*OFFICIAL* M15x Benchmark Thread

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Alienware M17x w/ATi 4870 info thread! ... My SpecsAW-M17x Nebula RedIntel® Core2 Extreme quad-core mobile processor (QX9300)Kingston HyperX 1333 CAS7 4GB Me ...

It says for the 4870s but its all the same thing ...

The paste on there is OCZ freeze...

 

Nice score. How much o/c on the CPU?

 

No OC on CPU, just default 24X.

 

Don't bring that weak sauce around here.

 

Yo... just benchmarked my M15X (confirmed NOT in Stealth Mode) using 3Dmark06 and 3D Mark Vantage and I'm not really sure what to make of the difference in scores. Actually it would be nice to get your SME opinions on the scores in general. I think I am doing ok but......? Thanks in advance for the help.

- 3DMARK06 @ 1280-1024
9577 - 3DMARK SCORE
3700 - SM2.0 TEST
3738 - HDR/SM3.0
4615 - CPU
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- 3DMARK06 @ 1920-1080
8686 - 3DMARK SCORE
3320 - SM2.0
3338 - HDR/SM3.0
4616 - CPU
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- 3D MARK VANTAGE
2592 - 3DMARK VANTAGE SCORE
2033 - GPU
14670 - CPU

 

you need to do a battery pull and hold you power button down for 20 secs

 

C'mon.... lol This is what I only got ATM.

I'm going to see if I can make this baby 50 squeal 11K

 

tk, ok, I did the battery out power drain reset, turned wireless off and confirmed stealth off... here's what I got on the new run:

3DMARK06 @ 1280-1024
10,571 - 3D MARK SCORE
4057 - SM2.0
4272 - HDR/SM3.0
4635 - CPU SCORE

Is this good for my setup or do I need to do more grooming and if so, what should I do?

 

To get the crazy scores other members have gotten you have to OC both the CPU and GPU.
That score still seems a little under from what you should have.

 

its still low by 1k for the 920 hmmmm what drivers are you using for the vid card

EDIT: for example my best stock score with latest drivers was 11500 no physx. also i was able to oc my gpu pretty high to 895/1150/1700 and got 13454

 

Panther, here is a stock run for ATI hD 5850, but I guess you have GTX 260m?

3DMARK06 @1280 x 1024

Score: 13,538

SM2.0: 5164

SM3.0: 5911

CPU: 4813

 

@Panther
I know this a stupid question but....
Did you have the laptop set up in performance mode and plugged in when you ran the benchmarks?
If so it could hamper performance.

 

What happened to your 5870?

 

Sold it.... a month ago.... * shrug *

 

You should run GPUz to check that your GPU is running at the proper speed, clocks should be 550/950/1350.

For comparison this is my stock score in Vantage:

 

This is how far I got. No nnotebook cooler.( Sold my CRyLO)

GPU OC: 880/1125

CPU OC: 3.4Ghz @ Multi 26x

Vantage: P10,682

GPU: 9614

CPU: 16,027

 

Nice!
That's with a 260GTX?

 

1 question here, how do you oc i7???

 

with the eleet program from evga you can, but only on the 920xm

 

ATI HD 5850.... maybe I should change my sig...

 

I'd love to see a 260M that could hit 880 core and >10k vantage lol.

 

Nice score, I guess it just shows that there's little to no difference between a 5850/5870. AW probably just took 5870s and underclocked them.

 

wow, nice score!!! awesome clocks for 5850

 

so did you try any lower clock values when flashing the gpu

 

I thought he did have a 5850 but his sig says 260GTX and yeah it did sound crazy.
I should have payed closer attention to his post but it clearly shows he is using ATI.
My bad for using my phone to read these forums at times

 

If anyone can link me to the tools and step by step guide to OC the GTX 260m, I can try to see what I can do, as I have never OC an nVidia GPU before. (Yes, i'm an ATI Fanboy )

I have both the ATi 5850 and GTX 260m.

 

Nvidia system tools

 

Thanks Moo.

 

And the MOO makes an appearence
You miss your old AW...lol

 

Nope but wht goes for one system goes for another

(BTW I do have a M15x )

 

But your selling your CLEVO (great deal by the way!)
Quadzilla did the same thing...lol
So you prefer the M15x over the CLEVO?

 

I sold my Clevo a couple months ago with no intention of getting the M15x.. Stuff just happens and deals come along etc... It was certainly not "The plan"...

