Alienware M17x Black or Silver?

mehh 20% for 300 is ok i guess

 

I'll bet you it is more than 20% when overclocked even if the 260's are as well... Plus we can't really know there aren't any benchmarks from a laptop with the 280m's (that are from a 17"+ laptop at least)

 

butters if you over clock any of the cards the speed changes..

you cannot compare speed with a OC'd card...because you can overclock the 260's to 280's etc ... i hope you get what i mean. You wanna compare @stock

 

No I know, but I was just talking if 280's vs 260's both overclocked which is a factor you have to keep in mind... But I think even at base we will see higher than 20% performance boost (although 20% is pretty damn good)... However we can't know for sure as no "finished" system has been tested with Dual 280m's or 260m's

 

well right now there is a 10-15% difference in single cards

using the same chipset you can expect bot card being utilized the same.

i know SLI does double the performance but should get like a 80% increase from single to SLI.

so common sense will tell you 15-30% max

and a 260 OC'd vs a 280 OC'd with still be 10-15% (you just nulling out each others OC's)

hope i explained it ok, im tired

 

You did, Moo I understand this... Maybe I'm just getting too excited and hyping myself up too much, you are probably right... But I can hope!

 

dont worry lol you maxed out every thing

 

Except, Ram which 8GB is ridonkulous, and the SSD... I don't really care much about boot times, even for apps... I would rather have the extra room, I really need it...

 

Hey man what's your reserve (ebay) on your laptop? I really hope you get up to 1400-1500 in the next 9 hours... That is a great laptop, just bad timing with the new M17x... Are you willing to part with it for the ~1300 bid that it's at right now?

 

reserve is at 1500

 

OC will not really cancel though Moo.
if base difference is say 15% due in part from differences, then you exponentially increase the seperation from the OC of the 280 over the 260.

its akin to super charging a 6cyl engine to match a v8.
sure...you can add all things to get the v6 to get where the v8 is, but once you boost the v8, its all over for the v6 simply due to initial limitation differences...

 

if you boost the v6 to v8 and the v8 to a v 10

its still a 2 cylinder difference

their bot going to over clock the same maybe even the 260 a little more ..... ill be the judge of that since im the only one getting a single 260 i know of

i hate money

 

in cylinders, yes.
but in torque, horsepower, boring ability, cooling ability, etc...no.

it is not a simple matter of cylider offset - you have to take into account other factors which influence the overall outcome.

 

I also hate money... it makes everything so difficult.... But Moo seriously have a grad party! Open house, invite a few relatives, friends... basically anyone who might actually come.. Make signs and people will drop by... you will make money trust me

 

Also look at Dell's trade in options, they will basically trade in anything technological... See what you have available that you don't use and trade them to dell for credit!

 

http://dell.eztradein.com/dell/

Oh wow lol, they really don't give alot.. better off just selling stuff yourself... My bad

 

woohoo, i can get 28$ for my PS2 with three controllers and about 20 games

 

I know someone who just went through a grad party and did just that. Parents wanted to do something small but the kid wanted to invite everyone he knew, for the money of course. Can't blame him.

 

Black is sooooo slick.

 

That silver is really growing on me , at first i wasnt so sure but after watching that video and seeing it in a real life setting the silver has alot more character to it then the black IMHO, plus i hate finger prints period .

 

my preference would be space black. i don't want passers by to think i'm using some suped up mac ;-) jk.

after seeing the vid, the lunar silver isn't nearly as ugly as i thought. in some ways, actually looks better. but i still have to go with the black. silver/white isn't my thing, not for a gaming rig like this anyway.

 

here are more pics with the silver case
http://voz.vn/2009/06/01/alienware-m17x-khung-ngoai-suc-tuong-tuong/

 

The decision is so hard. me wants black but the wifey wants silver. I have a discussion about is on a few latop gamer communities like www.lapgamer.com but id like to talk soomeone that saw them both. If i can't make a decision by oktober im taking black

 

Though both look just as good. SILVER FTW! I just like how in some lighting conditions it looks white. TBH you should totally deviate from your two initial options and get RED. We need someone on the forums to post a real red M17X photo or an unboxing vid of the red.

