Envy 15 2nd Gen Benchmarks

Yeah. Dual 4670's in my desktop here only score a P7046 (6314 GPU, 10801 CPU) Definitely not a bad score for a mobile chip.

 

Oced GPU to 535/920 NS GOT 4428 GPU on Vantage. The GPU temp did not go above 65C. I am pretty sure these can be OCed to 600/1000 level. And keep in mind that we are still using pretty old drivers. As I said before. These GPUs are very close to 260M GTX in a very low energy level. That is awesome in my book. Also general build of these machines is very good. This unit is the second best built system after M17X per my scale. And I had many computers.

 

lsramair is only getting 545 stable, so I'm not sure how much headroom the main clock gets. But he did hit 1100 on the memory, so that's a good sign.

 

I don't think the GPU core is going to overclock well unless you increase the voltage. There is a reason the 5850's TDP is 39 watts vs 5830's 24 watts.

 

I still appreciate 06.

I just got done playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for about 3 hours at 1080p with all the extra settings "off", textures on high. It got in the area of 70-90 FPS on all maps. The only times it dropped were when you would get flashed, and then a smoke bomb would appear, and then the FPS would drop for like 1/8 of a sec down to 40 something. Let's just say, it was rocking.

I also ran a Batman: AA Benchmark. Setting: Very High and 1080p. = 40 FPS Average

 

I just got 550/1000 run on vantage and it threw up 8k for CPU and 4600 for GPU.

Sweet.

Going to push further

 

Close to a GTX 260?

Try GTX 280. I had put the 280 in my M15x and it only benched 800 points higher (that's with the 5830 oc'd to 550/1000). Plus the M15x had an i7 while I have an i5

Overall, I am impressed with the Envy quite a bit. Just wish the screen didn't suck....

 

So I just did 3 battery tests each using 25% of the charge. It's a poor man's battery test, but I have found it to be very accurate representing a full charge.

29 mins = 25% with full brightness, wifi on, BT off, HP Recommended Power Plan = 1.90 hours total
41 mins = 25% wifi on, brightness min, bt off, HP RECOMMENDED Power Plan = 2.75 hours total
51 mins =25% Power saver, brightness min, wifi/bt off, notepad/sticky notes open = 3.30 hours total

 

Thanks Quadron! Hey, which processor do you have again?

 

Thats with a i5 520m processor

 

Heres a Heaven DirectX11 Bench with all the bells and whistles running at HD

 

Interesting. It looks like the 5830 won't be adequate for 1080p high settings on new DX11 titles.

 

Overclocked 550/1050 results for Heaven Bench

 

Mine is running furmark at 600/1000. Do the cores usually go that high? I notice most people are running at 550.

Also, whats a good place to download vantage from without having to wait 10 hours for it to finish?

 

futuremark downloads pretty quick.

 

The 5830 mobile is based on the desktop 5770, but dissipates less than 1/4 the energy. And the desktop 5770 can barely run Dirt 2 playably at 1280x1024 at decent settings. I can't imagine anyone thinking anything less than a mobile chip that dissipates over twice the power of the 5830 might have a chance at FullHD DX11 gaming. The mobility 5890 MIGHT barely be capable of it.

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,...DX-11-Update-Radeon-HD-5970-results/Practice/

 

Mine would lock up while trying to get through 3Dmark above 550... but every chip is different! Get it as high as you can and try to get 3Dmark06 above 10k.

 

I played Dirt 2 demo on DX11 at 1080p with very high settings and 4x AA. It got 22 FPS. 26-30 FPS once I took off 4x AA (was on by default). 26-30 FPS was very smooth surprisingly. I'm sure there will be more taxing titles coming in the future, but at least Dirt 2 runs alright.

 

Sorry I don't remember the CoD settings so was that with any AA on? Also are is the absence of any of the extra settings noticeable graphically? I remember not seeing a huge difference with 'extra' textures vs 'high' but yeah.

 

Yeah, the textures can be moved up to Extra without a problem I think. That is 1080p without any AA.

It's hard to tell that the extra graphical features aren't enabled. I suppose if you saw a screenshot with them on and one with them off, you'd be able to tell a difference, but in terms of making the game fun... all you need to do is be able to see the enemy nice and clearly + be able to aim and shoot smoothly. The Envy 15 does this just fine.

I was also able to record in game footage with xfire at 1280x720 + Half Size. It did not disrupt smooth gameplay. I may end up just playing at 1280x720 so I can record video at any time. On a 15.6 size screen, it is a noticeable difference from 1080p, but it's not a huge difference on a 15.6 screen.

Is there a way I can get the screen to go to 1366x768? I would prefer that resolution over 1280x720, but it doesn't give the option of going to 1366x768. Is there a way I can manually set it to that resolution?

 

Oh that's good to know. Can it handle any AA without seeing too much of a dip in FPS? Maybe at 720p? 2x AA? I know quake engine games generally benefit from 60+ FPS though so AA might not be ideal for multiplayer on the envy I guess.

 

Did anyone try going 1000+ on the HD4830?
Everyone was so bold to put the HD5830 to 1000+ on memory, are you guys stable at those speeds? I mean both of them have 800MHz starting speed (although ati lists the hd4830 as 800-900MHz) and they're both 40nm tech.

 

So ,can you or can't you switch to the integrated IntelHD videocard on an Envy 15 2nd with an I5 CPU?
The battery life should be better than those benchmarks on the first site if you could...

