I have 6990m cfx already but...

Still not response, If not official answer, Im going to call my commercial on monday.

 

Nope. I'm not competent/brave enough to crack this baby open. Everything is stock. The temperatures have been very, very good.

 

So you think I should ditch Dell Drivers and go with 11.8?

I can't modify the options in 3dmark because I have the free version. Everything's set to performance though.

 

I think you should do a clean install or use PCdecrapfier do get rid off all junk from the OS. Go tu run type services.msce and disable superfetch.

Download driver from guru3d or in the forum 11.8 drivers. unistall your drivers
reboot in safemode, use driver sweeper and install the new drivers, then reboot.

 

Yeah I already disabled Superfetch.

I've never used driver sweeper. I've heard there's some potential complications that can arise from using that application. Like deleting some vital driver that you can't get back, or something. Any insight on that before I do this?

 

K. Swapped dell drivers for 11.8

Turned off Superfetching

3Dmark vantage is now 22k. 24k GPU score.

I'll run 3dmark11 later.

OC'd to 780/1000.

 

And the temps with this Mhz?
Dell have just released ATI 6990 drivers. You have in drivers section.

 

Is not just about disabling superfetch is a long list of tweaks you can do to improve scores and also some are just for ssd's like some of this here

Increase System Speed
Disable indexing
Description: Indexing creates and maintains a database of file attributes. This can lead to multiple small writes when creating/deleting/modifying files. Searching for files will still work.
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services - > Right-Click Windows Search -> Startup type: Disabled -> OK

Disable defragmentation
Description: Defragmenting a hard disk's used space is only useful on mechanical disks with multi-millisecond latencies. Free-space defragmentation may be useful to SSDs, but this feature is not available in the default Windows Defragmenter.
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services - > Right-Click Disk Defragmenter -> Startup type: Disabled -> OK

Disable Write Caching
Description: There is no cache on the SSD, so there are no benefits to write caching. There are conflicting reports on whether this gains speed or not.
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Manage -> Device Manager -> Disk drives -> Right-Click STEC PATA -> Properties -> Policies Tab -> Uncheck Enable write caching -> OK

Configure Superfetch
Description: Frees up RAM by not preloading program files.
Instructions: On second glance, I would recommend leaving this one alone. However, there are some customizations that you can follow in the post below.

Firefox - Use memory cache instead of disk cache
Description: If you use Firefox, there's a way to write cached files to RAM instead of the hard disk. This is not only faster, but will significantly reduce writes to the SSD while using the browser.
Instructions: Open Firefox -> Type about:config into the address bar -> Enter -> double-click browser.cache.disk.enable to set the value to False -> Right-Click anywhere -> New -> Integer -> Preference Name "disk.cache.memory.capacity" -> value memory size in KB. Enter 32768 for 32MB, 65536 for 64MB, 131072 for 128MB, etc. -> restart Firefox

Free up extra drive space
Disable the Page File
Description: Eliminate writing memory to the SSD, free over 2GB of disk space. Warning - If you run out of memory the program you're using will crash.
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Settings (Performance) -> Advanced Tab -> Change -> Uncheck Automatically manage -> No paging file -> Set -> OK -> Restart your computer
Alternatively, if you want to play it safer, you can set a custom size of 200MB min and max.

Disable System Restore
Description: Don't write backup copies of files when installing new programs or making system changes. Can free up between a few hundred MB to a couple GB. Warning - Although unlikely, if a driver installation corrupts your system, there won't be an automatic way to recover.
Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> System Protection Tab -> Configure -> Turn off system protection -> Delete -> OK

Disable Hibernate
Description: You may free up 1GB of space on the SSD if you have 1GB of memory, 2GB of space if you have 2GB memory. You will lose the hibernation feature which allows the equivalent of quick boots and shutdowns.
Instructions: Start Menu -> Type cmd -> Right-Click the cmd Icon -> Run as Administrator -> Type powercfg -h off -> Type exit

also remember that faster ram won't necessary give you better scores the ram on my desktop is only 1333mhz but if you want better performance overall get ram with lower timings like 7-7-7 not 9-9-9

 

Temps have been great even with 825/1100. Basically under 80. Goes up to 80-82 briefly but goes back down.

 

Really nice temps have you done the 3dmark 11?

Mine is in Los Angeles today, so i will receive it end of next week

PS: Speedy Gonzales: thanks for the great advices

 

Great temps, as mine with factory settings, but i live in a hotter place.

Gracias speedy also

 

Just did it for you.

OC'd to 715/1000

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P6436 3DMarks

 

Thanks man i appreciate it

 

I don't know why I posted 715/1000. I think it was 780/1000.

But yeah no problem.

 

Ok Koelle, thanks again for the help, i'll be waiting

 

Cache thats a horrible score ... wth ??? I can break that with my 6970s ... and I know people are getting great fricken Vantage scores with the 6990s ...

Wondering whats up with your setup/system ....

 

Yeah Shaden I have to say I'm a bit underwhelmed.

I made a few adjustments in CCC (turning off all options under 3D applications settings) and my 3Dmark 11 score hit 7k.

Vantage I'm under 22k most every time. My best vantage score was 21,964 overall.

Everyone seems to be doing a bit better than me. Others are doing MUCH better, but that's because I can't overclock my cards more than 9% without my system crashing.

Not sure what to do. Using 11.8. I'm thinking of switching to different drivers. But 11.8 seems to be fine for others.

 

Maybe this may help?
‪[HD] Alienware M14X - Nebula Red with Soft Touch Finish - How to Overclock CPU.wmv‬‏ - YouTube

Mr Fox allso said:
After you change the number for the BCLK, go down to the next field and select "Permanent" and it will stay that way until you change it.

I also bumped my memory voltage up just a bit. You do that on the same screen in BIOS.

Thats al I know. For more details... like what numbers to put in......
Maybe Mr Fox can chime in here?

 

I overclocked my CPU last night. Scored over 7100 in 3dmark 11 with GPU OC'd to 780/1000. Which is an improvement.

Then I ran vantage at stock GPU clocks and scored 20.5k.

OC'd to 800/1000, ran vantage again, and of course crashed. And 800/1000 was working fine for vantage yesterday. But now it's crashing me every time.

I'm too lazy to wait for the benchmark all over again. Whatever.

 

Still waiting ewalach, I'm going to send you a copy of the session I had with the commercial, by pm.

 

A new score with test drivers 11.8 22811 3dmarkvantage.

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P22811 3DMarks

 

@Koelle you need to start overclocking and posting on the benchmarks thread your machine should pull some nice numbers

 

Another results 6483 in 3d mark11
AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P6483 3DMarks

 

Yes, tomorrow I'm going to oc, to see what this card are made of.... Saludos speedy!

 

Here you have the first oc. Core 760 Mems 1000. ==> score 6816

And the caps of two cards.


AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P6816 3DMarks

 

Cool, you have the 2820 so you should get nice numbers good luck ! please post benchmarks here http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m18x/574780-official-alienware-m18x-benchmark-thread.html
saludos Amigo

 

To score Todavia esta muy bajo, sigue tratando.,
Your score still to low, keep trying.

 

I only just uninstall dell's drivers and oc a little with trixx, which score should be?

 

can you run the ffxiv benchmark on the high setting with one gpu and report on it?

 

Good advice, Speedy.

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