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@SuperMG @Annihilator @Aaron44126 What's the fastest mxm card we can deploy in a M6800 LVDS setup without the mux limiting the performance of the mxm card? P5200? RTX5000? Or?

That sucks... But we don't really need the volume control we do need the LED board to see the status.

Lossless Scaling allows using a second GPU for Frame Generation. I tested it initially with the 3090Ti (raster) and 1080Ti as the frame gen card. I was able to get stable FPS with Monster Hunter Wilds running native at 3440x1440 and from a perception standpoint it was smooth. This was running 3090Ti PCIe 3 x16 and 1080Ti PCIe 3 x4 which is pretty limiting for this type of scenario. I would like this for smoothing out 4K120 until all the new stuff comes out. Ideally you run (for 4K120) at minimum PCIe 4 x8/x8. You also want to set a framerate that doesnt cause the GPU to sit at full tilt, so if 110 is your max average then set the framerate for 90, let the mule carry it to 120 via dynamic framerate target. It also has the standard 1/2/3 multipliers also.

But... The palmrest doesn't fit and close too... Still the same issue as before because of the VOLUME CONTROL LED board...

It looks like we have a winner here! I need to wait for the eBay seller to make the same heatsink setup for me!

My friend, BIOS version 1.9.3 is newer than 1.3.2, and you won’t have any issues. This problem will be resolved by upgrading the BIOS to version 1.9.3. https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-uk/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=tc3x1

I believe the very latest BIOS can only be downgraded to 1.12.0. The later (more recent) BIOS burn e-fuses in the CPU as I was unable to boot after recovery flash below 1.12.0 without replacing the CPU to boot 1.3.2

Wow that is amazing. I need to do this!

In the past I tried to adjust the CL values but they would get overwritten by the SPD read of the DIMMs upon boot. (guessing that is why they changed from my RU.efi settings) The DIMMs I purchased are only 2666mhz max per the label. I think these are TimeSpy scores: ~21k

Yeah, UMAF did work with both the A51 18 and Dell Pro Max 18 Plus. Sometimes it would freeze or fail to apply settings though so you have keep trying if something did not stick. Just be aware that with any later bios update Dell may write-protect the EFI setup variable region which effectively disables modifying any hidden settings. With the Legion 9i SREP worked on the shipping bios but none of the updates. NGU and D2D can be adjusted but on this one memory timing changes always fail to train. Its basically stuck at 5200MT CL38 Dual Rank (the 64GB Kingston Fury kit). M-die also worked at 5600MT but timings were much worse than the Kingston kit. There will be an 18 inch Uniwill chassis but this year it only gets up to 5070 mobile. Next year its supposed to have better GPU options according to Prema, so Eluktronics should end up carrying it.

Offloading frame gen to a secondary card via which method? In regards to just generically picking amongst that group, it would be the 9070xt but depending on how you're offloading and executing FG, it would come down to potentially best bang for the buck too. Did you ever give Smokeless a try on your Alienware 18 or Dell Max 18 before sending them back? How much flexibility do you have on your Lenovo? I really wish they had an 18" version of the Hydro. 😞 I'm content with my Alienware 18 275hx/5070ti primarily because it was free so bang for buck is undetermined since buck == 0; 🤣 I haven't had much time to play around with it lately though. I've been plowing through Midnight at 4k Ultra settings and I think I can safely say we've reached end game with the 5090. Numerous spots can get into the mid to high 80s utilization but nothing so far can cap it out. This shows a 5080 or 4090 would still hit walls in some spots due to the high utilization spots on the 5090 As I'm sure you've experienced, Silvermoon, like Dorongal is an instant player physics frame killer.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AMD officially dropping the 9950X3D2 April 22nd...... I don't think this is going to do much of anything for gaming overall with the same fabric limitations which will be greatly enhanced in Zen 6 but you never know..... I'll be keeping an eye out on this one as I skipped the 9850X3D as it seemed a silly bin bump that can't even sustained its rated speeds in many scenarios vs the 9800X3D which is rock solid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Official confirmation of the 290k being scrapped (which we knew already) 270k officially available but showing up for $349.99 not $299.99 shipped and sold by Newegg and Amazon. Microcenter also has it listed for $357..... Shenanigans! Of course it is popping up in combo deals already as Newegg (and soon Micro$enter) tries to bundle and move stagnant hardware.... I'm going to hold off and let the air clear a bit as this SP83 265k is doing well enough atm.... --- Cheapest GPU prices: 5060 8GB........$349.99 5060 16GB......$699.99 (?) 5060ti 8GB.....$379.99 5060ti 16GB....$539.99 5070...............$629.99 5070ti.............$913.99 5080...............$1289.99 5090...............$3799.99 (You have TWO kidneys....you'll be ok!) 9060xt 8GB...$329.99 9060xt 16GB.$439.99 9070..............$599.99 9070xt...........$699.99

