*OFFICIAL* M15x Benchmark Thread

You definitely need a 1mm pad for the CPU heatsink. My proc was running too hot until I changed it from a .5mm pad to a 1mm pad.

 

i was talking about the gpu... which thermal pads are u talking about for cpu... I applied mx-3 and idle temp dropped by 7c... but a strange thing happens now... every 5-10sec the temp on all the cores are same and then change to different figures

 

Yep strictly speaking GPU here... My CPU temps are good .. 39 ish idle and max after an hour of Prime 70-72... I have not even bothered touching the paste on the CPU actually to see if i can get them better since i rarely see 62 after gaming etc and normal use...

 

I know you hate fan noise, so how is compared to your CLEVO?
Those are some great temps!

 

It can get some what noisy but not even remotely compared to the M17x underload... Certainly noisier then the Clevo and the G73 though ....

If it were to bad i would have gotten rid of it already though so its not horrible i guess is the best way to put it ..

 

Man I'm so ready to order one...lol

 

Yeah i figure one of these days you will find a system you want ...

I see you in so many system threads asking so many questions its hard to get a reading of what you have your eyes set on ...

Do you still have your old 17inch Clevo/Sager ? and also the 15 inch Asus i believe ?...

 

Yes sir!
But it's time for a upgrade.
Giving the ASUS to my bro and keeping the CLEVO for work.
It's just way to big to be hauling back and forth.
Never had a AW so it's about time.
M17x is a really great laptop but I think I'm done with 17 inchers and the M15x seems almost exactly what I'm looking for now that they have the 5850.
I don't see anything coming in a 15" laptop that will outperform this for a while so I should be set at least for a couple of months...lol.

 

The M15x is a good choice for what your looking for from the sound of it but it is on the huge side of a 15inch im not going to lie... Its really a 17inch with a 15.6inch screen as it weighs more then both the Clevo and the G73 + similar dimensions to both of those...

 

The CLEVO and G73 are great but not a AW
I don't see them gaming any better than the M15x, and it's about the same size of my G60 so I should be used to it.
The only problem I see is the touchpad but I can overlook that + it's just looks so much cooler than any of those.

 

Youll be happy then ...

Now get to ordering .....

 

hahha i played with someone with an M17x on tf2, everytime he voice chat it sounded like a helicopter was in the background,lol.

 

just a question. im using nvidia performance tool to oc my 260m gtx. i had it oc to 600/1000/1500. what is the average temp for a oc card? what is the safe oc range. i have i7 q820 1.73 and 4gb ddr3 RAM.

 

i consider anything under 85 is ok, but the lower the better.

 

it went upto 92 c on furmark on 600/1000/1500 1280x1024 no msaa

 

Gaming temps are really the one that matters, furmark is more extreme then any games. But try redoing your paste, it may help lower your temps even more.

 

it flactuated as well. it would rise and fall and rise and fall.... is this gpu throttling or cpu? also temp is not much different from the stock clock.

 

Yeah could be throttling check gpu-z and cpu-z for the throttling.

 

if so what should i do??

 

There is the riva tuner fix, but only worry about when it happens in games, furmark is known to cause throttling in the 260.

 

here is the highest i can find with 5850:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m15x/455438-official-m15x-benchmark-thread-78.html

top of page, he had a 920 with it.

 

i'd be pretty upset if it wasn't

 

And I am upset .... I believe that my 5850 is " DEAD " I got two blinking lights at start-up. So what had happen?

 

Did you try all the usual yanking the battery out ? Cmos battery etc ?...

 

yes I did. I was playing split second velocity at high settings maxxed out. THe thing was, I didn't pay attention if my card was OC'ed or not. Now I'm stuck with my 260m...

 

So you were playing the game maxxed out and then the screen went blank ?...

If so it could be the card but its always so hard to say... So yeah just Call Dell and get it straight ...

I have a mild Overclock 24/7 but nothing crazy like 880/1200 ....

 

Wow that's sucks rensey, yeah like quad said I think dell will replace it.

 

Yeah....Hope so

 

Dont sweat it Rengsey just call them and all should be fine...

Might want to cut back on the crazy mods lol and just stick with a stock heatsink for the future though ... The factory one has proven to be just fine IMHO...

Mandrakes Temps look great and even better then mine so once those 0.5m pads come ill be chasing down his temps as best i can...

 

Yeah...I should agree with you on the MOD..

Side note: I got a 64GB SDXC coming tomorrow. we'll see if the HTC EVO can take it... lol

 

Yeah keep me posted on the evo results, may wanna try it out too.

 

I've been running Vantage CPU and so far I've hit 16.6K. This system reacts very good to additional cooling. It can easily add 2K points to the CPU score. Your 17.4k score is impressive. I haven't seen that high since the G73. You did that with a multi of 24?

 

Yeah I get over 17k. With the stock multi. But I think my 11k vantage run it was 25. I really don't know how to oc the cpu so any more I would bsod.

 

It's not an easy task because of system constraints.

A 17K CPU run in Vatange should get you over the 17K mark in 3DMark06 with 940|1100 GPU clocks.

 

Mandrake,

How far you pulled so far on Vantage and 3Dmark06?

 

yeah I'm pretty if I run 06 a few more times a can get the 17k. But I'm still trying to get the 10k vantage gpu, trying to break moo's record. don't know why just like running vantage more than 06.

 

Once you turn off those feature tests Vantage it is nice and short making it much quicker which is always a plus...

 

i just really like the first part of vantage, when the girl is running, and those things were bouncing up and down, thats a plus for me,lol.

also just received my new clevo 5870 and clevo heatsink. now still have to wait for new dell heatsink to get in stock to try some new mods out.

thanks babyhemi for the awesome fast shipping.

 

3dmark06=16958 and Vantage I've only been doing CPU runs except for one stock run.

 

When Moo was benching his system he was only doing GPU runs. If you do JUST a GPU run simply set the affinity for Vantage to run on the even cores/threads. Then try upping your multiplier. See how that turns out.

 

actually my 10k GPU run was a combined run

http://i46.tinypic.com/snl7kn.jpg

 

Well, I overclocked my 5850 to 750/1050 and ran furmark stability test with the xtreme(Am I the only one who thinks thats lame?) burning mode on, at a res of 1280x1024 (With MSAA at 0) for around ten minutes with an average temp(according to furmark) of between 92-94C

Good? bad? help?

Are those safe temperatures? And is ten minutes at those settings a good enought test of stability.

I ran the benchmarking mode(60 seconds, and same settings) and got 1113.

Is that good or bad?

Also could someone explain to me why the AMD overclock tool REFUSES to accept whole numbers? It annoys me to no end.

 

I stand correct.

 

sweet i'll gave it a try once, i learn how to do all that,lol.

 

I've been running benchmarks with both the Dell & AW 5870s in Vantage and I was able to hit 9950 GPU with both of them. Right now the biggest difference between the two cards is the Clevo cards actually let's me run my 120Hz monitor at 120Hz while gaming. My G73, M17xR2, and the M15x with Dell 5870 won't let me do that.

 

100 more till you beat me

 

I have a new conspiracy theory....I think Dell put a kill switch for the Clevo cards in the M15x with the A06 bios.

 

omg thats destruction of property but nothing dell does surprises me

 

i just wonder who is "inap" lol.

 

what do you mean? Ive been running A06 for a long time and nothing happened to my clevo card.

Also, can you check if Sound over DP works for the Dell 5870?