*OFFICIAL* M15x Benchmark Thread

yours was a replacement card too right? i think the replacement cards are some how btter then the stock they ship it with, but its just a guess, since your the first to push it as high as i do.

you make me want to call in sick today, and stay in and do benches all days, heheheheh

 

Yup it is, it's a refurb replacement. The thing I'm torn on is Dell is sending me a brand new card that should be here later this week. This card performs amazingly but the shaders idle in the 60-70's, yup idle. I don't know if I want to keep it and risk it, but with an amazing performer, or if I keep the new card with better idle temps. What do you think?

 

hmmm thats tricky, i'm always about the performance, but i think some good thermal pads will help with the temps. but honestly you want a good cool card for daily uses. hmmm tell the tech to drop off the card so you can test it out, then call him to pick it up when your done, heheheheh. my tech always drops off the card and a shipping label for me, when i'm done i just ship it myself.

 

They're shipping the card straight to me, I don't deal with the techs in my area anymore. After both of them telling me they had never seen an Alienware before my m17x, one of them that was 19 years old tops, and the other one complain about his marriage the whole time and break the computer to top it off I don't let Dellienware techs touch my computer anymore lol. I have used both .5 and 1.0 mm aftermarket pads on this card and it doesn't help. They are the same type of pads that got my last card idling at about 38/43/38, same TX-4 thermal paste too. I think I may just try the other card to see what it's capable of then ship whichever one doesn't hold up to the "test" back

 

Great score, Dane. Took to this overclocking business pretty fast. Already gone past me. What are your clock settings on that run. My tired old eyes can't see clearly (967/113x?). Will be waiting for the next installment. +Rep for the new player.

Edit: Have to wonder whether that Shader temp could be a sensor malfunction. Never seen that large a variation between vram and shaders. Have no idea how you would check sensor function or accuracy. Maybe someone else does.

 

Thanks Rev. Actually did a bit of benching on my m17x, ran a 16k 3dmark06 with a single 5870 and an i7820. The clocks are actually 967/1118. I don't know if it's incorrect, if it was I would think the temps would rocket into the 100's with that OC but they never broke 89 even with no cooling, could be wrong but that's just my opinion.

 

I think we're saying the same thing. If the 70C idle temp was correct, then you would expect load temps with that o/c to be well over 100C. Since it tops out at 89C, it suggests that the idle temp was not 70C, but something substantially less.

16K with an 820QM/5870M combo is astounding. Must be a world record. I have a 920XM/5870M system, and I have to crank the 920 hard to cross the 16K line. It must be said that my 5870 isn't much of an overclocker.

 

Sorry that was 16k 3dmark06 not vantage. That was an OC of 2.1 ghz on all cores for the 820 using setfsb, and a pretty good OC on the 5870 with A/C under it. Sorry for the confusion.

 

And here is a repost of my last benchmark for you guys that is actually legible.

Vantage 10,091 GPU

 

i'm not gonna gave up the top spot that easily, muhahahahaha

 

Thanks Inap, there goes 4 more hours of my sleep I "would have gotten" tonight, lol. By the time this war is over we're both gonna have fried cards lol.

 

thats whats complete care is for, muhahahah

only had time for a single bench and got lucky today, my baby doesn't like to lose, heheheh
would of been sweet if the cpu would hit 22k

just happy someone else is pushing it, gaves me a reason to bench.

 

No, I understood it was 3dMark06. Still, an amazing score.

Bless you.

Be careful. Inap has extreme cooling available that lets him go where few have gone before. Just how high was the o/c on that 940, Inap?

 

dang it so close to 12k overall score, really wished i had time for a few more runs.

12k vantage OMG!!!! hahahahahha

 

Sorry didn't realize the scores would be so blurry and pixelated resized. Kinda figured he had some pretty extreme cooling on his side when I looked at his temps, I haven't broken 80's without any cooling at all, I have a few tricks up my sleeve to chase the number too that I used pulling the score on my m17x and if worst comes to worst I have a new card in the mail. And yeah Inap I'll chase down your gpu score but there is no way I'll be able to touch your total score lol. That is an amazing score man, power to the 5850's!!! LOL

 

Gonna have to do it now, my friend.

 

the gpu is fine, the cooling is for the cpu mostly, at those tdp and multi the temps get seriously hot very fast.

 

Indeed they do. You at 27x on that last run?

 

yeah ran 27x all across, if i have time maybe try another run at 28-28-27-27 to see if its possible. but i highly doubt it.
come on rev pop in that 920 and start frying it with us, hehehe

 

You are so far out of my league, twin 920's wouldn't make me competitive. I'll just watch the big boys play.

