*OFFICIAL* Alienware M18x Benchmark Thread

Thanks Fox,
I think it likes your settings.
Nite time for me now.. thanks again.

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P25595 3DMarks

7/29/2011 10:35:00 PM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 22.31s, Average FPS: 89.64
Min FPS: 68.19 at frame 166, Max FPS: 135.82 at frame 1645
Average Tri/Sec: 92864112, Tri/Frame: 1035985
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 17.79s, Average FPS: 112.43
Min FPS: 68.19 at frame 166, Max FPS: 141.15 at frame 1792
Average Tri/Sec: 116376240, Tri/Frame: 1035071
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.89
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 17.96s, Average FPS: 111.34
Min FPS: 68.19 at frame 166, Max FPS: 141.15 at frame 1792
Average Tri/Sec: 115361136, Tri/Frame: 1036082
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests

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7/29/2011 10:35:00 PM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 111.885

 

You're welcome, buddy. +1 Rep for testing it out.

 

Here is one more for Mr Fox, Keeps getting better. Temps around 75-80 C


AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P26339 3DMarks

 

Damn. How'd you get your GPU score to 27k? I got mine to 24k but that was with overclock to 780/1000

 

You'd better have some Xtreme CPU to give those bad boys in CF some more juice

 

You need to push to around 815/1100 or so to get a higher score with your 6990 CFX. The CPU makes some difference and BDRacing has an Extreme CPU that is hitting 4Ghz, so it is not likely your 2630 CPU will be able to achieve that score. However, if you hit 24k you can do better with a high OC. I have a faster CPU that you do and have it TurboBoosting to 3.3Ghz, but your 6990 CFX is giving you a slight edge over my 6970 CFX.

Here is my best Vantage score so far with the 6970 CFX... 22764 @ 815/1100.

 

CPU configuration effects the GPU score?

 

To some extent, yes is certainly does. Lack of CPU mojo can hold back the GPU. They work hand-in-hand. Are you hitting a 24k GPU score or the actual Vantage benchmark score, because they are two different numbers? Your actual system benchmark score is probably lower than the GPU score. My P22764 benchmark score is based on a GPU score of 23968 and a CPU score of 19782. BDRacing's CPU score is 25645, which is significantly higher than you and I can achieve with a non-Extreme CPU. Please post a screen shot like mine below.

 

My overall was 22k. GPU was 24k. At 780/1000.

I can't push the cards anymore. Everything crashes.

 

some game benches stock

AvP DX11 Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Texture Quality: 3
Shadow Quality: 3
Anisotropic Filtering: 16
SSAO: ON
Vertical Sync: OFF
DX11 Tessellation: ON
DX11 Advanced Shadows: ON
DX11 MSAA Samples: 4


Just cause 2 you can see the settings


Lost planet 2 DX11 settings on the screenshoot

 

Hey, Speedy. Do you have The Witcher 2 (on ultra, no ubersampling) and Crysis 2 Ultra DX11 (bench tool here) at your disposal?

 

I have the witcher 2 but i already beat it on my desktop so I am not planning on using the space of my hdd's for that now but I can do crysis 2 later no problem

 

For those of you that have a 2630qm and 6970CFx configuration, here's my best 3DMark11 score. I spent about 5 hours tweaking, testing and searching for optimal settings for my best benchmark result.

Here's my setup and settings:
- 2630qm @ 105.5 bclk (seems the sweet spot for me)
- 6970CFx @ 846/1250 (pretty nice if you ask me)
- 8GB stock DDR3 1333MHz
- Driver version 11.6
- 3D settings in Catalyst all turned off

3DMark11 result: P7491

For my setup this seems a very good result, I wonder if anyone has done better with a similar setup.
I'm still trying to break the 7500 points.

Anyway, it seems that as it is now, raising the cpu clocks doesn't do much, graphic cards seem to be the bottleneck as raising those clocks yields a lot more gain in the scores. Why oh why can't we raise voltage on these :/
Anyone wanna attempt a voltmod?

Btw, can anyone tell me if the 11.8 drivers give better bench results compared to 11.6? Just wanna know if i should update or not...

 

Great score. I can't even break 6,500 with 6990's.

 

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P26753 3DMarks

 

Were the GPUs overclocked?

 

I tired this too, but it's still not working, after disabling avast, redownloading from futuremark (or a mirror) reinstalling completely and still getting the same error.

I ran 3D Mark Vantage at stocks.

Config is
2920xm factory OC
240 gb vertex 3 max iops (all problems fixed, works like a dream, not a single problem)
8gb hyperX PnP 1600
580m SLI

Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P24018 3DMarks

Just raised the OC to level 3, and am wondering if there's anything else I should know. I saw that video and for me the long duration pwr was like 78 and the time window was like 24 or something, is that normal?

