970m M15x!

i wanna test that as well but somehow i just cant nvflask to get workin on my m15x

 

Hello! I just want to upgrade my m17x R3 with gtx970m.
Did your gtx970m come from Clevo?
And you have flashed the vBIOS? I can see the subvendor is Dell.
Thanks a lot!

 

Its a clevocard and no flashing needed.

 

Exactly, Clevo cards no flashing needed

 

This changes everything! svl7 reckons with his BIOS 970M should be easily get 10k in 3D Mark 11 which is what I expected.
Someone on here please flash that BIOS and post benchmarks! Very exciting.

 

I have that bios but i get 9854 points overclocked +200........920xm also oc 26 on all cores. i might still need some tweaking maybe

but very good help from svl7 on making this bios offcourse.

 

I ran a 3dmark11 at 1263 core 1478 mem and 1.012v and got a p10011 score but past that and I get shutoffs from my m15x.

 

for me 3dmark11 crashes so i cant go higher than the 1250 core...never touched the mem or the voltage.....

 

What voltage are you at cause if you can get that much on the stock then you have a lot of room to move up

 

stock mem and voltage from the slv7 bios......i am not home now so i will look tomorrow ok.

on a secondhand Medion erazer now.......damn this is slow........lol.

 

This is the best stable OC I can get on it.

 

Nice, Good run shall try these setting also but i am affraid the 28core would not work for me as it will crash and restart again.

 

Actually I have my 4 cores set at 26. I'm not sure why it says 28x at that multiplier it would be at around 3.9 gigs and that won't work on my 920xm although she's still a champ.

 

thats what i have also, 27 runs but unstable not good for bench. 26 on all cores like a dream and still cool as well 53 degrees. for gaming i use 24, 24, 25,26 (no other mods done as only the cooling ).

strange thing is i tought the cpu would be a bottleneck but than i see slv7 run very high oc with a 720qm i believe .......

 

What TDP / TDC you have on throttlestop with all cores running at 26x?

 

Yeah but Svl7 is basically a wizard. My TDP /TDC is 95/75

 

sometimes i wonder does he just have a motherboard on a table with pods of nitrogine on top of the CPU and GPU.....lol.

i put them on 100/80 and that worked (King told me).

 

He probably just summons tiny ice elementals to skate around on them. I am gonna hike my TDP and TDC up and try for bigger numbers.

 

This is the best I could do.
28x at 120 TDP/ 90 TDC

3DMark11


Firestrike

 

Best run i had so far.....

 

I read heavily through the thread but may have missed it.. was the BIOS (not VBIOS) in your M15x stock, and what version of the BIOS are you using?

 

I am not running a stock bios. I don't have the laptop in front of me at the moment but I believe It is the unlocked bios posted here. http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m15x/593926-unlocked-m15x-bios.html

 

I do run the stock a09 just the vbios update on the gtx970

 

How do you modify the nvdmi.inf? Or nvcvi.inf?

Can you show me your inf file?

 

Really good news to know that there is still further headroom with this laptop.

With a radeon 7970m, probably not necessary to upgrade to a geforce gtx970m for quite awhile yet though.

 

7970M is 2012 tech. The 970M is quite a ways better.

Modern titles seem to suck both the 7970M and 680M dry particularly as vram usage is almost always maxed. Unless you have a 4gb card which 680M can have while the 7970M never did.

 

8970M is the 4GB version

 

That is true. Pretty much neck and neck with the 680M that one due to better binning.

 

The 980m works just fine in the m15x. And wow it just slaughters the 970m. The thermal limit of the m15x is better suited to the 970m but honestly you could daily drive a 980m in it. I am very impressed with the 980m.

 

Of course is that work. We tested and we that for about 3 months. But people wouldn't that hear now? Surprised?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/301495131342

CEG Clevo Extreme Gaming - Your Upgrade Base for Clevo & Alienware - Notebooks Retailer

 

So, I've read through this thread and obtained a 970m. I am comfortable with replacing the GPU - I upgraded my CPU without incident, and have done other work on the laptop. I am not clear about the display driver part of the process. I currently have the 260m card (noted in my sig), and am running 64 bit Win 8.1. The most recent driver for the 260m is 340.xx - and the 970m is not included as compatible hardware. I looked at the inf files for the latest driver compatible with the 970m (347.09), and it does not appear compatible with the 260m. My thought would be to proceed as follows: Uninstall the 340.xx driver and shut the machine down. Install the card and startup - I would think a generic WIn 8.1 driver would allow me to run the 347.09 driver install.

