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

For what like? bragging rights.Your current 720 will play any game do any multitasking .I just don't get the way of thinking i need a hot/power hungry cpu for some irrelevant benchmark score.If i felt my cpu could not perform the tasks i require then maybe but not for some score.

 

Ya, I suppose you are correct. I guess I don't really need anything at the moment.

 

now that clevo x8100 is out someone can buy clevo 5870s and just apply the dell vbios? i have cf 4870s so i can use the crossfire cable and heatsink fromthem.

 

Correction, your M17x will be arriving at my house next week lol! Then when I get back home I'll be shipping it to ya...MAYBE. lol

 

No go on the 10.6 Catalyst installation for me. Gave an error at the end.

 

What was the error, I just saw the 10.6's were out and installed, here is a screenie of my install log:

 

I'm assuming you're still using 4870s by your sig, which have been able to install catalyst with no problem from day 1.

 

I got the same error message.

 

anyone else experiencing fans going up and down browsing net etc? its starting to anoy me now =/ its up and down on anything but games =/ should i be worried? its not heavy kicking in just slight up and down. On anote. when turbo is off, everything is fine! when drawing in photoshop fans kick in for as long as my mouse or tablet pen is pressed to the screen. faulty motherboard or normal?

 

Aristotelh, I have the impression that for the R2, the only 5870s that are supported, are the proprietary ones from Dell no matter what vbios you flash them with. I am not 100% sure and I always leave a margin for error (I don't want to disappoint you either) because you never know... it may work.

 

What flash version are you using?

 

Pretty sure Mandrake tried a Clevo 5870 in his R2 and it did not work - only the dell 5870s worked in the R2

 

erm i got an update randomly 1 hour 10. somthing. it happens in applications to like cs5 and maya =/ u think flash causing it?

 

The 10.1 version is utilizing the GPU to accelerate graphics, prior versions where CPU bound, so yes if you have the 10.1 version of flash that's probably the reason and I wouldn't worry about it.

 

thnx m8, so do you suggest keep 10.1 or moving down?

 

keep it, there are serious security issues with previous versions of flash and all three OS are vulnerable (Mac,Linux,Win)

 

Anyone have a link to the color calibration thread for the RGBLED Display.

 

maybe you guys can help me. So i have an i7 r2 with duel 4870's. I am trying to play napoleon total war but im having all kinds of issues. At first it seemed that I only could not load set piece battles such as waterloo etc. When I say the game could not load I mean that the load screen got half way complete and just stopped. The game did not crash and the system did not freeze up. I also found that when i wanted to fight a battle out of campaign mode the game would not launch. I figured that perhaps a bad install was responsible so I reinstalled the game...no dice. I was then advised on a total war forum to verify the games integriy via steam. I did this but now its giving me an error code 54 (i have googled this and can find no answers.) so basically i dont know what to do. Has PC gaming really become such a headache that i have to hunt down which driver is out of date on a month and half old computer ? I hope not. I have updated the bios to A05. Any suggestions ?

 

Unfortunately, the only advice I can give in this case - windows re-install.

 

oh god, im not gonna go through all that. any other advice. it cant be that buggy can it ?

 

Anyone interested in trading a new 9cell M17xR2 battery for something. I have an extra that i don't really care to have.

 

i am not sure if he tried flashing the dell vbios though. otherwise as a hardware i dont think there are many kind of 5870s (except those with or without CF connector)

 

that is risky business and may very well brick the card

 

my thoughts as well
only try this if you have too much cash on your hands and are bored ...

 

what's the 3dmark06 score of a stock M17x-R2 with i7 720QM and CF5870?

thanks

 

mine 3D VANTAGE P11880 CPU 10533 GPU 12409. everything stock, out of box, first run.

 

cshimm, my gpu score was 12,500 out of the box (had your build) with a fresh windows install. Try that

 

I hit 13244 3dMark06
and 13399 Vantage (GPU Only)

the 06 score is kind of odd if you ask me.

 

I get 3dmark06 of 14458 with a single 5870, but the vantage score sounds right.

