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    m17-r1 PREDELL! gpu confusion

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Zenobia K'eal, Apr 12, 2012.

  1. Zenobia K'eal

    Zenobia K'eal Notebook Consultant

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    ok so i have an hd 3870 in my laptop. but gpu-z is saying it is an 3870 x2
    but i look at the amount of pipelines in the gpu using gpu-z and it is saying i have 320 pipelines. that is the same amount as a standard hd 3870 mobility. not the x2 version which has 640 pipelines. :confused:



    any ideas as to what happened here? my theory is some retard tried to flash the bios to a 3870 x2 mobility :rolleyes:

    ive also noticed that my card is under performing according to the benchmarks on notebookcheck.com

    specs on hd 3870 mobility

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-3870.9597.0.html

    specs on hd 3870 x2 mobility

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-3870-X2.14242.0.html
     

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  2. KracsNZ

    KracsNZ Notebook Evangelist

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    In the dropdown box is another card listed? I don't know enough about the old m17x but the X2 card may still be listed twice by GPU-Z and may have two entries with the shaders etc... split between the two.
     
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  3. Zenobia K'eal

    Zenobia K'eal Notebook Consultant

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    there is only 1 thing in the drop down menu and it is the same card already highlighted.
     
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It's a mistake in GPUz (not a bad bios flash).

    If you contact the person/people who code GPUz they can probably fix that bug in the next update.

    BTW HWinfo64 thinks my single 4870 is 4870x2.
     
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