PCMag Best Gaming Laptop...Period. M17x R3

The Best Products of 2011 - Laptops | PCMag.com

 

A 1599 M17xR3 with 1080p and 6970m? that costs 1800 bucks.

i.e when Alienware was still supplying 6970md.

 

I think that was the base price back in the time, not with 6970m (that would be crazy) also this is an old thing, I remember seeing it in summer, which made me consider m17x (THANK GOODNESS )

 

November 14, 2011 Check the top of the article linked. Just got the email update from them this week though?

 

I mean I saw something like this somewhere else, and I am %100 sure it was before 14th of Nov because I gave my order 29th of Oct, and I started considering alienware around beginning of october, not sure what time was it though... still, good point out it indeed IS the best laptop ever

 

That review was originally published on June 27, 2011. From the early days.

 

YES!! thanks relevator, excellent find +rep

 

lol, not to rock the boat but the R2 rocks the R3? Aluminum vs. plastic? When and if I replace my rig Im going M18x. Performance? 3dMark? RGB screen?

 

It's lighter, still has decent although cheaper build materials, and still packs a punch for a laptop.

 

Yes but the Tile is for 2011 product. No such powerful 17" rig as the R2 has been produced in 2011 by AW

we belong to the past

 

Ah yes thats true, its rare to see hardware actually decline in quality, what with Moores law operating in the background, but in this case Dell pulled it off.

Maybe if "trickle down" economics actually worked we could alleviate the slavery abroad and reintroduce quality into products made locally by skilled artisans, getting rid of planned obsolescence while were at it.

But then the 1% of society wouldnt have their virtual utopia! They require more slaves! Defend the Status Quo!

Let them eat cockroaches!

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I agree with zoolian, laptop = mobility after all, I carried my desktop back in the time, that wouldn't make it a laptop though

 

As most users know, the M18x is the successor to the M17x-R2 and represents a significant advance, excepting only the RGB screen option, but that's an industry issue and not unique to Dell. The M17x-R3 is the successor to the M15x and again represents a significant upgrade. With respect to your dismissal of the R3's capabilities ("Performance? 3dMark?"), I notice that you advertise a 3dMarkVantage score of P18,389 for your R2. But even my R3 scores higher, so perhaps your R2's performance is not quite so superior as you imagine. The R2 was a great notebook, and enthusiast re-engineering to incorporate the 6900M cards in CFX has given it new life and awesome performance that blows away any R3, but the fact remains that the production R2 is last generation technology, and the industry has moved on.

 

thanks for the info, no matter what the date! I have the best gaming laptop... period. feels good to be on the winning side of comps. I needed a break from MW3 so i figured nbr was the place to read about the sickest laptop around.


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I'm surprised the article didn't name the M18x as the best gaming laptop. Was it released at the time the article was written? Also I find it suspicious that the only gaming laptops that were chosen were Alienware computers . . . no Clevo's, Asus g series, etc.

While I agree with the heart of your point, I'm sure you wouldn't think it to be fair to compare an R3 with a GTX 460m and an R2 with CFX 5870's and claim the R2's obvious superiority in that case.

^ If missed, that argument was to demonstrate the fact comparing a Maxed out R3 to a middle of the road R2 is not a fair comparison. Even though the 6900 series cards were never officially offered by Dell, the fact remains that they work in the R2 and a major portion of the R2 community is currently enjoying their usage.

I think how this must be looked at is to taking each system, maxed out completely, and then derive a comparison via benchmarks, but more importantly game performance. Either way, like you said, Dual 6990's will trounce a single 6990m or a GTX 580m in any arena.

I think instead the R3 needs to be compared to the M15x because that is it's true replacement (not to mention the M15x is compatible with the same gpu's offered in the R3). And the R2 needs to be compared to the M18x because, like you also mentioned, that is it's true replacement.

Comparing the R2 to the R3 would be no more fair than comparing the M18x to the R3 as the M18x, like R2, is of a different form factor (Dual GPU's) and is light-years quicker than the R3 performance wise.

 

You've dearly missed the point.

 

I agree completely with the thrust of your argument, but the one who started all this (vulcan78) has a heavily overclocked 920xm with 5870M CFX, the most powerful configuration ever offered in the M17x-R2, not some middle of the road setup. Plus, I suggest that there is a bit of hyperbole in the claim that a "major portion" of the R2 community is now equipped with dual 6990M's; more likely, it is a very small portion, many of whom are members of this forum.

 

Now if only Dell offered the extreme cpu's in our R3's legitimately...

 

I stand corrected, I wasnt aware that the R3 was scoring very high. I think its important to be happy with what you have, buyers remorse sucks, and identifying with brands and models is immature and ego driven.

I have heard some less than stellar reviews and comments about the R3, but I havent done any extensive investigation into them.