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Definitely some kind of CPU throttling I say.

Hahaha. Well I'm not sure, I too have noticed that he's not around. He is from the UK same as me and nothing special has been going on here at the moment. Maybe he's taking a break from the interwebz as it is exam period and he needs to focus on his work?

Why? Stood you up at that nice restaurant?

We already know certain things about the card already: Kepler 1344 SPUs Core Clock: 720Mhz, Boost: unknown Memory Clock: 1800Mhz (900Mhz in GPUz) 3600Mhz effective. M17x R4 later this month.

Have patience my friend. The day will come when I shall be replacing what I have with an R4 and the 2920XM will be yours should you choose to buy it I promise it will be price right

I'll gift you my spare M15x heatsink for free. PM me and I'll send it to you.

That is correct 1GHz+ on the core, on air.

It's been hella quiet here, so: Here we go, I've hit the upper limit of my GPU @1.1v I get crashes any higher at the same voltage and with higher voltages I get lower scores at the same clock speeds anyways here's the result. I was hoping for that fabled 7k but I guess we will have to wait for better drivers: AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M17xR3 score: P6951 3DMarks Pushing the CPU to 4.6Ghz doesn't really change the score. I can boot 4.7Ghz when my CPU has warmed up as well

The 690's are two downclocked 680's. SLi and Crossfire only support 4 way (4x1) or quad (2x2). You can fold more than 4 GPUs but then the gaming benefits kind of go down the drain with the amount of money you are spending. Also the main thing with getting a 3930k is to get the C2 version which should be the only version in the shop nowadays anyways but if you are getting second hand or off ebay, make sure you ask So list of components I recommend: i7 3930k Asrock X79 Extreme11 OCZ Vertex 4 with newest firmware or Plextor M3 pro (M3P) My only worry is that the H100 won't fit inside your case. Does it have a 2x120mm area for it? As for RAM, 4 dimms is a must to make use of the quad-channel that X79 allows. I would aim for anything that is 1866Mhz @CL9 for best price to performance. As for PSU, I've got a treat for you Behold the Lepa G1600 80plus Gold 1600W power supply, the most powerful PSU in production that is available for the common man Here's a good review: Lepa G1600-MA 1600W Review

With any luck, Ivy Bridge-E, which won't be out until next year may have 48 lanes which is 16x3 but no CPU has 64 lanes. If you have unlimited money, the Dual Xeon motherboards will support 80 lanes but there will not be any overclockability and is not worth it. Honestly, if you really want 64 lanes, just wait for the Asrock X79 Extreme11. It is amazing. It even has on board Creative Sound Core3D.

Actually, the 3930k does have PCIe 3.0 capability. It has 40 lanes meaning it can be spread over five slots running @x8 each or 16/16/8 or 16/8/8/8 (whatever adds up to 40). Ivy Bridge has only 16 lanes meaning it is only capable of two slots @x8 or one @x16. The Asrock I mentioned as two bridge chips on its X79 board which allow a total of 64 lanes meaning that it can run four GPUs @x16 speeds each. Some premium Z77 boards such as the Asrock Z77 extreme9 and EVGA Z77 FTW all have one PLX bridge and can offer 4 GPUs @8x each totaling 32 lanes, twice what the CPU is capable of. Basically, for a vanilla setup, Ivy Bridge will allow one or two cards, with a better mobo, it will allow up to four. On X79, you have enough bandwidth for four to play with from the start without the need for a enthusiast mobo. Just as a small bit of education in case you didn't quite understand what all this talk of PCIe is, it is bandwidth. PCIe 3.0 x16 is the fastest, x8 is the same as PCIe 2.0 @x16 and so on etc. There is hardly any performance difference really.

Well for the best of the best you want the ASROCK X79 extreme11 mobo. Not out yet but we've seen some news and showcases of it. Originally it came with 16-phase VRM but the retail models look to have 24-phase. Great for overclocking. But the most important thing is that it supports up to 4 way multi GPU setups @PCIe 3.0 x16 on all cards simultaneously thanks to not one, but TWO PLX PEX 8747 bridges. That is multicard without bottleneck. As for other components, the 3930k hits the spot for performance to price ratio and can be OC'd just as well as the 3960X at half the price. As for GPUs, for its price, the nvidia GTX 670s look awesome. And the reference PCB is tiny! Great for watercooling in the future. Price to performance is great too. The OC edition cards actually perform better than the reference GTX 680. As for RAM, I usually scale speed with latency so 1600-CL7, 1866-CL9, 2133-CL11 etc. Obviously channels have to be suited for the CPU. PSU, of course the Corsair AX1200 is great, but for 4 cards, you may have to go with 1500+ or even 2x PSUs.