 

I just re ran 3dmark06 and got a 13480. Which is ridiculous. Because I hit that when I had my Nvidia GTX260 in my M15x.

 

I'm proud to say I'm officially a proud owner of my first Alienware system! FedEx Just left my house, hopefully everything will be fine!

 

Congrats! You won't regret it.

 

Here are screenies of my 3dmark06

 

ya its great that your 4870's significantly outperform the 5870's

Your processor doesn't make that much of a difference over the 720QM, so its all in your drivers i suppose.

 

guys ive just done a pc marks vantage for my r2 which ive had for over 1 week, and its like 8300 odd.. heres picture:
http://i48.tinypic.com/jpg279.jpg

i set it to high performance, and CF on, and high performance on ATI CCC, is something not working?
knoticing revs up and down on applications like photoshop etc. need help =/

 

Hi!
fella's someone who using r2 long time ago with 5870 CF can say something good?
the most important is are we still experiencing pops and backgroung noise from IDT crap and still have some crap intgrated vga???the dvd still stuck in the drive so i have to dismantle the laptop and the drive to retrive it??? otherwise win will not start because try read the something from the disk
my replacement just been approved yesterday is going to be
i5 520M 4GB Ram
CF 5870
LED LCD
that's all the important but 6 years ago i always using Intel + nvidia combo and slightly have no clue what i can expect from ati graphics cards today and i going to miss the phisx in my games since my r1 was Intel nv combo before my m1730 was the same and now after a "few" (replacing and trying to repair the impossible) mission they ask me to send the laptop to A-Novo ltd UK my laptop came back broken and with a big ugly scratch on it top of that without anyone repaired the light fx and the shuttering 1st won't power up at all so replacement approval was inevitable i just would like to know shall i get a refund instead or accept the replacement again....

please dont give me benchmark scores they just for the marketing and they always different related what os and drivers you use
i use win server 2008 r2 sp1 basically with latest drivers even if is beta
thanks

 

can someone please link me to the current best driver for the 4870 GPU ?

 

I am useing latest 10.6 located here : ATI Catalyst? Mobility Display Driver

 

These scores look ok? Everything running on stock. Thx for any advice.
3Dmark06: http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i270/Arebaut/3d06.jpg

Vantage: http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i270/Arebaut/VANTAGE.jpg

 

seems good! im currently reformating and downloading vantage, my vantage score before was 8300 =/ and i have same setup as you

 

Ok thx for the clarification, really appreciate it. But I wish I had the same setup as you haha since you have the i7 920, I only have the 820.

I think I've done everything I needed to do and tested everything on my new M17x. So now it's time to get my game on and enjoy it. I do have another question is there a way to disable the battery from being charged? I'll keep it plug in with the AC most likely 90% of the time.

 

have you tried fn+f2?

 

well reformated.. and my vantage score is still 8283 PCMarks ..... cross fire up.. high performance... anyone know is up?

w8 is that score good for PC mark vantage? im going to try 3d mark - as i just saw in ur sig scook

 

PCMarks will get a lot from a CPU OC and a SSD

You can do unlimited runs off the 06 trial and one run only off of the vantage trial

 

i was told DELL will come to replace my screen yesterday, and they did not. Again, was told they will come this afternoon, and i did not see anyone or receive any call.
Therefore, i ask for a full replacement, after 1 hours negotiation, it is approved.
Hope new one will not have many problems. My current one have three issues, CPU FAN SPEED ERROR, DISPLAY DRIVER STOP RESPONDING (EVERYDAY, FIRST COUPLE OF BOOTS) AND DEAD PIXEL ON THE SCREEN.

How long will customer service people contact me. I was told customer service people will contact me about the new specification by email, but no idea when.

 

expect it to take them up to a week to respond to you. However because your system is new. They will probably just replace it for the same system specs. So it won't take long.

 

safer to get refund and reorder tbh, i wouldnt trust dell using refurbed parts!

 

New alienware Command Center out today....

 

Try it out and let us know what it actually does!

 

whats it add?