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An update from the wholesaler - 5-7 business days delay due to no stock. Awesome. Their website showed "1-5 in stock". Wont order from them again. -Ash

So, in Brian's "orochi" thread I mentioned I liked the shape and feel of the orochi but needed the 1000hz polling rate of the mamba, so I was going to combine the two. But then I found out about this little monster. It has the same polling rate as the mamba, same response time (in fact, id bet its the same wireless unit) but in an orochi form factor. I bought one, because it seems to be exactly what I want (and it was only about $40 aud!!!) and I will update this thread with a review when it arrives. -Ash

If it has a thunderbolt port, it opens the possibility of an external GPU. That can send data back to the laptop display. Very quite much do want. -Ash

Alienware M11X R3 - tiny beast? - Dell News and more Text isnt working for me, but apparently some info there? -Ash

It has a small amount of output lag, but im ok with that - im more of a MOBA/RPG player than an FPS player. Its also why I have become "at peace" with multi GPU, as I know force vsync+triple buffering to get rid of most of the microstutter. This would destroy me in FPS's (4-5 frames behind) but totally worth it. Additionally, only display port/dvi laptops will work with my monitor so I am a little stuck for choice. -Ash

I need a laptop that will push 60fps @ 2560x1440 on all my games. When I find a laptop that does that I will be happy. Looks like nothing can do that yet. Maybe avenger? Maybe... -Ash

Me? -Ash

Can we get some more detail on that unlocked 6970m? color me ridiculously intrigued... -Ash EDIT: NVM, I used my latent google powers. Wow, I seriously want a laptop with a "6990"m card in it now. I hope amd doesnt try cover it up and shut it all down. Yup, I might just be getting another laptop after this old clunker... -Ash

TBH I dont give a crap what screen is on it - my dell u2711 does all my gaming much better. I have lanned with my lappy using the inbuilt screen and it was just too small. We will see what they come up with though. -Ash

I was just looking at benchmarks for the gtx 485m. If the R3 had a 485m in it, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Is anyone intending to buy one separately and see if they can shoehorn one in? From what I have researched, the 485m has the same power envelope as the 480m, which has the same power envelope as the 6970m, so.... It will fit, power wise AFAIK. Anyone know of a place that sells them outright? I may consider this for my next machine... -Ash

Dual 460m is pretty bad... I would expect with all the extra space they will get (they love using gigantic bezels around the scree) then they could squeeze in the extra cooling and circuitry for dual 485 or at least 470m's. The entire 6xx0 architecture has been a disappointment to me. It really seems like a step backwards, using less SP's and higher clockspeeds - sounds like an nvidia renaming to me. The thing that pisses me off most though is the continued denial by both camps about microstutter. I can see it in every game I play and it really makes me angry. Yet, the fix is really really easy - they need to simply add in frame window delay to the vsync function. Its reeeeaaaaally simple. 100ms divide by 60 frames = 16.6ms per frame: keep frame in frame buffer until 16.6ms interval, then release. OH MY GOD EVERY FRAME IS RENDERING PERFECTLY IN SYNC! ITS AMAZING! NO MORE MICROSTUTTER! Gah. -Ash

Brian could you link me to a 6970 11.4 review vs a 485m? Im a tad curious. -Ash

OK, Im trying to do what Stama is doing. I have the reg tweak applied, and all the settings the same in my throttlestop. I am only getting a 9x multi on my 920x. WTF is going on? -Ash EDIT: NVM, I rebooted throttlestop and all good. That shit is weird... EDIT EDIT: Alrighty guys, thanks to Stama I have discovered something totally jawesome. Its not 100% what I want, but good enough for now. Take a look: I have a 9 multi at idle, automatically controlled via power saver - but its on a hair trigger. As soon as load reaches the level where hard disk access normally begins, throttlestop kicks it up to 24. So when Im idle at the desktop, or doing other non hd-intensive stuff, it runs cool and quiet at 1200mhzish. When the hard disk access ramps up throttlestop kicks in and gives me my full hard disk speed. All you need to do is use the power saving feature, and set it to the exact c0% that is used when hard disk access occurs - for me this was 13 (divisble by 8 threads). So there you have it, happy Ash with his sandforce HDD. -Ash

Glad to see they are shipping with the 6970 now. Unfortunate that there is no 485m in them yet. -Ash

Hey Stamatisx - one question with the reg tweak - does your turbo multi scale depending on the amount of cores used as well? or is it only scaling to the value for 4 cores? I would like to keep my 4ghz+ single core performance as well as the higher multi core performance. -Ash

I did a slightly different (and safer, but less effective) cpu clip mod. I got some washers that fit in the screw gaps, and took off the c-clips. It adds an extra 3-4 mm of pressure distance to the cpu. Dropped my temps maybe 5 degrees C or so. -Ash

I just did the regedit ppm start=4 trick to increase SSD speeds, but after doing that throttlestop wont apply a multiplier above the TRL of 4 core active. So yeah, cant wait for the disabling of c-states. At the moment I'm in slow ssd mode with 4ghz single core cpu usage, but would like the best of both worlds. I will hold off until wiz gets v2 (hopefully with cstates options) and full instructions done. -Ash

Im a little out of the loop in the overclocking GPU's area. So, what are quirks/issues/methods for overclocking the HD5870m's nowadays? Best tools to use, voltage changes required, etc. Thanks -Ash

Brian, see if you can prod TheWiz to get the C-States option unlocked. If can disable c-states, we can have fast ssd's!

He has released the bios now, on post number 1 - though I am curious, does it allow us to set different throttling temparatures? -Ash

Could I get the latest information about all the tweaks we are doing? In regards to: Modded Bios Latest Catalyst Drivers Win7 Sp1 64-bit Aero performance increase patch SSD drive speed increase tweaks Throttlestop tweaks to get the best performance Anything else? Been a lot of changes since I last did this and I cant find any topics that sort of put it all in one place. Doing a clean install with an sp1 integrated image, sandforce 120gb drive as primary, and dual 120gb indlinx drives in raid0 as my 'my documents' drive. -Ash

Just reading it now. TBH I will be selling this old clunker soon to pay for relocation costs, and when I can buy a new system it will be either the m18x or the silverstone ft02. The new bios is interesting though. -Ash

Yeah thanks for that, the more people that see it the better. Love the site btw. It will also give an outlet for reviews that dont skirt around the problems with a product, like slow ssd speeds. I would be happy and keep my R2 otherwise... -Ash

If they get 485m sli I may consider. Otherwise, its an matx build for me. Btw, sup guys -Ash