I have same problem with P775dm3

Hello here are the results with the new 4 HEATPIPES GPU heatsink. Heaven Benchmark 4.0 (1080p Ultra): 258FPS average Temperature max GPU: 77.5C Temperature max hot spot: 86.5C Max core frequency: 2385MHz Max TDP: 149W FurMark 1 minute 1.37 (1080p): 306FPS average Temperature max GPU: 81.6C Temperature max hot spot: 92.8C Max core frequency: 2370MHz Max TDP: 153W TimeSpy (1080p): GPU Score: 16090 Temperature max GPU: 81C Temperature max hot spot: 92C Max core frequency: 2370MHz Max TDP: 152W No thermal throttles. The only limit is the Power Supply if we run the laptop without battery. The power LED blinks orange and white. To fix that, I need to use a 330W PSU and use a Core i7 4910MQ, since the 4940MX it's useless, uses 10W more and can't overclock well on the M6800. And optionally: use a 135W VBIOS if we can find one... Maybe @DynamiteZergcan get one from ZRT. With the 4910MQ you have turbo bins and can use 3.9GHz all cores with grub, right @JadeRover?

One of the best things about owning a 9070 XT is, unless you do something stupid in terms of choosing the wrong GPU, you do not have to give a second thought to the garbage 12VHPWR connector. Having the legacy 8-pin PCIe connector is, in my mind, the most compelling reason to own one. Thankfully, hardly any of them use 12VHPWR connectors. The few that do deserve to be ostracized for their exceptionally poor judgment and lack of regard for people that purchase their products.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS-16-review-Two-steps-forward-one-step-back.1251724.0.html#c15814972 Too bad the LG gram 2026 doesn't yet have a WQHD 2560x1600 display with 1-120hz VRR by LG. It actually bests OLED on low to full brightness. 1.5w on idle for the full system on low brightness. 4.5w on 500 nits full brightness (that's as much as the gram 2025 lunar lake on low brightness - both 16"). That means a whopping 50 hours idle battery life at low brightness or 20 hours on idle with full brightness. Pretty crazy numbers. I guess next year LG gram pro will get that 1-120hz VRR display too - hopefullly they can ramp up the colors. But it really also shows that Panther lake is a best on low power use. Test is also interesting as it shows the new base panther lake versions without H. Pretty similar to lunar lake under max load but way more efficient on low load. Graphics are slightly worse than Lunar Lake last year as expected. It would be great if they could test an identical model once with and without H to see if the base one is even better at power use at low load or if there is no difference. I guess messing with Windows advanced power saving features will not help much on Panther lake. The thing is that panther lakes kinda does power management itself including scheduling which cores to use - instead of letting windows handle it absolutely wrongly (for windows 11, 10 was much better at it which is a shame).

Yep, 3d emitter plugged in, both motherboard and emitter in the lid. Which oddly enough looks to be the same part number for both. Hopefully the new screen will solve it.

Forgive me I typed it all out on my phone at break but this second GPU would strictly be just for Frame Gen mule under lossless scaling, my 7900 XTX would still be my raster, at 3Ghz its pretty good for me 24/7. I dont care about power savings, but I do concern myself with the 12VHPWR which is why Im dancing around upgrading to something "modern". This is all just so I have 4K120 comfortably in recent single player titles. I prefer the idea of offloading frame gen to a second GPU over having it done on the same one. Also looking at the IOCrest M.2 to 10Gbps adapter also and lastly the GC-Titanridge TB3 card for the last slot. I think this would make for the best "everything I can think of" daily driver for a while. Welp, scratch the ACE. Looks like Asus never fixed Curve Optimizer in the BIOS so it doesnt actually work lol, Back to the drawing board. The Crosshair VIII Dark Hero looks like a good replacement choice.

