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    M11x R1 vs R2 - Performance comparison

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by zchay7e, Dec 27, 2010.

  1. zchay7e

    zchay7e Notebook Consultant

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    zchay7e, Dec 27, 2010
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  2. danyune

    danyune Notebook Evangelist

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    what's with beating the dead horse
     
    danyune, Dec 27, 2010
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    zchay7e Notebook Consultant

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    There are still ppl active atm who are arguing about R1 vs R2 - let them read this article and be done with it!
     
    zchay7e, Dec 27, 2010
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    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    Since that review, we've discovered that not only does the R2 have gimped thermal limits, making the OC results in that review practically useless, but also when you overcome said limits (with throttlestop), the i5/i7 shows its muscle and blows the C2D out of the water in all CPU-intensive benchmarks.

    So ya, beating a dead horse. Next.
     
    roxxor, Dec 27, 2010
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  5. TalonH

    TalonH Notebook Evangelist

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    I still love my R1. You can keep your 80C R2s lol.
     
    TalonH, Dec 27, 2010
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    headphones989 Notebook Consultant

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    never hit even close to 80c even when fully loaded (when i was using m11xr2 i7).
     
    headphones989, Dec 27, 2010
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    Quoted for truth.
     
    SparhawkJC, Dec 27, 2010
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  8. jeremyshaw

    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    So... whoopee?

    My experience with the R1 and R2 is user preference. IMO, that means about... 90% more than this old review.
     
    jeremyshaw, Dec 27, 2010
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