WELL THEN.
If that actually looks like a normal out of the box score, then I suppose the newb tag under my name is appropriate.
So what I've learned in the (9) posts in this forum is:
1. There is nothing wrong with my system
2. I'm getting "low" ratings because Im competing with OCers and tweakers.
3. I need to learn to do the above.
Well, out of curiosity, when Vantage tells me
Your Score Target Score for your hardware
Overall Score P18404 P21700
GPU Score P18814 P23800
Isnt the target score supposed to be from "out of the box"? Or no?
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congrats Mr Fox wonderful bench... Shows ES can use over 100watss for sure
and obviously its capable over 1.35 volts
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I was so excited about breaking my own records that I just spaced it off.
I also have new scores for 3DMark11 (8400) and Vantage (32597) to post, but I'm trying to do a little better before I throw in the towel for the day and post the screen shots and links on the thread. The hotel AC unit is doing wonders, LOL. The display drivers keep crashing, so I am backing down on the BCLK a little to try to keep them stable. I'm not 100% how it works, but I think the BCLK being too high affects the PCIe bus in such a way that the video cards are not liking running so fast.
The nice thing is that the CPU is no longer holding anything back.
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Oh yeah! The hotel you say. Well let the benching continue...lol
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That explains it
it handles like a normal one =)
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But, the hotel AC unit has produced some great Futuremark scores. I will post the screen shots here in a bit.
Courtesy of Hampton Inn, LOL...
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I came pretty close to the same setup when living in a hotel (also hampton inn) for 6 weeks in Boston for training for new job haha
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Get ya hotel living on!...lol
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No problem Brother Fox.
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5.14 secs very nice Mr.Fox AC rocks
those with the vents like that are amazing laptop coolers
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I tried OCing the cards and I'm still getting this score:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P18766 3DMarks
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Terrik - your CPU is going to be an impediment to getting really outstanding benchmark scores, but there is definitely room for improvement on your benchmark results. I doubt there is anything wrong with your system, it is most likely simply a matter of optimizing settings. Your CPU probably does an excellent job in gaming and I'm sure that's the primary reason you purchased the M18x. If so, don't be overly concerned with benchmark scores if your gaming performance is excellent.
What are your NVIDIA Control Panel settings? Be sure you set if for "Performance" or use the 3DMark Vantage profile. If you use the Vantage profile, change all the settings to high/maximum performance, turn off eye candy settings, multiple display, power management mode, etc. Also, grab the latest Verde beta driver.
I just did a benchmark with my GPUs set at stock speeds. Here is a side-by-side comparison. Look at the detailed results section: Compare Results
Ignore the CPU part of the benching for now. Focus on your GPU score. There are a couple of tweaks we may be able to do with you non-XM CPU once we get the GPU part in order. For cross-reference, here are my cumulative scores with the 2760QM CPU | GTX 580M SLI. You should be able to achieve similar results with the right settings, although the 2760QM CPU is a bit more powerful than the one in your system. You will need to flash your vBIOS to run at 0.92v in order to push your GPU setup much beyond what your current clock speeds are. Here again, if gaming is your primary objective, this is not necessary.
Once you get your GPU performance looking better, have a look at my posts on this thread for helping improve your CPU performance. You're going to need an unlocked A05 BIOS to make some of these adjustments. (There are more linked threads in my signature. Click the link right above the graphic for a list of threads that may be of interest to you.) -
Well, turns out my control panel settings were on "Quality" not performance. Ran vantage again and got this:
That score look a bit more normal then?
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P21337 3DMarks -
Re-read my post above. I was still editing it when you replied.
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Just did a stock run at 2.7 ghz and his score is way too low...
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Good question, John. Apparently, some were still shipping without the correct 580M vBIOS applied. Here is an example.
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I upgrade the drivers to 8.17.12.9551
I also used the throttling shortcuts in that other thread that was pointed out before I ran vantage.
My new score is:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P21527 3DMarks
Not all that different really.
