*HP dv6z AMD Llano (6XXX series) Owners Lounge*

There is no way it is hitting 127C. That must be a mistake

 

Yeah, that's what I figured. HWinfo is reporting it not going up that high so I guess I'm good.

Now to start the OC and Undervolt

 

What are good operating temps for this processor. I have cool sense up to max and it still gets to 73C. What do you guys have cool sense set to?

 

Coolsense will throttle your CPU performance. Set it to max performance. 73C is cool actually. Once it exceeds 85C is when you should start to worry.

 

I will be interested in seeing how my temp vary now. With performance mode on. I had it set to coolest.

 

I started play age of empires online. It seriously stresses the cpu. You guys should check it out if you really want to stress it while gaming.

 

Bump for new buyers

 

My DV6z finally shipped. Hopefully be here by end of week!

 

Alright guys so I just received by dv6z from HP. I was under the impression that when I chose GDDR5 they would send me GDDR5. Instead GPU-Z is reporting GDDR3. I have ULPS disabled. Is there something I'm missing or did HP screw me over?

Edit: HWiNFO is reporting the gpu as a 6650M just as I suspected. If this really is the case with every dv6t I'll live with it but if not i'll be upset.

 

It should be a 6750M.... There is no option where it is a 6650M.

 

I know which is why I'm stumped. Afterburner and GPU-Z report it as a 6750M but GPU-Z also says it has GDDR3 memory. There shouldn't be a 6750M with GDDR3 memory. HWiNFO reports the gpu being a 6650M with SDRAM. I think this could easily be a case of miss-identification but I'd like other's input on the subject.

 

We all have seen this in GPU-Z, CPU-Z and HWInfo. It's GDDR5 and 6750m. Probably just a mis-identification, or AMD did a special run with DDR3 just for HP. Not sure how else to check unless you actually look at the RAM physically.

 

GPU-z reports mine as DDR3 also but I believe the card shows up and says DDR5 in the graphics properties. select Advanced View under preferences then select information, click on Hardware and scroll down to see the graphics card and it's type of memory.

I think GPU-z may be having trouble detecting it correctly.

 

Excellent thank you for the replies. I'm loving this laptop more and more every minute. The A8-3510MX overclocks like a beast.

 

How are you getting the core above 780? My slider in afterburner maxed out at 780. Also what is your mem clock at?

 

I wonder if we could get a BIOS mod like from DavyGT on the M11x that upped GPU voltage for higher clocks.

 

If you look in CCC and go to product summary under information it shows GDDR5.

 

OK, so I overclocked and tried to run BC2 multiplayer. When I try to log on a server the activity spinner locks up after a bit and then it resets me back to the main menu. I tried locking pstate and also reducing the speed with no luck. Any suggestions?

 

push slider to 780, then change from 6750 to the 6620 then back and the slider will open up
seer

 

make sure you have latest drivers for your wifi, you might try lowering your clocks to normal and see if it logs right in, if so, you can try logging in at stock then kicking it up once you're in and see what happens

 

Are there any good coupon codes still running for this laptop?? The 30% one is long gone I guess.

 

They come up frequently. Check back in a week!

 

Thanks but I'm hardwired in not wifi and I tried to connect to a game in stock, locked up same spot Maybe it's a setting I'm missing in game.

And thanks for the info on the slider

 

@ Seeratlas - you noted that your GPU would become unstable and then at higher clocks get stable again? Have you figured out what range that's at and/or why it's doing that?

 

I didn't take time to find exact points Wing, but my guess is that the dividers change at certain points..

Oh, guess what else i found where all the 3530mx's went, you can buy them in Canada LOL.

seer

 

HELP!! So HWiNFO64 and Afterburner both show my 6750M GPU at 100% usage with nothing but the desktop running and it doesn't change if I shut down all OC


edit: so I turned off crossfire and ran Kombustor, the cpu usage dropped back down to 0 with occasional usage and now it's showing good again, wierd.

 

Ah so BLAME CANADA!



Just so you know, on my Asus, I was able to play Bad Company 2 for 1.5 hours **ON BATTERY** limiting CPU to 1.8GHz and using integrated GPU @ 1280x720. I was getting a solid 25-35 fps. lol. The DV6z should fare better. Mine should be here Friday. Then it's time to decide to be cheap (Asus) or get the better screen, blu-ray, and longer battery life (DV6z). As long as nothing is wrong with my DV6z that is.

 

@ Seer.

