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    What should I expect with this change? [Qosmio ---> M17x R2]

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by imglidinhere, May 2, 2012.

  1. imglidinhere

    imglidinhere Notebook Deity

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    Title states it.

    Exactly what can I expect going from my Toshiba Qosmio, in mah sig, to an M17x R2? (specs below)

    17.3" RGB LED 1920x1200 Screen
    Intel Core i7 920XM
    8GB DDR3 1333
    Radeon 2GB 6970M
    128GB Kingston SSD
    X6 BluRay / X8 DVD Player

    The guy is going to include the second heatsink assembly if I want to Crossfire. :D Yes, I've read the thread talking about installing the 6970M. :D
     
    imglidinhere, May 2, 2012
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  2. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    like twice the performance
     
    maxheap, May 2, 2012
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  3. imglidinhere

    imglidinhere Notebook Deity

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    o_O Really?
     
    imglidinhere, May 3, 2012
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  4. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    seriously.. especially when you pull off 7970m crossfirex, 4 times the performance
     
    maxheap, May 3, 2012
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  5. imglidinhere

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    Can the 920XM keep up with that though? :confused:
     
    imglidinhere, May 3, 2012
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    920XM is enough for the games at this moment, just keep it up to 3.3ghz and u'll be fine.
     
    Heihachi88, May 3, 2012
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    More Preformance and Build Quality!
     
    mp5cartman, May 3, 2012
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    Just curious imglindinhere, is that the native screen resolution on your Qosimo? I don't think I've come across that one before...

    At any rate it will be a nice screen upgrade. RGB @ 1200p is glorious. :)
     
    Rypac, May 3, 2012
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  9. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Yea, it will definately be a nice upgrade. I have some 5870's and 6990's for sale if you decide to upgrade or add Crossfire.
     
    DR650SE, May 3, 2012
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    Don´t forget the keyboard lights blinking to the sound of music from Windows Media Player, my friends say its just a gimmick , but they really want to say - "I want it tooooo!"
     
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  11. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Yeah it isn't comparable. 6970M is still a top tier GPU, it should easily hands down beat a 460M, but they aren't even in the same class.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 3, 2012
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  12. imglidinhere

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    Yeah, it's the native resolution due to how the screen is positioned and sized-up. o_O It's the X505-Q892

    Kinda wish it was just 1680x1050 like my old Acer monitor was. :( I preferred the 16x10 monitors anyhow. They always looked so much prettier than the generic 16x9 layouts.

    But yes, the 1680x945 is the default resolution. Definitely a little odd looking, I agree. But the strange resolution generally grabs people's attention. :D

    Thanks! I'm planning on grabbing a 6970M in the future for CrossfireX. ^_^ But yeah, I'm buying makwu's R2 if you're curious whom I'm buying it from.
     
    imglidinhere, May 6, 2012
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