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    I took some pics of M17x R4

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by sjefferson, May 9, 2012.

  1. sjefferson

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    sjefferson, May 9, 2012
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  2. YodaGoneMad

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    Seems exactly the same as the R3?

    Any changes other than new parts that you have found?
     
    YodaGoneMad, May 9, 2012
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  3. sjefferson

    sjefferson Notebook Consultant

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    well, this is my first Alienware so everything is new to me :)

    i'm curious. I was expecting this comes with a nice leather-covered manual binder but I didn't get any. Did you get one by any chance?
     
    sjefferson, May 9, 2012
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    Thanks for sharing the detailed pictures and I enjoyed reading your comments :)
    It looks pretty much identical to the R3.

    No leather bound manual for me either. I think Dell has a comment box somewhere for suggestions though ;)
     
    aznpos531, May 9, 2012
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  5. SlickDude80

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    ya, on the outside, looks identical to my R3. Thanks for sharing!! You must be happier than a pig in crap right now lol
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  6. sjefferson

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    Just ran 3dmark 11 and the score was P5747. Does this seem normal or within the expected range?
    (updated the second link with the 3dmark 11 result)
     
    sjefferson, May 9, 2012
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  7. SlickDude80

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    yes, you are in the ballpark

    EDIT: Sallyjefferson, can you confirm that ENDURO is working on your laptop?
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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  8. M.H

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    thanks for pics Sallyjefferson, I have been waiting to see this baby :D
     
    M.H, May 9, 2012
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    Very nice of you to share...now hurry nvidia and get the 680m out!
     
    jiaco, May 9, 2012
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    Thanks for sharing! What is underneath the vents next to the nameplate? My R3 does not have these vents.
     
    M11xDude, May 9, 2012
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  11. widezu69

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    Hey @sally, if you know how, could you do a vbios dump using atiflash on a bootable thumb drive?
     
    widezu69, May 9, 2012
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  12. Bartlett

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    The R4 has the vents added for extra cooling purposes, especially if using it on a cooling pad. Other than this, Dell has added a bit more metal to the heatsink for the GPU. Other than those cooling implementations, there is pretty much no chassis difference.
     
    Bartlett, May 9, 2012
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    I think that's the subwoofer hole, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
     
    bluke424, May 9, 2012
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    Late R3 models have the exact same vent... check pics in Slick's guide.
     
    GeoCake, May 9, 2012
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    I agree, late r3's have the extra vent, i have it on mine. Also they need to put the intel and windows stickers back on the bottom looks horrible on top. Anyways thanks for the nice detailed pics and enjoy your new alienware!

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    mp5cartman, May 9, 2012
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    Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed the comments and the photos. :D
     
    Coach Knight, May 9, 2012
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    SAme thing of the R3 :) nice bro yo uhave the 7970m? if is that you are a lucky :) (in a good way :))
     
    hanser, May 9, 2012
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    and than GTX 680M CORE Supports 1GHz jojojo XD that would be nice but lets see the price :)
     
    hanser, May 9, 2012
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    could you please check the producer of the display (with hw info)?
     
    aldam, May 10, 2012
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    got this vent on my R3 - no subwoofer (like the MX18), It's directly over part of the GPU cooling block (bit they painted black so it does not show through.
     
    MickyD1234, May 10, 2012
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  21. sjefferson

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    i will try. will have to google though. hang on...

    edit: oops. never mind. it looks like you already got the file...
     
    sjefferson, May 11, 2012
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  22. sjefferson

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    yup. i have 7970m and i was looking for 7970m that comes with the rest of the laptop and not the other way around :) :)
     
    sjefferson, May 11, 2012
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  23. sjefferson

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    will do. give me a day or so kinda busy until the weekends.
     
    sjefferson, May 11, 2012
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    On your windows performance index why does your gpu only score a 7.2? I have heard that it should score 7.9? The gtx 675m scores a 7.5, just curious were your drivers installed?
     
    SoulWitcher, May 13, 2012
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  25. SkylineLvr

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    The leather manual/binder only comes with the M18x to my knowledge.
     
    SkylineLvr, May 14, 2012
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  26. Defengar

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    the leather manual used to come with the m17x to... just like dual graphics card options...

    sometimes companies annoy the hell out of me...
     
    Defengar, May 14, 2012
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    ii was saying because manie stupi.d people get the 675m... thats why...
     
    hanser, May 14, 2012
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