I have been tinkering around some more with my gpu. I noticed my igpu gets p641 in 3dmark11 and dgpu gets p1256 and with xfire on I get p1575. All at stock settings.

Now my question is when you run 3dmark11 do you notice your fps jumping? I checked it out and the igpu kicks on and off during the benchmark. I was wondering if anyone else had that issue and if it was because i am using ccc11.8.

 

Download and install the crossfire profiles.

 

you know, after a ms update mine started doing that occasionally. Seems to happen right after start up so i put gpuz into my startup routine and when i turn it off it kills the 99 percent usage. Havn't figured out what its doing or why to hang up like that, but it IS running full tilt doing something cause you can watch the gpu's temp go right on up if you don't stop it.

seer

 

I wish i had a white sheet on exactly what amd set as its tdp algorithms for determining its allocations of resources. First, 3dmark11 tests a lot of different things, things that handled variously by the dedicated gpu, the integrated gpu, and the cpu parts. If you set amd's system resources to record, then start 3dmark11 and let it run, you can come back afterwards and look at what all has gone on while it was running. assuming you have sufficient tdp 'headroom' you've got boost going on every few seconds, and you have igpu jumping in and out as it adds its abilities to what the dedicated is doing (assuming you're running in xfire.) Since the igpu at stock can put out roughly 40 to 50 percent of what the dedicated can do, that's a BIG jump in capacity as it jumps in and a BIG loss when it jumps out. It's the way it works If you play around with how you allocate what processor does what in the switchable graphics part of the CCC, you can 'tune' the system to make the most of what you have for most of the time you have it

seer

seer

 

downloaded installed and no effect :-(

 

those crossfire profiles are for games and specific applications, don't recall there being one for 3dmark11 oh, and one other thing that is going on, the igpu is also jumping from a core of 225 to 444 all the time, and the dedicated seems to clock down to 100/150 then zoom up to 600/800 or whatever your overclock is. Get's pretty crazy inside that laptop
seer

One thing to remember when you're doing your switchable graphics assignments. The cpu and igpu are constantly trading resources.. so anything you can do to make sure the igpu is not being employed while the cpu needs to run full tilt and vice versa, will increase your scores dramatically. There is a built in bias towards the igpu btw..i.e if its a fight, the igpu gets MORE resources than the cpu side.

 

so for an a6 with oc to a8 and 6750 at stock is p1575 a good 3dmark score? Seeing how you were able to get 2000+. I know I will not get the same performance as the a8 llanos.

 

hmm, you might want to search this thread and Abbadon's thread for a6 numbers. You are running stock right? If i remember right, the damned a6's can really overclock, mem speeds much faster than i can get. didn't someone get a 3dmark11 p2000 on an o'clocked a6 rig?

seer

 

Also if your temps approach 80C, then it will downclock your CPU to P6 state, so check your temps too. That can cause performance issues as well.

 

good point, swat are you running 'coolsense'? (i don't)
seer

 

Downloaded and installed the crossfire profiles now I can get into BC2 And I'm also hitting a 3dmark11 score of 2159 at 74'C

 

I'm really starting to hate you guys!! /Jealous!!!

 

OW!!LOL, post some screenies
seer
how close did you get to 2200 on the graphics score?
killer man, just killer LOL

 

I have cool sense on performance but I can turn it off and see what happens. I oc my cpu to 2.2 p0 and 2.6 b0 and stay under 70c when the cpu is stressed. when I stress both cpu and gpus temps stay mid 70

 

I checked abaddon's scores. his are 13% better with xfire so that tells me mine are on par for a 6520 a6.

 

Has any one benched the stock igpu with 3dmark11?

 

So are people OCing the gpu with 8.881. When I changed anything my screen would go all crazy and then the computer would restart.

 

how did you guys install the 11.8 catalyst. for some reason the installer doesnt recognize the system.

 

I downloaded it from the amd site and it installed with out any problems

 

odd, first it gave me an error message.

Then the second one went in and installed, rebooted and stuff, but the catalyst cant be open or rather isnt responding.

and im just doing the same thing i did with the 11.7

 

How do I post screen shots? I ran the test again anfter upping the clock just a bit more and scored a 2162 with max temps hitting 74.5 Graphics score of 2183

 

I think I figured it out

Showed the wrong profile on the screen shot, added the correct profile

 

Okay so with p0 at 2.2ghz and B0 at 2.6ghz and the 6750 oc to 700mhz core and 900mhz mem I get P1792.