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    M11X R3 i7.....Im in the club.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Mimlato, Sep 11, 2011.

  1. Mimlato

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    My Alienware M11X R3 i7 8G DDR3 Arrived. Im in the Alienware club. Yeah baby!!

    I have wanted an Alienware sine I saw my mates Area 51 a few years back, and now I have one. Go me, Im awesome!

    Right, im off to backup my partition with that Alienspawn thingy. and then lets see what it can do.

    Peace people.
     
    Mimlato, Sep 11, 2011
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    grats! you will love it. i love my r2.. i'm sure i'd love an r3 even more.. lol
     
    jaeyang9, Sep 11, 2011
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    Have fun with it, your system should handle all games you throw at it :)
     
    negyuh, Sep 12, 2011
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    congrats! proud owner of an r3 i5 here :)
     
    dragonniz, Sep 12, 2011
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    Gotta say, I downloaded War Inc Battlezone off steam and I cant play it in any higher than 'Low' setting without the FPS dropping to below 20. Does that sound right?

    Cheers.
     
    Mimlato, Sep 12, 2011
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    I haven't had any issues with mine so far.

    I'm not sure about it, but this could be optimus not kicking in automatically. If that's the case, then this should help, give it a try :)
     
    dragonniz, Sep 12, 2011
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    Yup, sounds like an optimus issue. Some things may have to be whitelisted, and some things can actually be told to run on the IGP and be fine.
     
    Rockwell B1, Sep 12, 2011
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    Well now that there is another M11xR3 I7 out there bench that thing and let us know what you get!
     
    KurtH, Sep 12, 2011
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    Yes, lets benchmark this beast. Any suggestions for free reliable benchmarking software?

    The last gaming rig I had ran 2 Voodoo cards so bear with me. (Hey they were good cards in the day!)
     
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    Oh forgot to say I whitelisted Steam, still not displaying much graphical potential. This cant be right, time to do some research.

    Also, MSI Afterburner is nice and slick. Like it.
     
    Mimlato, Sep 12, 2011
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    Welcome to the family :D
     
    darkdomino, Sep 12, 2011
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    Everyone likes 3dMark06 and 3dmark vantage. But when you bench leave all the settings where they are. If not you can inflate your score like some have on here. So far highest 3dmark06 is 10063 some are boasting higher but they lower the res on the test which will jump the score about 1k points. Also I forgot 3dmark11 is great too.
     
    KurtH, Sep 12, 2011
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    I got mine a few days ago, but I think its kind of gimp in the temperature department from what I've been reading.
    Either furmark or prime95 are pretty decent on their own, but if I run both at the same time the temps kinda scare me. (cpu going over 85 and throttling, gpu hitting like 91)
     
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    Im on it. Also, I cant believe i forgot this but at the moment im only running 4 gig of RAM. Crucial sent one wrong stick so im waiting for its replacement to arrive.

    I overclocked it to 800/1050 and got 9700 in 3DMark 06. Cant remember what the temp was. Ill get a bit more scientific once I get over the 'Ive got an Alienware and it totally rocks' stage.

    That and figure out how to actually use the damn thing properly.
     
    Mimlato, Sep 12, 2011
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    your not that far from what most are getting with 3dmark06 it seems like the 9800 barrier is whats stoping most people.
     
    KurtH, Sep 12, 2011
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    Im going to buy a 256gig SSD on payday, and jam the 320 into a external caddy, buy a usb DVD drive, then sit back and enjoy!!

    Sorry if im waffling on but I cant wait to get GTA IV cracking on this. I look forward to frequenting this forum, learning all the tricks.
     
    Mimlato, Sep 12, 2011
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    Just ordered my R3 today. should get it for the 27th of Sep.
    Now I don't have to lug around my 10 lb. beast of an M15X...
    Excited!!!
     
    kyussmanchu, Sep 12, 2011
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    Congratulations!!
     
    Mimlato, Sep 12, 2011
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    Hey, I want to bring back up my temperature thing instead of making a new thread. Like I said I'm also a new owner of an i7 r3... for the most part my temps are fine but they borderline too much on obsurd load
    furmark/prime95 torture test at the same time

    Even furmark alone does a number on the gpu. Can people with the same specs run a furmark burn test at native res 2x aa for quite a while and see what they top out at? Or if they have before let me know what you got?

    thanks- trying to figure out if i should do anything/what i should do about this.
     
    luckyjj10, Sep 13, 2011
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    Ill get on it after I get home from work if you want, Ive got an R3 i7, but only 4 gig of ram at the mo tho.

    This isnt going to make it catch fire is it?
     
    Mimlato, Sep 13, 2011
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    Nope it shouldn't hurt it unless there is something very wrong with it :)
    From my testing it seems my gpu is the heat culprit..
    On its own the cpu temps are fine. Prime95 brings it in the 70's
    but furmark on the gpu can get it to hit like 88.

    Both at the same time, they heat eachother up, bringing the cpu to the upper 80's, and the gpu to 90-92.

    I'm running furmark 1.9.1 1366x768 2xaa BURN-IN test
    prime95 In-Place large FFTs test (max heat etc)

    Takes quite a while for the temps to top out, maybe 20 minutes will cover it..
     
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    Alright, Im interested to know the results of my own system so ill download the software and run the tests tonight, then post results.

    Ill run them both at the same time.
     
    Mimlato, Sep 13, 2011
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    I'd like to add for comparision, after playing Crysis 2 High dx11 for a while, max cpu gets to like 82 and gpu like 79
     
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    Ok were ready to go. Am I running my GPU at standard speeds or overclocked?
     
    Mimlato, Sep 13, 2011
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    Just standard is fine, I've overclocked mine to 751/1502 948, but it really only makes like a 1c difference in max temp for me.
     
    luckyjj10, Sep 13, 2011
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    Running both programs at your suggested serttings:

    Max gpu 96.

    Max processor 88 (Although I forgot to log so checked immediately after)

    Cant be good for it :(
     
    Mimlato, Sep 13, 2011
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    and yeah those numbers scare me too.

    Ambient temperature would be a factor as well.. wonder if anyone else has insight about this, or can point somewhere. I tried searching about it but its hard to tell.
     
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    Does anyone know what temp the cpu & gpu would shut down?
     
    Mimlato, Sep 13, 2011
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    The CPU and GPU are rated up until 105c and they will shut down. I wouldnt worry about it to be honest. Truth is, you wont be stressing you CPU or GPU like that usually playing games. You still have some room to work with. If it really concerns you, just buy a lapdesk with a fan and use that when you game intensively.
     
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    Im in the process of building one! Kinda defeats the object really dosent it, A laptop that will set your lap on fire......

    Cheers for the temp advice.
     
    Mimlato, Sep 13, 2011
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    Yeah, Crysis/Crysis 2 generally only bring mine to 80/80ish temps, and I don't think many games will bring it hotter than that
     
    luckyjj10, Sep 13, 2011
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    No it really shouldn't get higher than that. I play BC2 online and it reaches 78CPU and 82 GPU, and thats the hottest it gets. And BC2 pushes the CPU pretty bad.
     
    Normhimself, Sep 13, 2011
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    Installed GTA IV and it benchmarkss at 38fps average at maxxed out settings. Im happy with that to be honest. GPU temp dosent get above 60.
     
    Mimlato, Sep 15, 2011
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