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

Here's something i thought is interesting and disturbing.

 

I easily get 2 hours out of the 6-cell, however, I do not play games on my computer. I have a lot of internet windows open, and about 10 programmes and some applications.

It all depends on what you're doing with your lappie. If you don't want to take the risk of regretting anything, get the 9-cell.

 

I can get over 2 hours with 9 cell with 260m and i7 720QM, on internet and msn and things, my school is done for the year so I can't try it myself, but doing notes in a lecture i'm sure is roughly the same as being on the internet with wifi on. I haven't tried the 6 cell out much tho so can't help there (I have both batteries... but put the 9 cell in cos it lasts longer and I don't need to worry about the weight at the moment)

 

Congratulations friend.

I would like to know why are you sending back your M15x??

 

I think the memorial day sale?

 

What kindve battery life could i expect out of my notebook with a 6 cell and i7 720 with a 260m? Im wondering if its worth 150 upgrade from a i5 430m? thanks

 

Probably not in the sense of gaming but multitasking perhaps. I would opt for the 620M if you are a gamer for better performance. Plus you still have hyperthreading.

 

and not that much of a TDP diff between the 430 and 620 and i would opt for the 620 from my personal experience

 

well that one cost's alot more . i just posted my t9500, a new ac adapter for the m15x, and invisible shield skins also new so i guess we will see if i can afford it lol

 

well i just checked my tactx mouse order still in production lol how can that be in production lol. thought they would have stock of this item lol but then again it went off their site must of had a lot of them sell at 30 each.

 

5870 is equal or better than 260m sli in performance.... 260m hits 6k OC and 5870 hits 10k overclocked(stock voltage) on vantage thats a huge difference.... If u just look at the fps benchmarks for the games yes there is just 15-25 fps increase in games.. but the thing with 260m is its performance is not very constant... when u get some heavy avtion on the game the fps drops and the game stutters... even if the game is giving 40-50 fps rest of the time... 5870 gives a constant fps even with heavy action kicking in the game.... the gameplay is much much more smoother with 5870....(no ups and downs like 260m GTX)..... hope that helps ur decision to buy 5870m... villosa u as well.. lol!!!

and hey villosa will this optical bay caddy fit in... New Laptop 12.7mm SATA TO SATA 2ND HDD HARD DRIVE caddy on eBay (end time 29-May-10 11:01:10 BST)

 

Man I ain't answering you question after you just put me down like that for not knowing my GPU's...Heck NO!

No seriously that was some seriously good info. I will get the 5870 when I get the money to. +rep to you bro.

To answer your question, yes it will fit but you might want to ask if the back SATA, where it connects to the motherboard, is a slim SATA or not. More than likely it is and you will be fine, but I want you to make sure so everything will go smoothly. Nothing sucks more than getting something and it's not compatible.

 

man you guys are up late, +rep hahahha

 

Lol, I'm always up late. Honestly, aside from traveling with the laptop, I'm always on here. My fiancee always asks "forum again...?" to which I just nod and add "it's really not an addiction"

Something on my mind, you have to get the i7-720M or above to get 1333 RAM speed right?

 

Lol yikes I hope Wizard knew I was kidding. My humor is not always funny LOL.

Wizard, come back! I was kidding!!! I'm sorry bro, I'm sorry!

 

yes only 720 and up can fully utilize the 1333 ram.

 

Thanks bro. Man it sucks running a fever, it makes me all wacky and stuff lolol

 

sorry to hear that bro, take a 5870 and call me in the morning, hahahahha

 

dude same here broke into a fever like 3 hours ago can't sleep for .

also just was bored and not able to sleep so i decided to reinstall the 257.15 drivers but first uninstall all nvidia related software/drivers.

Well i did that then reboot and another reboot then cc cleaner and install the 257.15 drivers and now they are running as they should odd that it was i forgot performance software last time i tried these drivers and it gave me probs will be running benches again to see if there is a change. WOOT new drivers work correctly for me hehe and +rep to you guys that are still up.

EDIT: was only able rep one of guys have to wait to hand out rep again.

 

thats a good prescription for villosa...

