*OFFICIAL* M17x Benchmarks RESULTS *Part 2*

Have not dabbled in FC2 like you have don, so just a learning curve is all

If the CPU really does boost it, I should be ok, given I was able to run 3.33 happily for a while

 

Oh, I see. Thanks to both you and Rengsey for clearing that up; I never messed around with machines that used desktop CPUs. I was always interested in going that route, but never got the opportunity. Sounds interesting.

Anyway, Don, thanks for the PM. I've replied, so maybe you can share some tips on improving the FC2 performance.

 

we'll see what up with it and try to get as much out of it as posible.

 

Sad news for you Don, just got the call this morning that my cards have already arrived with the tech! I should get them installed this afternoon.

So I will not have any GTX 280m SLI runs for you in FC2 but can gladly do some 4870 runs

 

bring it on. I'll start benchmarking early next week.



your still making excuses. Lol.

 

how else still has there 280m gtx sli?
or I'm I the line ranger is the field of 4870 and 260???

is there a way to get the silver casing?

 

the silver is pretty sweet

Aparently dell or ebay are only options though

 

Meh. I'll support your cause with my 280s. They haven't annoyed me yet. But, you gotta' help me up my framerate, because even with the M17x T9550 clocked at 3.2 GHz and with 280m GTX SLi, I think I get like 47.8 average, using 186.81 on Vista 64.

 

i'll check what i got with my t9300... and of course.

 

i have acouple runs that arent organized i have my t9300@ 3.2ghz

i dont remember if that is stocked or overclocked on the gpu....

 

That's much better than mine (47 average). . . I guess it's official, then, the 9800m GTX is 20% faster than 280m GTX! And you were using an slow FSB CPU! LAWL! Kidding! Kidding!

I am sure I need to tweak something to get the right result.

 

I can do some 280 runs for you all on FC2- is there a benchmarker program for it seperate or is does it require a full install of the game? I'd be more than happy to fire it up here....have got nothing else to do whilst I wait on hold with Dell to try to snag a pair of 4870's.

 

yes. go to the install program and you will see the benchmarking tool.

 

Awesome sauce- well, then, as soon as I finish up the call (which I'm making over Skype) I'll squeeze some runs out.

-Edit- Need any patches or updates from vanilla?

 

i dont remember.... you can try and see if there is a difference though.

 

WOW...these 4870s are going to be fun!

All stock with no tweaks....over 11000 GPU score!

 

You got them pretty quick.

 

What sort of temps are they sitting at?

 

No clue on temps, HWmonitor is not picking them up. Any advice here Mandrake?

And yes they were quick, went from on the phone to installed in under 24 hours! My computer just does everything fast! lol

 

Try Everest. Latest version of GPU-Z may also work from memory (if it doesnt crash )

 

gpuz should work.

 

But HWMonitor did not work for you either? it is my preferred method

 

nice. Scook that was very fast.

 

Not until it's updated, no. It cant read the sensors on the 4850s either.

 

now you know why we are talking ati, mr scook...lol

 

no tweaks here too, but my cpu really suks Need a quad x soon!

 

So is there any other temp monitoring tool that will show the max GPU temps during gaming?

 

what cpu do you have???

in your sig it says r1. the r1 was dicounted last year. r2 is with centrino 2 and r3 is with i7.

 

Ooops! It's R2, heh P8700

 

overclock your cpu. your cpu is way to low.

[email protected]

 

That would be wrong Don....the one last year was the Area-51 m17x

Now we have the M17x R1 All Powerful and the M17x R2 All Powerful

 

Oops again, lol. Yes we are using R1, heh....

 

idk whats what. i wish the change the name like the m1710 m1720 m1730...

 

Just never refer to it as the M17x anymore. Type M17xR1 or M17xR2.

 

yes a name change would make more sense

But this way they can boast they sold X M17x machines when really it is 3 models that are each X/3 lol

 

i just wanted to benchmark and OC MY GTX 280M TO MAXX before sending it back to dell here its what i got with street fighter
my q9000 its OC to 2.5ghz

 

what over clock was that.

stock gpu

 

630,1100,1750

 

what is it?
core/shader/mem

stock is
583/1450/950

 

it is core, memory and shader

 

i see i see.

i do mines 670/1675/1080

 

scook
i dont see you posting anything named fc2. what was your stock score on it? or are you scared to do it???

