*OFFICIAL* Alienware M18x Benchmark Thread

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Stock everything.

 

Time for some more testing!

Next test is to hit the 8k mountain top.

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Whats your best GPU score in Vantage so far Shaden?


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Oi oi oi!!! - you kept THAT quiet Chief!!

Couldnt resist 'eh? - welcome aboard and happy benching fella!

 

eheheh Thanks Stevie,

Hows your beast going? This beast is simply amazing ey!

Whats your best score in Vantage oles?
It's time for you to hit the 8k man!

Whats the max GPU clocks you can set your babies? I've seen those 6970s clocked pretty darn high ey!

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The beast rocks.....havent run any benches for a while as I couldnt seem to push further than what I did although I am sure with a few more tweaks etc, 8k+ would be do-able on my little 6970's lol

Max clocks I had mine at were 855/1200 - only got one run at those but 840/1200 worked like a charm. I have seen Johnksss put out some crazy clocks on his 6990's so you should be set for some real fun mate!

I think my best vantage run was in the region of 24k+ from recollection...will dig it out....

 

Time to smash out the bench! Get your bench on!

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http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1694882;jse...11/1694882?key=bC7aup2mAjbQcLh5vSkhV6vkpKam9Z

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1694913;jse...11/1694913?key=j7CkXjTdSqF4rFFTpp64ZmE3nnq4Sc

 

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8216 3DMarks

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8156 3DMarks

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8123 3DMarks

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8122 3DMarks

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AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8122 3DMarks

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8235 3DMarks

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8230 3DMarks

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8229 3DMarks

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AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8239 3DMarks

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Maybe just run it several times and post your best score instead of posting every single one?

 

Some impressive score Cheif, and nice rock solid stable it looks like. I am doing some vantage today, I think my highest GPU score has only been 26K ... but I have the CPU OC'd farther now so I am hoping to break it.

 

eheheh
True that Scook. Twas a bit overkill wasn't it!

I wanted to sort of portray the journey lol
I couldn't resist.

Hows your benching going Scook?

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Thanks Shaden,

Still no where near your 870mhz core clock and that impressive 9k + GPU score!

Now I just need to learn what to change in the BIOS to up the CPU scores a bit more.
Hey Shaden what exactly do you change in the BIOS for the CPU OC?
Exact sections and numbers?

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My benching is on hold until later this week. Have some interview stuff I have to get ready before then.

 

can you run these same clocks with vantage?
and what are you cooling things down with?

 

Yea I can run those in vantage too .... and like I said, I take it in the ac room, close the door (it gets quite cold in there) and then I run Hwinfo to blast the fans at fulll ...

 

Here is a 870 / 1200 Bench but only at 2.6GHz ... \

http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3424114;jses...mv/3424114?key=TjPnMVu6Z2AZVeSmTQsHHuwWScWsEw

I want to get a few more in today, but Hwinfo makes Vantage lock as you click to show results ... really F'n annoying to get through the whole run and then have it lock on you ... so I have yet to sit down with the 3.0GHz and bench ...

 

1: you need version 3.83 or 3.84
2: don't use manual max fans
3: use the custom auto profile setting
4: set fans between 2k to 4k not 7k - so when it hits 60C your fans are running at about 4k
5: most importantly..you need to right click on the sensor menu and disable ec compal

 

You sexy beast, I am on this ... but first I have sushi lunch today for my birthday (tomorrow)

 

I saw a comment from unclewebb that the unlocked M18x bios makes throttle stop more useful. Apparently adjustable TDP for the 2920xm. Has anyone here tried it? Said it makes the cpu "come alive"

It was over at tech inferno. The comment i saw about it was in an m14x bios discussion. Here is a link to the T|I throttlestop discussion forum
ThrottleStop Discussion

didn't read much but you guys May want to research this if you want to continue upping your scores. Its for the 2920xm i think

 

You can find the relevant infos about unlocking the BIOS for TDP/TDC modification here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...iental-has-been-unlocked-modded-a03-bios.html

and here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m18x/605380-m18x-a03-bios-modification-infos.html

I am working now on creating a small app that will automate this process and be generic to all Insyde BIOSen. Should be fun times

Also, these mods can benefit non-extreme processors also, just not to the same extent due to the way they are locked. But they still get a small benefit.

