The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    thinking of buying a alienware does this sound like a m17x

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by joeydude, May 25, 2011.

  1. joeydude

    joeydude Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    hi im thinking about buying a alienware laptop of this guy tommorow he said its a Alienware M17X R2.

    however i see the m17 also looks like the m15x.

    just wanted to know if these specs sound like a m17x r2.

    4GB, Intel i7-720QM Quad Core Processor, Dual 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4870 Graphic.

    on one of the pics he sent me showing laptops system info it says the ghz is 1.60ghz.

    anyone please help. as guy said its a m17 however i think it might be am15 just wanted some advice.

    thanks
     
    joeydude, May 25, 2011
    #1
  2. KillerBunny

    KillerBunny Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    207
    Messages:
    683
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Pretty sure it's the m17x r2, since the m15x only has a single graphics card, and it never supported the 4870. The 720qm is rated at 1.66Ghz i think, so the 1.6ghz thing is close.

    4gb of ram-who knows, could be any current system

    720qm- I think only the m17x r2 had this. The x20qm series got phased out pretty quickly (with the exception of 920xm), and I don't even think the m15x got anything that wasn't x40qm/xm.
     
    KillerBunny, May 25, 2011
    #2
  3. dave-p

    dave-p Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    730
    Messages:
    1,715
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    56
    It is a R2, the M15 does not support Dual ATI cards.
     
    dave-p, May 25, 2011
    #3