Asus G73 Benchmark Thread

well i just hope it isn't a motherboard problem after the horrendus OC u did

 

My temps were good. Shouldn't be a system board issue but you never know.

 

it could be if you fried some power circuitry pushing it too hard

 

Aren't you Mr. Negativity.

 

just saying...pretty sure I did that to my first R1 board

 

I have my doubts. I think I would see a more wide spread issue but I guess that's just speculating.

 

Actually apparently they have the highest reliability.

Overclockers bricking their units is not included in the above though. Opening up this system to redo the thermal paste myself, I can see this laptop is clearly not made for serious overclocking.

 

Hm i just started the laptop and entered the forum and HWinfo shows at GPU Thermal Diode 66 degree Value and 67degree max it seems high is that normal? When HWinfo runs in background during games it shows 99-101 max (didnt had problems in game). Can someone check his temps at normal windows use if its also at about 66 degree pls?

 

I didn't brick my system. I need my keyboard replaced. Everything else worked fine except for that blue light under the lcd. How did this conversation turn into me bricking my system? Plus this is the best notebook for CPU OC'ing, what would be considered the next best isn't even close.

 

I think ziddy just turned the "majority" of RMAs into OC problems. I only OC my first GPU within the first week a few bench runs and only OC games for the videos I made doing it (very few) and then no OC for 3 weeks and failure. I have been quite vocal in my caution to people about OCing.

2nd one, never OC and ???

Q

 

This isn't the first system that I lost a backlit keyboard on. Stuff just happens. You can OC anything as long as you know what you are doing.

 

That's about what I get. At first, I thought it was a problem, because I hear people complaining that their temps are "too high" compared to some people here (who have lower temps at load) ... but there are a lot of people with high temps with no problems.

What does it mean? *shrugs* not much. 3 years warranty will take care of any problems that arise.

 

only if you have the 900.00 chip its good... which makes it pointless in the OCing arena where cheap chips perform like monsters... OCing is much better with say an MSI in the respect that you can take a cheap 20 dollar chip to run like an expensive 400 dollar chip

 

This is still the only i7 based system that will OC non-extreme procs.

 

Not true, dont the M17x R2's get a 5% blck adjustment? Still the 7% on Asus is better though

 

i see... didnt this laptop perform worse after the bclk OC option? I thought earlier on in the thread it was stated that it wouldnt turbo, it would stay locked down @ 1.7ghz

 

The M17x will only do that with an extreme proc so it is true.

On a side note it seems lately you're trying to always prove me wrong. I'm not trying to spread propaganda for the G73 or against other systems. I consider my self a fan of the tech not the brands.

I didn't test enough with the 720 to comment on that.

 

yeah it would seem to me as long as you are keeping it cool ( which you were ) it shouldn't be a problem from the OC

 

I know all about the 720 Asus TT vs. i7 Turbo Mode:

@ Full load:
Asus TT ON: BLCK 142 1.7GHZ you lose your x13 multiplier from the i7 Turbo Mode, so it's 142MHz x 12 = 1.704GHz
Good for completely OpenGL graphics. Bad for everything else, and increased heat.

Asus TT OFF: BLCK 133 1.73GHz you keep your x13, so 133MHz x 13 = 1.729GHz
Good for eveything. Your CPU runs 5C cooler.

Best to not even run Asus TT imo.

Total agreement.

Q

 

Not at all trying to prove you wrong. Sorry if I have come across that way. I did not know the 5% was only for extreme cpus in the R2 (I should have researched that more before posting)

Don't want you getting the wrong impression, I am as much for Asus as AW. I nearly sold my M17x for a W90 before I got the 4870s lol

 

I don't own an Asus system, but I'd like to second this man's comments.

My Sony Vaio (sig) was chugging along just fine but for a growing problem with the rubber palm rest, who's glue seemed to be losing its grip, causing an ugly bubbling effect.

1 repair snowballed into 5 as more problems were created after repair.

After 10 months of ownership, my full refund check came in the mail last week.

All because they couldn't *just* replace the rubber pad. they had to disassemble the entire laptop and replace the top of the laptop (it was all built as one piece)...and had issues secondary to that.

Never send your machine in if you don't have to. Not if you care about it.

 

I'll be honest, part of me wants to see if they'll honor the warranty. The other part of this is, it's not just the keyboard light but also the blue light below the LCD.

 

Yeah never send in your machine for some things like that, always find a solution for yourself, I never OC' but i would think it would be easier since this machine has some pretty crazy cooling.

