MS16F2 along GTX580M (dell, rev3)

[pau1ow]

Just to let you know guys that I have just upgraded to the GTX580M in my MSI 16F2 (originally came with 460m):



The drivers are a bit a mess to install, you have to go on laptopvideo2go and get the right modded .inf with your DEVICE ID and Subvendor..

INSTALLATION done with Beta 285.79 - 0.5mm Phobya thermal pads 5w/mk and AS5 used on both GPU and CPU


Card with some pads at its back:


Some small modifications I did on the back panel:


Aluminium ram heatsink added on the cpu and gpu copper sinks:


Idle temps

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@ stock clocks



740/1680


Battlefield 3 temps 740/1700


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Overvolting @ 0.92V, Overclock CPU and Upgrade to 8GB HyperX


http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3876818
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2712244

[James5]

pretty much same results as a 6990m on stock clocks. Keep posted on your findings, I swear my 570m pads were 0.5

[pau1ow]

Defintely I should have used 0.5mm ! Will get them on Wed but quite happy overall

[takovr]

Very nice, I have the 560m in my qosmio laptop, here is my video card overclocked score..

[long2905]

could be a YMMV thing but mine old GT683 come with 1mm pads. Check if the upper transistors blocked the heatsink for the lower parts.

And again, great job!

@takorv: please run the performance profile, and your score will be shown with a P, which all of us here use.

[tanderson]

I ordered the same thermal pads you have (1.0mm) but I do have more but not sure the size. I will have to try the other ones, see if they work and if I have the same issues your running into. So with 3dmark11, running that test program you reached 92?

[takovr]

My bad, I was wondering what settings people use to bench mark with 3D
Marks 20111. I just ran it again on performance and scored 3,021. Thanks for the tip.

[GeoCake]

Paul, if I were you I would be over the moon! that's awesome stuff

The fact that there is no throttle for you is pretty damn amazing. But there is some work left to lower the temps as 92C is pretty high and will wear your card out.

Just out of interest, where did you snag a Dell 580M from? Cause wouldn't that be quite pricey?

[pau1ow]

I bought it brand new from a French fellow who had it as a spare (basically Dell technicians came to replace his 580m SLI cards but found out that there were no issues and forgot one of the card there) si I got a pretty good deal...

I am not worried about temps at all, as my thermal pads was way too high. When i pulled out the card, the paste was still in the center of the die I will get my 0.5mm tomorrow and will do some proper tests again...

However, I can tell you that this GPU sucks too much power as under 3dmark11, power went as high as 170W straight away, no o/c... I'm not sure my 180W adapter will like that especially if I overclock it...

[dave-p]

nice work + Rep