Fixed it, it was a bad extraction from the archive so it wasn't complete. Working fine now. All OV vbios work. For me 1.1v is the sweet spot. Gonna see if I can hit 1.1Ghz

Had a problem flashing the 1.1v one. It seems corrupt? I got a flash error.

Yeah if you could that would be awesome. I would love for you to mod that vbios I posted into: 900/1250 + stock volts (that should work like normal I assume which is what I will be using normally) 900/1250 + with all overvolts for testing. Thanks man!

Hey svl7, if you have the time, could you have a look at this vbios: The version number is slightly different and I have found it to be more stable I dunno why. Have you tried every entry in the voltage tables? I'm hoping that it will allow just one of them. I seem to recall that it goes somewhere up to 1.225v? Would be amazing to have some sort of overvolt! 7970M.zip

Hey @svl7 , could you take a look at the attached file? It's an OEM vbios. Last I remember, the OEM vbios unlocked more shaders on an ES 6970m (Not getting my hopes too high) When you get the time, could you use your HEX skills and compare the two vbioses and see if there is any difference before I flash? Cheers! BACKUP.zip

I find this a bit meh. The essence of the original CoD games is lost now I'm not gonna deny but I know I'll play it but I just don't think it'll be that great. Here's what I'm really looking forward to:

I'm awaiting a vbios dump of an OEM 7970m.

Small update

This thread will be updated with some infos in the coming weeks. I'm buying a 7970m and 60Hz display. My good friend GeoCake has already proved that it works. I'm just going to make an official thread. If you read this Geo, feel free to chip in I decided to go ahead and get the 7970m as according to the interwebz, the nvidia GTX 660 Ti won't be out for another few months which spells trouble for the GTX 680m which it should be based off. I'm just gonna have a play with this in the mean time. I've also ordered a 6990m backplate and heatsink from eBay as the from what I see in the pictures, the GTX 580m one will fit but the 6990m is less of a hassle. Plus it give me easy swap options. I literally have to take the whole GPu assembly out and swap to nvidia and the 120Hz screen when I to watch 3D movies. WIN Some technical details of the card: 1280 SPUs, 28nm Wimbledon @850Mhz, 2GB memory Hynix (Dell version) @1200Mhz. The specs are similar to that of a desktop 7870. The new GPU uses MXM 3.1 which is the mobile equivalent of PCIe 3.0. In the M17x R3 it will only run @PCIe 2.0 x16 (same as PCIe 3.0 x8). In the R4, the Ivy Bridge CPU will support 3.0 x16 speeds (or x8 in the M18x when running dual cards). I'm excited, GeoCake has already done some awesome benchmarks over at NBR and I hope to replicate them. This card is overclockable with MSI Afteburner and I hope to hit 1Ghz with it on air coupled with my 2920XM @4.5Ghz? Please stay tuned I will add more as things move along. [uPDATE] The 60Hz screen is installed and calibrated. The 7970m has also arrived. Was actually hand delivered by the seller 'cause he lives real close. Now it's just the heatsink and backplate. For people eager, track it with me here: https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input?origTrackNum=EC740116213US

If you are running into heat issues have you ever considered a different case? Maybe the Silverstone TJ11? They are pretty good in terms of heat exhaustion. My favourite is the FT02 but that's a bit small for your hardware and can only fit 1 PSU. If I was ever going all out on a system like yours, it would be the TJ11.

Yeah I know. I mean I understand they they are going for the subtle but powerful look but put a bit more effort into design please! Also I have to say IMO, the P150EM is no where near as ugly as the toshiba and MSI offerings.

You said it Although, if my next laptop is a M18x, I would consider this as my road warrior. Would stop the noobs from coming up to me and and being like OMG is that the new Asus Republic of Gamers laptop or something?

New Clevo machine out just in time to clinch the performance crown from the M11x: Gallery: Clevo W110ER / Sager NP6110 press pictures | The Verge Looks good but looks more like a 12 inch form factor. Still, i7 3612QM and GT 650m should provide decent performance. Similar configs in other laptops have managed around 9k Vantage which is no slouch