@villosa bro i knew u were kidding there and there is nothing to be sorry about...... when r u taking ur prescription..... Just deciding if i should buy a intel g2 or wait for g3..... can't really decide.. hey inap how fast is the drive when u install games on the the g2. how long does it take usually...

+rep on the house!!.... lol!!!

 

G3 are due in the fall right? Is it that much better than the G2s even? Games take me about 5 minutes I think, never really paid much attention to it. It is pretty fast though that's for sure.

Also...someone give me a prescription 5870!

 

U have to go to the pharmacy(NBR Market Place) and ask the pharmacist(babyhemi) for ur prescription.... He will have ur medication in stock.... lol!!!!

nd everyone one was posting their speedtest results (@home) i though i'll post it too... lol!!!!

 

hahhah just played tf2 for like a hour with 250/300 clocks and didn't even noticed,lol.

 

Lol I don't have insurance! I gotta save up cause we don't have generic 5870s! Only name brand ATIs.

@Inap, lol awesome!

 

ok guys, calling it a night. need my daily 3 hours of sleep, hahaha man can't believe everyone is still up,lol.

 

Night bro, I'm heading off too. Have fun gaming, those who are still up that is.

 

Well I'm still up...been thinking, I think I will pass on the 5870. Can't afford it right now and I really want to bring my Rig back for intensive gaming. I mean, I just can't retire a rig with a Vantage score of P24968 and 45FPS Very High with 16xQ in Crysis. That, I think, would be wrong of me.

 

24k? Surely won't be with your Alienware...

 

I think he is referring to a desktop...

 

I figured. Wrong forums for that!

 

Lol sorry guys, sometimes I think out loud...or...in writing.

 

No worries bro.. Jubbing was just kiddin...

 

Yea man, I was.. take a chill haha.

 

How much difference is there between a 5850 and 260m (there the same price). Also which one will run cooler? thanks

 

stock 5850 is about the same as maxed oc 260m. so 5870 is much better but will be hotter. price of power is heat, but it is welled managed with the excellent cooling of the M15x.

 

well aw was lettin me pay the difference for the upgrade but didnt mention the 5850

 

I think my LCD is malfunctioning. I press FN +F4/F5 for screen brightness, the OSD pops up and changes as I press the keys. Yet the screen doesn't dim at all. When I let the laptop idle and the screen eventually turns off, when I move the mouse to turn it on again, there's a tiny white flash on the sides then it turns on.
Any of you ever experience this problem before?

 

actually the 5850 cost less than the 260m. cheaper and performs better so no brainer there.

 

could be a problem with the osd, may what to try to reinstall it.

 

nope ive never had that happen. the brightness may be somthing with the os though. except the screen going white around the edges sounds like hardware. idk

 

I just did a clean install of the OSD, all other functions work. except for the screen brightness. I can mute, turn off and on the LEDs/Touchpad but the brightness function does not work, not even from within windows.

 

try installing a new video driver.

 

Nope, just tried 4 different Nvidia drivers, it won't dim. When I unplug it, it usually dims for battery profile, it's not happening now. This wasn't happening before I upgraded the Command Center.

 

i can adjust mine in the display section of the control panel just fine and i have CC A06 and Bios A06, nvidia driver 257.15

 

Nope, I changed my power plans, adjusted the brightness to 0, nothing changes. I think my screen is screwed. Why the hell does crap like this always happen to me?!

 

hmmm seems it might be an OS glitch of some kind or a hardware failure of the screen

 

I'm going to boot into a Linux Live CD and see if it works there, if not Dell's going to have to come over, getting to know the guys there really well!... and that's never a good thing.

 

test it out and see what happens hope it proves its just a windows glitch needing a fresh install

 

Also just got my new connection here and i am incredibly disappointed this slower than the connection i was piggy backing off of by 0.04 rofl only diff is this connection has faster uploads speeds of .66 mb/s so time to call these guys and tell to deliver what the advertise.

 

@EGM92

Yeah I highly recommend the OS be reinstalled and all the drivers be installed in their correct orders.

Chipset
OSD
Display
Everything else
Command Center

It's time consuming and tedious but it should work after that. Oh and I always allow the system to reboot when the driver requires it. Don't know if that makes any difference but it just sounds like you got some glitching due to conflicts etc between the drivers.