*OFFICIAL* M17x Benchmarks RESULTS *Part 2*

if that is your score. Then that means my score was overclocked in my post the page before.

 

could be...

mine is just gpu over clocking, since the clevo didn't have cpu over clocking...if it did....the 9262 could still be in the rankings...lol..(wishful thinking)

 

yes. It's because clevo locked it down to a 1333mhz fsb and no multiplier overclocking.

hopefully the newer models will be better.

I know my t9300 can be overclocked higher but because of voltage it can't. At 1066fsb which is 3.33ghz just bluescreens at boot and nst.

mandrake, I know you said yours was doing the same with your quad. What did you do in order to make it pass boot and stable to do runs.

 

OK I just tried it. If anything things stutter less and I don't see any artifact-ing. Given the time to test I should be able to break 12K GPU with these cards.

 

Holy cow, first try.

 

lol. Nice. What clock?

 

I did 650|1000. I probably shouldn't go past 900 on the memory early on. Oh well.

The funniest thing is everything ran smoother at the higher clocks. With the nVidia cards, the higher the clocks the more stuttering I saw.

 

see if you can do 735 on the core. Of course try 700 first.

 

My original goal was 750|900. I'll definitely keep testing.

GPUs aren't getting to hot either. I'm getting into the 60s.

 

Mandrake, what are the steps to OC'n the GPu via Bios? I had followed barongalf from what he said in previous pages in this thread, but didn't comprehend. I need step by step.

What are the steps?(Taking Notes)

Edited: Very impressive score !!

 

Can I get back to you on that? Not in the documentation mood. Besides you're currently system-less aren't you?

 

Awesome score Drake ... More proof the ATI cards are monsters DDR5 or not ...

 

Yes I am system-less right now.


Here was my last run on X run before I had sent it back.



Slightly lower

 

I just saw what he said for instructions and I did the same thing. I can write something a little more detailed a bit later on.

 

Look at this SM3.0 score.

 

Ditto ! Thanks

 

Holy Eggrolls Batman !!!

Amazing stuff Drake keep it up..

Makes me want to order one right now lol..


Looks like that overclocking really does fix the stuttering issue since your SM3.0 scores are that high without the dips like before compared to the dualcore runners..

 

lol Mandrake...you make this all look easy..

 

Still think so Pman?

 

I know I can push these further. Might be time to stop and wait for some competition. Don't want to waste all my bullets right now. I do want 18K in 06 before I stop.

 

Lol dont stop now..

There wont be any competition with those numbers for quite sometime whether you quit while your ahead or not..

Plus with that machine you can beat on it abit before it go's back ...

 

lol! That's why I set the memory to 1000 right away.

63C is the high on my GPU. Still can push voltage and clocks.

 

Keep it up till something catches fire then back it off a few notches ..

 

It was so close aswell! I jus got my machine last night, cant wait to put the QX9300 in it, seems a more complicated installation than I had thought, dreading not having ordered it with one seeing your scores..

 

Well this system is definitely stress tested.

 

It is abit frustrating the first time you go inside the machine but the best thing to do is take your time and even take a break if you find your self getting flustered ...

The money you save buying the part aftermarket is worth the hassle of having to do it yourself ...

 

So true, I'm sure I'll be ok once inside, I just dont wana scratch it, seems soo nice n cleannn!

 

lol, I think I'll put this in my sig.

 

hi guys i have a big problem with my m17x it wont start! if you think you can help please check out my post, thank you so much!

 

I just ran the crysis benchmark from the first page, the trees in the distance flicker..thats not normal is it?

 

Do you have AA on?

 

because your probably running crysis without any patches or updates...

 

drake you should run some crysis runs.

 

I hated that benchmark. Plus you have to load the game. blah.

 

ok. I understand. Did you get farcry2 yet?

 

Yeah I have that somewhere.

 

nice. I'm guessing 80fps average.

 

This is true



Q9000 is quite the bottleneck

 

yes it is. I got 45fps on ie with my dual at 3.125ghz.

 

Really? I was hitting the high 80s with the W90 when I was maxxing the cards at 1.2v and low 80s at 1.1v. I guess it's a testament to the M17x's cooling. You'll probably have better luck than I did getting the cards to run at 700+ mhz without the driver failing.

 

yeah the cooling on the m17x is to good.

but I believe the w90 has batter cpu cooking.

 

Yeah id love to see some Crysis runs Drake.. Very high...

 

yes, but did he even up the voltage yet? didn't think he did that part...although i could be wrong.

 

I think if he did he would have mentioned it (speculation of course) ..

 

Well DAMIT....NOW my GTX 280ms are inadequate lol

this throws a wrench into EVERYTHING.....(starts saving money!)

 

I knew it was only a matter of time before you said that ..


Drake to the rescue of emptying your wallet of more cash ...

 

so it looks like more room to grow in the m17x, huh quad.
(speculation of course)

 

Time to wrestle with Dell to try to get a pair of cards (and ideally a swap) lol

I miss the ease of overclocking the ATI cards and the better driver support (never thought I would say that for ATI over nvidia)

 

Great work!! So maybe in a day or two will you be able to give us your complete take of the advantages of the 4870 over 280M in some sort of summary of highlights? I know many of us would appreciate it!

Who will win??

 

Yeah from the looks of it lots of room to grow especially based on those temps , crazy low temps at that ..

Nice to see the 280s crown taken and stomped into the ground ...

ATI is where its at for mobility and i have been preaching this for awhile but its nice its all been laid out to easily understand for everyone ..