new system seems a little ill....

right i received my m17x R2 yesterday and its all up and running.. but it dont seem right im getting a windows index score of 5.9 on my memory... also when running benchmarks like 3dmark06 it dosent display full screen... it goes into an envelope in the middle of the screen!

specs are

i7 620
4gb ddr3 1333mhz ram
320gb 7200 sata hdd (it didnt come with raid )
2x 4870 hd
1920x1200 RGB LED

am i better off just doing a fresh install? or is there something im missing here?? or would you guys say this sounds about right?

 

I get 5.9 on the memory when I have my integrated GPU on.
If I disable it I get 7.2, but this is on my R1

However am I right in thinking you dont have an integrated GPU on the R2?

For the second problem it sounds like scaling must of been disabled in the ATI control panel, Check this and report back.

 

That's correct. The R2 does not have an ingetrated graphics processor.

 

i thought it had a 9400m? or am i being thick?

 

Nah the R2's have a revised motherboard to support the "i" chips. It doesn't have a 9400m for some reason. The i CPUs all have integrated graphics built in but because of the mobo, they cannot be used.

 

well i have re run the Win score and its still 5.9.. tried turning stealth mode on and off running it...

 

Does the windows score really matter? As long as your real world performance is good, I wouldn't really bother paying attention to the windows score.

 

well it scoring low would show there is something wrong with the current setup?? i know its a replacement system BUT i would still like everything working 100%!!

 

What exactly is at 5.9? the overall WEI score will be the lowest number. IN this case since you have mechanical HDD's 5.9 overall score is what it's going to stay at until you install an SSD. If it's the memory, it will increase if you overclock the CPU in the BIOS. Don't put too much faith in WEI, is just about worthless.

 

i cant set sod all in the bios.. ive looked got another m17x and a m15x here in work (work friends have them) and there memory scores all pan out at 7+ the HDD and the memory are scoring that at the moment. its just bugging me! lol

 

Do they have core-I CPU's in their systems? What do you mean by SOD?

 

sod= english term for nothing and yes all 3 running i7 cpus

 

Ahh, gotcha, cultural lesson of the day.


what CPU do they have? I forgot you can't OC the 620. Faster CPU's will yield better scores for the memory as well in the WEI.

 

one has the 720 and one has the 820.. i have seen the 620 scoring 7's also :s maybe a full reinstall??

 

I think you need to do more research villosa. Not all i chips have a intergraded gpu on the cpu. The Clarkdale chips have them. Check Introducing Intel's Clarkdale Core i5-661 | Maximum PC

 

i cant find anything to do with the scaling either just tried to update to 10.4 drivers also and it fails to install the drivers.. this is poo!!

 

If i remember correctly, i have 7.4 on memory but i have the 920XM. I remeber when my CPU was throttling it would decrease both the CPU and memory Scores, What is your CPU score?

 

My cpu scores at 7.1
Memory at 7.4
grapics 7.2
Gaming Grapics 7.2
Disk data transfer rate at 5.9

 

My i7620M is 6.9
Mem 5.9
gam graphics 7.2
Disk 5.9
wei means bugger all pal Your system is fine

 

Yea, looks like with a 620, your memory is going to be bottlenecked by the CPU. Nothing really to worry about.

 

yeah downclocks to 1066

 

right thats that then! new cpu for me anyone help with the scaling at all? its annoying running stuff and it not showing full screen (im an ati noob)

 

If you plan on getting a better CPU, i would recommend the i7 820QM, its got 2mb more cache than the 720QM, and you are not going to see much difference with the 720QM with applications that do not utilize all 4 cores. If you like even more performance, go for the 920XM, unlocked multipliers, and 5% bios increase.

 

920 is already in the pipeline running drive sweeper and uninstalling all ati stuff and reinstalling now to see if i can sort this display problem out!

 

i7 620M Meaning the Dual Core I7 Have a Integrated GPU on the chip. So it might be stuck in Stealth mode.

 

Kevin, What is your overall score in 3dmark06 when you run it? This should give you an indication of whether something is wrong or not.

 

Nice good luck with changing the cpu. Are you returning the system to dell, or are you going to change it yourself?

 

Integrated GPU on i7 620M does to come into it as it is not compatible with Intel PM55 chipset so therefore is redundant . Unfortunately

 

Ignore the Windows Experience index. It isn't a reliable benchmark. The more memory you have, the bigger the score will be.

As for your image not being stretched to full screen, you simply need to change a setting in the Catalyst control panel to set it to do that.
Set your desktop to a lower than native resolution for a little bit (otherwise you won't be able to adjust the Scaling options). Then open Catalyst Control Center, click on Graphics->Desktops & Displays, right-click on the little laptop icon labeled 1 in the bottom left corner and click configure. Under Scaling Options, mark either the "Full Screen" radial box (this will stretch the picture to fill the full screen) or "Preserve Aspect Ratio (This will stretch it but preserve the aspect ratio of the displayed resolution so you will have black borders on either left and right or above and below the picture if you display a resolution that doesn't have the native aspect ratio of your screen). Leaving it on "Centered" will turn of stretching and display the picture in the center of the screen pixel by pixel.
After you have made your selection, click OK. Then set your display resolution back to the native one.

 

BTW Kevin, a NBR member called 5150joker, is selling his 920XM.

 

sorry for late reply i will try doing it myself. done it enough on desktops and so on so worth a try i think