*OFFICIAL* Alienware M18x Benchmark Thread

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Genuine Intel(R) CPU 0 @ 2.40GHz,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8493 3DMarks


AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Genuine Intel(R) CPU 0 @ 2.40GHz,Alienware M18xR1 score: P29103 3DMarks

 

nice score speedy!


so it looks like ES 2 OEM none!
lol

 

Do not write off the OEM, I just have not done any of these BIOS mods yet.

Once I get up the enthusiasm, I expect to be up there

 

sorry, but your written off till you find time to bench...

 

Touche.

I will just have to back up all this talk

 

pretty much.
and since the fastest chip is an es at the moment...get to backing
29.4k cpu...woohoo.

we only say this because it's been a long time for you.. with fam, job and all.

 

*Scook I am defending the OEM for us! FTW
Over 30k vantage cpu, over 10k physics(cpu) on 3dmark2011 and 8t 1024m wprime under 171secs. I'll show pics and links tonight. No dice, no ac, laptop completely entact only missing battery (would hate to hurt it benching). And a pic of 2920xm 8t at 100% load at 4.7 GHz for a moment in throttlestop. OEM from Dell.

Can I say Touche’?

 

Thanks John...

I know but sadly there is no difference between ES and OEM other than the price both can be pushed insanely

Question Why I can complete half of the first vantage gpu bench @900-1150 but it crashes temps are fine ?

 

Voltage maybe speedy. Also that's exactly it OEM and es have same capability.

 

Speedy I got some runs off at 900/1200 but both times Hwinfo locked my computer and I couldn't get the results screen up ...

 

I am sure its just how the benches push the GPUs but its also weird how you can push higher clocks in vantage then in 3dmark11

 

Then can you give me some residual voltage for my GPU's :laugh:

 

yep that's why i was thinking drivers ?

 

Sure thing lol.

 

What you can do to help that is disable ec sensor readings inside the sensor window itself not in the preferences of hwinfo like fan speed and hide them and close the alienware services for your runs, that can help with the lockups.

 

can't wait to get back to mine since i haven't had a real chance to go above 90 watts. that last bios flash was monstrous.

 

I know John I had a 4 month wait on an exchange so I know how you feel about waiting.

 

ouch! no way i would wait that long!
i put that call in yesterday. it should be fixed by Wednesday, since today was a holiday.

side note:
i don't know why people have trouble with the dell reps. both times they have been great with me. and i have a time frame to turn in my laptop for a brand new one with the 2960xm. provided it goes on sale with in the next 3 weeks.

 

+1 for never having trouble with Dell reps.

I will also try to get a couple hours in tonight with this new BIOS.

 

new bios + fans = nice scoring.

 

John do you have a Stock Vantage run on your 6990s recorded ?

 

i think i do somewhere.

edit:
nope. i don't have one saved.

 

Well I have started playing with this bios stuff

Very neat although it will pretty much make having extreme CPU cooling mandatory as the temps get sick fast.

Any tips/tricks for me that may save me time?

 

Hey Shaden,

I had a stock Vantage run I did last time.
Your probably after the 2920 CPU one though.

This is a stock stock score. Dell drivers and like 1st day after unboxing. No CCC settings changed. All stock.

Cheers.

 

max fans is a big part

 

I'm gonna need to get in on this MAX FAN business soon too.
Just no time with work atm.

Cheers.

 

Yea I am lookin for a 2920 ...actually I think I need a OC'd 2920 vantage run with stock GPU clocks ... lol

 

I will try to run one today or tonight

 

Many thanks Drifter !

 

Happy to do it. What exactly do you want? Only my CPU is OCd. Cards and memory are stock clock.


3d mark or pc mark vantage ?

 

Thats exactly what I want !

OC'd CPU stock clocks on GPUs.

Vantage would be great, and any other benches you can run. But don't go too far out of your way, just a few would be great.

THanks Drifter !

 

Hey, can someone point me to the latest nvidia drivers? I can't find the modded 280.26. Something's wrong with search, no matter what I change I keep getting the same results for posts from 2010 or threads from march. Thanks in advance.

 

How are you controlling your fans? And is that fans + AC or JUST fans?

What values are you using for TDP, throttle/shut down temperatures, and currents?

I was running a Vantage CPU test to see if my settings were making a difference and the performance was definitely higher - right up to when the laptop shut down from what I assume is CPU overheating.

Really need to get back to the freezer or find an AC unit to use.....

 

In Google type:

site:forum.notebookreview.com your-key-words-here

Cheers

 

@Scook try this

Shut Down Temperature -> 110
Throttle On Temperature -> 95
CPU_Current_Limit -> 1040
IGP_Current_Limit -> 1040
Enable C7 -> 1
Turbo PWR Limit MSR Lock -> 0
Long Duration Power Limit -> 120
Long Duration Time Window -> 128
Short Duration Power Limit -> 120
CPU Turbo Multipliers -> 45 / 45 / 45 / 45
Turbo VID Flex Override -> 25

 

you didn't use the settings speedy posted a few pages back?
and we are off the table no a/c right now.

My out the box attempt...

 

Those are exactly what I had tried. And that is sitting on the Cryo with the bottom cover off. Cryo fans maxed and presumably laptop fans maxed according to bios settings I made. I am pretty certain that I was getting to that 110c and shutting down immediately. I also have the Cryo propped so that the top of the Cryo is parallel to the table, gives those fans some more intake as well.

 

does anyoen know which gpu is primary and which is secondary? one is located underneath number pad and the other is underneath the macro keys.

 

no...you have to use hwinfo to force the fans on high

the one on the left

 

Windows Defender Running. No OC on vid cards.

3DMARK VANTAGE (P23395)
PCMARK VANTAGE (17170)
3D MARK 11 (P6555)
3DMARK 06 (24919)

 

So John, you are just maxing fans in HWInfo and not using the bios stuff at all? It is not causing any instability since you have the Compal EC disabled?

I will have to play with this more

 

do you have time now to play with it?

 

At work....I can play tonight haha

 

alright, cool.

 

you did the HS mod? pm me for details

 

PMd

Interested to see what you are talking about haha

 

Fall/Winter is coming soon , by the time I'll bench my m18x outside with snowman to keep my beast cold.

 

Aight John, it is night now

 

i got about 20 minutes.

 

DR650SE, I know I am a little late to this game but with this 2920xm I am seeing what all your M17x r2 owners were talking about with your cpu overclock being severely heat limited haha

I can get this thing up to 100c in no time at which it takes the liberty of shutting itself down

Rock solid right up to that shut down point though as far as I can tell

Working on dialing in the settings that will keep me under 100c for 30 seconds haha