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    M17x For World of Warcraft

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Coops025, Jun 18, 2013.

  1. Coops025

    Coops025 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Guys,

    Dell are selling off some M17x's cheaper than normal due to their new range taking over, I was wondering how well this laptop plays wow?

    based on 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675M

    Thanks in advance.
     
    Coops025, Jun 18, 2013
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    whats the cpu? most MMO's are CPU intensive. so u might want to base your choice on that. gpu is pretty good.
     
    pinoy_92, Jun 18, 2013
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  3. Coops025

    Coops025 Notebook Consultant

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    The stock one is 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
     
    Coops025, Jun 18, 2013
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    Yeah, Im pretty sure that would do you really good.
     
    Kyrius, Jun 18, 2013
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    Make sure you use any and all discounts available to purchase (Google the 25% off deal - it's pretty much every other week).
     
    sangemaru, Jun 18, 2013
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    There is absolutely no m17x R3-R4-R5 that won't run it well :)
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 18, 2013
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    (or R2 for that matter) :)
     
    Greywolf22, Jun 19, 2013
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    If you have the option to upgrade the GPU at all I would take it as a 7970 or 680m would give you that extra future proofing but as it stands now you shouldn't have any problems playing WoW with that setup.
     
    MogRules, Jun 19, 2013
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