Help Mussels find a laptop!

[AhokZYashA]

damn that is power efficient,
how long is the battery life?

 

[Steevo]

i formatted it to install a clean OS, and its taken 3 hours to find the wifi driver that doesnt lock up the entire system >.>


its a 'hidden' HP model, which means no real page exists, and no driver links...


edit: like the AMD SM BUS driver which has no download links anywhere, and isnt included in the desktop or mobility drivers.... grrrrr


edit 2: had to get it from the lenovo website. HP and AMD dont have it. this is frustrating, good thing i'll back them all up >.>

Why....


You take the shit they install<--------------and uninstall it all-------->


Same thing but you have drivers you can at least start with, and all the nice information to insert into the *.inf file of your choice is right there in the registry or device information. Takes less than three hours to do that, I do it with all the Toshiba laptops I get, and then I can always leave any software i want, or need like the touch buttons on mine are all run by their software and it is amazingly only 1.4MB of used RAM to run it.

 

[Mussels]

damn that is power efficient,
how long is the battery life?

according to the windows estimates, about 4 hours at 2D idle. with the low power consumption in media playback, i reckon i could get at least 3 hours out of that.

Why....


You take the shit they install<--------------and uninstall it all-------->


Same thing but you have drivers you can at least start with, and all the nice information to insert into the *.inf file of your choice is right there in the registry or device information. Takes less than three hours to do that, I do it with all the Toshiba laptops I get, and then I can always leave any software i want, or need like the touch buttons on mine are all run by their software and it is amazingly only 1.4MB of used RAM to run it.

because it was a customised HP version of win 7, with various icons and logos replaced, as well as features fecked with - the win7 power options in control panel had been replaced with a HP program that sat in the tray wasting ram, for example.


OCing is really easy, stress testing wont be fun tho. i've got unlocked multi control upto 3GHz for all cores using K10stat.

 

[Mussels]

and 2.6GHz stable



these things are stupidly easy to OC, K10stat gives you 100% software control with unlocked multipliers and voltage control >.>


i might leave it as is for now, 2.6 + crossfire = good performance... what game/graphics test would you guys like to see?

 

[cdawall]

Well not skyrim because hybrid xfire is broken. Maybe try just a simple 3dmark?

 

[Mussels]

bump because i forgot to bench in 3Dmark, and i'm totes doing it now

 

[THE_EGG]

Should have looked on graysonline. I picked up an ASUS G53SW (refurb tho) with no damage or marks or anything bad with it for $770AUD plus $60 postage about 6 months ago 'tis a fantastic "little" thing. Oh and good luck on the OCing

 

[Mussels]

running 3dmark 11, the free version.

so at stock settings (1.6 quad/2.1 turbo + dual GPU) and 'performance' (720p) mode the laptop scored:
3Dmark score: P1005
Graphics score: 942
physics score: 2042
combined: 802

OC'd to 2.4 (quad, no turbo) with same GPU settings: (will edit in once it finishes)
3Dmark score: P1020 (lulwhut?)
Graphics score: 944
physics score: 3297 (now this makes sense)
combined: 714 (again, whut? temp throttle maybe?)


i'll test the rest tomoz (each GPU on their own), these tests take forever at 4-6 FPS XD


edit: single GPU resulted in P702, so crossfire is definitely helping - a 30% gain is nothing to sneeze at, really.

 

[Mussels]

lol CPU overheated at my current 2.6 settings, trying 2.4 for now


from what i saw, the FPS on the CPU test was almost twice as high (at 2.6), so it may yield impressive improvements


edited in results: sure, 50%+ improvement in CPU physics tests... but overall, massively GPU limited. will do single GPU tests tomorrow in case the secondary GPU is hampering performance somehow

edit: crossfire is helping not hindering, by about 30%. i need me some GPU OCing/less demanding test program.

 

[Mussels]

so 2.4 is the final clock i'll go for quad on the laptop, i may try for a 2.8 dual core turbo later, but i dont really see the need.


whats the best way to OC the GPU's? since theres two of them, i'll need an app that can handle mismatched clocks between cards... and one that wont break the low idle clocks/power consumption.


i'd be happy with AMD overdrive, but cant seem to enable it.

 

[Mussels]

hmmm could use some advice here.

afterburner doesnt work, it only lets me change clocks of GPU 1 - but according to GPU-Z and afterburner OSD, GPU1 doesnt even turn on, only GPU2 (and its mysterious clone in afterburner, GPU3) are doing anything.


if it wasnt for my previous result with 3dmark 11 speeding up, i'd think crossfire/dual GPU wasnt working at all


http://pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-C...-Review-Can-AMD-compete-Sandy-Bridge/Conclusi



this says it doesnt work in DX9 >.> what the fuck AMD.

 

[Mussels]

ok so i've FINALLY figured out the AMD DUAL GRAPHICS weirdness.


in openGL and directX 9, the IGP is the only one used. the dedicated 1GB card goes to waste unless its DX10/11. when that runs, i get about a 30% speed boost.


does anyone know how to OC the APU in fusion GPU's?