4850's Finally out for the m17

I do not think Desiree means the M17, but an Nvidia 790i Chipset motherboard from AW.

 

We've figured that out. But thanks for pointing that out to people who didn't notice.

 

Thats the impression I get too...still seriously bad form on AW's part.

 

Never mind bad form. They could (and should) get sued for refusing to help him when the product they have sold is clearly not working as advertised.

 

darn i thought the M17x chipset was 790i but its 730i

ATI card will work with Nvidia chipsets

M9750
M17x....

i read some where about that problem though ....

 

Just talked to someone over at Alienware and he checked and said that there still is no word about the 4850's being offered as upgrades. I asked him when I should check back in and he said he didn't know exactly. He sounded positive about it but he couldn't really say when it would all be resolved.

Not very helpful but thought I'd let people know that as of today nothing has been worked out yet.

Marshall, what did the cards cost you that they sent you? Just curious what they're aprox. looking to cost.

 

5xx $

Cryo lx would be the shiznit if you drilled holes in the cover

 

I had sent my Laptop for Upgrade
they kept it for a month &
I had to ask them to send it back
cos it was just sitting there
the AW DUMMYS dont know Sh** about things

 

just recieved mine with a quad and 4850 cross and i got to say i'm amazed by the power of thoses card they handel any game i throw at them over 50 fps

dmn even dream scene runs cold on these

 

try crysis on very high

then cry

They are good cards but they are not excellent cards, saying they can play anything at 50fps or higher is asking for trouble

 

Thanks a lot col kurtz! I very much appreciate the update and are checking back here almost everyday for this type of information.

Thanks pal.

 

If I remember rightly they cost him about £325.

Yeah, what he said. (They are actually excellent cards, in fact they have been shown to be the equivelant of 280Ms...can't remember where I saw that though, but it was definite with evidence)

They will still handle any game out there. You'll still be playing Crysis on very high, but not at 1920x1200 without slowdowns at times.

 

Better Cards are soon to be out 5800s

Need Sell AW m17 soon

 

Yeah I was told £325 but they only charged me £302 inc shipping which is a bargain any way you look at it.

 

Ah so you had to demand your M17 back then Lordvader.....without the 4850s. Thats very dissapointing pal.

 

I am getting SO tired of people talking about 5000 series cards like they will be out next month....

They are not even out on desktops yet. It took about 8 months for the Mobile 4k series after the desktop versions came out. People seem to forget that the mobile series always LAGS behind the desktops series.....

 

For sure man! Ha! Yeah, I'm doing the same thing so I'd figure I'd share what I was told.

 

Thanks Marsahll! That's really helpful. Just wanted to get an idea of what they would run. Looks like your still the only person on planet earth that has gotten AW to give you cards as an upgrade. Your one lucky SOB.

 

Word is the new ATI cards will be released in mobile form first. I say I'll believe it when I see it.

TSMC can't seem to get enough yield to get 4870's out now so I don't know why people think the 5xxx's will magically appear....

 

I am so late, I didn't realize the M17's now came with 4850's until a couple of days back...

 

Yeah I agree.....talking about them now in a excited tone is pointless....gunna be a while yet from what Ive read.

 

You mean 4770 or 4830/4860. There's no yield problems with 4870s. Also reports are that the 40-nm process has been improved....but that's still to be seen.

The reason why people think the 5000 series cards are due is because it's what news sites have been reporting based on ATI's announcements....which includes a demo event of their new DX11 GPUs being held by ATI on September 10th.

http://wccftech.com/2009/08/19/amd-demo-directx-11-ati-radeon-5000-series-gpus-coming-september-10/


What's been talked about is not just Evergreen desktop parts but also several mobile parts codenamed Manhattan.

 

I will get excited about these fabled new parts when they are in production and numbers are posted

Until then, I have a lovely pair of GTX280m's that I see no need to feel inept over

 

and how lucky you are.......

