M17x-R2 - out with HD5870

i'we been told it's not available untill eighter next week or mid of june >:

 

LOL me too.... ive been checking everyday to see if they posted the 5870x2

 

who told you that? Joker hinted at May release.... did a rep tell you June?

 

He may be referring to the Euro release.

 

a rep told me that

 

How many times has it been said?
Never beleive what a representative says .

 

but this one actually ask'd his "boss" and called me back ^.-

 

Never. Believe. What. A. Representative. Says.

 

This is ridiculous, of course they won't give you the right date for two reasons:

1. They have no idea.
2. They are sales reps, therefore they want the sale NOW not tomorrow. They will tell you anything that would make you decide your purchase sooner.

 

their manager probably has no clue also

 

I heard they are actually 5850s and being release the beginning of July.
(print that Engadget)

 

Sometimes they may tell you the truth, sometimes they may tell you "in a month or two" to move you to buy now. Mix that in with sometimes they are just "misinformed" on the latest "best guess" from management as to a due date. That due date can have a regional flux to it (introductions often vary dates of introduction by region), when they expect the "supply" to be available for ordering, and what the backlog situation will look like.

What's funny is that I'm going to bet that if you order on the day of introduction, or if you order 3 weeks later, you might very well get resulting machines on the same date, since much of this has to do with inventory levels and production runs that determine when a whole mass of machines is ready for sale.

 

That's basically what happened when the 4870s were released.

 

Dell Norway rep?

 

I was talking to a representative today here in the UK and he said that the dual crossfires 5870 will be available from the 6th of May!!! Nice!!

 

not good for me really.

 

not good for me really. i ll be in preproduction for one week more..

 

Cinco de Mayo, maybe that is the day!

 

I wonder why the pulled the 1333mhz memory from the config page as well? I was going to use the 8gb that's in my current machine anyway, but just wondering.

 

It is still there.

 

I sincerely hope the dual 5870 config appears soon.

 

I have mine ordered. No order confirmation yet, only an order acknowledgement.

CrossFire Dual 5870s, i7 620M, RGB LED, Windows 7 Pro, 8GB 1333MHz, 256GB SSD and a free game download

 

free game download!!

 

Portal FTW! BTW guys, start adding to our wiki page! It needs content content content (think of steve ballmer when he goes nuts about developers developers developers).

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I'd love to see Michael Dell be that enthusiastic about Alienware products lol!

 

God this forum needs a 'like' button.

That video is full of win however. It would be nice if he was enthusiastic like that, but maybe less sweaty.

 

Ya I think it was supposed to sweeten the deal. Can get the same deal from plenty of other places though.

 

you and everyone else that have posted in this thread

 

I wonder what Dell has told IGN...

Alienware M17x Now Packing Dual HD 5870 GPUs - Gear News at IGN

 

And it of course comes with some more uneducated posts by some of the IGN tards. Except for the guy with the bad experience, as he probably bought it before Dell took over, when Alienware was an "iffy" company to buy from.

 

I got one, will be delivered in 2 weeks. Also can get another one, just call Dell and ask. It's not available online.

 

I won't believe it til it's on the site. Sales people will say anything to get a sale.

 

not in norway
*edit* @ flyinglion

 

Well rep will loose commissions if he will sell 4870 instead of 5870 or 5870 without CF cable

 

Called today to see if I could get a quote for 5870XF, lady said it wasn't possible to with the M17x. Duh...

Guess I'll just wait for it to come up on the site.

 

Okay, got off the phone with my rep here in Canada.
At first he told me that it would take six months to become available here after it becomes available in the US (lol wut) but after I pointed out to him that the single is already available here and the only difference would be another card physically in there and the cable he seemed to drop that line.
For now I have my older sort of on hold until more info comes out.

Although honestly guys, would I be better off just ordering it with a single 5870 then putting the other card in myself later?

 

I don't get why do you guys keep calling reps asking when it's gonna come? It's a complete waste of time. Do something more useful - like stare at the blank wall.

 

Is your rep Shashank Patel by any chance? Also, is your order in the "Order Processing" phase too?

 

No, everyone should wait for the actual Crossfire option to be available from Dell.

We all know it's coming soon.

 

You're putting your trust in a sales rep that's in India? ROFLMAO!

 

I called becuase my understanding is that people have managed to call and order them. Doesn't seems like a complete waste of time to me, if others have done is with success.

 

The only probable thing I see you could achieve by calling is having your rep pack you up with 4870 CF...

 

honestly i don't see the harm in calling them to order. If they go ahead with the 5870 xfire order and it turns out to be false. All you have to do is argue a bit and you'll get free upgrades. I see it as a win-win.

 

His name sounds indian alright. A salesman is a salesman.

 

I didn't say there is any harm. You can return it of course anyway. It's just one big waste of time. I see it as a:

00.1 % getting 5870 CF (Win)
99.9 % wasting quite a bit your time on a discount applied to wrong configuration (Lose)

 

I see your point. But honestly, I've had my rep email me my official order form while he was still on the phone. I checked it over, made sure it was everything i ordered then gave him the yay or nay.

You could possibly do the same thing. Check it over, make sure it says 5870 x2 or whatever then accept the order, or if it says something different, yell at him and ask to speak to a manager. Then proceed to get free stuff/upgrades.

 

No he is another rep from Alienware team From India. My order is ''In progress'' (ordered while CF 5870 was still available online).
Rep pushed me really hard to purchase another M17x with CF 5870, even gave me a discount yesterday. I have his contact details in case I decide to buy.

 

It's a lot of "if" in the discussion that's been going on for the past 10 pages. Anyways, what does not make sense in what you are saying is the following:

The AW or Dell sales reps are not able to write the technical details to be ordered meaning they must choose from a list similar to what we do when ordering online. There is no way they have the CF 5870 or as you put it 5870 X2 option.

It just does not make sense.

Yes it was available for a few days outside of the US and so far no one has one of those PC's. Even if those configs gets shipped out most likely they won't receive the 5870 CF but most likely 4870 CF and Dell will just argue it was an honest mistake...

Anyways, only time will tell but yes the CF 5870 are coming soon and the Nvidia Fermi based solution will hopefully be here before Christmas.

 

Probs will but why?

 

ROLF this guy sounds VERY familiar..he said exactly the same thing to me.

 

That is mean. Indians are very smart people. They fooling us man.