Confirmed! Single HD5870 M17x has CF connector!

You can order the 240 watt psu from dell. My system config in my sig is coming with a 240 w adapter.

 

OK, just checking. I'm more use to desktop guts then laptop guts.

 

Hi Guys,

Many thanks to the following people for your support. I hope the info was useful to everyone planning to purchase M17s'.

Sirhcz0r
mfractal
QuasiQuartz
Mikoyan_UK
Bluekornchips
redbalrog
Mandrake
stamatisx
dave-p
Joebarchuck

 

Twitchy_Eye
Aristotelhs2060
5150Joker
Desertf0x9 - I hope yr M17 will arrive in good order!

 

Getting mine tomorrow!! The pics have been a great help to all of us, I will enjoy my single 5870 as it's more than enough for me.

 

Got mine right now...it is sweet

Having a little trouble updating the video drivers, which I want to do cause I'm getting some wierd stuff happending in Lotro, but otherwise it is all very good.

 

I am configuring a M17x on the EPP site and it doesnt give an option for the 240w adapter. But the normal site does. And when I check the option for xfire, it only includes the 150w adapter...


My Components
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Intel® Core™ i7 620M 2.66 GHz (3.33GHz Turbo Mode, 4MB Cache)
1 Year Basic Service Plan
Dual 1GB ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 4870 in CrossfireX™
17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
500GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD
Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card
Space Black - Anodized Aluminum
My Accessories
My Software
Personalized Nameplate
Quasar Blue
Alienhead Chrome Blue
Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed
Also Includes
Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Internal Wireless Bluetooth® 2.1 with EDR
Adobe Acrobat Reader
150 Watt Adapter
Automatic Updates: On
Thank you for Purchasing Alienware

 

Mine is coming with the 150w adapter also, weird

 

Msashi you are not done yet my friend. we need the vbios from the 5870 please. use ati flash tool to save the vbios and please share it with us

 

@ Twitchy_Eye - Congrats! Happy for you.

Is your screen evenly white when viewing a blank page? My screen is sort of very slightly greenish on the left and reddish towards the left. Wondering if this is to be expected...

 

The new bios A05 shows a fix for an issue with Dual Broadway XT cards (5870's) in the release notes. I just installed it, VT is back as an option in the bios. I'd imagine we can expect Crossfire 5870's pretty soon.

 

@ Aristotelhs2060 - You need to tell me exactly what to do and how. Also need a link where i can get this vbios flashing utility etc. If you can tell me soon, i can get it tonight and post it tomorrow.

 

Just use GPU-Z and save the Vbios from there. I posted a pic, click on the icon I have circled in the pic and then save to file.

 

@ Crylo - Ok. have GPU-Z downloaded. Will post the vbios tomorrow. Will GPU-Z work in a 64bit environment? For CPU-Z there is a 64 bit version.

 

Hey guys, is your screen evenly white when viewing a blank page?

My screen is sort of very slightly greenish on the left and reddish towards the left. Wondering if this is to be expected... I remember crt monitors used to have this slight discoloration. I didn't think LCDs would have them too as its not obvious on my V3000.

 

use 64bit version. and we all have 64bit windows i guess

 

If you have it in direct light, sometimes the RGB colors get distorted. You might also want to look into using a color profile. There's a thread for it around here. I'll edit this post later on when I find it if you haven't by then.

 

my CCFL screen is evenly white. Why? does the RGB LED NOT have an even white? That's not good...

 

It's just a glitch from using the online configuration. If you select crossfire cards or the 920xm processor you *will* receive the 240psu.

 

on my R1 with Q9000 and CF gtx280 i had 240W power supply.

i need help here guys.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...ll-5870s-crossfire-connector.html#post6246572

thanks

 

Yes, since you had Dual SLI gpus.

 

you look very busy! it takes only 5 minutes

this was because someone with dual 4870s said he had 150w one.

 

maybe in the configuration page as I suggested, however it's impossible to run 4870's on a 150W PSU, he has (or will have) the 240W.

 

Msashi, I don't notice and red or green tinge but I'm not really a colour person. Screen is looking great to me.

