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    3DMark Released

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by MrDJ, Feb 4, 2013.

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    Thanks for the heads up and link, now lest do some testing!
     
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    Memory 2,048 MB
    Core clock 925 MHz
    Memory clock 1,200 MHz
    Driver name AMD Radeon HD 7970M
    Driver version12.100.17.0
    Driver status FM Approved

    87196 Ice Storm
    2/4/13 9:53:40 PM
    1Intel Core i7-3630QM ProcessorDetails Delete
    AMD Radeon HD 7970M

    16688 Cloud Gate
    2/4/13 9:53:40 PM
    2Intel Core i7-3630QM ProcessorDetails Delete
    AMD Radeon HD 7970M

    4621 Fire Strike
    2/4/13 9:53:40 PM
    3Intel Core i7-3630QM ProcessorDetails Delete
    AMD Radeon HD 7970M
     
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    It seems like that littlecx, cause my old 6970m is very close to your scores - in gaming the 7970m should be around 75% faster ;D
     
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    Here is my result at stock clocks (graphics card) and an i7 970 overclocked as a 980x, just one card, cause my slave GPU just died. As soon as I have a slave again, the score will follow ;).

    [​IMG]
     

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    why u make worries about benchmark for smartphones?) ur Fire Strike scores are close to desktop gtx 670 from this tread.

    my result:
    default clocks:

    Benchmark result
    (i got clevo EM model too, and i can´t see any enduro problems)

    1060/1550

    SCORE 5529 with AMD Radeon HD 7970M(1x) and Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor
     
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    Enduro is apparently still bad for down scaling settings, but in Firestrike, the 7970M pulls ahead of the 680M by a relatively large margin (On the Clevo EM platform the 7970M got 6066 GPU and the 680M got 4130 GPU). My guess is that the 680M still performs as well if not better in games because developers have not adjusted to the GCN architecture yet.
     
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    I have a feeling that they are optimizing for specific game engines / benchmarks for "remedying" the Enduro issue. I can confirm it's not fully resolved, even for the engines they were specifically optimizing for (e.g. CoD4, MW2, MW3). It's funny when Black Ops II runs better than CoD4 on this card when it should be the other way around.

    I'm currently on Catalyst 13.2 beta 5.
     
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    it is obvious that fixing dx9 game performance is not their priority
     
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    sure is especially in sli. try only running on one card and see what you get. seems to be problems with some on sli and enduro.
     
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    NVIDIA cards have a little more overhead because of producing more eye candy. SLI users need to select "alternate frame rendering 2" as the SLI rendering mode in the NVIDIA Control Panel. Leaving it set to "NVIDIA Recommended" will produce poor scores. Also change everything else to performance options (single display performance mode, high performance versus adaptive, performance versus quality, etc.). See second screen shot below.

    Here is a run with the CPU @ 4.5GHz, GPUs @ 1108/1175 - Fire Strike score 8820

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,Alienware M18xR2,score 8820

    View attachment 91424

    NVCP.JPG

     
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    i dont think ice storm is an enduro issue, since that benchmark is heavily dependent on CPU speed. have u checked ur graphics and physics score with other users?

    edit: hm, nevermind. weird thing is that the other two tests seem to be fine in ur case, concerning the graphics score. only ice storm shows a very low graphics score.
     
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    with enduro, using fast cpu will make ice storm up to 9xxxx but not like over 14xxxx.
     
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    Thats right, a correct estimate, 1723 Points
    http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/111590
    Here is a new run with the new settings and the latest 310.90 driver.

    Any ideea why i get the "Graphics Driver not Approved" message ?
    What am i doing wrong, i did install the latest driver, haven't I ?
    Answer, here:
    http://www.3dmark.com/support/troubleshooting-my-results/#validation.driver.not.approved
     
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    I wonder how the p570 would do on this with the desktop cpu and two overvolted 680m's. :rolleyes:

    The p370 doesn't have much hope of getting anywhere near you with it's sloppy cooling design though.
     
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    The wait is killing me, my M18x needs to get here NAO lol.

