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    7770m MXM-A

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by triturbo, May 23, 2013.

  1. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Say Hi to the new MXM-A King - Meaker did it again that is :D

    Not bad, isn't :D
     
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    CROSSFIRE_GTI Notebook Consultant

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    seriously I want 1 for my ACER 5739G MXM-A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Where did you find it?hou give it to you......say it ???? :D
     
    CROSSFIRE_GTI, May 23, 2013
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    what do you mean..........you have 2 ATI 7770M? :wideeyed:

    ooooo I get it now....1 for you and 1 for me?? :D
     
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  5. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Meaker, when do you expect to get The X9100, to see some real tests :D
     
    triturbo, May 24, 2013
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Next week by the looks of things.

    The last test this little card will have ever run :(

    Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8700,Acer Aspire 5935 score: P1960 3DMarks

    Tried going to 950mhz core and the system shut down, on turning back on the main display during bios and windows loading was fine but HDMI showed corruption, when in windows the internal display went berserk but the HDMI was fine. Now it is no longer booting :(

    The second (and later produced) card is working fine though.

    Broke 2000 in 3dmark http://www.3dmark.com/fs/481678
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 24, 2013
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  7. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Great score, sadly at the cost of a card :(
     
    triturbo, May 24, 2013
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    My system may have switched over and drained the battery which caused the voltage issues.

    The brick is a coolermaster 120W so this surprises me.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 24, 2013
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    To bad the first card suiside......Meaker the 5935g is newer than my 5739g? did you mode the bios to play on the acer?or just plug and play just like 6770M?
     
    CROSSFIRE_GTI, May 24, 2013
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Plug and play, unlocked voltage control with the -XCL command and sapphire trixx.

    Stock voltage on this sample is 1.025V, goes to about 910-920mhz on that, 1.05V gives 950-960 and 1.075V gives 970-980.

    The first chip did 880mhz on 0.95V :(
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 24, 2013
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  11. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Do you have a Kill-A-Watt or something to measure how much it draws under load? That's pretty surprising indeed. At max load - X9100@3,6GHz and HD4670@stock my system pulls 110W (same CM 120W). So there's still room, and even then, most bricks allow some 5% more than their rating. What I mean is, with the current config I doubt that it even passes the 100W mark. If it does, this is quite of a power hungry GPU! That's a P8700 and a 120W brick there!

    Quite of a loss :( And that's another surprise, the later should be more refined, but you said that they are manufactured at different places, so that could change the things a bit. Which is which and where it was manufactured?
     
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    I've got a power monitor but since removing the battery I have not seen it shut off *shrug*

    The dead card was from taiwan, the operating card is from china. I wonder if baking would restore it.

    Testing is pretty hard since it requires a TOTAL system teardown to achieve. Since the I've unlocked voltage control on the other though it's not too bad.

    Imagine seeing this with every mobile card:

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    Yep well this is pants. The original 90W AC can supply more power than the 120W coolermaster....
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 26, 2013
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  15. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    According to my calculations you should have enough power for this thing - 68W. Anyway, nice scores :)
     
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    Yes but those runs are on battery since the ac cuts out :/ I think its firmware related.
     
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  17. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Doh, that's weird! I guess it's BIOS modding time :D
     
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  19. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    This 7738G is 3 phase, right :D Anyway, more than impressive :D BTW how were the temp readings :rolleyes:
     
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    Pretty high on the 4ghz cpu (100ish), if I lower that down to 3.74ghz the gpu stays in the 70s and the cpu in the high 80s.

    Yes the 3 phase vrm dramatically lowered the required cpu voltage.
     
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  22. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    His GPU score is considerable amount higher than yours, and yeah it's nice :D

    Nice :D There is some room for cooling improvement to keep you busy until your 3K beast lands (unless you have changed your plans) :D Can you tell me at what voltages you are running the corresponding GHz (since I'm @800MHz FSB multipliers wont be the same)?

    Damn, how I wish I had 3rd phase :( It leaves a lot of room for overclocking, and improves the overall system stability, while reducing the stress off the VRMs and chokes.
     
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    1.3v for 4ghz, 1.225v for 3.73ghz.
     
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Double damn! I'm 1,35v @3,8GHz :(
     
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    My 5935g needed 1.26v for 3.6ghz.
     
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    That's almost in-line with what mine can do - 1,2750v @3,6GHz 24/7.

    How's the in-game performance? Are there any indicators that you are running an older platform?
     
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    With the higher clocked CPU at 3.73ghz, not really, I have a 128GB 830 SSD in there now and loading could be a smidge quicker but its hardly a hardship.

    A quad might be overall faster but I am not sure I want to invest the extra now.
     
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Nice to hear :)

    Precisely what I was thinking. Most games are multicore optimized nowadays, compared to when the C2Q was the big deal. A QX9300 is below $200 shipped :D
     
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    However the QX9300 will be a hot beast! What you need is some C90esk cooling capabilities then you can have it at 4ghz too :D I remember running the X3380 at a little over 3.5ghz with only the fsb wall limiting me. Temps never got above 65-70C when I had it screaming! Ah the old days! M15x is boring....

    How's it going Triturbo??!!
     
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    $200 on this is now $200 off my next build so I will hang off for a bit.

    If I run the GPU overvolted I have to warm it up first, it throttles otherwise which is really odd, but 930/1475 at 1.03V works just fine and scores me 3050 so I think that's my 24/7.
     
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    So, so. I'm working on a new cooling, on the final straight and I can't get my head over something, and that really pisses me off for a month now :mad:

    I know how it is, I was just kidding. No point in putting so much money on old platform when you are expecting a new one :)

    That's funny. I've seen the exactly opposite, where one has to let the GPU to cool-down, otherwise it throttles :D

    A lot of fine-tune has went in there, but Awesome work! :D
     
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    Yes but it does compare to the GTX765M there :D
     
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    Interesting you have throttle issues. Sounds exactly like the M15x problem. We also have to warm our cards before a gaming session lol!
     
    King of Interns, Jul 3, 2013
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