*OFFICIAL* M15x Benchmark Thread

I installed my Clevo card with the A05 bios, card worked fine. I removed it and installed the AW 5870, card worked fine. I then updated the bios to A06 and the AW 5870 was still functional. I installed the Clevo card back in and I was getting lock ups. The OS would actually still load, you can hear the startup sound but it would get stuck during the boot screen. So I downgraded to A05 and poof the card worked again. Could be coincidental I just don't know why it was giving me issues. The Bios change was the first thing I did because that was my only change to the system.

Regarding sound over DP I have nothing that accepts DP to test with. Should converting it to HDMI work?

 

vbios on the Clevo card may be different and the ID string is dysfunctional

 

Well it looks like it works for Wattos so I don't know why my card was acting like that.

 

The driver checks Vbioses and id's

check your main board numbers and see if there is a variant

 

My second M15x will be in soon, I'll be able to test more including my "dead" 5870.

 

Ok so i just ran Futuremark with different drivers 197.45 as i don't need a dpc fix for audio as there is one the doesn't need a specific driver. while running i was getting much higher fps and also the temp reach the 10min level of 79c and then 80c at only 5min. should i redo my thermal paste to be sure its correct?

 

yes, I actually meant the HDMI adapter and sound. For me, the ati drivers keep telling me that I have a DVI connection instead of a hdmi and that sound is not available.

 

Will do.....hopefully later today.

 

wow nice, did you have to overvolt to get that score or was it stock?

hahahha, yeah they finally let me change my name, since everyone is calling me that anyways, lol

 

When I first seen I read it as I nap...lol
but it's a welcomed change...
What program is best to overvolt a laptop?
Never done it so the easier the better
it's coming!!!!

 

hahaha thanks, i'm using radeon bios editor and atiflash, to change the gpu voltage and clocks. the revelator wrote up an awesome guide for me and also set up a few vbios for me as well. he is really awesome.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...x-owners-lounge-part-4-a-393.html#post6359177

 

Yes for the Dell cards I had to over-volt. 1.05v won't cut it. For both cards anything over 1.15v doesn't work. The Dell cards BSOD and the Clevo cards down-clock.

 

sweet thanks mandrake, waiting for some time off to do some benching.

 

So 1.15v/1.10v is the magic number?

 

the clevo 5870 comes with 1.15v stock, which is max according to mandrake.

 

wow i just noticed i got overdrive and power play on this new card.

 

What's the vbios version on that new card per GPU-Z?

Nice avatar, Inap.

 

You didn't have Power Play before? I don't remember seeing overdrive either. Please post that vbios.

 

i flashed it with the vbios you gave me last time. thought is was the same card so i didn't bother saving the original vbios. on last card even with the bios you gave me i had no overdrive or powerplay. i didn't check my ccc before i flashed it so i don't know if overdrive was working or not. the only reason i check because i was trying to oc for somebenches but it would crash to a blank screen.

 

oh....I thought it was a new Clevo vbios.

 

Yeah sorry I didn't mention that. Just thought it was weird since I could get it with the oldcard.

 

Neither Clevo nor Sager are showing a new vbios on their download pages, but sure sounded like he had a new one. LOL.

 

hahahah sorry guys, anyways disabled both. i like amd clock tools better.

 

I do too, Inap. Just always hoping that the next vbios will include a hidden turbocharger.

 

turbo charge that sounds cool. trying to uninstall overdrive and power play right now, even with it disabled, it this seems to be conflicting with clock tools.

 

Just uninstall both to clear them out.

 

I installed these on my machine and the Overdrive is also available ... I had to edit the cfg file to get them installed(like the official 10.6s) but they run nice and Visual quality is nice as well.... They are 10.5s .... They benched identical to the 10.6s but they have some Image quality tweaks which i always enjoy and no performance hit....

http://forum.notebookreview.com/6393016-post17.html

 

What I don't understand is where PowerPlay and Overdrive came from in the first place. I've got the same card as you and presumably the same vbios, but I don't have either one. The only time I have ever seen those options is with the MSI vbios Mandrake made available to us.

 

yeah i was using the msi vbios, just changed it back to a clevo revelator edition bios and overdrive and powerplay is gone.

 

clevo bios is much more stable than msi bios...

 

Those seem to work the best.

 

I was stuck on 10.3 when I got my score

 

I installed them and they look like the regular 10.5 drivers. Did you do something special to get overdrive?

 

Time for you to give your old score a beat down.

 

I installed them too. No Powerplay or Overdrive. Going to use them for a while, but agree with Mandrake that they look a lot like 10.5. Haven't really given them a chance yet though. Thanks for the steer. New drivers are always worth a test drive.

 

we threw the magical freezer away ...

although I am at subway right now with it and vantage is installed ...

a nice -10 in our walk-in freezer


The boost shouldnt be more then 50-100 points so its not really worth it since it is sold already just waiting to send it off.

 

What about your M15x?

 

its with the woman

 

Nope it was just in the Control panel when i looked... I did not mess with it though ...

 

Are these scores all with the 5870?

 

She_Moo

 

I just ran FurMark at 1080p, 2x AA for around 4 minutes.
But there's a conflict between the temp readings, GPU-z claims it only got uo to 81.5C while the temp reading on Furmark said I got up to 95C. Which one is right?

Right now I'm at a 750/1100 overclock.

 

When in doubt go with the higher number. You can also use a program like HWinfo32 to see what it reports.

 

After ~5 minutes I got 94 max on HWinfo. I guess FurMark was right. Is this normal, or should I apply some new thermal paste?

 

i think its really hot for a 5850, my gtx260 reaches 92 after 10 min furmark

 

Hey im new on this thread.

Just want to ask whats the maximum overclock values you can do on the NV gtx260m? With or without laptop coolers. Link plz.

Edit: On stock voltage.

Thanks.

 

Ugh, better open her up again and redo the paste. :S

 

which technic did you use? to put the paste i mean

 

Put a little dab and let the heatsink spread it, but I think I used too much cause now it gets up to 103C.

 

check your heatsink, is it making full contact?