Kindly give your view on My Replacement Quotation.

Dear Friends,

I have just concluded my deliberations with Dell and below are the specifications being offered to me. I have given my consent for ordered to be made for production.I would like you to give me your word of advise for the same. My current system due for replacement is as mentioned in my signature.

Whole New Replacement Unit - Alienware M17x R3.

Soft Touch - Stealth Black (For Retail) 1
Intel® Core? i7-2820QM Processor (2.3GHz, 1600 MHz DDR3, 8M cache) 1
17.3" 43.94cm Truelife Full HD (1920x1080) 3D LCD Panel with 3D Glasses
Internal 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet 1
3.2 MP Integrated WebCam 1
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM(2x4GB) 1
750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive 1
RAID 0 (Striped Disk Array) 1
750GB 7200RPM 2nd Hard Drive 1
Slot Load Fixed Blu-ray BD-Rom ( BD-Burner component has been delivered separately by Dell as included in agreement to resolve my case )
Cyberlink PowerDVD Software9.6 1
Roxio Creator Starter 1
9-cell Primary Battery
2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580M
Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth Internal mini-card
Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO for Gaming & Video
AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard (English)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit DVD Media (ANW)
3-year Premier Service with CompleteCover
3-year CompleteCover Accidental Damage Protection

 

Are you OK with the resolution difference & a single graphics card to get 3D? If so, everything but the CPU looks like a nice upgrade from the original system.

If you're not OK with the single graphics card, you can possibly use the loss of SLI/Crossfire & loss of resolution as your reasons to push for a i7-2920XM (more comparable to your original "top of the line" CPU) with SLI/Crossfire setup in the M18x.

 

My apologies...that extreme was my mine.It didnt come with the system. I will update my signature immediately.

Original CPU was i7 840QM. As for the resolution is the best in this line of Alienware. They do no employ 1920x1200.

The newer tech, lighter weight , a much better touchpad and smaller dimensions are the things that motivated me to go for this. I have deliberately been using 1920x1080 for more than a month now. I am fine with it. I was using this format on studio XPS 1640 before I got the Mx R2..so I should be fine. I will miss MX R2 for obvious reasons but its not been very comfortable for me in terms of ergonomy. I frequently fine the edge of the palmrest poking into my forearm. I have to keep my hands more straight than slightly flexed when typing on R2.

Well thats my musing....

 

It's ok if your fine with dropping from a dual GPU setup to a single GPU. Personally I wouldn't go for a dual-->single, but thats just me.

 

580m should be very good!!!!. I only have the 460m and it's not even that bad (But I'd like better but tech support doesn't wanna sell me the 580m...)

As for the CPU I don't know whats the fuss. They new Sandy's are VERY efficient and fast. Even the slowest (2630 QM which I have) is still blazing fast. I have never been bottlenecked ever.

 

580M is as powerful as both of your old video cards. However, this is not comparable as you had dual graphics cards. I would push for the M18x with dual 580's or 6990's

 

See if you can get the M18x.

 

Lol!...Well I could but it certainly wouldnt suit my lifestyle or computing needs. I know most of you have gaming on the top of your mind when it comes ot dual GPU. But since apart from gaming and benches its practically of no use. I cant use it to render or encode etc when doing multimedia work involving videos and photography.

I think as you said a single 580m is way more powerful than 2 5870s put together and I can truly use its capacity for work purposes unlike an sli or crossfire setup that only useful for gaming n benches.

I dont think I could get M18x even if they wanted because its not available in Asia. I guess if at all they had given that to me, I would have 100% sold it off. For me M18x is an oversized overkill for a laptop.

 

If you like the smaller size and the format of the 17r3 then you are getting an outstanding replacement. You could probably push for an M18 but I would think they will reduce the specs (but maybe not).

 

It does sound like a single GPU is a better option for you, now as far as 580M being way better than 5870 X-Fire, that depends on what your doing. Gaming, it may be slightly ahead, but for your work, since your only utilizing a single GPU anyway, than yea 580M would be much better than a single 5870. Though 5870 is still a pretty capable card. I've seen no gaming issues with my 5870 x-fire setup. That said, I'm still upgrading to 6990 SLI just because I like benching new hardware Enjoy your new system. Should be pretty good for your line of work.

 

Wait wait wait...

R2 for R3?

NOOOOOOOOOOO

Go for M18x.

You can sell it if you dont like and purchase differnet laptop.

you will end up better IMO...

 

How did you manage to get a Blu-ray Burner in there? Is that available??

 

Oh well my original system had Blu-Ray burner, so I played hard ball with them and ensured one way or the other they gave me that hardware.

After much haggling they delivered that component to me. Its now with me. As for the system that is being delivered, it comes with BD-rom.

Lol! you are one hell of a bencher...if possible you might even fit a pair of micro nuclear reactors as your R2's powerplant...Thanks for the optimism. I hope it finally is a curtain call for all my problems thus far. I dont want to call Dell or discuss replacements for a long time to come if I can help it. I totally agree..5870s are still relevant and very capable and havent had an issue with gaming. I played crysis 2 all at max without a single issue.

As I mentioned earlier, M18x is not available in Asia Pacific. So its not feasible. The only true loss for me is RGBLED, but there seems to be very positive review on the 120Hz panel and seems it can be calibrated well for photographic works etc.

I really hope it is noticeable lighter then R2 since its down by 1.19kg. Keeping my finger crossed...