Sorry for the slow reply btw

 

Hi ev'one I'm new to here. Because I read the thread and saw someone mention about the PSU, I post something relate to my order below:

210-31073 Alienware M17x Lunar Silver Base
200-67269 T510110AU-Alienware M17X 1
213-11374 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM Processor (1.6GHz,4 Cores/8 Threads,turbo up to 2.8GHz, 6MB Cache) 1
219-11905 ExpressCard Slot, (DOES NOT SUPPORT PC CARDS) 1
230-11326 17.0" WUXGA 1920 x 1200 - Beyond HD (1200p) - RGB LED 1
340-18740 Internal 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet 1
370-15390 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (1 x 2GB + 1 x 4GB) 1
400-17774 Dual HDD Bracket 1
400-17778 RAID 0 (Striped Disk Array) 1
400-18512 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive 1
400-19769 500GB 7200RPM 2nd SATA Hard Drive 1
429-14968 8X DVD + /-RW Drive with DVD + R double layer write capability 1
450-13486 Power Cord (ANZ) 1
450-14671 240W Primary AC Adapter 1
451-11068 9-cell Primary Battery 1

My order is received on May 12 and the estimated delivery time is 2 June (Australian Dell)
Too long....
Hope I can touch my beast b4 that day...

BTW, according to what Msami said, once Dell release CX of 5870, I can purchase one single 5870 from Dell and install it to my M17x to get CX 5870 right?

Thank you

 

yes. it *will* be expensive however, expect to pay $600-700 for that additional card.

 

Hey Guys,

Yeah i know, sorry for the delay. I do not have an internet connection at home. So i have to post this when at work while my M17 is sleeping at home. I hope you understand.

I'm getting an error message on GPU-Z.

 

use ATI winflash

techPowerUp! :: Download ATI Winflash 2.0.1.11

just press save bios.

 

Right.. Got it downloaded. However, coz my M17 is sleeping soundly at home i will only be able to post come Monday morning. (or Sunday night if your location is US West Coast). If somebody else who received their M17 in the last couple of days can post their VBIOS sooner it would be great.

 

BTW, many options on my ATI Catalyst control center is grayed out. Is this an issue? Do i need to tweak any of the factory settings? I'm thinking of leaving it as it is...

 

Take a Photo of whats grayed out and put it up here. If you want. It depends whats grayed out.

 

5870 is available on cross fire.. heres my issue...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/483721-finally-upgrade-m17x-r1-r2.html#post6249016

after phoning he said it was available for £345 - same price as 4870. even tho its not online yet, he said its same price due to stock and it might be replacing the 4870 online soon.

 

No vbios yet?

 

Apparently he has no Internet at home, so we wont get vBios till monday...

 

it is so tempting to sell my R1 and go for dual 5870's but i've done so much work on this r1 already and it performs flawlessly. I just dont think its worth the risk of selling a solid perfectly working laptop and risk getting one that ends up having issues.

 

It's worth it. Especially for the tessellation, I would sell the R1 and upgrade to the R2 once dual 5870's become available if I were in your place.

 

I would say the opposite, lol. If it's not broken don't fix it.

 

Well I'm selling my R2 to my girlfriend, and buying another R2 with dual 5870's once they are available.

 

I have to agree, like Joker said, by the time Games are taking advantage of Directx11, it's going to be time to upgrade anyway. Which is why even though I recieved my CF 4870 laptop today, im going to keep it. The notebook sector moves way too fast to try to keep up with. Unless you have the capital to make a new purchase every few months.

 

Yup, the dual 5870s will be great benchmarking tools but in real world gaming, the difference will be so minor to most they'll wonder why they waited so long. Plus I'm not too fond of the hot GDDR5 on those things. I'll still probably pick one up but for those of you with dual 4870s, DX11 is not a compelling reason to trade up.

 

I really want a Silver M17x, and my girlfriend wants a Black M17x, there are a few benefits to me buying a new one. 1 is my girlfriend getting my almost new R2 for a very good price, over 500 less than her buying a new one. 2 is me getting the dual 5870's and 3 is the Lunar Silver.

 

Sounds like a win/win situation to me.

 

anyone with the 5870m tried hooking up an external monitor to each monitor plug at the same time ?

 

I'm still waiting on this also. It's hard to believe no one with a 5870 has tried this yet. To me that would've been one of the main reasons to get some 5870's.

 

As soon as mine gets here that's one of the first things I'm doimg

 

Hi Guys,

Yup i need to know how to post the vbios. Somebody help?

 

Here, do what he said, etc.

 

@ Ikuto,

I already have the vbios saved. How do i post it? Do i have to host it on another site similar to images? If so which site is best?

 

Rar it and upload it to Rapidshare/mega upload, or someone like that.

 

OK! Got it. Please download my v.bios at:

RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting

Thanks Ikuto