Finally, about to try OCing the gpu's but I'm not sure what a safe starting point would be, nor how I would know if I went too high. Is it just a "try until the bench program doesn't crash" thing?

And what program should I use for 580m SLI?

 

7/30/2011 3:49:14 PM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 20.34s, Average FPS: 98.34
Min FPS: 73.58 at frame 184, Max FPS: 154.49 at frame 1732
Average Tri/Sec: 101882368, Tri/Frame: 1036047
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 16.17s, Average FPS: 123.68
Min FPS: 73.58 at frame 184, Max FPS: 154.49 at frame 1732
Average Tri/Sec: 128071768, Tri/Frame: 1035489
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.89
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 16.13s, Average FPS: 124.03
Min FPS: 73.58 at frame 184, Max FPS: 154.49 at frame 1732
Average Tri/Sec: 128564544, Tri/Frame: 1036593
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests

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7/30/2011 3:49:14 PM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 123.855

 

Pretty much right for the GPU OC! install the latest version of MSI Afterburner, raise the clocks for core first by 15Mhz and run 3dmark11 (graphics only bench), +15 on the core run test again and so on, until it freezes/crashes. Go back 15-20Mhz from the last result and start the same for the memory. I say 750/1700 is a good start (no harm), the best i've seen so far was 835/2000 (with overvoltage)!!! so don't worry... keep an eye on the temps. 85C is normal, higher than 90C is a limit!

 

Thank you Mr Fox for taking the time to help a bench mark noob like myself.

I got this lappy for work to read memos and send jokes to fellow workers..
I think it should work out OK for me..... LOL... OK, I game a little now and then also.

What I have here is a straight out of the box m18x with stock dell drivers.
Set the CPU OC in the bios to level 3
Overclocked the GPU's to:
Core Clock 850
Memory Clock 1150
GPU Voltage 1100

It has not locked up or missed a beat so I'm thinking she still has a little more to give...... but I will leave that to the extreme OC professionals.

So who is going to be the first to 30k?

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P26753 3DMarks

And an Overall Average of 150 fps on Crysis?

7/30/2011 3:49:14 PM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 20.34s, Average FPS: 98.34
Min FPS: 73.58 at frame 184, Max FPS: 154.49 at frame 1732
Average Tri/Sec: 101882368, Tri/Frame: 1036047
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 16.17s, Average FPS: 123.68
Min FPS: 73.58 at frame 184, Max FPS: 154.49 at frame 1732
Average Tri/Sec: 128071768, Tri/Frame: 1035489
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.89
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 16.13s, Average FPS: 124.03
Min FPS: 73.58 at frame 184, Max FPS: 154.49 at frame 1732
Average Tri/Sec: 128564544, Tri/Frame: 1036593
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests

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7/30/2011 3:49:14 PM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 123.855

 

That is fricking unreal !!! no doubt the 6990s can break 30K with some pushing ...

 

I thought the highest average for the 6970's was around 50-60 FPS? How could the 6990's be so much better?

I must just not pay attention enough, or is that benchmark test less demanding than the actual game? Doesn't seem likely...

EDIT: Just realized that "high" isn't the highest setting.

 

I am just impressed at the OCing the card ... and well ... that FPS on high is pretty awesome too ... should crank it all the way see what happens ...

You have stock paste etc ?
Also that OC is on stock Dell drivers ? crazy.

 

Yes....Stock Dell Drivers

Factory paste on a cm storm cooler.
Have not seen any temp over 78c
My room temp is about 70f
I have a tube of IC Diamond 24 here but see no need at this time.

Origin PC can clock a CPU like mine to 5 GHz so I think who ever can duplicate their CPU clock and push the cards a little more will own the 30k title.

I wonder if I have 3 heat pipes on my CPU?
To bad is so hard to check.

 

With a repaste, updated drivers, and maybe a slight over volt I am betting you could break 30K yourself ....

I know for myself updating drivers on the 6970 allowed considerable higher OC ...

 

Funny... The wind is just right this eve and as I sit here in the back yard the sound of the top fuel cars at the local drag strip can be heard tearing up the track.
Get one of them 580m boys over here spinning cookies in the parking lot and stirring up a cloud of dust. That will get me in the mood to install the 500 hp NOS shot and roll up my garage door. LOL... BDR Racing.

 

Here are my latest benchmark scores...

These benchmarks are using the tweak below and those that have followed my scores will recognize they are as good or better than running unmodded Dell and AMD Catalyst packages.

Vantage: P22764 | 3DMark06: 22425 | 3DMark11 P6700
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I would appreciate your feedback on the documents and testing on your systems.

