Wayne Dalton

Finally run my Video Essentials blu-ray disc to setup the screen properly on the mx17 r3 ... and WOW ... Screen has gone from been good to amazing .... Really recommend doing this if you haven't already .. Looks like it has a very high quality panel in it .

Cheers

Nope no core clocks atm ... I don't like overclocking when I don't know what settings are doing .. this is my first i7 system ... my last machine was a 790i mobo with 2 gx2's on it .... and its still fast compared to modern machines.

In bios you turn on overclocking .. Set the bus for the ram to 1333(it has about 5/6 settings all the way to 2133mhz) then you have 3 options for timming xms 1/2 stock .. or custom ... if you go to custom you can set all your timing .... you can also adjust the ram voltage ...

hope that helps

cheers ... changing the ram speed to 1333 and upping the timming to suit the sticks gave me a good increase on cpu ..... sadly gpx drivers are still holding these cards back cronically ... i dont even get the high speed fan come on during the tests with the overclocked speeds ..... however 6 hours of portal2 ...(yeah i know its shit but i love the gameplay) has both fans singing a chorus

also running the 04 bios ...

Result another 100 points ...

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM Processor (2.2GHz, 1600 MHz DDR3, 6M cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64bit (English)

WARRANTY & SERVICE 1-year Premier Service with 1-year CompleteCover

SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® Security Center - 15 Months Version

HD DISPLAY 17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) WLED LCD Panel

MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 X 4GB) (1333MHz Memory operates at 800MHz)

HARD DRIVE 1.5TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive (750GBx2)(Raid 0)

OPTICAL DRIVE Slot Load Fixed Blu-ray BD-ROM / DVD + /-RW Combo Drive

VIDEO CARD 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6970M

card running 811 core and 1201 memory

ram reset to 1333 mhz Current Timing (tCAS-tRCD-tRP-tRAS): 7.0-9-9-25

you want pics /screenshots ?

certainly not the highest i've seen score wise .. but still stock heatpads etc

well finally got my m17xr3 ... looks nice .. feels nice

overclocked the gpu .. did a benchie Result

don't really understand the tdp ?? settings yet so haven't played with the cpu

100% agree .. looking at benchmarks for vantage im feeling a bit better now ... i think best i ever got was 7500 in vantage ... these seam to do 12000 ish stock .... still nothing compared to the 20k you guys are getting with your crossfire machines... my old desktop only just cracked 20k .. and that was with 2x 9800gx2's

yeah just a bit sad .. no crossfire ... old rig was 9800gtx sli ..and a extreme cpu and no extreme cpu ethier

still .. better than no laptop

quite hard to find info on the r3's on the net .. this site seams to have the most informative out there ATM ..

things im a bit worried on ....

i have a g9 mouse with the soft touch coating ..... it wore off quite rapidly.. Hoping the dell wont have the same issue

And .. its kinda new hardware ... so hoping there isn't to much in teething issues

sorry if my comments seam ill informed ... Its more than likely because ATM i am

TBH i have no real basis for that opinion ... i loved my 1730 to bits ... it got nicked .. and this is the replacement insurance ordered me

Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM Processor (2.2GHz, 1600 MHz DDR3, 6M cache)

Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64bit (English)

17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) WLED LCD Panel

8GB Dual Channel 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 X 4GB) (1333MHz Memory operates at 800MHz)

1.5TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive (750GBx2)(Raid 0)

Slot Load Fixed Blu-ray BD-ROM / DVD + /-RW Combo Drive

2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6970M

oh and thanks for the welcome ... like the facebook login BTW .. makes it all so very eazy

Hey all ... Just ordered a R3 to replace my xps1730

gotta say .. dont think i paid enough attention this time .. i dont think its actually gunna be any better ... and yeah 6970 2gig option ticked here