*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owners Lounge - Part 4

Installed it manually didnt try the normal way.. Just benching!!!

Edit: getting better vantage score on stock.
Vantge score: 8454
Gpu score: 7883
And def better colour callibration...

 

sweet thanks wiz, be checking out your benches, your card is a beast.

 

What r u looking for? Adsl or dsl router...

@inap bro can u try to install drivers automatically to check that if it works ...

 

well its a dsl wireless modem

and im looking to connect a router to the modem that can broadcast at least g/n

 

yeah gave me a few minutes.

ok auto installed fail had to do the manual install.

 

OK getting lower score on overclocking the gpu as compared to 10.3 but the colours are much better now on the screen... did ya notice that inap...

 

@tuenkaman Linksys WRT610N will be the best..

u can check this reiew out... Conclusion : Wireless Networking: Nine 802.11n Routers Rounded Up

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124296&Tpk=Linksys WRT610N

 

Kinda noticed that too colors seems to Have better contrast.

 

Friend i'm buying ATI 5870 from Rjtech but its asking for heatsink

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W87xCU

which one to slelect?

 

u r better off getting from babyhemi..... without the heatsink.. the GTX260 heatsink will just be fine.. have u decided on the ssd...

EDIT: Just saw OCZ Vertex 2 hard drive on ur sig.... why not intel g2... it supposed to best bang for buck... its better at 4k radom reads but is slower at 4k random writes.. 4k random read and writes are the ones that matter... In the ssd thread i was advised to stay away from OCZ for the time being..

MrPras would be the best man to advise ya on SSD... He has first hand exp with Intel g2 and OCZ vertex 2....

 

Thanks friend for your advise i though OCZ Vertex II is good. Thanks for suggestion. I will go with intel G2. Friend i have one problem babyhemi does not accept payment other than paypal. I can't pay through Paypal its blocked in my country for some reason. I can use google checkout. I talked about this but he denied. Any advise from where should i buy?

And thanks again

 

Yup what the wiz said. And that ocz looks freaking awesome.

 

With SSD's its all about the 4k random reads and writes... sure OCZ beats intel on random writes but intel is still the winner when it comes to 4k reads,,, Faster boot time is only due to 4k reads and even when opening applications it is normally the 4k reads which matters ... and yes OCZ vertex 2 is a better performer overall but u won't noticeable difference unless u are using softwares which do a lot of huge data writes... And 60gb extra on the intel drives for the same price man..

EDIT: zaidbaby let me dig a solution for you just wait a sec..

already pm'd mrpras about OCZ vs Intel

 

Ahaha thanks wiz. I'm a sucker when I see big numbers hahaha. Bawww dang this 10.5 bench no good.

 

yeah!! 10.5 benchin not that good but better contrast.. will have to stick to these...

@zaidbaby... what payment method will u be using..

 

Direct Credit Card Or Google Checkout

 

and yeah zaid think u will have to go with RJtech... and where are u getting Intel G2 from?? if you wait for 2-3 months.. Intel G3 is going to come out...

 

kproxy is also blocked

 

k... jumboproxy.net....

 

Here you go mate
Now notice that I'm not playing in optimal mode (plenty of programs open in background like skype, msn, google chrome etc..)

 

this one is also blocked, i tried so many all blocked.

 

Ok.. looks like u will have to get it from RJtech.... where are ya getting ur ssd from...

 

Wow that's nice jubbing. Thanks +rep

 

hey villosa can ya use raid 0 on 2 hard drives on m15x....

 

What's the difference between raid 0 and just having 2 drives in a computer?

 

I'm not sure wizard. I haven't experimented with that since I don't really believe in raid lolol. My guess is probably not since in the BIOS it still identifies the drive as an Optical Drive but under details it's a HDD LOL.

 

@madpenguin92
raid combines the drives for an increase in read and write performance

it combines the total memory into a single drive being displayed in the computer
Where the hard drives are displayed

also gives better performance than having the drives separate

 

its faster... it writes and reads from both the dries at once when accessing a single file....

@zaidbaby babyhemi is accepting google checkout but he will ship after he gets the funds cleared to his bank account... u can also get INtel 6300 wireless card of him.. but i really think u won't be needing it because intel 5300 does the job fine enough...

 

u beat me to it tuenkman... lol!!! and did u find a router...

 

oh ok thanks guys. so with raid 0 it just has your files split onto both the drives, so you will have a total space and not 2 separate drives for programs or music for example?

 

yes... its like having a single file with half on one drive and the other half on the other and when accessing that file it reads from both the drives which increases ur hard drive speed

it will display a single drive...

 

I get it now, thanks.

On another note, who has some cool alienFX themes or know where i can find some good ones?

 

lol no not yet but im thinking of looking at the local BB first then online to see if i can beat the prices being offered there.(most likely will not but always like to see if there's is a sale on a router or two that beats the online price just in case)

 

Just out of curiosity, is it best to keep stock drivers for the GPU? Right now the ATI drivers have been updated to 10.5, and I'm wondering if that is what my laptop will ship with.

 

10.3 are giving the best performance in benchmarks but 10.5 drivers have better contrast... dell drivers are crap they limit the performance of the card but users have reported problems with the ati drivers... dell drivers didn't havce any issues except for lowered performance in benchmarks..

 

probably not
you will want to update to those as they apparently have better contrast

 

again wiz lol

 

Man, I think we Alienware users are starting to infiltrate all corners of the Internet... I ran into villosa in my Alienware Laptop Club on overclock.net, and I realized earlier today that jubbing used my AlienFX Rainbow demonstration video in his M15x eBay ad haha!

Too many coincidences in one day for me!

 

lol well at least we have a good tech support line better than most imo

 

Hey Freelancer! Nice seeing you here!

NOTE: I'm very likely about to go 5870!!

 

Hey guys,

A friend of mine got his m15x last week, they screwed up on his order and put a 260m instead of a 5850 like he ordered, dell of course agreed to replace the part. On Tuesday he received the 5850 and installed it himself said it's working great. Yesterday he received yet another 5850! This one without any sort of return label on/in the box. So Dell screwed up. How long does he have before Dell can no longer claim the card and sell it to me? lol

 

If it's their property, and they have proof, they can claim it at any time.

 

Haha, it's not really a coincidence is it...

 

Great! You lucky *****
So how are you guys up to?

 

for ssd i will wait for some time, ok friend then which heatsink to select from rjtech.

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W87xCU

 

Haha no worries mate. And Thanks

As for you freelancer.. your stalking of me is getting worrysome lol! Don't know how you found my ebay page
By the way. I'm finding it EXTREMELY HARD to sell the M15x. No one wants to splurge... on an Alienware *does not understand :S*

EDIT: I'm on overclock.net as well

 

were still in a recession......lol

 

if you can get it without the heat sink to save money, because you will be using your existing heatsink anyways.

 

Still, I don't get it.. cost for my build is $2444. Plus tax its $2712 to CA (and thats WITHOUT Microsoft Office and HD 5870 on this laptop).

I'm pretty much charging 2.4k. Less right now. You'd think its a decent deal. BUT noooooo, people see the deals on the ASUS and think people like me are overcharging. Then they get done in with ASUS quality. Poor sods .

I don't think its a bad deal.. specially in Australia...

 

its cause people want the latest tech but don't research and see how alienware will always be better in the long run with having better temps and better build quality.