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Using the same settings as BDRacing, here is my Crysis benchmark... This is with the humble 2720QM CPU. On a good day, my R2 with the 720QM and HD5870 CFX would average 39FPS, so this is a healthy result.

 

Here is a back-to-back comparison of the M17x R2 that was returned and my current M18x using Geekbench:

Compare Alienware M17x with Alienware M18xR1 : Geekbench Result Browser

 

Overclocked my CPU and redid 3dmark 11. GPU OC'd to 780/1000.

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P7145 3DMarks

 

Your physics score of 6328 seems quite low. I'm running a 2630qm also and my physics score in 3dmark11 is over 6500. How much did you set your bclk?
Try pumping it up to 104.98 in bios, that should yield a much better result.

 

What about crysis very high 1920x1080 no A/A any one ?

 

where are the hardcore benches for 6990/580 users with 2920xms?

 

Speedy - on my M18x I get about 50FPS on 1920x1080, very high, no AA. I'm not able to run a bench right now, but look back on this thread a week or two and I think you'll find where I posted it before. I only ran the lower setting (high) because I was comparing performance with BDRacing.

 

Thats what I was waiting for too.....I'd like to see which one takes the "crown"

 

So for stock clocks who takes the crown so far peeps?

6990M vs 580M?

Cheers.

 

Stevie you hit the 8k mark yet with the new 11.7 and preview 11.8 AMD GPU drivers?

Cheers.

 

Nah mate, not yet. I tried 11.7 briefly but was getting the Aero bug with 'em so rolled back to 11.6....still get the Aero bug on them so may well try again for 8k...

Im eagerly watchin' for some 6990m xf and 580m sli owners to put up some figures to compare....

 

Hey folks.

For those of you who are having the "Program File.dll" error with 3dmark 11 I found the problem. You have to disable the "Behaviour Shield" specifically in Avast! for it to work.

Hope that helps.

 

Here is an interesting comparison of 1st gen i7 720QM to 2nd gen i7 2720QM:

Geekbench: Compare i7 2720QM Alienware M18xR1 with i7 720QM Alienware M17xR2

 

Thanks Mr fox , this is weird when I run single GPU i can do 860 core but if I enable Xfire max I can do is 838 core on both GPU's time to hook the killowatt meter

 

Speedy - that is weird. I look forward to seeing what you find out about that.
Question: Are you getting more bang for the clock from your core clock adjustments or memory clock adjustments? I cannot get past 825 on core without BSOD, but I am wondering if dropping memory clocks down to 1000 or so would produce better results overall and allow me to increase core BCLK. Right now I am getting the best combination of performance and stability at 815/1100. I have my FSB @ 103.

 

Ok so trying to oc my 580's - so far this is the best i seem to be able to do - which I dont understand having looked at the extreme overclock thread?

I'm fairly new to all this so am I doing something wrong as i'm no where near....? As soon as I try going above this the 3dmark tests randomly stutter / drop to about 6fps.

Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P6785 3DMarks

Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P26379 3DMarks

 

If you could run furmark multiGPU 1.82 with postfx, displacement mapping and xtreme burn selected for at least 5-10 minutes to see how your temperatures are.

 

There's some severe throttling against furmark for 580M gpu's, so they downclock as soon as you start the program. sad...

 

Yes, Nvidia made the 580M's Furmark-proof, lol
The temps shoot into 70C in 1-2sec and immediately jump down to 60C while fans remain on the same level. And just for comparison, I have seen 85C during Vantage while only 70C in Furmark (same machine ).

Another observation, the 580M's have mild micro-stuttering and latency issues compared to the AMD cards. I've checked 4 M18x's with 580M SLI so far and each had red spikes up to 100K M17xR1 all over again??

 

I can't pass 104BCLK or bsod but the memory not over 1050 and the core 838 but I think since this card is a real 6870 desktop card if you search for the specs that card is clocked 900-1100 with a Voltage of 1.175 we sould be able to hit that speed with a little bump on the voltage maybe 1.125 but I don't know how to unlock the voltage or if is even possible

your bsod's are because the BCLK is not stable not because the clocks of your cards are to high try to lower your BCLK to stock to see what your cards can do

 

Thi's a jock right?

 

Unfortunately, nope With the 6970/6990 the DPCLat Checker shows normal latency with very rare spikes of up to 4-5k which is totally normal when gaming, benching, scrolling large PDFs, multiple flash loaded tabs, etc. But 17-100k is noticeable ...

 

on furmark my temps go all the way up to 76c on both cards until the third fan speed kicks in and then the temps drop to 72c stable all the time very happy with the results after re pasting with OCZ freeze