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    Clevo B5100M - 3DMarkVantage Error

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by msacks, Oct 4, 2010.

  1. msacks

    msacks Newbie

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    Today I downloaded 3DMarkVantage and tried to run it on my brand new Notebook. The performance is just horrible, and I'm wondering what I might be doing wrong. I have the GPU button set to use Optimus Mode (the indicator color is Orange). Throughout most of the tests I'm seeing the GPU LED indicator color is Green, which means it's not using the discreet NVIDIA card. Most of the tests are showing 1FPS or less. At the end of the tests I get an error from 3DMark Vantage as follows

    "Inaccurate Benchmark Results Detected - 3DMark has detected that the results from this benchmark run do not represent the true performance of the graphics hardware. Please re-run the test using a lower Preset, and/or disable the "Flush on low FPS" option."

    I tried right-clicking the program and choosing Run with Graphics Process - High-Performance NVIDIA processor (default), but when I do that 3DMark Vantage just hangs on startup with a message "// INITIALIZING GUI. Please be patient"

    Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be wrong. If I need to provide further information, please let me know.

    Thanks in advance!
     
    msacks, Oct 4, 2010
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  2. Mark121

    Mark121 Notebook Consultant

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    Make sure you download the latest forceware drivers from sager website.
    I had a similar problem, with the new driver I could run the tests with the nvidia card.
     
    Mark121, Oct 4, 2010
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  3. msacks

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    Hi, I downloaded the latest drivers and now I can run the tests. Can anyone help me interpret the results and help me understand if the numbers are any good?

    My 3DMark Score was: P2687 3DMarks
    My CPU Score: 17477
    My Graphics Score: 2096

    You can see the results here:

    ORB - World of Performance
     
    msacks, Oct 5, 2010
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