Alienware M17 Game BenchMarks

Hi guys spec in sig i also used an external display for some results

 

and some more

 

It seems as though your scores are higher then everyone else's. Very nice!

 

Seems like pretty decent scores, the only thing that scares me is the 54 degrees at idle ?

 

thats on high performance mode though i did have a g1s that idled about 70c

 

Ouch, still 68-69 degrees (max) after 3 hours of CS isnt bad at all.

 

I'm missing something. How did you get the Gears of War benchie with 1680x1050 resolution, when your sig says you have a 1440x900 LCD?

Also, what res are you running 3DMark'06 at? Default is 1280x1024, which can't be run on your LCD.

 

with an external screen from my desktop

 

Display info for 3dmark 06
Any one know y my clock speeds are half what they are meant to be

Yes, it was running on high p mode and clocks were normal on GPUz

 

Did you try the 8.11 to check if you gain any performance with those ones ?

 

yeh slight peformance gain but clocks still half for both drivers
but every one elses clocks are normal on 3dmark

 

Hm, do your cloaks stay like that always ? For eg if you use ATI tool ?

Never had ATI cards so far but maybe they use something like powermizer. Although with 3dmark running should be able to go to the proper cloaks. Still try another program just to make sure.

 

yeh ATI first for me to
ATI tool
HWmonitor
GPUz
all say the correct clocks its prob just a miss reading from 3dmark just weird that it has them readings

 

wish i got T9600 p8400 bottlenecks

 

Think might be a bit overkill

 

no such thing

 

3DMark is never reliable with reading any clocks from my experience.

Your UT3 results came in about the same as mine looking at it.

 

Haha yea i guess as i always say the more the better

 

mine jumped from phase 4 to 9 in one day which is a result i know the 3870x2 aren't quite as good as 9800gt sli but for the price it worth it

welcome back ATI

 

Hope mine does that too, my estimated ship date is 19 of dec. And sadly the laptop im using now got its gfx fried so im running it at lowest resolution possible since i dont get any artifacts that way and still be able to watch videos/browse the web.

We will find out soon

 

Fear perseus mandate full settings 1680x1050 min 49 max 86 avg 56

its well worth the wait

 

Counting on that ! It my Christmas gift from me to me!

 

same here and you have the same spec as me mines on stage 3

apart from i got the 500 raid setup doesnt say what you got.

 

When did you place your order ? Placed mine around 25-26th of November (got a goldfish memory ).

But ive seen many having problems with phases because some items havent arrived at AW (keyboards and the ATI cards), But since they received all the hardware 2-3 days ago hopefully you should see your phases moving again. Who knows maybe your lucky enough to go from 2-3 to 9th like a few did hehe

ps. Got the default 160gb Hdd since i have 2x500gb external ones So basically windows and programs etc on C: a 2nd partition (D: ) for games and the external drives for anything else.

 

@ OP

Grid seems to have a lil bit of trouble with your Crossfire it seems, cause technically, we're getting very similar results @ 1440x900

Otherwise, all other benchmarks look great, Grats on the system mate

 

i thought grid had a cap at 60Fps

 

every game has a 60fps cap if you sync to vblank (vsync in most config option screens)...

unless your monitor is running at more than 60hz.... but I don't expect anyone to understand what that is or why that is.

point is. if you disable vsync, you can achieve any FPS you want.

 

okay this is making me mad. i got a 13k+ 3dmark06 score yesterday and gave me a little hope. but then i decided to test out the ati 8.12 drivers from their website to see if maybe just for some reason i can get better scores. then all of a sudden i start getting 9k-11k scores again. then i said screw it e-wrecked's driver is way better, and went back and i'm only getting 10k-11k scores again. whats up with this program, is it always so inconsistent with the scores? and i also got a decent 3dmark vantage last night for my first time running it all the way, but i dont know to open saved scores so...anyways here's my system again, i'm still kinda confused on what i'm doing wrong and differently from what everybody else is doing and if some of you who are getting 14k+ 3dmark06 w/o OC, are you using programs to adjust your settings? or using coolers? or whatever. all i'm using is a 2x4 piece of styrofoam to raise the backside a little bit that that isn't blocking any vents (similar to fusion's half rubber balls).

[1] M17

Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 - CrossFireX™ Enabled!
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad QX9300 2.53GHz (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Chassis: 17-Inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p) with Clearview Technology
Keyboard Options: Illuminated Keyboard – Alienware Exclusive Design - Astral Blue
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Internal Digital / Analog (ATSC) TV Tuner with Adapter and ExpressCard Media Remote Control
Memory: 4GB« Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1066MHz – 2 x 2048MB

System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 500GB (250GB x 2) 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc Reader (BD-ROM, DVD±RW, CD-RW )
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® Ultimate N 5300 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card with MIMO Technology
The World's First 450 Mbps Wi-Fi Adapter!
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with Surround Sound

 

what resolution is 3dmark running at?

 

Using same cooler i used on my previous M17X, NZXT Cryo cooler. Raised M17 up about 1/2 inch from cooler using rubber spacers for more air flow. But do not think that really helped 3D scores as much as it helped for gaming. Only other mod was to use E-Wrecks 8.12 driver. Maybe i got lucky and have one of those exceptional CPU's that just performs better. No other mods or over clocking.

 

can you measure temps with and without the cooler?

 

default settings at 1280x1024

 

so i'm getting 13k+ now, but had to do a few things including: ati settings for performance, turning advanced system settings for best performance, turning off vista sidebar, and a background app or 2. are any of you getting 14k+ w/o having to turn any of these off?