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    Update on Radeon 7970m (Sager/Resellers)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Ancientbarb, May 7, 2012.

  1. Anthony2816

    Anthony2816 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've been wondering: When you do the Windows Experience Index, you don't get asked whether you want to use the 7970 or the HD 4000 graphics. How do I know which one is it measuring? It gave me a score of 7.3 for both graphics and desktop graphics.
     
    Anthony2816, Jul 13, 2012
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    Tmets De-evolving to Amoeba

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    Don't bother with WEI, it means nothing. If you want to benchmark, use the proper tools.
     
    Tmets, Jul 13, 2012
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    Anthony2816 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Agreed, but I'm still curious which video source it's testing. Since I don't know which "exe" file, if any, WEI uses, I can't use the utility to tell it to use the Radeon.
     
    Anthony2816, Jul 13, 2012
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    You might be able to see on task manager.
     
    Tmets, Jul 13, 2012
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  5. Anthony2816

    Anthony2816 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Duh...don't know why I didn't think to try that...but I will when I get home.

    I also found this on a search:

    C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}

    The above can apparently be used as a shortcut to WEI, so maybe I can enter that in the Catalyst Control Center.
     
    Anthony2816, Jul 13, 2012
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    Anthony2816 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay, it looks like the WEI program is WinSAT.exe, and after I ran the WEI, WinSAT.exe showed up in the 7970's configuration as a "high performance" application.

    Was expecting to get higher than 7.3, though. Can anyone else tell me what they get with a Radeon HD 7970m and an NP9170?
     
    Anthony2816, Jul 14, 2012
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    Gear332 Notebook Evangelist

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    Everybody I've seen has been getting 7.3.
     
    Gear332, Jul 14, 2012
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    Anthony2816 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay, I'm relieved then. Still, it has a lower WEI and 3DMark06 score than my desktop's pair of aging Radeon HD 5870s...was expecting more from the latest mobile Radeon.
     
    Anthony2816, Jul 14, 2012
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    Just to show how useless WEI is, I'm getting 7.6 with my 6970m. Weird.
     
    Tmets, Jul 14, 2012
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    m3n00b Notebook Evangelist

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    Completely useless. I don't see why anyone even looks at this.

    ...tapatalk...
     
    m3n00b, Jul 14, 2012
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  11. bennyg

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    Can you lot shut up about SSDs unless there's one called 7970m that I'm not aware of.
     
    bennyg, Jul 17, 2012
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