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    New M17x worth?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by DARCODER, Jul 19, 2013.

  1. DARCODER

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    Hi,
    I will buy a new Alienware m17x as mine old iR3 is broken. but i can't read lots of review. So i am asking to people who has one, i can buy one?

    My config will be: 1080p, 4gb ram, gtx 765m ( i dont have so much choice as i need to buy it in belgium )

    Does this new m17x is good?

    Thanks :)
     
    DARCODER, Jul 19, 2013
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  2. utumkodur

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    To be honest 765m is quite weak and personally i would go for 770m at least. If you are thinking about some serious gaming upgrade ram to 8gb and pick 780m.
     
    utumkodur, Jul 19, 2013
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  3. Undyingghost

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    Indeed, alteast 770m for 1080p.

    It should handle games pretty decent.
     
    Undyingghost, Jul 19, 2013
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  4. DARCODER

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    Thanks for reply, for now, if i play, it will be a bit for far cry 3 and black ops 2 thats all because my laptop will be more for diaporama and movie. I play games only in vacation.
    I'l certainly upgrade the gpu later but i want to know if the laptop has some bug, problems, black screen like mine old r3
     
    DARCODER, Jul 19, 2013
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

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    None reported. It is really stable.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 19, 2013
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  6. Athonline

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    If you see on the main owner lounge threads, there are some problems with the 780M configuration. The only "non-780M" problems I saw are a few complains for audio by audiophiles -mainly due to a luck of a dedicated subwoofer, I guess a similar sound with your current R3 and about the system minimising the current game when pressing the caps key. It is easy to fix that -just change a registry value.
    Overall everyone says it is stable, runs cool with a low noise.

    Personally I don't own one yet (it will be delivered this week), but for that is worth: It is the first Windows laptop that got my attention enough to order one, dropping my 4+ years Mac support.
     
    Athonline, Jul 19, 2013
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  7. DARCODER

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    Thanks all for your answers :)
    I will buy one so :) i will command it on 1 august.
    Can't wait already^^
     
    DARCODER, Jul 19, 2013
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  8. Athonline

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    Have fun with it! :D If you are happy with your current R3, I guess you will with the new AW 17 :)
     
    Athonline, Jul 19, 2013
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  9. Meaker@Sager

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    The 765M is pretty comparible to the 485M, it's fairly speedy. Obviously the 770 and 780 do step it up but it's no where near as big as the drop down to the old 660M.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 19, 2013
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  10. shompa

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    Why 8 gig ram? How many 64bit games are there?

    Its funny how people recommend 8 to 16 gig memory for a gaming system where games are 32bit. To be quite honest: If people cared about performance they should use 32bit in X86 since 64bit windows is 3% slower then 32bit Windows.

    (64bit being slower is something that is unique to X86. Probably since X86 is not a real 64bit processor, but uses 64bit extensions.)
     
    shompa, Jul 19, 2013
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  11. rsgeiger

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    The reason you still want 8+ gig of ram with a 64bit OS, is to give each and every 32 bit program 4gb or ram, if they want it. Under a 32bit system, or only 4gb of ram, the most any one program can access is 2.6gb

    For simulation and strategy games, you can hit that 2.6gb limit fairly quickly. Then if you want to throw in server functions (game hosting, minecraft server, etc.) you have even less wiggle room. And if you have some dirt programs like itunes, adobe, or office on board you have even less RAM to play with.

    RAM is the lifebood of the PC. You never want to hit your RAM ceiling, and ram is (most times) a cheap investment for attaining stable performance.
     
    rsgeiger, Jul 21, 2013
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