 

Lol big boys, I'm chasing GPU numbers to give him a run, now you too run CPU numbers head up. Dumb question if I'm chasing down just that GPU number do I need to do the full vantage run? AKA do I have to run the CPU tests for it to count on the board?

 

nobody is even taking scores no more, but just a gpu run would be good in my books. but i love chasing both at the same time, but really frustrating when i know the gpu score will be good but cpu test bsod. arrrghhh i hate that!!! because it just happened.

had time for another bench but failed at the last cpu test , only 10 secs to go. so 28-28-27-27 bsod me.

man we need someone to take care of this thread. i would do it but i'm not sure how to do those links to the scores and crap like that.

 

I could do it but I'm pretty sure it would require access to dr650se's code set/key. We need to get it running again, there's a lot of new blood out there!

 

maybe contact batboy and dr650, i think we can start a new thread since there is over 200 pages already. someone just needs to get the ball rolling. scores haven't been updated in months.

 

I'll try to contact them later tonight or tomorrow to see what I can get done. Dumb question what drivers are you using? I know this card can go further but my drivers keep popping on me at a certain level so I want to try a different driver if there is a better one.

 

I'm using the latest dell driver been to lazy to try a different driver. Haven't even tried 10.7 or 10.8 yet.

 

I thought the latest Dell was 10.8? Huh I wonder if the 10.7 or 10.8 will hold any better numbers, I know it did wonders for the 5870 in the m17x so it might be worth a shot.

 

Alienware M15x ... 3DMark06 updated....took over the top 5 again

18k 3dmark06 score.. what the...

Wonder if the guy had to put his lappy in the freezer or something while benching

 

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Those look like Mandrake's benches, he is a real master at benching.

 

Why wouldn't they be a screenshot or ORB submitted if they're Mandrake though? Uh well. Contacted Batboy, just waiting for a response from DR650SE now. On a side note does anybody have Cat 10.6 and Cat 10.7 drivers or know where I could find them? Thanks and +rep if you do!

 

i have them all, but on my external hdd, i left it at home. but will upload tonite for you. another person i know that has them is dtran.

 

Ok cool, thanks Inap. Want to see if I can get some of the other drivers to hold a bit stronger and deliver better performance than Dell drivers are.

 

Yup... looks like Mandrake to me... only one i know with a white M15x... and those seem to be his scores from what i remember... cuz his 5870m was still ~200+pts behind mine .. man i wish i had a 940 so i can join the hype for the highest overall vantage score ...soon enough ...

 

18k for 06 is very possible. i haven't gotten it there yet, don't really like running 06 for some weird reason, hahahah

can't wait for you to get a 920 J!!!!

but here is an 06 run i just did.

 

Anyone here good with Java/C++ programming?? I need help with something.. Thanks

 

i think you need to find shorts, hehehhehe
i mean wattos.

 

^^^^lolz we need shirt and shorts posting back to back that was hilarious

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where's he at!? Gonna go on the hunt

 

Great 06 score, Inap. Awesome.

Yep, NW Guru = Mandrake. Didn't realize he ever got that high.

 

thanks rev.
yeah i never saw him post that score either. i guess he was gaving us some hope, hehehhe but man 18k is gonna be hard to beat.


yeah shorts hasn't been around lately, guess he is actually out enjoying his new system, heheh

 

10.6_Mobility.zip -- UPShare.me

10.7_Mobility.zip -- UPShare.me

Big files, slow uploads. Hope the D/L is faster.

 

Rev your awesome! Only 2 problems, 10.7 doesn't have alink, and the link for 10.6 says file doesn't exist.

 

Try again. Just worked for me.

 

Just did and it worked this time, thanks again Rev. About 3 mins each to download at work, thanks again!

 

Glad to help.

Edit: Here's a copy of Mandrake's 18K+ 3dMark06 screenshot.

 

Man looks like I have to go 28x to beat that score. Mandrake doesn't make it easy for us normal folks, hehehe.

Looking forward to all the bsod that's gonna come when trying to beat that.

 

And not only 28x, he had the BaseClock tweaked up to 136.7 Mhz too. Had that 920 crankin' at 3828.5Ghz (28.72x). Shazam.

Only you can play in that league. We have faith, Inap. Don't break anything. LOL.

 

Yeah I noticed that too but will see if I can get 28x to run first. If it looks possible then ill contact abo again and see if setfsb works on my new setup.

Also on 27x I saw 4 fps for the first time on the cpu test for 06, that's crazy.

 

I've seen that a few times when running settings like 28-27-24-24 in '06, but not lately. Weird isn't it? Feel like you just crossed 250fps or something.