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Alienware M18x R1 running a Nvidia GTX 780M - Let the testing begin


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:Banane53::Banane53:A special thanks to Prema and Svl7 for their tweaking expertise. Stay tuned for more tests. :Banane21:

Core Clock set to 850Mhz and MEM set to 1250Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6590300

Core Clock set to 1000Mhz and MEM set to 1450Mhz

Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Genuine Intel® CPU 0 @ 2.40GHz,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8539 3DMarks

Core Clock set to 1000Mhz and MEM set to 1450Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/664875?

Core Clock set to 1000Mhz and MEM set to 1450Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/664914?

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3D MARK 11 Special!

Core Clock set to 850Mhz and MEM set to 1250Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6592798

Core Clock set to 850Mhz and MEM set to 1250Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6592828

Core Clock set to 850Mhz and MEM set to 1250Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6592848

Overclocked runs:

Core Clock set to 980Mhz and MEM set to 1450Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6592889

Core Clock set to 980Mhz and MEM set to 1450Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6592908

Core Clock set to 980Mhz and MEM set to 1500Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6592927

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Core Clock set to 1000Mhz and MEM set to 1550Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6593108

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Metro Last Light benchmark - Multiple settings.

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YOUR RESULT

Test Type: Kitty

Main Test: 16107

Physics (CPU): 809

Fur (GPU): 1342

Fluid (GPU): 974

Raymarch (GPU): 589

Loading time (ms): 8497

Date: 2013-05-19 17:59:15

From Version: 1.0 RC3

GPU Rating

66

%

0

100

CPU Rating

33

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0

100

SHOW FPS

SHOW GPU CLOCK

SHOW CPU CLOCK

SHOW GPU TEMP

SHOW CPU TEMP

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GRAPHICS CARD

Chipset nVIDIA GK104

Card nVIDIA GK104 [DELL]

Clock 849

Mem Size 4096

Mem Clock 1249

Driver Version 9.18.13.1127

Driver Date 14-2-2013

MultiCard no

PROCESSOR

Name Intel Core-2400

Clock 2400

Clock used 4386

GENERAL

Laptop/Notebook yes

Computer Name Alienware M18xR1

Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Build 7601

OS Service Pack Service Pack 1

Motherboard Model Alienware M18xR1

Memory Size 23030

Memory Clock 665

Memory Timing 9.0-9-9-24

Memory Type

Memory Manufacturer

Desktop Resolution 1920x1080

Disc Model OCZ-VERTEX4

Disc Capacity[GB] 256

Disc Rotation Non-Rotating (SSD)

Disc Cache[MB] 32

SHOW LOG

2013-05-19

Log created: __05_19_2013__17_55_27

USED GFX: GeForce GTX 780M/PCIe/SSE2

OpenGL version: 4.2

OpenGL mem info: dedicated video mem: 4095 [MB], total available mem: 4095 [MB]

ADAPTER INFO:

Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

VendorId: 0x10de

DeviceId: 0x119f

SubSysId: 0x48f1028

Revision: 161

DedicatedVideoMemory: 4036 [MB]

DedicatedSystemMemory: 0 [MB]

SharedSystemMemory: 11258 [MB]

USED GFX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

SLI Num AFR Groups: 1

GPUInfo

OpenGL Supported: 1 (custom, 1)

DirectX Supported: 1 (custom, 1)

OpenGL Used GPU: GeForce GTX 780M/PCIe/SSE2 (custom, 1)

DX Used GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M (custom, 1)

SLI/Crossfire Enabled: 0 (custom, 1)

NumAFRGroups: 1 (custom, 1)

MsaaModes

Msaa: 8 (custom, 1)

Msaa: 4 (custom, 1)

Msaa: 2 (custom, 1)

Msaa: 1 (custom, 1)

APP PARAMS:

arch: x64

api: directx11

resolution: 576p

exit: true

loop: false

vsync: false

music: true

msaa: 1

ssao: 0

postprocess: 0

shadowMapQuality 2

mtbuild 1

mtdraw 0

fullscreen -1

secDisp -1

nmips -1

Tests:

miastoPico

miastoPico_physicsTest

miastoPico_furTest

miastoPico_fluidTest

miastoPico_raymarchTest

Sensor info

Cpu #0 name: Intel Core-2400

Gpu #0 name: nVIDIA GK104

Gpu #1 name: ATI/AMD Radeon HD 7970M (WIMBLEDON XT)

12 sensors detected!

