*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M17x-R2 Edition Owner's Lounge - Part 2

i haven't played that long yet, but that sure sounds like an issue...

I've got another issue.. how can i turn on the numlock automatically? since 1994 every bios that i remember had that option.. this one does not (or i can't find it)

 

Cant say ever have had this prob..

 

Well it looks like nVidia's mobile fermi 480 GTX exists and was demoed behind closed doors at CeBit. Semiaccurate thinks they wont' get it out by this year but if there's already working silicon, I think there's a good chance we'll see this during the summer. Personally I can't wait, the fermi's tesselation performance destroys the ATi parts. As long as they can get the heat and power consumption under control it should be a nice part.

 

Awesome! I wonder if Dell really is holding out for a mobile Nvidia part...

Does this mean if Dell finally offers the 5870, I'll have to keep waiting for a GTX 480?

 

Probably I know I'll have a tough time deciding because I'd much rather have mobile fermi.

 

Are you 100% sure your vents weren't blocked/clogged ?
The cooling should be perfect. And besides, L4D2 is not too demanding to begin with, so there's another reason for the shut down.
Just got my R2 so can't say for sure but if R1 has a similar cooling (and it should) than I don't see any problems.

 

mobile fermi? 2012

 

It will be here exactly when it's needed. As soon as your current GPUs stop handling most of the current games at max settings, the new cards will hit the market There's no need for them to appear sooner IMHO.

 

I ve read somewhere that it will consume about 100wats
Thats twice as much the power consumption of a mobile 5870 so unless they manage that forget about mobile fermi sli.

 

Considering absolutely nothing has been said in the open about it...

 

theres a video out on the 480's on you tube should check it out

 

Even if a single Fermi is 100W and it equals or surpasses the desktop 5870 in performance - I'm game and screw the SLI

 

Under current platform, mobile fermi would fail. We need liquid cooling

 

Very interesting link, m8!
I think (just a guess) the system that had a mobile 480GTX behind closed doors was a Clevo D900F successor with Fermi+i7-980X. No wonder they got a poor battery life. Since it was announced that Clevo presented a mysterious notebook behind closed doors at the last CeBit it looks very possible (who else would go beyond extreme). Now if the notebook gets approved @ Taipei in June, we might see a new beast this summer.

 

Not at all, to me it looks even easier to design a single huge heatsink +1 or 2 powerful fans for it than 2 separate HS and fans for 2 GPUs. Clevo is well known for their HS.
And even if they choose to go liquid, there are ways to do so!

 

liquid cooling may not be that far off *cough * * cough*

 

Lol Moo, 3c on the HDD? Did you make your runs in a freezer?

 

aww moo whats up! you abandoned us!!

 

you never looked over there did you ?

 

Moo, when do you think Alienware gets their first liquid cooled laptop?

 

Who knows if they ever will

But I am sure with their R&D if another company comes out with one then they will try something if they see fit

 

moo how did you like the 720qm or did you even try it before popping in the 920?

 

I am not sure you actually read the article but it says the mobile gtx480 is broken and will most likely not show for a long time.

Read the article and the source of that article. It's crazy what is said in there. Nvidia is in big trouble on the mobile market. They won't have anything for another year or so.

 

I read the article just fine. I don't put much weight in semiaccurate's doom and gloom predictions. Just the fact that there is a working mobile fermi part in a vendor's prototype suggests nVidia will have retail silicon in the near future.

 

I surely hope so but I tend to be pessimistic when it comes to Nvidia. I would hate to become an ATI fan after being an Nvidia fan for 15 years.

 

The next time nVidia has an investor conference call, we'll know what's going on since they are required to disclose product development delays to stockholders.

 

Yea, that's not until May

 

And your point?

 

I think his point is "don't wait buy now upgrade later.. "

BTW my guess is we might see those nvidia chips with next gen sandy bridge platform.

 

My laptop wasn't hot at all it was the AC adapter that was.

 

Yes Moo was operating in a Freezer haha, there is a pretty amusing picture that clarifies it all

 

It might be the case that by the time we see mobile fermi in an Alienware laptop that it wont be the m17x as we know it tday. The point is if you buy it say after half a year or more with a mobile fermi it will still last for at most 2 years. So there is no gain why not buy now and enjoy it for 2 years from tday its pretty much the same anw you always need to upgrade every 2 years waiting will not change that. Btw anybody seem the new ONLIVE program. The idea is brillinat and it seems like a bargain but I dont think it will work unfortunetly.

 

Has anyone had a problem with their mouse cursor all of a sudden getting bigger for no reason? It has happened to me twice so far this week and I can't resize it without rebooting my laptop. I can't be sure, but I think it happened when I had my desktop as a slide show and when it changed the image the cursor size changed. I will have to keep experimenting to see if I can duplicate the problem and figure out when it happens for sure.

 

LOL yea and sandwiching the PS adapter between two slabs of meat.. classic...

Thats so funny seeing a freezer with wires coming out of it.. lol I had to read the entire thread.. Very impressive.

 

It's a bug in the ATI v9.12 CCC display drivers.

Upgrade to v10.2 or v10.3:

http://strags.com/

 

Dude, my hands are Hu-u-u-u-u-ge!
Won't eat those burgers anymore


>>10.3 should fix it

 

10.3 official out yet ?

 

no, they are taking forever

I want to see if mobility radeons past the ancient x1900 are supported in XP as well with them

 

can somebody explain to me how is it that on the R2 comparing to any other 1920x1200 panel the fonts and icons looks bigger (without modifying fonts sizes or DPI settings)

 

if they look bigger, it means something is scaled

the dpi and resolution are the same between the 2 screens

 

i am not sure scook9, i just verified.. nothing i scaled.

 

Are you sure Dell don't increase the default text and icon sizes (in Window Colour and Appearance - Advanced appearance settings)?

I know ASUS did on the G73 - all fonts were set at 10pt instead of 9pt plus a scaled up DPI. Horrible.

 

yes, i installed from scratch using a retail windows 7 dvd.
it's not such a big issue, just wondering

 

Fractal, go to Control Panel>Appearance and Personalization>Display and make sure it's set to Smaller - 100%. The default is 125% and it makes things look a bit too large.

 

Yeah, I remember Dell doing something like that years ago on an earlier model Glad someone remembered about that!

 

When I got mine I had to change some setting as the fonts/icons were pretty big. I forget what I did (as I've since returned it) but I think it was under personalize window in W7 (although W7 has a habit of being unintuitive for where such features as placed so it may have been in taskbar properties for all I know).

EDIT: And now I see Joker's post. So pretty much what he said.

 

Yea, I am using 10.3 and have been for 3 weeks or so and had no problems until now. This week was the first time I did the slide show on my desktop and was wondering if that caused it.

I am home finally and will try to duplicate.

 

you're right, as always
thanks!

 

i am currently looking for a way to monitor the temps, and i can't seem to find a normal tool to do it.
Everest BSODes on me, but i know it's a known issue. There's GPUZ but i need to run 2 instances to monitor both cards, plus they can't put it in the tray or as a gadget like i want it. HWmonitor does only cpu..
Do you guys know of any tool that can monitor both gpuz and cpu and preferably also put it in the taskbar/desktop widget ?

EDIT : update on everest situation - http://www.lavalys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4698
i am trying the beta right now and i will report back.

 

HWInfo32 with the latest version shows the ATI temps

the display is very similar to HWMonitor