 

I went with silver on mine, and I have to say it really looks good. Every laptop out there is black, it's nice to have a two-tone laptop. Also, the lighting IMO looks a lot nicer with the silver chassis to complement it.

 

Silver all the way. The tTwo-toned exterior is gorgeous. The keyboard portion of the M17x looks bland to me though. Would have been nice if it would have been two-toned as well. Thank God for the keyboard lighting to make it less bland.

 

Yes. the keyboard area is bland. I don't mind though

I think silver and black come in tied for second behind RED! lol

 

I went with the silver also this topic was very helpfull in making my decision thow. Its a hard choice to make

I bassed my decision on the dirty fingers on the black one...really hate that.
And the fact that there are so many black laptops, this one should stand out a bit because its a special thing. I also think the lighting will look better in the silver one.

 

I have the black right now, and I wish..I could switch. Seeing silver pics makes me like the silver, but the black does look really good...Kinda want silver, but black is very very nice. Hard decision, don't make it too quickly.

 

I vote neither. +1 for Nebula Red

 

I got mine in Silver, I'm glad I got it I really like it. It's true fingerprints on the back is not a problem at all with this one.

 

Oooh you're treading on dangerous ground by going against the wifey...

 

if you get silver, wont any scratches that happen be not visible? as supposed to black where you would have a silver gouge on an otherwise black surface? this alone may push me to silver

 

This is what is making me lean towards the silver a bit, just wish I could see all three in person or at least a few more pics of the silver or red. My MBP is aluminum and its nice, just bland. Maybe the added black to make this a two-tone theme will look nicer. Course I order an invisible shield for almost all my gadgets, but they don't have one for this yet and everyone I have talked to at Zagg tells me they already have the Area-51 M17x... I can't get through to them that they need one for the All Powerful M17x...

 

Black is boring and as you can hear almost everyone has it
GET SILver

 

Excellent first post Timyo haha

I agree, the black is a little boring for me, I prefer a 2 tone. As well as not having to worry about scratches. And it wont heat up sitting in the sun (just made that last one up but it is true haha)

 

RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED

RED

 

Seconded! RED Although I have to say Black is fantastic... and fingerprints not really, high quality raw pics will make anything stand out ALOT... while in real life you can't really notice finger prints unless you specifically look for them

 

Black with red lid (only the lid) would be perfect .

BTW paying $99 for a color is too much for my heart lol

 

Ill be going black i think but the silver is tempting

 

Well I went with the silver. The 99 bucks on the red is nothing, but I just can't stand red. If it was blue I would have never needed to decide between colors.

Now the waiting begins...

 

Yes!!! You so just made my day! (Except from the news I just posted on the European order status page).
I was worried about the fingerprint conspiracy, which was going around on this forum. Happy to see someones post which says it's not so bad, else would have regreted the black choice. (I like both colors, only my girlfriend convinced me to take black ).

 

I was some what against black from the beginning as well but after having it now the finger prints are almost non existent compared to what the photos make them out to be .

I wash my hands alot though so that may help as well .

 

I went with black.Looks more like the laptop was menth to be in those colours. Black looks better for one colour fx while silver looks better if you make rainbow coulour fx and the alienware head on the lid stands out more

 

i wash my hands

 

you live on a farm...I hope so haha

So far I am loving the silver on mine, AlienFX choice of green is winning so far

The keyboard is almost blinding to look at haha, which I am OK with

 

I went with black, however, it does show fingerprints like anything black will. It cleans very easy though.

 

I went with silver. I kinda like the shiny and bright look I've seen in the pictures.

Almost went with black.

 

Holy old thread revival!!

Red FTW!

 

the silver is pretty awesome