 

thx i feel better now.
btw my unigine heaven 2.0 benchmark with the i5 520 and 1600x900

Unigine
Heaven Benchmark v2.0
FPS: 21.2
Scores: 533
Min FPS: 12.1
Max FPS: 60.1

Hardware
Binary: Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release Mar 7 2010
Operating system: Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
CPU flags: 2393MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 8.683.0.0 1024Mb

Settings
Render: direct3d11
Mode: 1600x900 fullscreen
Shaders: high
Textures: high
Filter: trilinear
Anisotropy: 4x
Occlusion: enabled
Refraction: enabled
Volumetric: enabled
Replication: disabled
Tessellation: normal

Unigine Corp. © 2005-2010

and BFBC2 Mission Aurora the jeep scene with fraps:

1600x900 2xMSAA, 1xAF and HBOA on:

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
3231, 77653, 20, 57, 41.608

1600x900 2xMSAA, 1xAF and HBOA off:

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
3609, 75251, 22, 71, 47.959


FHD (my TV is a 42" FHD Plasma):

FHD 2xMSAA, 1xAF and HBOA off:

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
3214, 78629, 16, 64, 40.876

FHD 2xMSAA, 1xAF and HBOA on:

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
2672, 78251, 15, 48, 34.147

Iam pretty satisfied with my i5 model, maby someone can do the same scene with same settings and with the i7 and FHD?

 

Here's something interesting I noticed with my A1's GPU temperatures. It runs about 5 to 7 degrees hotter when it's used on the second floor of my house in comparison to a ground floor room.

Running Mass Effect 2 on the highest settings, downstairs or at other ground floor locations, temperatures maxes out at around 76C. However, when I use it upstairs, it increases up to 83C even when the ambient temperature of the room is cooler.

Someone mentioned in a few pages back that noticed a temperature increase from high elevation changes. In my case it seems like even 20 feet or so makes a pretty big difference in temperature readings since I don't know what else can cause such a change.

 

The ambient temps are usually warmer on the second floor of a house.

 

Dude, heat rises. It's always warmer upstairs. My attic gets crazy hot in the summer and we don't even heat it in the winter.

 

My GPU temps after playing MW2 for a while were 85, 91 ,90.

Is that normal enough? Im on the official 10.3s.

 

GPU temps are baseless without an ambient. You actually got the official 10.3s to recognize your card?

 

Straight off the ati site.

Also, 3dMark Vantage Score: 8254 - 7649gpu, 10826cpu
3dMark06 score was 12000-something.

Max temps with furmark hit 85/100/85, but with most games it maxes at 90-95, usually lower.

 

Vantage scores, don't know what the average is for this machine.

3DMark06 was around 12400 or something. Will post caps if I run it again.

 

Day 2 with no gaming or benchmarking system. I'm getting the shakes....

 

Quick, time yourself running to the end of the street and back

 

bust out that IBM, I know you still got it around haha

or time yourself on how quick before you cave and order another laptop lol. from what I have observed since june, you have had AW and Asus, maybe try the Clevo waters next (not trying to imply you abandon the asus, but in the mean time)? haha

 

10.3 drivers that seems to be about average for stock

 

How can you tell the driver version from the screen cap? I installed 10.3 CCC I think.

 

Pretty much EXACTLY what I got. Yes, I'm repeating myself, I didn't realize I'd posted a page ago, and can't "delete" posts.

 

Sure, straight off the ATI site. I wasnt aware there was any issue with the official drivers?

 

It seems that most 10.3 stock speed runs wind up at around 8200, whereas the 10.2 drivers have it down around 8k flat.

 

The 10.3 was supposed to specifically boost 5k series performance

 

They also apparently make the card hotter.

 

higher performance will typically equate out to higher power draw and higher temps

no way around that

 

My Thinkpad is my only system right now. That system is ready for warranty work also. I have a Dell mini on order and by next week that might be the only system I have. How high can you OC an Atom proc? (The setfsb clock generator is ICS9UMS9610BL)

That would be measured in hours.

 

I have heard of people regularly getting past 2 GHz but I am sure you will find ways to go further

You are a creative overclocker haha

 

That depends on the atom chip. I can only hit 1.85 on my n270. Some of the newer chips have different max clock rates (due to higher FSBs, etc).

 

so i was wondering something. what are the max temps you guys think is safe while running furmark on extreme burn mode maxxed out?

 

If it hits 95C stop it.

 

thats about where mine stays at at the stock clocks on the newest furmark all maxxed out on extreme burn mode... although there are no signs of any instbility and i have had several marathon 9 hour lan sessions of mw2 on it and not a single issue

as soon as i upped the clocks furmark showed the temps getting up to 105 C

 

3D Mark Vantage Score is: 8298
GPU Temperatures Max Were: 78C.
I have a Cyro Laptop Cooler Underneath at 60% Speed.

Loving My G73JH No Problems whatsoever

 

Here are the 3DMark06 scores and temperatures.