*OFFICIAL* Alienware M18x Benchmark Thread

Joker
I hope the heatsink issue is not an overall design flaw. How were your temps before the thermal paste change?

 

Brian on mine running furmark my GPU 2 is also about 4-5 degrees hotter, my gpu 1 reaches about 80, gpu 2 about 84-5 but what worries me is the GPU temp 1,2,3 for gpu 2 (in gpu-z) are sometimes in the 90's. Not sure what exactly they are sensors for but that does seem dangerous. the GPU 1,2,3 temps for GPU 1 are fine in the 80's. I think im gonna repaste tomorrow too. Does re-pasting void warranty if done correctly?

 

Joker, the heatsinks are assymetrical right? Not the same but flipped like in the R1/R2?

 

The temps were pretty hot before the paste job when running intensive benchmarks or furmark. GPU 1 saw about 5-10C drop but GPU 2 didn't budge much which threw up red flags.

Thanks for the confirmation littleone. Could you also post your findings in this thread?: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...mperature-isssues-confirmation-requested.html

They are assymetrical, the right one has longer pipes than the left one similar to the R2. However, this issue seems to stem from the sink not making adequate contact with GPU 2's core.

 

That is what I thought then, one is just not as well designed as the other

That will get some attention from me! Shame that they did not just make the parts all bottom accessible like everything other enthusiast laptop made in the last 2 years.....(including EVERY OTHER ALIENWARE right now). In the R1 I let it slip as that was still a pretty accessible laptop, this is just sucky though

 

The M18x will definitely cause issues for those that look into repasting. I'm going to predict control panel and/or palm rest snapping posts in the future. The control panel is a flimsy piece of plastic and the palm rest is plastic coated with rubber. Both are susceptible to easily breaking if you're not careful with removing them. And once those are out of the way, the cables/ribbons are held down by push down fasteners (vs the kind you just pushed to the side in the R2) so it is a hassle lifting them up to release the cable.

 

Fortunately I should only have to open this thing once then.....

 

damn now i might not upgrade the ram. i thought the m17x r1/r2 were annoying to open.

 

For ram and HDDs the R1 and R2 were exactly how laptops should be, easy to open and access those parts. That will remain partially true for the M18x it looks like. I like how on Clevo's and the M14x, M15x, M17x R3 all are easy access to both CPU and GPUs from the bottom of the laptop, it is quite nice for modders liks us. That was something I really liked about my OCZ Whitebook (Same as the M17)

 

Is it going to be a chore to get to the fans and vents to blow out the dust?

 

What dust?!

 

I know that all the m18x's are still sparkling clean still. Occasionally I have to take the bottom cover off my m9750 and blow the dust bunnies out of the vents and while I'm at it I blow the dust off the fan blades. I thought this was common practice. Will this be much more difficult with an m18x? I asked because of the complaints about accessability.

 

You should be able to blow out dust from the bottom with relative ease.

 

Excellent. Thanks, Scook9.

 

All you have to do is remove the bottom cover. This task (accessing the fans) is very easy.


Documentation

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so Im downloading Pcmark Vantage. I have never bench marked a computer before. If I run this program is there anything I should know ?

 

Are there any benches for an OCed 2920xm? I'm particularly interested in OCed wPrime scores and Vantage scores. Wondering how it pairs up against it's predecessor.

I feel so out of touch since I've been working and havent had much time for NBR like I used to. Stupid real life

 

set image quality to high performance

set windows 7 settings to performance options to well... performance lol

make sure u have AMD 11.5 and not dells garbage stock drivers

 

I upgraded my Ram to 16gb and it couldn't be easier. You just use a small plastic shim or small flat head screwdriver and just be easy and you will be fine. As with anything plastic to much force will cause breaks but it really was a snap to upgrade the memory.

Just realize you are working on a 3k machine and dont go ripping and tearing into it and you will be fine.

 

Catalyst 11.5a
Latest Cap Profile


Crysis BenchMarks

Not sure how much I trust these benches because I used the crappy 4 year old Benchmark tool from Crytek for this.

Run #1- DX10 1920x1080 AA=4x, 64 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Last Average FPS: 34.43

Run #2- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Last Average FPS: 37.34

Run #3- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Last Average FPS: 47.19

Metro 2033

METRO 2033 BENCHMARK RESULTS

Frontline

Options: Resolution: 1920 x 1080; DirectX: DirectX 11; Quality: Very High; Antialiasing: AAA; Texture filtering: AF 16X; Advanced PhysX: Disabled; Tesselation: Enabled; DOF: Disabled

Very High No DOF
Total Frames: 2573, Total Time: 59.69857 sec
Average Framerate: 43.20
Max. Framerate: 127.15 (Frame: 2286)
Min. Framerate: 11.18 (Frame: 1272)

DOF: Enabled
Total Frames: 1944, Total Time: 59.2503 sec
Average Framerate: 32.91
Max. Framerate: 115.74 (Frame: 1771)
Min. Framerate: 9.99 (Frame: 8)

High Settings No DOF
Total Frames: 3540, Total Time: 59.63515 sec
Average Framerate: 59.46
Max. Framerate: 180.31 (Frame: 3241)
Min. Framerate: 18.08 (Frame: 6)

High Settings DOF Enabled
Total Frames: 2587, Total Time: 59.51713 sec
Average Framerate: 43.57
Max. Framerate: 164.83 (Frame: 2458)
Min. Framerate: 12.75 (Frame: 100)

Alien VS Predator

Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Texture Quality: 2
Shadow Quality: 3
Anisotropic Filtering: 16
SSAO: ON
Vertical Sync: OFF
DX11 Tessellation: ON
DX11 Advanced Shadows: ON
DX11 MSAA Samples: 1


Benchmark Summary:

Number of frames: 6758
Average Frame Time: 15.5ms
Average FPS: 64.5

Devil May Cry 4

I've never run this bench, but it seemed like a joke. I got an "S" Rating and never dipped below 200FPS with everything maxed out.