Sorry, I've had many R3/R4 laptops over the years and I've definitely swapped screens around but I've never once tested the 3D on any of them. I still have a few pairs of Nvidia 3D glasses but I've never tried a 3D game. I'm assuming you have the small emitter cable plugged in. Must be a compatibility issue but I never knew this to be a problem, maybe nobody tested it. Yes, Nebula Red was hard to beat in the looks department.

My vote would be for the 9070 XT. So far it is AMD's best GPU in terms of performance.

I think its supposed to be 30x NGU and D2D, 40x Ring. My 275HX in the Hydroc G2 can do that easily with Premamod, but the real advantage comes from memory tuning. I have seen a few post sub-80ns AIDA64 scores, but I find heat is a big limitation on combined load stability so realistically for me 85ns is the best it can do on air with reasonable ambient temperatures. I think the A51 18 could do better temperature wise with the memory as the modules sit on the side opposite of the vapor chamber. You would have to use Smokeless UMAF to modify timings and test. Sadly max MT would be somewhat limited compared to even a mediocre desktop board as you cannot adjust VDD2 up beyond 1.1v (except on the Hydroc G2 with Premamod).

I didn't think about it, but I guess it makes sense where the Alienware logo isn't lit up. If it's controlled by the AlienFX chip just like the emitter and all that, something just doesn't jive right with the R4 AlienFX chip. Maybe if I flashed it with the R3 chip info or something, but I'm not going through all that. Hopefully I have the fix, using the correct screen and everything will work shortly.

Interesting, I didn't pay attention to that but you are correct, "Alienware" below screen is not illuminated. I ordered the correct screen by part number off ebay. I'll install it once it gets here. Looks like I'll upgrade my son's R4 with this panel so he has 120hz and throw a newer card in it eventually. I never experienced 3D gaming(though I'mone of the few that really like active 3D tv's years ago and still have one), so I've been trying to get this up and running. I plan to do an older desktop build with a supported hardware if I enjoy it. Crazy the panel works great, 120hz works flawlessly yet no 3D. I've spent hours taking it apart, putting it back together, reseating everything and doing modded drivers and clean installs of Windows. Only to see the most logical thing was something isn't compatible haha. But that's the fun in working on these old rigs. Hard to beat the esthetics of these, especially in Nebula Red though, and the ability to tinker and upgrade everything.

Does anyone know if the display assembly and eDP cable from Alienware Area-51m R2 is a direct fit to the Area-51m R1?

So now I'm looking at one of the following 7800 xt, 7900 xt, gre, 9070, xt, possible 7900 xtx Also looking to pick up an x570-ace for dual GPU scenario in tandem with losses scaling. Only reason for entertaining a second 7900 xtx is in the faint hope I can get one with better memory overclocking. Seems to be where people are able to hit gold. At that point I'll pick up a waterblock for the 5800 X3D also, I'll make it easier on my fingers digging into the system time and again. Also tried booting some of the Gpu's I have but don't seem to be porting lol just my luck

yeah, but the 7720 heatsink has much more heatpipe surface area on the heatsink itself then the M6700 heatsink + has double radiators, so just this will give much better heat dissipation, n the temps i posted couple posts ago, was CPU + GPU at full load, when gaming never CPU and GPU will be at 100%, always one will be "bored" depend whats the bottle neck(think mostly will be the CPU bcs of high settings i use), in timespy loop i was at 60°c.: NVIDIA Quadro P5200 Grafikkarten Benchmark Resultat - Intel Core i7-7820HQ Processor,Dell Inc. 0F2JMF so i have a big fat headroom... 😎 so i only need a graphics card now, then will put in the new mainboard... im really excited to see how much the XEON with those fat 128MB L4 cache will speed up the CPU limit, every bench i found was around 10-15% in pure CPU limit n around 3-8% overall.