Asus G73 Benchmark Thread

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Intersting that 1.15 is your default as well, 1.10 is default on the 4870s with the option to up it to 1.15 (guess you already knew that though having had an M17x R2)

 

if your going to test this voltage thing you will need a clean copy of the original bios.
open in rbe
gpu registers
0x15(1.15) and change it to 0x15(1.175)
click okay
save the bios as a new name and not over your original. it needs to be an un edited copy of the bios.
the dos flash it.
if it works...you will see 1.175 as your highest option.

try at your own risk.. , but that's how you do it.
and you need to flash with atiflash
example:
shows gpu info
atiflash -ai

flashes card ( f= force, but you shouldn;'t need it and p = device and 0 is the gpu)
atiflash -f -r 0 5870.rom
or
atiflash -r 0 5870.rom



you only need to do the atiflash -ai to see if you can even flash or look at what is there...if you cant do anything...chances are you can't flash either.

 

new high personal best for me

Dam you coolermaster, i'll get you one of these days!!!

I can't quite get to 877 on my clock

 

Hey mandrake you could probably improve your vantage score if you updated to the 10.3 beta, it definitely improved my frame rates and gpu performance

 

Good job! 10.3 locks me up, still need to tinker more.

 

i thought it might have been that for me with 3dmark06 as i ran that first after installing 10.3 and that won't clock over 820 or so without locking

seems it's that way with 10.2 as well and both 10.2 and 10.3 get unstable over 870 on vantage tests for me

 

new personal best and second only to that one crazy guy who swapped a 920 in

 

how high can you go on just the core alone...without moving the memory?

 

yeah i need to get benching with the 10.3 drivers.

 

lovin the new AC unit.

 

I need to get me one of those...no more cold weather

 

Here's DMC4 with the AC off. CPU is OC'ed GPU is stock.

 

mine was better

 

Those temps were only after a few minutes on the AC.

 

my temps were after i left it in a freezer for 1 hour to cool all the capacitors and ferrite cores on the mobo

 

you're falling behind moo

 

i dont care about total only gpu

since its a unfair race

your mem is higher then mine and quads but our core is better

 

Mandrake can you post a link to the A/C unit you bought? I'm thinking this would be good purchase when summer comes around, ambient temperatures too high

 

Walmart Special

 

thanks for the temps in dmc4.

 

Ok I am on 10.3 drivers as well. 32 minutes of l4d2 on all high setings and with Over Drive (worth noting?) my core temp hit 95C max!!

So today I did another test without OD and it hit 94C max (after 32 minutes again).

What is the deal here guys? This is a litle hot for my liking are others reporting similar? Any suggestions to try I will give a go (other then the whole AC unit thing! Should I try to revert back to 10.2 drivers and see if there is a difference?

 

Have you re-applied the thermal paste?
Usually helps alot over the stock crap

 

I deffinitly haven't done that. I hear its not an easy thing to do so I figured it was out of my league (also voids warranty if im not mistaken).

 

All my thermal paste has been replaced and soon my thermal pads. Still waiting for them from China. I have the hottest running proc but I'm not having any heat issues.

 

I just want to know if this is normal. These temps of 95C in game is a little redicoulous. Its just funny that my hand rest on a giant sticker that promotes the cooling of the laptop (when I see the complete opposite).

 

Pass, are you just using the one program to report temps? Try multiple and compare.

 

Hmm...there were some places I can probably put paste or a pad on the 4870m's

On the voltage stuff (the big greyish pieces are just touching the heatsink, no interface)

 

Your right I am using only using hwmonitor... i will try others and let u know how it works out... thanks for the suggestion..

 

For what it is worth, HWMonitor reports the same temps as RealTemp for me

 

With no AC cooling 10.3 is definitely hotter running then 10.2, for that fact after benchmarking I have now switched back to 10.2 for normal everyday use until non-beta is up and then I will give 10.3 another try. 10.2 seems to run a good 10 degrees c cooler

 

Good to hear trulsrohk, will convert back later today.

Last night I tried a session with a CD case propping up the back like I use to do with my Gateway 7811fx and let behold my max in L4D2 only hit 90C after 40 minutes compared to 94C (after 30). I know 90C is still hot but 94-95C is much hotter.

 

Propping up the back always helps

That is one benefit of the batteries that have that bulge that prop the notebook up on their own

 

You are not the only one seeing this. I reported this in the owners lounge. I too have 10.3 installed and while playing BFBC2 HW Monitor is reporting max GPU temps of 95*C. I don't believe I saw these temps prior to installing the 10.3 beta drivers.

My average GPU temps I believe were in the mid 70's and only occasionally hitting the mid 80's. I'm considering a move back to 10.2 as well but I'm not sure a few sessions hitting 95* would kill it, but I did finally toss it up on a cooling pad and that has helped some. I know the 10.3 official release are scheduled soon and I hope they run a bit cooler than the beta...

 

different drivers will effect temperatures and power draws, depends how they load the GPU

That is just the nature of it. Temperature and power draw often have to be sacrificed for higher performance....

 

Ahh I'm so frustrated. I uninstalled the 10.3 drivers and downloaded the drivers straight off the asus website which I think is 10.2 and no matter what I do the temperature monitoring programs dont show any temps. I've used 2 separate ones (which worked previously, one being hwmonitor). What am I doing wrong here...

I ended up puting 10.3 back on and bammo temps work again...

 

I just tried going back to original drivers on the drivers CD (10.1) and still no temp readings showing up in HWmonitor. Do I have to run some sort of ATI driver cleaner to revert back to 10.2?

 

Yeah you should do:

http://www.phyxion.net/Driver-Sweeper/Driver-Sweeper/Driver-Sweeper-210-Released

 

Are you using HWInfo? That picks up my 5870 just fine.

 

Yes hwmonitor. But like I said it is not detecting them after putting back 10.2. I haven't tried the cleaning utility yet.
I'm guessing that I remove the ati catalyst with the uninstall then run the ati cleaner? Then reinstall 10.2 off asus support. Will try this later today.

 

hwmonitor is not the same as hwinfo

 

yeah i'm using hwinfo and did not have to wipe anything from switching drivers for the temp monitor to work

 

Exactly.

Link to HWInfo
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html

Grab the latest beta version.

 

Ok guys. Will try this when I get home from school. Just confusing why hwmonitor would stop working with a driver change.

 

I'm still kicking the original drivers (won't bother to change until I have time) and HWMonitor never picked up the 5870.

 

used driverclean utility and got the temps working in hwinfo. They are not displayed by Hwmonitor or by furmarks temp reading. Which number should I be looking at as the one for concern (core)?
thanks for everyones help

 

I saw somebody earlier mention that the Power4Gear overclock button+software doesn't really do anything performance-wise. Is there any way to actually make it helpful? I'm not too keen on GPU O/C'ing

 

Got the latest HWInfo version and now I can see my 4870 temps!

Thanks and +rep

 

GPU z could always read them and log them ...

 

but that is more of a pain, although through HWInfo it is still a few clicks, it is the same type info as hwmonitor which I prefer

 

Wow this thread has fallen. How about some copper mod pics?