 

Very Dissapointing & more than that
VERY Unprofessional for Alienware to Charge Customer the Money
& when we call them they dont know when the part will arive
How Dumb is that ??? take peoples Money & there Laptop
& just hold it with them
Thats Customer Service with AW
when people said AW had Bad coustmer service
I did not belive them, but now ppffff

 

Yeah I'm kinda disappointed with them also. When I called and asked about the cards last week, a lady with broken english said they were available so I ordered them. When I got the email confermation they were for desktops! So I spent about an hour trying to cancel the damn order getting transfered around and around. Also she had my shipping and billing address wrong.

 

so I called AW today just to see if I could get lucky and mybe order the 4850s...
they said no bc the card is short supply and only used for new orders right now.
but the guy might have been ignorant, but he also told me that the the motherboard had to be altered or something like that because the 4850 they use is actually a desktop card.
can this really be true??? if so, can we go buy the 4850 cards for desktops for cheap and install them some how???
this doesnt sound right to me, but I just wanted to see what ya'll thought...

 

The guy is 100% wrong and they are not desktop cards so just ignore him .

 

yah i figured...
i just wish tech support knew what they were talking about.

 

I think they just make stuff up randomly to get you off the phone.

 

ha i think so too

 

Yeah. Their tech support is really hit or miss sometimes. For example I asked a tech 2 days ago if there was any difference with the new M17's with the 4850's other then the cards and he said no. I think AW is in desperate need of sitting down with their techs and having a meeting. The different stories they tell are pretty incredible.

 

Welp, I'm getting the 4850's! Made the order yesterday and should be here next week! Woohoo!









Here's how I did it, ordered the wife a new laptop so I'm putting the 4850's in mine and my old ones in her's. Replacing her old Gateway with this one. She's excited and so am I

 

ha lucky...

 

You lucky sod.....no seriously good on ya mate! I know that youve been as desperate as the rest of us for this upgrade.

congrats.

 

True & more made upstories on these fourms too
like the below

 

well i have been saying for a long time that AW suck with thier CS, if you can order a new machine and get what you want that is great and they are good for that.

However if you want an after purchase upgrade EVEN if they say its available its a nightmare

Thier RMA procedure is crazy as well, just ask Alex...

 

Don't start lol

 

sorry my friend i couldnt resist

 

Hehe no worries. What can I say, the guy who spoke to my family apparently doesnt exist haha
We're waiting on a call back from another guy who should be calling by 6.

 

its 6 now Alex......I wonder if youve had a call yet?

 

Spoke to them again; Tibor hadn't heard back from whomever he'd had to email as he apparently couldnt get through to Ireland by phone, we're going to chase up in the morning.

 

What a mess Alex im sorry to hear that . Hopefully like you said it turns out to be the cards after this whole fiasco since if you had to ship it out after finding out its not the cards would be a total nightmare.

 

Yeah thanks. It was an expensive way to go but getting the cards and plus the wife wanted a new laptop anyways even though all she plays is The Sims


I called on my status and they said they are waiting for the Skull cover which should be in Thursday then the laptop gets shipped out next Monday. Woohoo!!

 

Yeah I'll be gutted if its not the cards simply because it\'ll take that much longer to get fixed. If its the mobo thats gone well that simply needs ship back for replacement and BIOS or no BIOS the mobo is stuffed and cant be used or tested; no worries for me there; just the whole damn time scale of the thing!

Bit of a nightmare, but what can I do. Not like I can go and get a cheap 20 quid card to test with like a desktop unit heh.

 

I'm sorry to hear that Alex! I've been down that road before and it sucks. What was the problem?

 

The laptop fails to boot... after freezing with a black screen and looping audio stutter, pretty major issue haha

Through the rigamarole; once got a distorted bios screen on an external monitor, removing the primary GPU managed to get a beep code from the mobo, however since then its just been resetting itself once power is applied, since reseating the card, so its either a mobo or a gpu fault. Trying GPUs first because of the beep code, and am hoping once we can get new GPUs a simple BIOS reset should fix it, if it doesnt then the mobo is knackered and i have to send the machine back for mobo replacement, which by thier admission could take 3-6 weeks. Unfortunately AW have taken best part of 2 weeks by the sound of it even to despatch the cards. All fun and games.

 

I wish Alienware would hurry up and get the 4850's restocked for europe,2 weeks of waiting to order,its killing me o__O

 

At least you're not waiting on that shipment for RMA purposes, with a non-working laptop

 

I feel bad now