M15x + ATI 5870 (MOD)

hi 40's in idle and when fully loaded about low 60's for me and oced about 68 max

 

And the 260 most likely consumes more power than the 5870 but the 5870 does tend to run a little warm.

This leads me to believe that a proper TIM application will drop temps.

 

The 5870 uses GDDR5 which runs hotter than the GDDR3. So although the core may be cooler, the ram is pushing the overall temp higher

At least those are my thoughts

 

Maybe so.

I just can't wait until Monday so I can do my own testing.

 

Looking forward to your results Sleey0. Did you ever get a 920xm for it? I am just curious to see how far the GPU can be pushed. Moo got one of these cards up to 1000 Hz core if I remember correctly

 

The M15x cooling is similar to the 8690 but inferior to the 8760 so I wouldn't expect similar overclocks as the 17" Sager. Probably a bit better than the G73 though.

 

No 920.

Was going to do a trade - my SSD + cash for the 920 but alitunay backed out.

It doesn't matter because I didn't really want the 920. It would be more for bragging rights than anything else as I am quite happy with the i7-620.

 

I'm sure it does but "there's always room for improvement"

 

Thank to BabyHemi. Great Card!!! Hope it will last me with future game for atleast another year or two. My resolution is 1600 x 900 so I hope that would help out too .

 

M15x @ 900p + 5870 is probably very close in performance to a xfire 4870 @ 1200p.

 

That would be pretty impressive!
When's DELL/AW going to release the 5870 configuration themselves?

 

Agreed that would be pretty sweet...great Joker now you got me wanting the 5870...

 

Anyone else successfully installed the 5870 in their M15x's? Post your experience

 

I'm watching this thread for some time now and makes me want to get a M15x more and more over a M17x because of the single 5870 possibility. If only it came with 2 HDD's... So keep up the good work and hope we'll see more proud and happy DIY5870-M15x owners!

 

Hopefully more will be posting here during this coming week. Vantage scores?

 

Where can i download vantage?

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1756/Futuremark_3DMark_Vantage_v1.0.2_1901.html

 

Is it a one time run? I keep getting error message saiding my trial key had expired when I try to see my score online.

 

Well you can run a single 5870 in your M17x as well

 

yep, one time only.

 

If you are hardcore about benching, it is cheap to get a license legitimately

 

Hmmm... Yes, but I just can't order a M17x without 2 video cards.

 

If you have no time restrictions then just wait.

 

I had install batman arkham asylum, left 4 dead 2, and CSS. When I went into graphic setting it wont let me turn on max AA. When I had my 260m I can turn it to 16x now it only show up as 8x that it. Ethan or tang you guy have similar problem?

 

I can't choose 16xAA in Furmark either. 8x is the max. Maybe its a driver issue?

 

Edit: NM. Which drivers? The CCC should let you go as high as 32x depending on the filter.

 

Hey dttran, what are you temps like?

 

I'm idle at 60-61C now. I ran 3dmark vantage and max temp is 81C. BBF2 and Batman max temperature of 84C. I have to reapply thermal paste couple time to get that temperature. The first time I apply the paste I was idling at 69C like you. I'm hope this temperature is not consider dangerous for this card.

P.S. We don't have CCC so can't change AA from there.

 

Joker says that 80s for gaming and benching is a good temp for this card. It runs hotter than typical GDDR3 cards. Thats good to hear, I think with MX-3 instead of AS5 I will be at good temps.

 

but, can it run crysis ? lol

hows the performance on crysis ?

 

Only 19 mins until 12am Monday morning in the UK...odds of dell putting up the gpu refresh within the next hour....??? Oh i can dream haha

 

Well the fact that they wrote it into the BIOS is a good indicator that it should be sooner rather than later

 

my latest 3dmark vantage score....over 10k

 

That shows 9.2k, but still sweet.

 

He meant overall. But I agree, getting 10k GPU will be more impressive

 

That's the highest overall score I've seen in a M15x so far that's for sure! Great job!

 

Yes, that score is absolutely fantastic for a single gpu system.

 

It would be more impressive with a i7-720qm

 

9k on single GPU madre de dios. I hope team green can deliver something of superior performance.

 

not this year....lol

ATI is in a good position for a while

 

For the heck of it, try a 3DMark06 run....

 

I will run Vantage and 06 tomorrow, hemi.

I am not very fond of 06 anymore so you will see more vantage runs.

 

If you get the i7-920XM, 06 becomes fun.

 

I'm not.

Too rich for my blood considering I want to still get the colorware job done.

I just don't see me needing the 920 at all as I don't really bench like some of you guys. lol

 

That's right. 16,000 is a reasonable first goal for the M15x...

 

Anyone know if I can use ATITOOL to scan for artifact when i overclock this card. I did that with my gtx 260m so I was wondering if it would work with the 5870 too. If not what can I do to make sure that the overclock is stable?

 

Is there a way to turn off A.I. without ccc?

 

I've been searching but have not come up with anything.

 

Ugh. That bug with BC2 is so annoying.

 

Download the latest version of ATi Tray Tool and you won't need CCC.