mw86 Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 LOL I wonder if that explains all the locks at NBR. :P Not sure but that could be the Dictatorship there. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 @iPhantomhive how are things coming along at this point in your M18x modifications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 As of right now the 51X multiplier is confirmed to be usable. http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m18x/1039-official-m18x-benchmarking-thread-2.html#post14004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I can help... Throttlestop won't raise the multipliers you must extract your bios with the method above... open it in Hex editor and follow the steps to get to the registers... next scroll down till you see your multiplier 45/45/45/45 and edit them till they say the desired amount. If you are attempting 5ghz... you may need as high as 56flex or higher maybe but 37 probably minimum. BTW start with a basclock combo and multipliers that wont put you over 5ghz... get that to actually boot to windows ... then try to go higher so that way you know what it took to get 5ghz to boot. Temps are extreme when loaded like this... and 5ghz quad under the best scenario possible could only be about 1-2seconds long... but it seems with high enough flex like 56 I can pass a 1thread Intel Burn Test and not crash on an hour of large fft on prime95 in 1thread mode.@iPhantomhive s[ATTACH=CONFIG]2395[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]2396[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]2397[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]2398[/ATTACH]Those pictures show the Hex editor software. Basically this is the only way to set over 45X you can set up to 50X though. I was thinking of making a basic youtube video guide and put it in the guide above with Fraps and a video camera to document it... would this be something of interest to you guys. I have the free fraps so like Steven... i would have to do 30sec clips and combine them.**************************added this info and pics to the guide just now too and a couple observations.****************here are the bios registers explained and also the text from Da_G's original guide both in a notepad file.. ill attach here and also add to the guide above*************[ATTACH=CONFIG]2390[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]2391[/ATTACH]Not sure if you made the video already? This is my first time using hex tools , I don't really get it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted October 7, 2011 Founder Share Posted October 7, 2011 I think I'm going to try OC'ing the 2630QM and these GPUs to see how far they go. Will be giving all this a try tomorrow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 @iPhantomhive I don't think I have enough time right now but before end of month I will try to have a video that covers the unlocked bios, the hex editing, the use of Intel Extreme Tuning Utility among this and also the use of Throttle Stop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Thanks bud , I'll wait for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Video, awesome. +repped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) While waiting on the video I have revised and changed the guide more... you can get a brush up on everything and watch the video too. I mainly wanted things to flow better and be clearer. Hopefully you guys like it. As I have time I'll keep this up to date with my findings.*The use of Intel Tuning Utility will be added to this guide soon. Edited October 11, 2011 by mw86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 I updated this thread with the latest A04 bios from Dell now unlocked in only a day or so after its release. Thanks again goes to Ahmed. http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m18x/1123-m18x-bios-a00-a02-a03-new-a04-unlocked-bios-provided-bios-mods.html#post13075 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 AMD Radeon HD 6970M / 6990M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8324 3DMarks Update my score....still can't get average score of ES 2920. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Nice run. This is an unfortunate new development - "Unable to verify AMD Catalyst tessellation setting, result invalid" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I give up lol , I can't reach more then that , stuck at 830/1210...added 1 (831) crash!! , (1211) crash!! always stuck at test 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Have you repasted? Might get a little more with some ICD if not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Nop never repasted. I guess I'll get some , usually crash is overheat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Nop never repasted. I guess I'll get some , usually crash is overheat?well overheat or limits of the hardware (we truly need an overvolt of .5 volts is all like in Svl7's mod but not feasible for most of us too Frankenstein our cards) I am repasted and I saw about 10-20mhz more on core and my 1210mhz overclock on ram went from mid 90s in furmark to 81 max and mostly about mid 70's. So for me with rbe editor i flashed my cards for gaming 24/7 clocks i have 830/1100 locked on every power profile so it never clocks down which adds stability in games where on occasion the clocks were going between 3 and powersaving clocks in between high stress scenes. Go through the M18x bench thread look at me and Jimbos runs... Jimbo got higher clocks out of his for bench purpose but he had lower temps than all of us being in Australia at night and a AC unit not sure what else you utilized Jimbo.... so for