M15x + ATI 5870 (MOD)

yeah i did oc it, but can't get same clocks as others, thinking about ordering a M17x power brick to see if it helps.

dude that sucks, i will see what i can find.

 

I though babyhemi ship it to Uk?

 

and hes got a price drop again

 

i just checked they're site and they do ship the pads to the uk.

 

Oh hehe you guy talking about pads i though it was the graphic card itself.

 

same here lol

 

dttran so your havinf similar issues with yours, hopefully it just the power brick. but its no biggie since the 5870 runs so smooth with stock clocks. haha just noticed your sig, i oc'ed the wei bench too,hahahaha.

 

hehe yea it increase my wei to 7.4. Whever I overclocked to play GTA IV I have to use throttlesop or my fps would drop. With stock clock everthing max out except shadow set to high at 1600 x 900 I got like 37fps. When overclocked without throttlestop I got 33 fps but with throttlestop i got 43 fps. So I don't know what the problem is.

 

Babyhemi is delivering to UK .... I was referring to thermal pads which inap recommended...

EDIT: think you figured it out...

and inap whats avg fps like bfbc2 on direct x 10 maxed out 16CXQ ...

 

don't really know fps for dx10, only played in dx9 and dx11 so far.
but dx11 ave. 35fps

 

This is what I could find...

Akasa Thermal Interface Pads / Tape 80mm x 80mm on eBay (end time 13-May-10 23:36:12 BST)

Copper Heatsink&Thermal Pads For MXM Graphics Cards on eBay (end time 18-May-10 23:57:33 BST)

Coollaboratory Liquid Metal thermal Pad 1 x GPU on eBay (end time 13-May-10 00:37:51 BST)

Any suggestions...

Is it smooth on Directx 11 or choppy. And Have you tried playin bfbc2 with a bit of OC...

 

first and last looks good to me.

smooth as butter on dx11, yeah i did try with oc for awhile, but didn't really see the need for it since it run so smooth with stock clocks.

 

So you think it might do with throttling?

 

i don't know since wattos has the same spec but seems to have high scores too. i'll try to bench tonight with throttle stop on to see if that helps.

 

You're probably running against the power limitation of the laptop. I'm not sure how much the limitation is since this is limited in the BIOS and not related to the adapter. When the power limitation is exceeded the gpu/cpu will throttle. Throttlestop aviods this but it can harm your power adapter if the limitation is on 150W. You'll use more power than the adapter can provide.

Try to play on an external screen (and all the lights off) without throttlestop and you'll probably notice that the speed is increased without OC.

 

i suggest using a lower setting for brightness because it with hopefully stress the system less for power and in theory give constant power for the other components without the dreaded throttling.

as inap said using the lowest setting for brightness and on an external moniter should give you better fps.

i myself find that the screen is just too bright on the max and have it set below 50% and that is still bright enough for me

 

benching with trottlestop gave me higher GPU numbers. I dont think the ATI card throttles, as it seems it always runs at 700/1000 but the CPU might be throttling.

 

I would like to buy 1 from you but it seems I can't PM you ...

 

you need 20 posts to PM someone

And I always bench with all the AlienFX led's turned off, bluetooth turned off, screen brightness all the way down

 

Im benching on a seperate monitor, hoping that it will save me additional power.

 

Hmmm. Have not tried that yet. On my to do list for when I get a 2nd wind on benching haha

 

Anyone know if I can use ATI TOOL with 5870 to scan for artifact?

 

try logging your cpu clock and chip modulation on a file with throttlestop (throttlestop turned off) and bech to check if the cpu throttles. If you get something like this


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then your CPU is throttling... but throttlestop should be disabled

 

what drivers are best for the card... Can i get the link...

What apps do i need... I know GPU-z doesn't work...

 

i'm still using 10.3, i think they perform alittle better than the new 10.4

Previous Catalyst? Drivers

just download amd gpu clock tool to oc or underclock.

also if ccc don't install, download the dell version for the m17x and extract the file and use the ccc exe.

 

Just found a new way to install the latest ccc(ccc only).

1. Uninstall your current ccc from control panel
2. Download DELL 5870 mobility driver, unzip it to a folder, assume it's folder.1

3. Download ati 10.4 mobility driver, unzip it to another folder, assume it's folder.2

4. Go to folder.1-packages-apps-ccc, copy these files

5. Go to folder.2-packages-apps-ccc, paste these files
6. Run setup.exe in folder.2-packages-apps-ccc, finish the installation, reboot.
7. Right click on desktop, go to ccc, choose information center, and you should be able to see something like this.

 

Jeez.

$350 is a steal for the MR 5870, IMO.

 

Agreed....if these had CF connectors....(and my system supported it )

 

Yeah, just wait and see how much a GTX 480 is going to cost.

lol

 

a small fortune imo nvidia has huge profit margins ingrained into their products lol

 

Can't seem to download from you ATI 5870 Dell Site link. After pressing download it bring me to an "Address Not Found page"

 

I tried this link, it works for me. May be you can try this one. The links I gave you are from dell offical website, they should work for everyone.

 

It says 'page load error' as well when I clicked DOWNLOAD. Could it be they blocked this for Asia? Impossible right?

 

After having the card for quite a bit now, here are the 2 issues I have not been able to resolve:

1) Sound over DP. Couldnt get it to work with different drivers. There seems to be a wiring problem. Maybe a Dell Oem card is needed

2) running 2 external monitors. THe 260m could supply 2 external monitors using vga + DP, but the ATI card only ever sees one monitor.

Again, maybe having a oem dell card solves these issues?

 

damn... that really sucks... since about 50% of my gaming is done over DP...and if theres no sound.. well that just sux..

 

I can't remember the last time I used my video outs on any laptop.

 

will the dell oem card be any different from the ones we've got!!!

Does the vga output and the DP work with this card.. Just the video I mean...

 

Should know soon enough but the OEM cards are not 5870s.

 

yes, the video works with the current cards. Both VGA and DP but not both at once.

What about the 5870's from the M17x? Maybe those would work with DP sound ?

 

I never use DP sound myself. My monitor only has HDMI and DVI but I know with HDMI it's a separate audio driver. I would assume a different driver would be needed for DP.

 

This is much as I have managed to OC with the HD5870.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m25/jubbing/test5-1.jpg

 

What is your overclocked for that?

 

Not sure what the highest is, but I've done runs with a GTX 260m that got ~6000 for the gpu score.

 

Probably in the 6k territory. The 5870m overclocks like crazy, 900+ on the core is insane. The 10.5k vantage score that some reached is in dual 260M territory.

 

For those who did the swap, have you tried doing a multi-monitor eyefinity setup via display port daisy-chaining? I might go with an Alienware over a Clevo and MSI if this is possible.

 

Can anyone tell me whats the Life-battery on the 15x with 5870? I know that new card still sucks in a lot of power.

 

That was only overclocked to 890/1100.

It can be pushed more.

 

Very nice score!

 

hey guys...how do you set higher voltage for 5870? I choosed 1.1500v in amd tool and pressed set voltage, but vddc still remains 1.0500v.

 

Thank hemi lol, unfortunately I believe its very hard to push more than 10k on that with a 820 i7 processor. Those with the 920 can push heaps more. I'll try do what I can