SensorName #0: System

SensorName #1: CPU [#0]: Intel Core-2400

Cpu Clock: Core #0 Clock

Cpu Clock: Core #1 Clock

Cpu Clock: Core #2 Clock

Cpu Clock: Core #3 Clock

SensorName #2: CPU [#0]: Intel Core-2400: DTS

Cpu Temperature: Core #0

Cpu Temperature: Core #1

Cpu Temperature: Core #2

Cpu Temperature: Core #3

SensorName #3: CPU [#0]: Intel Core-2400

Cpu Clock: ICC DIV1-S: Display

Cpu Clock: ICC DIV2-S: BCLK/DMI/PEG

Cpu Clock: ICC DIV3: PCIe/PCI33/SATA/USB3

Cpu Clock: ICC DIV4: Display Bending

Cpu Clock: ICC DIV1-NS: Display

Cpu Clock: ICC DIV2-NS: BCLK/DMI/PEG

SensorName #4: COMPAL EC

SensorName #5: Intel PCH

SensorName #6: S.M.A.R.T.

SensorName #7: S.M.A.R.T.

SensorName #8: GPU [#1]: ATI/AMD Radeon HD 7970M (WIMBLEDON XT): ATI Internal

GPU Temperature: GPU Thermal Diode

SensorName #9: GPU [#0]: nVIDIA GK104: nVidia Internal

GPU Temperature: GPU Temperature

SensorName #10: GPU [#0]: nVIDIA GK104: NVAPI

SensorName #11: Battery

Sensor info finished

ADAPTER INFO:

Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

VendorId: 0x10de

DeviceId: 0x119f

SubSysId: 0x48f1028

Revision: 161

DedicatedVideoMemory: 4036 [MB]

DedicatedSystemMemory: 0 [MB]

SharedSystemMemory: 11258 [MB]

USED GFX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

SLI Num AFR Groups: 1

SLI/CrossFire: off

SLI/CrossFire nb AFR groups: 1

Default resolution is 1080p

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Loading time: 8 (8497 [ms])

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YOUR SCORE IS:

demo: 16107

physics: 809

fur: 1342

fluid: 974

raymarch: 589

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APPLICATION TERMINATED SUCCESSFULLY

Cheers. :)

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I didn't expect to see modded BIOS already to overclock those things. What GPU voltage are you running, and I assume 1000MHz is really 993MHz, or is the 780m not limited to 13mhz increments?

I'm surprised at the memory clocks. I assume your memory is running 1.5V, but when I start approaching that voltage with my 680m, my memory starts overheating and clocking worse even with the cooling pads replaced with copper shims. Even with overvolting the highest I have seen anyone get a 680m memory to is just under 5400, and you're at 5800 with no mods I assume.

Well I think this might mark needing to do more extreme mods to my 680m... (more capacitors).

Also your CPU physics scores are very low for 4.4ghz. I get over 10k at your clocks. Maybe it's the 1333 memory but that seems like a lot to be caused by memory.

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Well done chief.

The memory plays a lot on the physics score - also the more quantity you get, the lower the physics score is (probably due to the bad timings/latencies of the 8gb ram) - Do you have any benchmark scores (3dmark11/Vantage) Khenglish ?

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I didn't expect to see modded BIOS already to overclock those things. What GPU voltage are you running, and I assume 1000MHz is really 993MHz, or is the 780m not limited to 13mhz increments?

I'm surprised at the memory clocks. I assume your memory is running 1.5V, but when I start approaching that voltage with my 680m, my memory starts overheating and clocking worse even with the cooling pads replaced with copper shims. Even with overvolting the highest I have seen anyone get a 680m memory to is just under 5400, and you're at 5800 with no mods I assume.

Well I think this might mark needing to do more extreme mods to my 680m... (more capacitors).

Also your CPU physics scores are very low for 4.4ghz. I get over 10k at your clocks. Maybe it's the 1333 memory but that seems like a lot to be caused by memory.

Well done chief.

The memory plays a lot on the physics score - also the more quantity you get, the lower the physics score is (probably due to the bad timings/latencies of the 8gb ram) - Do you have any benchmark scores (3dmark11/Vantage) Khenglish ?

Hey Khenglish,

Yeh Svl7 and Prema have been assisting with initial vbios tweaking. I'm not too sure what the RAM MEM volts are running at. I assume 1.5V. Your pencil mod is cool! :Banane51:

Yeh I've never been great at getting my CPU clocks up or benching on the CPU. I guess my slow ram is hindering me quite a bit then.

Thanks for the info pau1ow.

Cheers. :)

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Well done chief.

