what drivers should i be using for the 6970m at the moment? i tried the 11.10 preview drivers and i saw a loss in performance. right now i have some dell drivers installed.
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omg svl7!
so sweet, don't have the heart or stomach to do it myself though. -
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can u guys send me a link to those drivers then? im not sure if i found the right one from looking through google
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there u are!!11.8 mobility drivers!!
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/mobile/11-8_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc_ocl.exe -
Im thinking in changing my 460m GTX for a 6970m but first i want to ask if its possible the ati 7xxx or nvidia 6xx can work in the m15x or wont because the 28 nm arquitecture. What do you think?
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So I received my replacement card for my 6970m from Eurocom yesterday.. fired it up.. does this mean it is actually a 6990m? Looking at the shaders and GPU clock..
Running slightly hot for my liking, anyone know if it is safe to undervolt these cards? My 6970m seemed to undervolt fine, just not sure about this one.. -
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how do we know if it's a 6990 ? the default clock ?
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i see. another question, does the difference between 6970m and 6990m similar to between 5850m and 5870m ? meaning just better shaders ?
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okay, i just got my 6970m but doesnt come along with a x-plate. so what am i suppose to do now? how should i paste the insulation tape?
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You take the x-plate from your previous graphics card.
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The retention bracket of the 6970m has a different size than the regular M15x cards (260m, 5850m etc.)
When your card doesn't come with this x-plate you need to take the one you have on your old GPU, but this one won't fit properly. Nevertheless it works, even if it covers some resistors on the back of the card. Make sure you're not shorting anything. Usually the retention bracket has an insulating black plastic pad on it, this will work. However, if your x-plate doesn't have this pad on it, you must cover it with some thin, insulating tape.
ask: waht should i do with the insulating tape where do i place it? -
Doesn't your xplate have some sort of plastic on one side of it already?
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Oh icic okay thx. I'm gonna put the card into my m15x wish me best of luck haha!.
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Have received and installed my 6990m
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Did you guys get a Dell or Eurocom card?
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I got Dell ES card from Table21 : http://forum.notebookreview.com/want-buy-price-check-forum/614804-pc-mxm-6970-6990-a.html
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I got myself a dell card.
Erm would like to ask where am I suppose to paste the thermal pads? Can give me a picture to see or paint so that I can stick those thermal pads
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okay i just done installing haha =D...weee
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Yes!!
It's back from the dead, my 6990m
It's showing this on gpuz on idle
and I just ran 3dmark vantage and nothing broke, it didn't turn off, I didn't get a blue screen. and I got a P13149 3DMarks (standard clocks) that should be normal right? -
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Glad to see you back in action with that powerhouse. Temps look good. Vantage score is a good start, but need full screenshot set (Vantage result screen, GPU-Z and CPU-Z) to really tell much. Plenty of time for all that. Congratulations.
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Just in case somebody notices anything wrong:
GPU-Z
CPU-Z
3D-Mark Vantage
AMD Radeon HD 6970M / 6990M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-940 Processor,Alienware score: P13190 3DMarks -
I noticed that my gpu temp is higher whenever I use external monitor.
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Just received my 6970m Eurocom today...
By the time i know it, the card is in my 15x.
So test it out, play some bfbc2. Great performance
after about 10 minutes of gameplay, the laptop shuts down, and restart a few seconds later. Wonder what is causing the trouble. Don't think it's the temp issue though, check it right after the restart, temp stays around 50
I'll test the game out again and see if the problem persist.
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I too had shutdown with a waresphere card. So i've bought one from MXM UPGRADE, and still had shutdown. So i bought 0.5 and 4mm (phobya) pads and put them everywhere (see post 1216). I also disabled windows aero, and set the power consumption mode on "normal" use. NO MORE SHUTDOWN!! (it's crazy but it worked for me!).
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*UPDATED, one round of game with no shutdown issue. Using 11.8 driver. Will test some more* -
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Hel20eS needs to monitor temps with gpu-z or HWiNFO while gaming to get accurate information on temperatures. Did you put thermal paste and thermal pads on when you installed the card?
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yup i did monitor those, never past 75 C. i just repaste and do all the cleaning.
*UPDATED*
The shutdowns are back again. I did a log using HWinfo
GPU TS1 (MemIO)
46.5 ฐC
46.5 ฐC
47.0 ฐC
46.5 ฐC
47.0 ฐC
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47.5 ฐC
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47.0 ฐC
47.5 ฐC
47.0 ฐC
50.0 ฐC
51.5 ฐC
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48.5 ฐC
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48.5 ฐC
48.0 ฐC
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48.5 ฐC
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48.0 ฐC
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47.5 ฐC
50.0 ฐC
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49.5 ฐC
50.0 ฐC
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51.0 ฐC
50.5 ฐC
50.0 ฐC
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59.0 ฐC
59.5 ฐC
60.5 ฐC
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62.5 ฐC
63.0 ฐC
63.5 ฐC
64.0 ฐC
65.0 ฐC
65.0 ฐC
65.5 ฐC
66.0 ฐC
67.0 ฐC
67.0 ฐC
67.5 ฐC
68.0 ฐC
68.5 ฐC
69.0 ฐC
69.0 ฐC
69.5 ฐC
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70.5 ฐC
71.0 ฐC
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71.5 ฐC
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73.0 ฐC
72.5 ฐC
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74.0 ฐC
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74.5 ฐC
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77.5 ฐC
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My temp runs. High at 70-83 while benchmarking while idle at the 40-50 is this okay??
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does anybody has shutdown issues before ? 20 minutes in games with 80C shown in HWinfo log shuts down the laptop, then 3 seconds later the laptop restarts by itself.
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as in flashing the voltage before ? i do actually, do you remember the throttle investigation thread a while ago? there's a part about flashing to 1v. I did that.
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xeroxide mentioned that 1v is not enough as some of his games crashes. maybe i should volt to 1.025 that he said stable.
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not all hardware is created equal.
some react better than others to over/under volting.
mine just happened to crash at 1v whereas some other ppl managed it no problem.
all volt mods i did was using the radeon bios editor and my own bios dump.
to test the voltages (temporary) i used the overclock/underclock features of ati tray tools. once you find a good setting that you like, flash it for perma effects (or just keep using ati tray tools and reboot to reset the voltages/clocks)
however as svl7 i think mentioned, he had issues overvolting it, first hitting a regulator then after bypassing that, hitting the M15x wattage cap (150w) and having the cpu steal available power.
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I would like to know which power supply is good? Cause I'm currently using a 150 if I'm not wrong then it runs hot when i benchmarking or gaming. Im keen on getting an upgrade of my psu
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mine crashes when gaming with temp around 80, which is suppose to be normal with this card when put into load, so i don't think it's overheating issue. the only thing i can think of is voltage supplied, or i did something wrong that i missed out. when i had 260m i did flashed to 1v before. does that mean my 6970m has 1v now ? or i have to flash again
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i see, thanks for helping me along the way johnny, you deserve a rep. i guess i'll look into a little modification, hoping that my card is overvolt-capable. haha
which guide should i use to volt my card ? most of the guide out there is for the older card like 5850, so just wondering if it is the same.
*UPDATED* i've tried volting using tray tool + monitoring using HWinfo. the last record was 75 degree before shutdown. Sigh, i'm running out of ideas. Oh yeah, there is no sign of artefact at all, so it's not the card issue and not about overheating.
M15x & 6970M / 6990M - What you need to know - upgrading, problems, solutions
Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by svl7, Apr 19, 2011.