bench clocks for me on 3dmark11 i have about 845/1210 max and 850/1215 on Vantage. Vantage will see you ever so slightly higher and 3dmark11 is so strong you'll have to watch your core speed good. Now your limits seem close to my 24/7 overclock for gaming. I would suggest posting either a pic of gpuz or hwinfo after running one of those runs for us here... if memio/vram modules are in 90's instability will follow... even if its high 80''s the paste instead of pads on vram and voltage regulators etc... i saw drop of 20c average maybe slightly less in high stress... the core only saw about a 10c improvement.. check on the ICD survey results... it helped even on Stamatis's R2 and its 5870's....whats with your ram Iphantom your modules are mixed in matched according to that screen shot... you have 1800mhz ram with two 4gb modules and two 2gb modules for a total of 12gb right... it may not be a prob but i've always been used to using all the same sized modules... anyways... guess if it runs good it doesn't matter if the dimms are different capacities. Iphantom i want to help find reason for your invalid tesselation result... please post exact driver version you are utilizing now... could have something to do with that... as I or Jimbo have never seen that before...heres what the site says try downloading the patch located below...Unable to verify AMD Catalyst tessellation setting, result invalidThis message can appear only with 3DMark 11 results from systems using ATI/AMD video cards. It appears when the benchmark run was done with too old SystemInfo module and there is no way to verify if AMD Catalyst Tessellation Controls were modified for the benchmark run. Most likely the result is comparable with other scores, but there is unfortunately no way to tell.This error should appear only with old benchmark results submitted prior to the introduction of Futuremark SystemInfo 4.2. To correct the problem, update SystemInfo module to the latest available and re-run benchmark. Latest SystemInfo installer can be found here.Processor is not recognized or Graphics card is not recognizedSystem Info Fix click me<!-----> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Not necessarily "usually", but it definitely has an impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Thanks for the help , I'll keep you guys update on next weekend , that's only my free time. I'll also repaste my cpu/gpu on this week. As for result invalid , i was flashed my gpu , with Unleash the full strength of HD 6970M CrossfireX - Hybrid VBIOS to unlock the virtual cores - a new milestone? , its been awhile I didn't roll it back to original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 It's coming up on all 6970/6990 results that don't use default CCC settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 It's coming up on all 6970/6990 results that don't use default CCC settings. I'll check and post back here about it but I have not had that happen... maybe now on the new system info... but last i benched i used high performanc, tesselation on lowest etc etc. so you are getting same result Jimbo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Update my score , somehow im out of paste in half way.....AMD Radeon HD 6970M / 6990M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8418 3DMarks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) Update my score , somehow im out of paste in half way.....AMD Radeon HD 6970M / 6990M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8418 3DMarksYour doing so great. Very nice bench. Can i give you some advice... i think somehow your cpu is throttling in that run you can see you have cpu at 4.7ghz which is great but if you had a run at 4.5-4.6ghz solid the physics score should be in the 10k region and if you get that to happen you could see another 100 or more points atleast in your total score. Either way thats one nice run those gpus are kicking but. Try lowering the cpu speed a tiny bit and lowering the flex just a tiny bit... maybe its all you need to stay cool enough for the 10k physics score. see these3dmark11 P8076 845core 1210mem 43 43 43 43 104.8bclk 4500mhz 3flexhttp://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...00mhz3flex.pngAMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8076 3DMarks3dmark11 10123cpu 43 43 43 43 104.8bclk 4500mhz 3flexhttp://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...00mhz3flex.pngAMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P6049 3DMarkssee the 10k in physics? this is only at 4.5ghz... so try lower flex and speed enough that your not throttling... my guess is in some tests it didnt stay at 4.7 but dropped even lower than 4.5ghz hence 9k physics...great job let me know if that helps... Edited October 31, 2011 by mw86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Thanks for advise I'll try that tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhantomhive Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 @Jimbo you need to push your 6990 a bit , johnkss got his 580 with P8567 , 4 point more then you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 @Jimbo you need to push your 6990 a bit , johnkss got his 580 with P8567 , 4 point more then you lol I don't think he cares but it would be interesting since he is only a few points under... Jimbo need similar clocks on his Gpus as he has been using but needs a cpu overclock like you iphantom... both of you should try to keep cool enough for a 4.6ghz run but if not try 4.5-4.55ghz... Jimbo may have had his at 4.5 to start so he needs to go just a little higher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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