M17x Benchmarks thread !!!

I have not messed with pci-e on the M17x, just saw the slider was there haha

currently running it bonestock......it works and still plays my games (halo 2 and WC3 right now haha)

 

Lol yea those are some demanding games ya got there haha . Might want to throw quake 1 back on there to see if the system can handle it .

 

What are ya'll talking about????? you know those games can't really stress out that system??????? i'm so confused now?????????






the real stress test is Heretic. i'm not to sure if you can run it max. you may have to overclock it alittle bit.
it came out on december 23rd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_(video_game)

 

You worry me Don , you really do .

 

I remember heretic haha.....

I also loaded Gears of War and Crysis (got Far Cry 2 but aint loaded)

On vacation so limited access to my game library

 

I remember heretic very well . Loved heretic 2 alot which was the 3rd person one using the quake engine .

Me teasing you went right over Dons head and that has me a little scared at this point about Dons well being.

Don if you need someone to talk to you have my number .

 

What you mean?
don't tell me that you never ran heretic yet on your notebook. i have the disc if you need it. but don't forget to update your DirectX before you run it.

I hate that. when i got some where far i bring my external.

 

Lol. i didn't say anything that bad.

 

Could someone please give expert opinion on my 3dmark vantage score (stock setting, free trial)?



My system spec:
Q9000 running at 2.4 GHz (FSB: 1285)
GTX 280M SLI (stock setting)
250 GB 7200 RPM Harddrive

Do you think that my GPU score is too low? How can I diagnose whether both GPUs are working or one of them is faulty. I want to know if my GPUs are working properly.

 

your score is a little low but it isnt anything to worry about i dont think, they are both workingor you would have a score in the region of 7-8k

 

that score is a tad at the low range, but nothing to be alarmed about

and as a side note, with my system bone stock, I got stuttering during Halo 2

 

your fine. push your cpu and optimze if you want to pump more 10k

 

Thank you for feedbacks. I think I already push hard on my CPU. Maybe I will increase it a bit more. But do you guys OC your GTX 280M when playing games? Is overclocking GPU safe? I dont want to kill them early b/c they are expensive :/

 

don't oveeclock when gaming.

 

Ok. Also, for the posted score, I use Dell BETA 186.12 driver if it matters.

 

use 186.24 from batboy'.....

 

I set everything to max, 19x12, AAx8 and it never went below 30fps. No idea why I got a "D" because the benchmark ran wonderfully.

Also, I might consider trying BatBoy's drivers over these, I dunno. Still need to OC as well.

 

here is mine at same settings

well 1920x1080 anyway

 

those drivers your using dont have the SLI profile for the game and thats why score is so low . You dont need to overclock the machine unless your trying to break some records in 06 or Vantage.

 

Seconded .....

 

You told me to get DOX! I'm thinking of getting Batboy's drivers instead, unless they also don't support SLI in SF4.

 

Yeah I noticed in hardware monitor that only 1 GPU went up in temperature.

 

dox ones do but only the newer ones lol

 

The Dox drivers are older but good for Vantage.

 

Hey PMan breaking any records lately?

 

i havent even tried mate, been trying to get a relieable driver for Empire total war, that SFIV bench was first one for ages and that only stock

 

You can rename the .exe file to force it to use SLI if you dont want to be bothered trying a newer set of drivers. I tell everyone to use the 190.38s and follow EVGAs driver plan since they are most on the ball with SLI profiles.

 

I hate this driver roulette crap. I heard it's worse with ATI.

 

ATi has always been bad at drivers... literally changing drivers for every game you use...

That said, nVidia hasn't been putting as much effort into their drivers lately either...

 

biggest one i had problem with was Empire total war, got through 6 drivers before i found one that works

 

I have had no troubles with ATI drivers on the M17 at all. They just work and i have tried from 9.6 to 9.8 . This is with testing them across the TON of games i have on my machine . i never liked ATI much in the past but there growing on me for sure .

 

ATI driver support is lightyears better now than it ever was.

Nvidia used to be the gold-standard but ATI is slowly getting it's stuff together...

 

Avgjoe dox is one of the best single card drivers

I kinda forgot u had sli

Gaming with sli you should use the newest stock driver ....

It's my fault sorry

 

This is my M17x vantage scores and temps. Still running DOX drivers. These are normal temps right?

Why does it say GTX 170m?

 

I get 10.3K on the GPU stock with the 280s and Dox drivers. With OC'ing you should be able to hit 11K for the graphics score. Planning on pushing it?

 

Sorry but by "newest stock driver" are you referring to those directly from Dell? The drivers on their site are just as old as the one that came out of the box, 179.xx.

 

I will if you can convince me my temps aren't out of control. Maybe I won't turn on my heating this winter...

 

Your temps are just fine so you can push it alot more . Nothing is permanent so just crank up the clocks run some tests then leave it back to stock .

 

If you get too excessive your driver will crash on you before bringing it to dangerous levels. If the GPU dies on you anyway then something was wrong with it from the beginning. Just don't keep it like that or you'll shorten the lifespan.

 

You never get the newest from Dell lol ...

190 series

 

Holy crap. If that is what I'll score stock, I will be a VERY happy camper. My desktop gets like 5000...

And your GPU temps in your laptop are lower than the 8800GTS in my desktop.

 

Just ran SF4 and here are the results:

SCORE: 6320
AVERAGE: 59.01FPS
OS: Windows Vista(TM) Home Premium
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9000 @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 3838MB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Display Setting: 1920x1200 60Hz 8xAA

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So I updated my drivers for SLI, ran SF4 again, max everything



Mmmm much better. I had ~59 fps the entire time except for the final scene which was ~40. All in all I'm impressed because it runs better and looks better on an M17x than an XBOX 360 or PS3.

Also, I agree with Moo about the monitor. Mine looks fantastic, not sure what all the complaining is about.

 

Nice run there and its amazing what a set of drivers can do especially when it has the updated SLI profile.

 

hey quad...im almost up to 47k on vantage...wooohooo p46814

 

Haha wow man thats crazy . Is that a world record ?.

 

that would be a world record sir.

where is scook at. waiting to see if he can really use the pcie, because that will allow his gpus to run faster if it can move at least 5 mhz...preferably 10 to 14 would be better.

 

nice. wasn't 2 weeks ago you were at 9th.

 

John is a nuub

 

that's without physx don. this is a physx on run.
and no longer 9th but now 12th/12th on there.

im still up there with just chilled water while everyone else is on ln2/lhe/cass & phase change.

nope, you a nuub laptopgamer...how you become mod? lol