As far as my bios is concerned, according to NvidiaInspector its:
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That's nothing....
Run vantage and tell me your fps & frames rate are right when jane nash jumps from the plank to the box above the water. Then you can exit out and report back here.
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Ah got it. Well then, am I up to speed with the GPUs now? Or is there more to do (besides tweaking the CPU in the threads you mentioned)?
EDIT: Oops, john ninjia'd me.
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One sec...running it now.
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You should be at about 3500 frames and mid 50's fps when jumping from the platform to he box.
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It should end up with around 67+ fps for an average.
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I was mistaking your over all score for your gpu score... My bad.
So your total gpu score is 23.3k right?
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23432, yes.
Well then--SITUATION RESOLVED. Now I'll look at that CPU tweaking thread.
Thank you all for your help
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Could very well be. But as of right now. You are on target with your cpu speed. The last test i ran at 2400mhz on all cores and default settings for gpu.
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John did you ever try that validation 53x on SLI enabled? Results could be interesting.
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Can you do 52x?
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I am and been in process of getting a nice setupget that AC unit easily used regularly for benching
building into a small laptop desk then gonna use aluminum dryer vent hose to port it up to an opening in top of desk and seal up my notebook cooler over this so a constant base of cool air can build under laptop for intake
as i said before 52x booted like it was a cake walk for it
gonna run cool to see if i'm lucky enough to handle above 5200mhz... im hoping for 53x
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Actually you never said it did 52x, just that it did 5173. Didn't know if that was a combination of things.
Im pretty happy with this chip, that's for sure. And I got some nice 580m's as well. Once i get the back plates ill put this baby back together
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my bad thought i said i was running 52x @ 99.4 and 99.5
im happy with this chip tooi was referring to my system being unopened and on AC but who know wouldn't hurt to run a desktop heatsink over the cpu
so you still have it like in the pics on the AC and open etc?
ill get some results to check out as soon as i have a work area going
booted 52x on 1 active core no hyperthreading and even with single core multi at 52x and all cores and hyperthreading enabled last i checked that was no forced fans and in 70F room so i cant tell if i had a heat issue causing 53x to not get fully into windows... it may though it got past windows logo but not far. hadnt tested since then... i'll chill it some on AC and boot 1 core at 53x and see if one of the flex could maintain it... 52x loaded fine in mid 40's of flex no other chip i had did that so same herelove my chip I dont even know its potential yet
side note too i think i will be able to also i booted 51/51/51/51 x 99.4 and ran intel processor identification utility (lower 8thread load than wprime and shorter run time about half) at some low flex i was blown away didnt drop from the 5070mhz on 8thread... i ran 5ghz on the first 2920xm in Skyrim but under anything heavier than skyrim speed i had to make it drop or over heating will occur... we can set burst speed with short limit and then a reasonable long watt limitthis one has been handling much like your chip (cant tell on benches havent went through the whole process)
my first 2920xm ran wprime 32m at 4920~ but not efficient enough as a lower speed beat the results.... this one may get 5ghz even wprime 32m like yours did
i ran BF3 at 5ghz
on the first 2920xm its anything over 5090mhz never worked. it could boot over that but strangely my max validation speed was equal to max superpi i could run
thats not normal... isnt it usually a little higher validation over max super pi could survive
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This game does not use all 8 threads so you would be able to run 5 ghz the whole time. Provided your chip is cool. im on 51x with all 8 threads enabled. Been playing for about 30 minutes so far.
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But it looks like there is not enough physical voltage to keep it there. Probably need about 1.52V and it would hold
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and a Hampton Inn fan, too.
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Cool John ill give it a try. Been trying 53x cool and no go so im seeing how high i can go via baseclock
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Thanks again for your help Mr. Fox, last score before I ended the night
AMD Radeon HD 6970M / 6990M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2960XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P26934 3DMarks -
*OFFICIAL* Alienware M18x Benchmark Thread - Part 2
Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by BatBoy, Dec 15, 2011.