for better results?

 

No not at all, I was just wondering what you were using for OCing the card.

 

great scores on the card. flashing the cards is pretty easy if you want to know just pm me for any questions

 

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No offence, but is this really a surprise? lol

 

^how did you deduce that just from seeing one bench?

 

thanks for the vantage run. looking good so far. the cpu score is really nice.

 

Surprise no. Interesting yes. I agree with Johnnobits here, interesting enough to note for certain.

I say this because there was a lot of smack talk about the amd card being better than the 460 card. While I am not into my dog is better than your dog garbage, it is interesting to see the 460 results v. the amd. There were a number of posts about the amd card being a slightly underclocked 5670 (sorry if I am screwing up the numbers) but that card owned a 460. At least that is what was being posted.

Now that we have actual (if not limited quantity) benchmark numbers with the R3 on a sandybridge ( which we never had before!), these results are comment worthy for certain.

Nice work sailor and thanks for posting those results, glad your having fun with your new R3.

 

Can anyone sum up the results of the amd card vs the 460? Im not sure i can survive trying to find anything in the million page benchmarking thread

 

If by results you mean benchmark results, there are only two examples I am aware of with the same CPU. USShelfire with his amd and texasrho (sp?) with his 460M, who both oc'ed their processors.

Texas was in the low 16K's and the sailor was in the high 15K's (15790) with 3D Mark 06. Lots of variables with small sample size but this is the best we got as it were.

 

imho, both cards would gave similar performance in gaming. but most amd cards have the potential to oc very high, which is good for benching.

 

Johnnobts posted this: I presume he has the 27xx cpu and 460M
Using 3DMark 2006:

Mine at stock was around 14400.
Overclocking 817/1634/1309 I get 16682

 

do note that im rather new to all this OCing and have yet to determine its max stable setting. so the scores could very well go much higher.

 

Wow. Lots of progress with the OCing, eh?

Not sure, but have you been able to OC the cpu yet? Is it possible with these i7 chips?

 

nope. i have no idea on how to OC the cpu. and i also have no idea if its possible to OC. im waiting for mandrake/dangerclose or for the more experiance guys to test that out. LOL. and at the moment, im very happy with its performance, so dont see any need to OC it.

yap, as for the GPU ocing, i made the mistake of raising both the core and memory clock speed by the same amount at the same time. resulting in it crashing when the memory clock got too far. noob mistake i guess.

currently in the process of finding its max core speed before i proceed on with max memory clock.

P.S. my dell rep has just gotten back to me, and had agreed to do an exchange on the GPU. a tech will be sent down to exchange my 6870 with a 6970! WOOT! so will be ocing like hell before it gets exchange

he also asked if the chipset was giving any problem(seems that dell is ackowledging the fact that the chipset is faulty) and enquire if i would like to return my R3 now, or get a replacement mobo in future when its avaliable.

i of cos chose to keep it and get a replacement in future. cant bear to part with this machine.

 

Unless you plan on getting another HDD anytime soon (before the warranty expires ) I would just keep it. If you could do some game benchmarks with the 6970M that would be awesome, I think you will be one of the first to get it .

 

How much $ is the upgrade from 6870 to 6970?

Also, what's the number you called to get that kinda service? I might be interested in the upgrade/return myself.

Thx!

 

The upgrade cost $500 sgd.

I only called my sales rep who sold me my r3.
Basically just told her that the r3 is still under the 30 days return period.
And instead of dell incurring more cost by returning the r3.
They can just send a tech down to replace the gpu.

Also, if I return the product and don't get a replacement, my rep won't get her commission on the sale.

 

How much does $500 singapore dollar convert to U.S. dollar? I might be interested, now that I think about it

 

What's the dell part number for the 6970? I might see if they will let me purchase it separate.

 

Thanks mate. Answered alot of my questions with that post. The temps are great but the comfirmation of the seconds instead of minutes is disappointing. Although 2.5ghz is still pretty good.

 

Current rate is $1usd equals $1.3sgd.

But remember that the 460 is a $75usd upgrade from the 6870.
But here, its a $300sgd upgrade.

No idea what the part number is.

 

It's great that you are getting 6970M..can you PM me
your sales rep contact details?

Coz the sales rep I spoke to is juz reducing the price on tacx mouse n bagpack. He seems pretty new too.

 

guys, any other software i can use to OC other the MSI after burner?
i need one thats built for ATI cards, thus cant use EVGA precision.

i managed to OC my core clock up to 860. and its still running stable and very cool. however, MSI afterburner doesnt allow me to increase the core clocks beyond 860...

 

You can try any of these

AMD GPU Clock Tool v0.9.8
Riva Tuner
ATI Tray Tools

 

You may not have any OC tools when it comes out, when new top end cards come out it takes a few weeks to get the OC products to support them the ones BlackestNight21 listed some good chances though.

 

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Nice run usshellfire! I'm looking forward to running some benchies tonight :S The chaos begins

 

doing vantage run now.

 

Definitely want to see the Vantage run to see what of the 06 score is cpu and what is gpu.... +Rep

 

only riva tuner works, but i have no freaking idea how to use the damn thing. i cant even see any options to change core/memory clock.
guess im stuck at 860 core till i figure out what other programes i can use.

 

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dang, im getting addicted in trying to push for higher and higher scores.LOL

 

welcome to benchmarking lol

And that GPU score is getting up there Once you graduate to vbios flashing you could really make some waves in the laptop single GPU benches

 

Nice run, now you have me wondering what my 460m will pull lol, doubt it will be as high as my M15x but I'm still gonna push it

 

LOL!

and who will be signing my diploma in benchmarking?

now i just need to find a software then allows me to push my core clocks past 860...

looking forward to your benches dane!

 

Give this one a go

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