But there is this discussion of how to modify inf files...What should I modify and how?

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Joe

 

There are many threads on how to modify .inf files. The drivers will not work on your laptop after you install the 970m. You'll need a modded inf that you can get either from techinferno forums (you'll have to have 5 quality posts or pay a 5 dollar subscription fee.) or search for guides. I have a modded set of 344.75 drivers that are set up to work with the m15x and the 970m but I am not on that laptop at the moment. I may be able to link them sometime tomorrow but I'm not sure. Also windows 8.1 will not let you install even with the modded drivers unless you disable driver enforcement prior to install.

 

Thanks for your good advice! I did get the guide - but when I checked the inf file, it seemed to already have strings for the 970, so I wasn't sure what to copy to where. Anyway, I will try techinferno, and leave a message here to let all know what I found out. If I can get a driver there, I will try it.

All the best,

Joe

 

I went over to Techinferno and have been learning a lot. Nobody over there seems to have modded inf files for the m15x - all have been done for m17x and m18x. Not sure any of those will work. I made an attempt at creating inf files with id info from the clevo section of display Drivers. I will go ahead, uninstall, and shut down to install the card - and switch to my other machine for now.

Joe

 

I really, really works. None of the instructions on modding inf files were easy to understand, but my modified files worked (after I disabled driver signing again (I thought doing it once was enough, but it seems you have do do it each time). Anyway, on to playing with my new toy!

Thanks again!

Joe

 

Wow 970M for 900p! That's a bit overkill! Glad it works for you though.

Wish I had one

 

Dynamic Super Resolution up to 4K

 

Oops! Forgot to update my signature x 2. The reason I wanted the 970m is that I have a new external monitor, a Dell IPS U2713HM (2560 x 1440, 27") that I use for HiDef video and photo editing. Now my 1080p x 60 fps videos play dead smooth, at full resolution. I have only done a little benching, but 3DMark Vantage over 23,000 total is not too shabby. And, as noted previously, the card runs cool!

Thanks again, Eepo Saurus!

Joe

 

Np man. Glad it worked for you.

 

I did run a couple of benchmarks, compared to my other laptop (ASUS N56VZ71 - 3030Q processor, 650m graphics. Previously, the combo of the better processor and better video card let the ASUS clobber the Alienware.
Note - Clocks are standard [Using Throttlestop for 940mx - 26,25,24,23] , and same drivers.

ASUS: 3DMark06 = 13568 3dMark Vantaqe= 9208 3DMark11 Firestrike= 1548

AWm15x 3DMark06= 19842 3DMark Vantage=23,338 3DMark11 Firestrike= 5716

For the CPU benchmarks, the difference is not so great. However, the 970m clobbers the 650m in the GPU benchmarks.

I suspect the difference would get even greater at higher resolutions.

I'm a very happy camper!

Joe

 

Hey lads,

Another successful old M15x + 970m user. Got it installed and running yesterday. No throttling or any issues so far. Temperatures are crazy low compared to any previous card I had on my m15x.

3DMark11 = 8.6K on my first run at stock clocks. Max temp 68 C.

Crysis2 running at 60fps at ultra settings.
The Crew running at 40 fps at ultra settings.

Beautiful guys, beautiful.

P.S. Gotta update my signature, AGAIN!!!

 

Got svl7's VBIOS flashed yet? Get that done ASAP!

 

I missed that. What would svl7's vbios add?

Thanks,

Joe

 

Tweaked voltages and what not. General goodness...the guy is a genius....oh and a stock 3d Mark 11 score of 10k
You would need to join Tech Inferno forum in order to download it though.
NVIDIA Maxwell VBIOS mods - 900m series overclocking versions

 

Yeah SLV 7's bios is a must as usual!

 

Hey can someone dump their Woking m15x gtx 970m vbios for me , because I got this card for my m17x r2 but colors are inverted , I guess it's due to a newer vbios . I guess if I flash back to a older one I can get back to normal working order.

Thanks for help

I cannot download it from TI because I don't have enough posts.

 

Try prema's unlocked VBIOS: https://biosmods.wordpress.com/mxm-vbios/

It should be an older vBIOS version so might work! Instructions are all there in the file..

 

Thanks!!!!

 

The thing i dont like about slv7's bios is that slows start up a little....for the rest it very good

 

Ok, I have read through this and it seems like the folks who did the upgrade, either did it from the 260m or some other past upgrade.
Has anyone tried this from the 5870m? And will the brackets from the 5870m work on the 970, or do I need to purchase something in addition to the video card itself?
Thanks.