 

lol, aint ran it yet, parents are in town

patience Don, patience

 

get'em don!
tell him to set the laptop to run on it's own in the back room...he sure has time to chit chat to us right now...he has time to closet bench as well....lol

j/k with ya mr cook!

say, you seem to be spending more time with us than your parents...bra!
lol

 

they like watching movies, makes it easier lol

here is a crysis bench run: (all settings Very High, 1920x1200, No AA, DX10, 64 Bit)

1/25/2010 9:05:07 PM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1900x1200, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: Custom
Custom Quality Values:
VolumetricEffects=VeryHigh
Texture=VeryHigh
ObjectDetail=VeryHigh
Sound=VeryHigh
Shadows=VeryHigh
Water=VeryHigh
Physics=VeryHigh
Particles=VeryHigh
Shading=VeryHigh
PostProcessing=VeryHigh
GameEffects=VeryHigh
==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 85.84s, Average FPS: 23.30
Min FPS: 9.12 at frame 138, Max FPS: 31.89 at frame 870
Average Tri/Sec: -8245255, Tri/Frame: -353906
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -2.59
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 73.11s, Average FPS: 27.36
Min FPS: 9.12 at frame 138, Max FPS: 31.89 at frame 870
Average Tri/Sec: -9319711, Tri/Frame: -340674
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -2.69
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 72.90s, Average FPS: 27.44
Min FPS: 9.12 at frame 138, Max FPS: 32.11 at frame 995
Average Tri/Sec: -9293554, Tri/Frame: -338732
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -2.71
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
==============================================================

Completed All Tests

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1/25/2010 9:05:07 PM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1900x1200 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: Custom ~~ Overall Average FPS: 27.4

 

I am new to this bench, any tips or recommendations on what I should run?

(I only know how to do futuremark benches lol)

 

also, do crysis with all settings on high and use the 1920x1080p since that seems to be more of a standard among all the brands.

do another veryhigh@1920x1080
veryhigh@1920x1080 8xAA/16xAF

 

well here is same as before but DX9: (makes a hell of a difference!)

1/25/2010 9:17:33 PM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX9 1900x1200, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: Custom
Custom Quality Values:
VolumetricEffects=VeryHigh
Texture=VeryHigh
ObjectDetail=VeryHigh
Sound=VeryHigh
Shadows=VeryHigh
Water=VeryHigh
Physics=VeryHigh
Particles=VeryHigh
Shading=VeryHigh
PostProcessing=VeryHigh
GameEffects=VeryHigh
==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 59.88s, Average FPS: 33.40
Min FPS: 21.27 at frame 1946, Max FPS: 49.45 at frame 1758
Average Tri/Sec: -22817414, Tri/Frame: -683144
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.34
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 53.17s, Average FPS: 37.62
Min FPS: 21.27 at frame 1946, Max FPS: 51.37 at frame 987
Average Tri/Sec: -25600478, Tri/Frame: -680545
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.35
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 53.55s, Average FPS: 37.35
Min FPS: 21.27 at frame 1946, Max FPS: 51.56 at frame 1760
Average Tri/Sec: -25403396, Tri/Frame: -680226
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.35
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
==============================================================

Completed All Tests

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1/25/2010 9:17:33 PM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX9 1900x1200 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: Custom ~~ Overall Average FPS: 37.485

I will do that one for you now. And these are all at stock clocks I will add

 

Hold on. . . I wonder why Scook's DX10 very high average scores lower than the other 4870 scores from a few pages back, which were like 31 average.

 

Mine are all at stock speed. And I think I have version 1.05 of the benchmark tool

Here is 1920x1080, DX10, Very High, 8x AA, 64 Bit

1/25/2010 9:24:13 PM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=8x, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: VeryHigh
==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 92.24s, Average FPS: 21.68
Min FPS: 9.20 at frame 137, Max FPS: 29.30 at frame 861
Average Tri/Sec: -5329430, Tri/Frame: -245806
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -3.73
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 78.38s, Average FPS: 25.52
Min FPS: 9.20 at frame 137, Max FPS: 30.05 at frame 871
Average Tri/Sec: -5915403, Tri/Frame: -231818
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -3.95
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 78.13s, Average FPS: 25.60
Min FPS: 9.20 at frame 137, Max FPS: 30.05 at frame 871
Average Tri/Sec: -5952704, Tri/Frame: -232533
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -3.94
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests

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1/25/2010 9:24:13 PM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1920x1080 AA=8x, 64 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 25.56