    Just wondering, how does an i7 3740qm oced to 4ghz compare with the 3940xm? Is it going to bottleneck the 680ms?
     
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    I'm not sure how effectively one can OC the 3740QM to achieve a sustained 4.0GHz on 4 cores. If you can, it should perform similar to any other Ivy Bridge CPU running at the same clock speed. The XM has a larger cache, but whether that will have a significant effect on the benchmark I am not certain. Unless the end user does not know how to set things up correctly, an XM CPU will always outperform a QM CPU, and that's one of the reasons the XM costs more.
     
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    Yeah, I wish I could have ponied up the extra cash for the xm, but I didn't want to wait for my refund on the M17x to go through (would take a couple weeks) so I was on a budget. I was hoping that an oc would help the 3740qm at least get close to the 3940xm (since it's pretty much the only cpu that doesn't bottleneck the 680ms)
     
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    You should order a tripple pipe heatsink and some IC diamond for it. That would help sustain that overclock. The only place the 3740qm would bottleneck is in benches. In games it should be fine.
     
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    Thanks man, I'll keep an eye out for one. Never heard of anyone using the triple pipe heatsink on non-xm processors.
     
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    You just need to order one from Dell. I believe Mr.Fox can help you with the part number you need to ask for.

    Keep in mind that you'll need to disassemble your laptop to put it in.You can find video guides to do it on youtube.While you're at it you should repaste gpu's too with IC.
    I'm pretty sure that with the new paste and heatsink the extra 400mhz would be sustainable 24/7. :D
    Remember to extend the long term TDP in the BIOS otherwise the cpu will clock down after a while!
     
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    Oh ok, that makes it easier if I can just order from Dell. I'm getting a $250 gift card soon so that'll come in handy. As far as the teardown goes, it shouldn't be too much trouble. I've disassembled every laptop I've owned multiple times, and watch youtube teardown vids while waiting for a new laptop to come in :D

    Thanks again for the help bro.
     
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    Your welcome and good luck with your upgrade! :thumbsup:

    Once you're done post some bench scores. I'd be intersted in how a maxed out 3740 performs. :p

    Yes. That's just how they work. It's described under the test tab what each of them focuses on.
     
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    heck yeah, still going strong :D ill keep this baby for at least another year before i send it off into its well-deserved retirement ;) btw, thx for ur pioneer-work on the crossflashing :p
     
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    Bought 3dmark on steam, ran Firestrike with the optimized settings. Its the 64 bit executable, and guess what, i got a bigger score:
    1919
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-950 Processor,CLEVO CO. X7200
     
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    P1xxHM is not my fault. Is Moral Hazard fault. I committed only P1xxEM crosflash. :D

    I still prefer to work on HM than EM.
    Thank you for the clarification. I am an old. So I have a 5111 Fire Strikes in DX11 test, right? :p
     
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    oh yeah thats right, mixed it up :) nevertheless, still good job, balls of steel my friend! :p
     
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    btw, here a very nice article (in german, use google translate if necessary) comparing over a thousand 3dmark13 results with different hardware configs and clocks. great way to compare ur scores, since the new 3dmark is not yet included in futuremark´s result search :)

    Futuremark 3DMark (Seite 7) - ComputerBase
     
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    Ok, here some results with the highest overclocking I can get with stock voltage (unfortunately I can´t get the vBios with higher voltages to work, they end up in a black screen).

    Ice Storm
    [​IMG]

    Cloud Gate
    [​IMG]

    Fire Strike
    [​IMG]
     
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    well those scores sure look like ur igpu is active instead of the 7970m ;)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
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    Just noticed that 3dmarkdemo was in high, but not 3dmark.exe and 3dmarkicfworkload.exe
     
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    good stuff, lets see those updated scores then once uve run the tests :)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
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    He's at 1045/1550 (in his signature), which is a very significant overclock
     
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    Yeah I noticed now.

    Core clock300 MHz
    Memory clock150 MHz

    on my result page. Hmm, this is strange.
     
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    The strange part is how much larger his physics score is. I guess that is what 4.7GHz gives you XD.
     
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