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But then why would games run perfectly fine with Xfire disabled?

And why does this not happen running Vantage? The GPU checks, with Xfire, in Vantage run perfectly on my system and yield over 11,000 GPU points, yet I cannot game in Xfire.

 

I'm beginning to get flickering when I bench, and thats not good... lol I hope they have a fix before my 21 days. If not i'm requesting for a replacement.

 

I strongly believe it's power issue. Have you guys tried the new 10.1 driver? Here (Support most mobile cards, but you might need to modify it)

 

Mobilitymod is still working on updating their tool to support 10.1 driver, they say at least 2 weeks till it's ready.

Mobilitymod Forum

 

how goes the issue for 920xm users? any updates?

 

I raided ICC 10 last night. Runs perfect.

 

Well, my order according to Dells order status page says supposed to arrive tommarow, but also says still in production. I have NBD shipping....sigh, sounding like need to call my rep and work him over for some more freebies.

 

.... Because if 1 gpu is bad it will do that.

When you use crossfire it uses both so if oneesses up the whole thing Is going to mess up.

Also games are alot more stressful on xfire

 

Let me know if you are able to get anything. I ordered on 2/3 and rep told me I should have the system 2/5 .
If you are able to get anything, maybe i'll give my guy a call too.

 

Already have a call into my rep, and a email to him and his manager.....

Anyone happen to have any other emails for Dell I can ping regarding this....this is just getting a bit annoying.

 

I posted a GTA4 benchmark run in the R2 bench thread yesterday. I set everything on the highest settings except draw distance (which I cranked up as high as I could go without exceeding 1GB VRAM. It was playable at those settings as well, though I may dial the settings down a little to ensure it doesn't get slow.

 

Called AW tech support on the second HDD bracket. I gave him the specific part # from the system configuration (F584N). After about 5 mins on hold while the tech looked filled out the part order, he told me it should arrive in about 2-3 days. I'll let y'all know what parts I actually receive. Hopefully bracket, interposer, and screws.

BTW, the HDD0 bay doesn't have/need an interposer--it's a straight SATA connector.

 

Awesome, thanks.

 

I've seen this on my Alienware area-51 m15x. If you did a fresh reinstall it's likely the cause. There are very specific instructions on how to install OSD. Call Alienware tech support and have them guide you through the installation.

 

Do you have the newest drivers? From what I have heard the 4870 x2 is capable of pushing those numbers into the 40s or even higher.

 

Ran it with stock dell drivers. Plus I ran it without killing lots of additional services first--I just wanted to see what real-world performance would look like. I'm sure the cat10.1 drivers will work better, but from what I understand mobility modder doesn't work just yet. I'll play with it some more when I get home today and see what I can get from it.

 

That's the issue with Dell/Alienware.. They forget about you very easily once they get your money. The drivers you get on the day of purchase are most likely the one's you'll have 2 years from now. At least that's been my experience..

 

I was planning on doing a fresh windows7 install when I recieved my order...I am assuming there will be a driver CD in the box. Is there a special order I need to be aware of ?

 

I'm not sure what it is on new R2, but there was a specific order on earlier model. I would contact Alienware and have them do it for you

 

I was sort of hoping the 4870's would do better than this. 3.5k machines should run old games fluently.

 

well considering the size of the world that is GTA id say its a pretty big beast to render..

 

The resource CD links to a document with a recommended install order.

 

GTA4, being a console port, is not particularly efficient on PC to begin with.

Remember that I didn't do anything special before running the bench, I just ran it. If memory serves, a run from the previous day (on a clean Win7 installation) was in the mid 40s, but I've blanked the disk since then so I don't have a copy of the results.

 

true it is a ported game which during the transfer to computer probably has alot of bad coding to do with it.

 

Did not re-install.

Now when I go into sleep mode my laptop refuses to leave it.
Is there ANY new news with a fix for the 920XM's ?

 

Yes get a colt 45 and put the beast out of it misery j/k joker said he would know on wed

 

Joker said Wednesday.

It's hard for me to test because of multiple problems with my system. I hope to get my replacement next week.

 

Did you have to pay anything for this part? I am on the phone with AW tech support right now, and he's telling me I have to pay $59 for it. Told him I wanted to speak with a supervisor, he said he didn't think I would want to wait over 15 minutes to speak with one LOL. When I told him I didn't mind waiting he said, ok hold a few minutes and let me see wheat I can do....

edit: after 1 hour, a supervisor is filling out the order...patience is a dish best served with at least a 6-pack of beer

 

Cool...I just e-mailed my sales rep to get his thoughts on this.

 

Overall, how's the R2 ? Does the flickering happen with all the screens ? What are the other "big" issues ? this thread is bigggg

 

It's not the screen, it seems to be a processor / graphics/ power supply/ throttling/ w/e else it can be problem.

 

we should know wed jokers getting his laptop looked at by the people who designed it

 

Probably a Mixture of Power supply/BIO's/Throttling/Graphic cards.

Cause now its happening in 820s too...

 

It'll be very interesting to hear what comes of Jokers laptop. Anyone with a 720 seeing this problem yet?

 

The 820's are glitching now? *facepalm*

Where's my headache medicine? Nah, I think I just need a drink. All of this QA BS is a total buzzkill.

I just want a BAMF notebook that plays my fav games and works like a champ. Thought $3.5k was enough to achieve that. Hope mine is some sort of cream of the crop and doesn't have these issues, but it's starting to sound like a real crapshoot.

 

BOOO...that is NOT what I wanted to hear about the 820's

 

who did report that flickering happens with i7 820qm?

 

Great in addition to my power brick not working I may get stuttering in games.

 

What "it" is happening with the 820s? What specific symptoms have you encountered?

 

Lets don't jump into conclusions here, wait for the psu and tell us how will this go.

 

SpinalGt reported it on the

"Having nothing but issues with the 4870's in my R2..." thread.

 

Nm/............

:d

 

I think he is referring to the recent post by spinalgt in the "Having nothing but troubles" thread.

 

here http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=456634&page=22

 

Thanks. Rather serious allegation to be tossing out without explanation.

 

Check Dell online support their is something about a problem with windows 7 and sleep mode

 

I have my fingers crossed on the stuttering issues. Heck I have them crossed that they will send me the right adapter. I got a 15" bezel for my 17" M6400 as a repair part once. Even if the M5400 was a 15" I needed the control tab (with all the lights and power button) not a screen bezel. LOL

 

Somebody dropped a bomb regarding flickering and 820 and he is not even here to comment on it, Lol, I will get a heart attack until I get my beast If I continue reading this forum.

 

As an FYI I also ordered with RAID and it was not configured. Not a big deal as once I get the lappy setup I will be swapping in the 500GB drives.

 

It's down to the 820 now...sigh. Well at least there are no issues with the 720....yet. I am thinking though that the problem is widespread and the high powered cpus made it worse, but the slower ones will soon follow.