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    3DMark Vantage low? See anything wrong with my setup?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Crazycrossing, Dec 18, 2012.

  1. Crazycrossing

    Crazycrossing Notebook Consultant

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    I just put in a 920xm so I'm going through the rounds testing everything to make sure I'm maximizing my performance but to my disappointment my Vantage scores seem a bit low to me, do you guys see anything wrong with my current settings?

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    I have the following...

    Windows 8
    16 gigs of ram
    920xm
    6990M OEM Dell card
    240w
    Samsung 840 SSD

    I undervolted the GPU to 1.05 on 715/900 stock clocks.
    The CPU is on 21x across the board however with minimal power settings only 65W/62A.\
    I'm running AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta11 Driver.

    Thanks
     
    Crazycrossing, Dec 18, 2012
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  2. baii

    baii Sone

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    If you research a bit, you will see that the score is perfectly normal.
     
    baii, Dec 18, 2012
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    Mexic00ls Notebook Deity

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    yup score looks good to me....... on an overclocked bench i can get about 16600
     
    Mexic00ls, Dec 18, 2012
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  4. Crazycrossing

    Crazycrossing Notebook Consultant

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    Good to know. Thanks, got a bit concerned because I saw a lot of scores in the 18K range when I searched.

    I still don't get how people get their GPU to idle at low 40s or under. I have a copper shim, good thermal pad contacts, quality paste, and an SF-19 cooler, undervolt of 1.05 and the most I can get it to idle at is 48-49, CPU idling at 55 right now, and under load CPU goes up to about 70-78 and GPU up to 75-85 and this is the lowest I've ever been able to get it.
     
    Crazycrossing, Dec 19, 2012
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