dave1343

I used the Dell7970m-900-1300-ov1075v.ROM

I then edited the same ROM to run clocks at 1000 / 1450.

I can't seem to get any higher without crashing when playing games.

Got a run at 1070 / 1500 just now using 1.1v:

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5860955

7828 GPU

7786 Overall

The new M17x R4 laptops are definitely shipping with this new ???.022.???.??? vBIOS on 7970m parts. I just bricked a fresh one from Dell, after trying to flash the modded 940/1350 vBIOS (version .017) which worked perfectly well on an older card of mine. I have a stock vBIOS dump I made (with ATIFlash) from the new card first, if anyone needs it.

It will probably be possible to mess with these vBIOS files in the future, right? This (brand new) part from Dell did seem a bit unstable even before flashing, so maybe that's the reason I can't boot it with one of the older vBIOS files flashed? It seems strange there would be a problem if I didn't have a bad part to begin with. I'll probably just return this and use my Asus full time again otherwise, it's been my brother's dev box lately but he won't mind...

The R4 is stuck with its iGPU for now, at least. Maybe Dell will let me buy/trade in/etc. for a GTX 680m or something. This will be my 3rd 7970m replacement, and only the 2nd 7970m I've tried flashing; working chips of these seem hard for me to get.

I ordered my m17x on the 16th January and I have flashed my 7970m no problem.

May have been a bad ROM?

Repasted my 7970m with AS5 and noticed 7-8c drop in load temps.

I'm in need of some thermal pads for the memory. Any recommendations? Or is it not worth changing them?

Are you sure its not just 720p and upscaling? I don't think they can software lock a monitor like that

Ordered mine on the 15th and received on the 26th of January. It has replaced my desktop PC, what a beast !

Managed to get mine running at 1ghz 1450mhz with the 1.075v thanks!