*OFFICIAL* M15x Benchmark Thread

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I just tried wPrime 32 and 1024. I got 16 and 495 seconds respectively. Is this good for a 820QM?

Temps were normal IMO, highest was 73C.

 

So you applied your thermal paste right onto the memory?
won't that be bad?

 

as long as the paste is non conductive it should be fine.

 

I may pick up some paste this weekend, but are there any good instructional guides/videos out there on applying the thermal paste/pads?

I ran a few more tests when I got home tonight...

I didn't have my notebook cooler with me, but for some reason my temps are a bit lower tonight. Ambient room temp is about the same as the office though. After overclocking to 700/1000 my idle GPU temps hovered around 54c-56c, and it reached 90c after 5 mins of Furmark.

 

I need pics
Where exactly is the memory on the GPU anyway?

 

When you yank off the heatsink there are 8 black chips and thats all the memory... Impossible to miss ...

Glad someone took the suggestion of using paste ...

 

the memory is the rectangle black chips that surround the GPU die. They usually are samsung chips

 

So covering them all with thermal paste/pads reduces heat ?
All of them?

 

It more about the contact with the heatsink. Normally you would need pads for the memory to make contact and that helps cool them off. Using paste sounds really messy.

 

Yeah it does.
I'm going to try the pads first and see how they work.

 

Maybe it's because I just received the replacement yesterday...but it looks like the temps are much better now than when I first started...

Do these seem okay after a 5min stability test?

 

Select logging within furmark so it displays your temps during the test. You will see if the temps are on a steady climb or throttling down.

 

Ahh, thanks for the info...I was wondering why Furmark wasn't recording temps...I've been using HWinfo, on the side...I know they're hard to read...

I'll try to do some runs later today, but work is calling...other than the temps, this replacement system is perfect so far!

 

Hi guys,

Just got my 15x today and ran 3D Mark 06 which i scored 11749 how is this for stock?

Based on i7 720, ATI 5850 and 4 gigs of sheep (i mean RAM)

 

yea thats good i recommend running vantage as it show the real difference between the gtx 260 and the 5850

 

Since I haven't posted a screen shot yet, here's one with the AW 5870.

 

Nice score... You are a breath away from 10k on the GPU...

 

wow nice score mandrake, 9944 for gpu is sweet.

 

What's the record for this one? No CPU OC involved.

 

Better get back to benching inap ...

 

What ever it was i think you won .... Thats the fastest boot time i have ever seen... My best was like 11 seconds i believe, maybe 12 ...

 

i'm on it right now hahaha, man what i'm i doing wrong. can't get past the 9900 gpu mark. but my cpu is constantly hitting 17k and above.

 

Did you turn on xtreme burn? I did and I got 95C stock after 3 minutes. :S

 

17K and no OC? Let me try your proc

 

A portable air conditioner might solve that problem ...

 

yeah no oc at all on it. do you think its pulling to much power because i can run at higher gpu clocks around 940 but still not pass the 9900.
yeah i am running it with an ac unit. my 11k pscore was the only time i get both high score for gpu and cpu.

 

GIMME THAT PROCESSOR.

Edit: Are you using PCmark vantage, or 3DMark Vantage? I'm gonna which ever one DL it overnight.

 

hahaha dream on,lol

 

Set your affinity on the Vantage process to 0,2,4,6 and try it again. Need a screen shot?

 

yes please, cause you know i don't have a clue to cpu stuff.

 

Pretend CCC is the Vantage process in task manager (I don't have Vantage on this machine)



I believe you can do it in EVGA eleet also but I haven't tested that.

 

sweet thanks mandrake will gave it a try.

 

It won't let me changeable affinity for vantage. I get operation could not be completed.

 

The only thing I can think of that would stop you is UAC or if you're not a local Admin.

 

It let me change for other stuff but not vantage, I should be admin, its the only account on the laptop. Will see what I can do.

 

Time to push some more vantage....lol...

 

I haven't seen anything from you lately. I thought you retired.

 

My 5850 was fried. Just got a replacement.

 

Did you install the new card?
Same performance?

 

Welcome back,lol cant wait your numbers.

 

Maybe Rengsey will not benchmark after the last fiasco ? ...

He might do like you did inap and run his card at 200/300 all the time to make sure nothing happens to it ...

 

How are you able to read my mind?

 

Haha I forgot to oc it last night and played tf2 at 200/300 for half and hour and didn't even noticed.lol

 

Yeah the Source engine is heavily CPU bound so thats why it probably ran OK.....

 

Yeah I installed the card myself while the tech watched. I did let him touch the GPU, and when I wasn't looking a quick second, he pop in the GPU fan without the heatsink. lol... BUt of course I didn't make him feel bad though. He also forced the GPU in the slot in horizontal instead at a slant. But everything worked out great. He got to play a few games, and he was loving it. lol.....

 

lol
I laugh at some of the DELL techs.

 

Hi rwchui and the other peeps here,

i am running the stock dell drivers for the 5850 and am facing the same problem you faced. Cant seem to install the new 10.6 drivers which would let me run the FF14 benchmark.

Why oh why are driver installations for ATI drivers so difficult? (i have tried installing 10.4 and 10.5. All are unable to install as it keeps saying the current dell driver is the most up to date).

Could you teach me how to do the installation for the 10.6 step-by-step, please?

 

well first you have to uninstall your old driver then reboot, if you did that right, you will end up with a standard vga driver. then extract the new driver. find the config folder and open up the install manager file with notepad. change install workaround = false, change false to true and save. then install using the install exe.

 

As requested here is my 3d vantage score all on stock with the 10.6 drivers.

3DMark Score P7853 3DMarks
CPU Score 10588
Graphics Score 7231
OS Windows 7 Windows 7
CPU Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
CPU Speed 1596 MHz MHz 3609 MHz
GPU ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Memory 4096 MB

max temp is 76c with no cooling on the 6cell battery, i mention the battery as it is not lifted for the better airflow.