M17x-R2 - out with HD5870

Joker
You still thinking May 5?

 

Well I never explicitly said anything just for the record..but yeah Unless AW pushes things up and releases it sooner that is it.

 

sooner would be great, but the 5th works too

 

im guessing joker works for dell or AW? Cinco de myo... another reason to celebrate aye!

 

If only I had access to some tequila to celebrate with

 

Or Dos Equis.
Two X's...two GPU's...yeah.

 

I'd go for that too! Anything at the moment would suffice.

 

so hey joker you are saying that it is highly likely for dual 5870s to come on aroud may 5th???

 

for those noobs like me what is this cinco mayo as for AW? i mean i know its a mexican celebration from wikipedia. lool

 

Mexican Independence Day. And maybe 5870 CF release day?

lol

 

LOL +1

 

Extraterretreweare......two 5870 uulalaa, can't wait

 

Have you tried upgrading the MXM 2 cards in your Firebird? Would be interesting to see if that is possible.

 

No yest, but yes it support both,ati and nv

 

ROFL, they need to post this image on AW webpage if they release it on May 5th!

 

guys, will M15X comes with 5870 too? coz i didnt see it even in the US site and im from MY, & that sad. T.T

 

Hi everybody,

Just want to let you know that I ordered M17x with Crossfire 5870 this Saturday. Estimated delivery date 17th of May

 

im assuming that you did not order from US right?

 

I live in Ireland

 

Aw flyinglion beat me to it. I did a search on google and it took me to the Dell/Alienware page from Ireland. They will let you configure with dual HD 5870 for about 388 Euros. Thats a little over 500US dollars?

 

Isn't it usually more expensive in Europe than in the U.S.? I guess we will see next week.

 

yes it is more expensive

 

hey can you do us a favor and post whether it is successful or not when you get it? it would be appreciated

 

I don't believe Dell does conversions (at least they didn't when I bought my M1730). So if it says 388 on the Ireland page then it is 388 on the US page.

 

No problem, will post test results. What suprises me is the price, I can get M17x with Dual 5870 for less than 1900 euro. When M1730 came out, it was at least 2500.

 

yeah they do

 

one question, the crossfire cable of 487os is the same for 5870s right?

 

Probably will be, but no one has seen it yet so it's hard to say for sure.

 

should be, but wont know until they are in peoples hands

 

Beat me by like nothing! lol

 

lol I'm doing nothing work but browsing and talking on the phone since I just finished work.

 

Why didn't you go to the OP?
So far only 3 European countries remain with 5870 CF.

I am updating this data if things change and all countries (of which I know of) that are selling AW are listed.

 

Ireland, UK...what is the 3rd country? Cheers.

 

yes

/10 char

 

Did you even have a look at the OP at the openingpage?

It's Ireland, Norway and Denmark.
FYI UK is scaled down to a single HD 5870 card or a HD 4870 Crossfire sollution.

 

UK has single 5870 and 4870s crossfire if i am not wrong. otherwise i may get replacement with 5870s crossfire

 

i might order mine tomorow :3

 

I think that Dell is testing Crossfire in small markets. There wouldn't be many sales in these countries and if buyers start complaining, Dell will pull-out Dual 5870.
Imagine what would happen in US or UK...thousands of pissed off customers

 

Dell was offering Dual 5870 in UK since Saturday. Not anymore, strange.

 

there still up here :3

 

By releasing it there first, they still generated thousands of pissed off customers. And actually generated a lot of canceled orders as well

 

first thing i'm going to try when i get mine is crysis @ 2560*1600 :GEEK:
*edit* is the 920xm worth it ? or is the 820qm good enough ?

 

For games, the processor will not make a big difference in FPS (expect single digit differences if any). Crysis at that resolution will be hard for these cards.....you will have to sacrifice some image settings and AA for it to go smooth. And you will also have to use the DislayPort to get that resolution, as the HDMI port caps out at WUXGA sadly.

If you have a pair of 5870s, I would expect 1920x1200 all settings Very High and maybe some AA to be good to go though

 

1200 euro for 920XM? No way I am spending that much I have money but would never ever buy such expensive component. It will be faster but not that much

 

ok, guess i'll go for the 820qm :b
i'm going to run the benchmark and try it, and i know i have to use displayport, i use that now, it's one of the first things i was looking for when i search'd for lappies (must be able to use with my 3008wfp )

 

I ordered with i7 720, Blu-Ray, Crossfire 5870, RGBLED, 4GB RAM. 2300 euro.

 

for some reason the i7 720 ain't on the Norwegian one Linkey
*edit* i LOVE the AW m17x but i Hate the price >:
in theory to pay for a full spec'd one i have to work 320 hours >_>

 

That's almost the same as mine but I don't need a Blu-Ray player. Instead I took 3 year complete care warrenty €2500. Nice price btw.

 

Alex: The 920XM is so much more because it's an unlocked "Extreme Edition" CPU, the only one in the line that will allow you to adjust voltages and stuff. It's supposed to cater to the overclockers.

Also, keep in mind that if you end up getting 6GB of RAM, you'll have two different sized DIMMs, which means that dual channel mode won't work.