The memory plays a lot on the physics score - also the more quantity you get, the lower the physics score is (probably due to the bad timings/latencies of the 8gb ram) - Do you have any benchmark scores (3dmark11/Vantage) Khenglish ?

This is my best vantage: http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/4682745

3dm11 won't complete due to PSU shutdowns on the combined test with the memory overvolt despite a 330W psu. Working on a way to get the laptop to stop telling the PSU to turn off.

My memory could only do low 4600s with no modification.

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@chiefule can you do some tests for me? I want to see how much impact the extra memory speed has on the performance at 1080P. So if you can, I'd like the following runs in 3dmark 11 extreme preset:

1. Stock clocks

2. Stock core, 1350 MHz memory

3. Stock core, 1450 MHz memory

4. 900 core, stock memory

5. 1ghz core, stock memory

6. Max core, stock memory

7. Stock core, Max memory OC

I know its a lot of runs so you can skip some if you don't have the time. Thanks man!

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@chiefule can you do some tests for me? I want to see how much impact the extra memory speed has on the performance at 1080P. So if you can, I'd like the following runs in 3dmark 11 extreme preset:

1. Stock clocks

2. Stock core, 1350 MHz memory

3. Stock core, 1450 MHz memory

4. 900 core, stock memory

5. 1ghz core, stock memory

6. Max core, stock memory

7. Stock core, Max memory OC

I know its a lot of runs so you can skip some if you don't have the time. Thanks man!

Hey Brian Champ,

Just running some testing on some vbios's with Marco atm. I'll run your tests inbetween as well. There may be some weird results due to random testing and not knowing the effects of what tweaking the vbios will bring ;)

1. Stock clocks

Core Clock set to 850Mhz and MEM set to 1250Mhz

2. Stock core, 1350 MHz memory

3. Stock core, 1450 MHz memory

4. 900 core, stock memory

5. 1ghz core, stock memory

6. Max core, stock memory

7. Stock core, Max memory OC

Just the same ones for reference from my post above for now:

Core Clock set to 850Mhz and MEM set to 1250Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6592848

Core Clock set to 1000Mhz and MEM set to 1550Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6593108

Miscellaneous benches lol :65:

Core Clock set to 990Mhz and MEM set to 1450Mhz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6599265

Sorry Champ! Benches will have to wait a bit. Still working with Marco to get things working right. Down-clocking throttling all over the place atm.

Cheers. :)

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Yeah, my conclusion so far is that (unless the OEM vbios will be a lot different - which I bet it won't) the 780m with a stock vbios won't be able to beat a tweaked 680m, the card will downclock at high clocks.

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Yeah, my conclusion so far is that (unless the OEM vbios will be a lot different - which I bet it won't) the 780m with a stock vbios won't be able to beat a tweaked 680m, the card will downclock at high clocks.

I was thinking his GPU performance seemed a bit low for a 1/7th increase in core performance. It looks like maybe the power monitoring chip really does do something (bad) on the 780m, unlike the 680m. Hopefully this does not require physical mods like the desktop 680 does to circumvent.

I assume that a 680m BIOS will not work since the core VRM and power monitoring chip were changed?

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Hope you (svl7) will sort this out for us (once again)! Must be frustrating to have such a powerful GPU and be unable to use up its full potential!

Newb question: is the 780M vbios much different than the 680M's ? Can't remember how long did it take to get the first unlocked vbios ? Or we got Saltius's (MSI Unlocked bios) at that time, which might have helped.

Cheers!

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Haven't been here for a while! Unfortunately it looks like the 780m suffers from the same issue that the 680m did with anything but the MSI pre-release rom. I'm satisfied with my modded 4GB GTX 680m @915(980)/1125. But will definitely trade up once the issue gets resolved.

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I will give you some proper numbers this weekend, regarding power consumption @ stock and possibly overclocked (if someone is kind enough to send me some tweaked vbios :P - I'm not naming anyone!)

So far it runs cool enough: 3dmark11stock.png

but still requires some better driver support I believe!

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Running the GTX 780M in an Alienware M17x R3 :Banane02:

Every test is run to its MAX/Ultimate settings. All sliders moved to as far right as possible. ;)

Stock CPU and GPU clocks.

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Stock CPU clocks and Overclocked GPU clocks @ 950Mhz Core + 1500Mhz MEM.

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Cheers. :)

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are the features working ok after the upgrade? is the hdmi out, vga, display port working with no problems? brightness of the screen? fans?

Yup all working well and automatic.

Cheers. :)

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