 

Yes thanks to DA_G my CPU is alive really alive

 

Man....I got some learning and catching up to do

 

Yes you do scook, but I have no doubt a little research and time will take you to the top

 

John is a fierce competitor!

And Shaden has some mutant 6990s or something....haha

I enjoy a good challenge

 

it's not so much the competition as it is an accomplishment. if it was a strict competition... then no one would know anything what the other bencher was doing nor could the other benchers better their scores.

 

couldn't agree more ... Much of my success is due to others, John for example. Not really a competition as such, but def a setting and achieving of goals. Its pretty awesome all in all.

 

Yep I can't wait to see more of all your scores!
Especially some more MUTANT GPU ones

Waiting for Scook to pass his interview and then really get into it!
Waiting to see Shaden run his CPU at 3+ Ghz along with his mutant GPU settings!
+ John looking down from the top of the hill waiting for us to catch up to him eheheheh
OH and not to forget DR!!!

Happy B'day Shaden!

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Ok Ok....it is not a competition, and it is just sheer fun.

But we do all want to be #1

 

Nothing better that throwing out a new idea and being crowned king for a bit. Aka straight dice on the gpu's Haha, or dice pot for that matter. Than there was Slv who store some of my gold cups with his 300mv hard mod.

 

you stole a bunch from me because i was to lazy with my g73jh..

 

I remember turning heads with my QX9300 hanging at 4.16 Ghz hehe....in a chest freezer

Beat the hell out of going eskimo on the front porch in 10f weather

 

the good old days....

like when they said the 9800m gtx wasn't any good. and mhooper was praising k&n notebooks....wonder what happen to him and if he got all he wanted out of that deal?

 

lol i can't wait for winter up here in canada .... i am going to sit on my deck and bench HARD

 

Stole? Haha persevered, Haha, G73 was just not able to hang. Though id love to see if the g73 could have beat my 1024m time. Would have taken a lot. Im tired of benching the R2 but see no need to upgrade and too cheap to buy other hardware.

What was mhooper looking for?

 

assuming we get a voltage unlock .... since i have already hit the V limits ...

 

remember...you ran dice. when i benched the g73 it was always cool air only. so im guessing that (dry ice) would have really helped it to do a tad bit better... speculation of course.

side note:
he was thinking he was king of the hill with his super secret tricks form k and n. always had something stashed on a flash drive that he couldn't find. unless it was higher than a score i or ewrecked had ran. lol. did allot of bragging about those machines back then, but then they broke down about the time k and n started having financial troubles....then after that...didnt hear from him any more.

 

double post..

 

I remember those days My only gripe with the 9800M GTX was that even though it was the fastest mobile card at the time, it was nearly twice as expensive as the 9800M GT/8800M GTX.

Same problem I had with the latest nVidia mobile high ends. Lucky for me, I got two of them at a kick a** price

 

ichime - did you get the 580M SLi setup to work correctly on the R2 yet?

 

Not yet, but I got someone to look into adding sli certification in the R2 bios, which I think is part of the issue...

 

Isn't SLI already there from GTX 285m support?

 

and i got a great price going into getting those so i switched out mine. but just buying them off the "rack" hell to the no!

 

I think he said something to the effect that 285 SLI did not need certification due to it being a Master/Slave combo vs a Master/Master or atleast he thinks thats how Dell got around the issue.

 

Yeah I'm positive it's how they did it and it has to be the same with the Clevo 285M SLi in the X8100. One guy tried installing two 485Ms in his X8100 and also couldn't get SLi to work.

 

Interesting. I know that my M17x R1 was fine doing master/master with the GTX280m's

 

I'm guessing it's because of the nVidia chipset it uses.

Heh, I probably would have traded you both my cards for your 6990Ms if I wasn't committed enough to get SLi working in the R2, and I'm sure you'll be hitting EVGA Superclocked 560Ti numbers once you get your hands on the 580Ms , though I'm pretty impressed that I can hit 760/1520/1800 with no voltage tuning.

 

do 6990's work in yours?
and of course...you know we are all waiting and watching....im sure you'll have the sli up and running soon.


side note:
ran this stock cpu and off the table. no extra anything. still with a00 bios.

 

very nice, yea these things run quite well at OC'd levels without extra cooling or anything but in regular use situations.