Hawx 2

Everything Maxed out Avg 102 FPS

Resident Evil 5

Game Max everything Averaged 133.4 FPS

I just realized it's 3 am and I'm up doing benchmarks. Let me know what else you guys want to see tested!

 

LOL. Have fun!

 

All these fine jokers running around (want my avatar?)

Jok3r, did you have a chance to bench stock ram against the 16gb install?

 

You West Coast guys have the drop on us for staying up late

 

SC2 Ultra Settings on crazy map like the swarm or something ?

Call of Duty Black Ops ?

 

the SB quads will laugh at SC2

and the 6970s can easily handle the graphics

 

I figure thats true Scook, But I would like to see ... I intend on running SC2 in 3D on external monitor, so good benchies are important.

 

Ok guys, I would really like to see some back to back STOCK (with 6970 CF) and then some PIMPED (2920, Hyper x, SSD) Benches.

I think it would be -really- valuable for those of us waiting to order to see the difference in FPS for games, or even some 3d Mark stuff.

Maynard put up some good stuff, but its sort of a wonkie mix of upgraded parts and almost stock CPU ...

Can we Get on this ?

 

Here are my stock numbers, they are awesome compared to any laptop I have dealt with in the past

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...g-thoughts-etc-share-away-42.html#post7522377

 

Great baselines Now turn it up to 11

 

Looking at that trixx program, does it change clocks on both cards successfully? Any changes needed to make it work properly?

 

I can't wait to see scook's numbers with an OC'd 2920xm + 11.5a rc3 and some CCC tweaking. This is what I can get with my lousy 2720qm (105 bclk + GPU OC): Result

Unfortunately futuremark feels compelled to hide the individual results due to an unapproved driver.

 

Futuremark is always behind on approving drivers. I am looking forward to my results too

 

If anyone has the games Empire:Total War and/or Napoleon:Total War I'd love to see framerates in the largest battles you can muster with graphics maxed out. Should still run pretty smooth should it not?

 

Holly broccoli! This is way better than my desktop, CPU overclock to 4GHz and GTX 580 etc,etc

 

You aint seen nothing yet

 

Yep!, I know. I think The 6970M in Crossfire are better than my GTX580 at defaults setting,hee,hee

 

it should, theres an option in the program that should mirror clocks on both cards. its on by default. theres alawys GPU-z to confirm clocks.

 

I thought that running 3mark with physics enabled inflated scores? Obviously if every laptop comparison uses scores with physics enabled, then it won't matter. But I'm still baffled as to how a 2920xm can out score a 6 core 990x. But I thought that during the benchmarking of the x7200 everyone benched without physics enabled. Either way it doesn't matter since in the real world it's all about the FPS in game and render times.

 

The 2920xm has much greater access to memory bandwidth since I can run DDR3-1866 in my M18x while the x7200 is limited to DDR3-1333 unless I am mistaken

And PhysX enabled means nothing in an ATI system where the CPU has to do all the work anyways?

 

I honestly have no idea. I just think running with physics enabled can lead to extra variables. But if it doesn't make a difference then it will be fine. I know you can pump out some nice numbers with a 2920xm and as long as I don't get mine with defective fans/GPUs that will toast my system, I will see what I can push the 2920xm to.

Btw I was wondering if you can flash the hyperX 1600 to 1866?

 

I suppose you could, I just bought 1866 to start with. The price difference is not much....and then you retain a life-time warranty on the ram

 

Where is the fun in that though? Though I didn't spring for the 1866 since I decided my money would be better spent going towards a second set of 2x4gb 1600 hyperX if I was having any troubles with CAD. 8gb should be fine for Inventor, AutoCad and CREO.

 

But the burning software (I have used Thaiphoon burner) is $20 itself, eating away at those perceived savings

 

Scook, stoked to see your OCed results. That thing walks all over my R2, except for RGB thats the one thing I'm hanging on to!

 

I thought it would be cool to see what the m18x can do. So instead of just giving you the benchmark numbers, I figured why not show you as well

"Stock Dell drivers, Dell install, nothing done - just a boot and benchmark."

Current specs:

M18x Space Black
18.4" 1080P WLED
2820QM
6970 CROSSFIRE
Blu-ray
8GB 1333 Ram (don't have the memory yet)
320GB 7200RPM HD (only 1 drive)
Intel 6300

**These videos maybe still processing, so give it more time for the 720/1080**

3DMark06:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYNE1csbB1c

3DMark Vantage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLUg9yDMCo

3DMark 11:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYgOqtFt9PU

PS My arm/elbow hurts...lol

 

3dmark 06 105 bclk

gpus @ stock

Result

same cpu overclock

no gpu overclock

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1257104


NOW WITH GPU OVERCLOCK + CPU OC, 850MHZ on core

the memory is still not overclocked

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1257277

 

I did it!!! WORLD RECORD for 6970M CROSSFIRE

3D Mark 2011 P7711
Result

GPUs @ 865/1100
CPU @ 3.145Ghz 105mhz base clock
ram @ 700Mhz

Gpus only hit 65c while in the benchmark I LOVE THIS LAPTOP

 

Wow! Great job! This is a nice score indeed!

 

Wow, that's what this laptop is capable of really. Nice. Can you post a screenie of Hwmonitor or Hwinfo32 after benchies? Thanks

 

yup, just gimme a few mins. for some reason hwinfo and hwmonitor dont show the temps of my 2nd gpu.

yet furmark and gpu-z show the gpu2 temps .

also the ssd took about 3mins to install. this laptop kicks .