 

No you cannot, the Envy 15 uses the PM55 chipset. You need the HM55 to have that feature.

 

thats not going to happen, not with my i5.

I SO hate that CPU benchmark in 3dmark. It just totally throws the benchmarks off balance, even though most games are gpu dependent(and the cpu dependent ones are going to be running at 100fps anyway).

 

I posted this in another thread but this might be the better place to put it.

I downloaded and installed the Heaven Benchmark on my Envy and it runs fine but I can't seem to get any audio. Any suggestions or can someone else verify they do get sound?

 

I don't think benchmarks do sound. I haven't seen any that do. Never used Heaven though.

I ran vantage at 550/1000 and it errored out after the second CPU test. Is that a GPU related crash or did something just go wrong somewhere?

I have never had an actual error message pop up before while stress testing. Usually it is a BSOD or I start seeing artifacts.

 

Did you check the box to enable sound? I think by default it is off. It's on the menu where you select which resolution you want.

 

I tried, it artifacted well before 1k

 

On my desktop Heaven does have music. Not when your running the benchmark but when you just load it & let it run you get music. This doesn't seem to happen when I try on my laptop so wasn't sure what the problem could be.

 

Try it again at 540 or 545 core, ours might be limited right there.

 

What tool are you using to overclock the GPU? Thanks

 

Yes please which tool and a link if possible. Also I downloaded both the 9.12 and 10.1 drivers from strags. Any tips on how to update the vid drivers?

 

AMD GPU Clock Tool

 

You can keep the core at 500 while messing with the memory. Once you're done with the memory start increasing the core. overclocking the memory gives the biggest performance boost because GDDR3 on a 128-bit bus is bottlenecking the 5830.

 

Well, I did a complete uninstall/reinstall of my codec pkgs and then Heaven and now get sound. Also found the tool I think. Is AMDGPUClockTool_v0.9.26.0 the one I want or is there a newer one I should be looking for?

 

Thats the one... Works great on the 5830 and the 4830. Maybe your 820qm will allow the envy to hit the 10k+ mark...?

 

My initial Vantage results: keep in mind this is on a sysstem with lots of ram use that has been running all day. I am basically just stress testing at this point. Once I find my limit I will do a cold boot to see what the best score I can get is.

i5 520M. Core: 575 Ram: 1100. I have furmarked the GPU up to 605, so I am going to work up to that.

Total: 4731
CPU: 7237
GPU: 4242

Again, this is on a "dirty" system. I actually got 4803 on stock clocks, so Im hoping that with a fresh boot and a little more OC I can get at least 4900 if not 5k.

 

I think we need to start posting benchmarks with a more uniform format or else it will start causing confusion. Some of the specifications would be the core/memory clock rates, GPU model, Resolution, Driver version, CPU, and even the Power options.

 

Im assuming everyone is running 3dmark at stock settings.

 

Fresh boot. 575/1100. Vantage

GPU - 5041
CPU - 7573
Total - 5501

 

@drizek

Are those clocks stable? I'm hoping to hit at least 1000 on the memory and 550 on the core.

 

I ran vantage twice at those clocks, and I ran heaven for a few minutes as well. I dont have time to do proper stability tests though, and I dont want to cause any physical damage by running some of the uber stressful benchmarks. AMD specifically warns against that type of stress testing, so I will just game on it next weekend probably and see if it works OK.

 

I hit 550 core and 1075 memory. It's stable after 20 minutes of Furmark. I'm gonna try vantage again and see what I get. I got 4490 on Vantage at stock clocks.

Overclocked Vantage run:

Total: 5251
CPU: 6932
GPU: 4858

 

Hopefully with newer drivers we will get better scores and better overclocks. These drivers are quite buggy for the 5000 series since they were just released, and the 5830 in particular didn't even exist when the drivers came out. HP once again drops the ball, although, to thyeir credit, everybody else sucks at mobility drivers as well.

 

I posted this to the other thread before I thought about it being more appropriate here. Anyway reposting it here and will then edit/delete my other post.

I used GPU-Z and the ATI tool and took my system to 541/1001, wanted to be safe for a first try. Anyway ran both Vantage and Heaven:

Vantage with default settings:

P5398, GPU 4679, CPU 10016

Ran Heaven at 1024 x 586, with sound and 4xaa:

1st pass with background stuff up - FPS 22.1 Score 556
2nd pass everything else closed - FPS 22.5 Score 567
3rd pass upped rez to 1280x720 - FPS 19.3 Score 487

EDIT: Didn't mean to make the pic's so big. Swapping em out for smaller ones

 

Just ran through Vantage twice at 600/1100. On the fresh boot test, i got:

GPU: 5197
CPU: 7562
Total: 5638

Heat really isn't an issue. Once the fans kick in to high gear, they keep that thing cool. My I9300 used to get to 115C. This doesn't get past 75C.

I got artifacting in furmark at 610, so I won't take the GPU over 600. I'm also not sure how much further than 1100 I want to take the VRAM.

 

How are you checking GPU temp?

 

Holy hell. That's still an amazing overclock... 20% on the core speed and 37% on the RAM. I hope mine's even half that.

 

10,000 on 3DMark06 OC'd to 566 x 1133 max GPU temp 67.5C
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Didn't know this thread existed until I saw 'bratboy's' post on the other thread.