Nice machine though ... Only flaw i have found with the machine is the cheap plastic bottom panel takes away from overall build quality but eh you cant win em all...

 

I found the build quality moving up from the M15x to the M17x to be nearly identical. Sure the M17x is made of aluminum but the overall feel didn't change much apart from the weight.

 

They are basically identical except for the flimsy plastic panel on the bottom .... You can feel it flex when picking it up etc... They could have made it with some better plastic and maybe added a tad bit of extra weight to the machine and it would have been worth it ... The one on the M17x is great ...

 

@^^ ya bottom panel does feel kinda cheap. It's actually kind of weird, how everything is sturdy but the bottom panel is cheap plastic. But not really an issue anyways, since if you hold it by the grip, then u dont really touch the bottom panel. Anyways......

Curious to know how much my benchmark differs with the Dell ATI driver than for someone with the 10.5 or 10.6 drivers.. I ran street fighter 4 benchmark on absolutely everything maxed out including AA, Texture, and everything else. Obviously I can't go beyond 1600x900 resolution. I got a "B" rating. My FPS were averaging around mid 40s. RIght now i turned down AA to 4x and kept everything maxed, and I'm getting consistent 59-60 fps in game. Does anyone have a benchmark with new drivers or newer than mine? I dont want to change drivers since I'm too lazy.

Also wondering what type of fps are people getting with SC2? Keep in mind I have the 900p screen and 5850.

 

Turn off Vsync on Streetfighter since your FPS are a constant 59-60 its clearly telling me Vsync is on....

I can run the benchmark later and let you know what i get with the 10.6s...

 

Ya, i shouldve mentioned that, but I did turn v-sync off. I think it automatically brings fps down to monitor refresh rate, which is 60.

 

I ran that benchmark in the past with Vsync turned off and the numbers should skyrocket beyond 60fps..

 

how to oc your GPU guys? =/
im having i7 720 right now

 

for the 260 you need nvidia system tools to oc your gpu.

 

As for SC2 beta with the same build, I was getting low 30s to low/mid 40s fps before the beta closed.

HD 5850 + i7 720 + 900p

 

I installed the tool, where do I go to OC?

 

That actually seems really low even for a beta version. Were those on absolute max everything?

@QUAD - I'm using the internal game fps monitor. I'll try with Fraps when i get home and see again without v-sync. If you could benchmark with 10.6 that would be great!. Thanks!

 

i haven't use it in awhile, but there should be a drop down menu on the left for performance setting.

here is moo's guide but older nst is being used:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/408230-how-overclock-noob-edition.html

 

I scored 116.39 without AA on and 42 with 8xAA on but looking through other peoples benches from the past the performance hit should not be almost 80fps for enabling AA so something is up and ill have to do some more digging....

AA should not come with much of a hit at all for the ATI cards because it was using DX10.1 AA which was optimized for ATI and i remember running this benchmark on my W90 and not seeing this kind of a performance hit with AA...

Installed the Official Dell drivers and the results were similar at 114.98 no AA and 46 with 8xAA...

Im running the benchmark tool version of SF4 and not the full game so im not sure if there is any differences there but i doubt it ...

Wow these Dell drivers are terrible ... Crysis differences below... Dell vs 10.6.... 10.6 top 2 and Dell the bottom 2... Lower fps number is all high and the higher fps number is all high except shadows on medium and post processing on low (how i play the game)...



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yep those fps is about right, everything was maxed on ultra settings.

Since HD 5850m with stock clocks peforms slightly slower than a desktop HD 5750

hence around 40fps on ultra settings is about right.

SC2 Beta Benchmarks can found here: Benchmark Results: Ultra Quality : StarCraft II Beta: Game Performance Analyzed

 

You can install the 10.6 drivers with your GPU? Has there been a break through or is this the actual difference between the AW 5850 and 5870. If so I would say the 5850 is the better card.

 

most likely due to it being directly made by AMD who supplies it to dell compared to people who have the clevo model

 

so far the 5850 has been able to install all the ati drivers, but manually or changing the config file.

 

Yep you can install them very easily on the 5850 just by editing the installer.cfg to look like this ...

WorkaroundInstall=true


So run the driver like you were going to install it then cancel it after it extracts to your specified folder then go to the config folder inside and edit that installer.cfg with notepad to what i have above, then just run it like a regular driver and no need to point at the driver through device manager etc....

Someone else pointed out this workaround in which i think they said InappropriateName_3 was who helped them ...

I was doing the manual install through device manager prior to this and it worked but this was alot easier ...