4850's Finally out for the m17

i agree electro my only point was that nvida been lazy and not really done anything to the G92 core, they could have been miles ahead of ATI but they chose not to

 

Thanks Evilcorsair for clearing up the UK - US pricing.

I think your question about whether we will also receive the crossfire X cable in order to sell on our cards is a very good one....anybody?

 

I wouldn't say that 4870s are a reason to sell a laptop and buy a new one, especially if it's getting 4850s. Not enough of a gain in my opinion.

 

no idd,

something i just thought, i wonder if a bios upgrade is needed for the new cards?

 

I highly doubt a new bios is needed. But the crossfire cable question is a good one indeed.

 

lol well...you really know why else I'm waiting? Two words, red chassis. I'm as superficial as much as I'm concerned with performance, and the M17x looks superior IMO. Don't get me wrong I'm not the knocking the M17, best laptop I ever owned, and this is great news for you guys.

 

I should hope not(LOL)...suddenly my M17 looks a whole lot different tonight!! cant think why??lol

 

i would like to see a review/benchmark of the m17 with the new 4850 crossfire setup ...

 

Is it just me or is a m17 with dual 4850s significantly more expensive than a similarly equipped M17x?

 

It is a bit more expensive yes...

I think the reason for this though is that they know for the most part people aren't going to be buying M17's unless they are refurbished... they are expecting people the buy the cards to put into thier M17's... and people will pay top dollar for that

 

I doubt this. If they expected their primary return to be selling the cards aftermarket, they'd advertise this and have them for sale in the gear shop. But they didn't.

 

yea your right lol... the main market doesn't consist of a bunch of nerd like us here... but people are still paying top top dollar for those cards ~280m's in their older laptops.... that I don't understand

 

alienware said to be 200 bucks per card....30 days will be here...im gonna try and order them once i get the cash

 

i will be ordering in 3/4 weeks when i have the cash again

brought a new Nikon D300 hehe ops

But have no fear i will order and then proceed to clock da balls out of em

 

whats the Diff between

4850 vs 4870 ?

 

GDDR5.

Don't let anyone tell you different. ;þ

 

Hello

Just to let all you UK M17 owners know I have just got off the phone after ordering a pair of 4850's oh yes. Total was £325 inc shipping and they are sending the cards out. Gotta love that!!!!

 

damit, why the UK get to order now and WE (the US) have to wait!!!

 

Very nice. I'm going to get ready to order a set once their in.

Whats your guys predictions on benchies? With mine stock I get about 14404 in 06

 

Aside from memory, it's higher voltage for the 4870, hence higher clocks.

 

stock 3870's and stock cpu gets your 14404?!

 

Yeah stock 3870's and a X9100

 

Ok a tad hard to believe with a X9100 and stock 3870? My 06 scores with an x9100 and 3870s are in my sig.

 

OC on the x9100?

That score is very high, and is that at 1280x1024?

Because unless I misunderstand, he is saying that's a score with stock cpu and stock gpu.

I OC'd both heavily to get my score haha.

 

frozenarcticguy i haven't seen you in a while????

 

Sorry I misspelled, darn night shift. It was 14004 with stock speeds. When I oc'd the cpu to 3.3 I got about 14800 on 1280x1024

Hey dondadah, whats going on? Yeah just been trolling for a while till I saw we're getting the 4850's. How are things?

 

Lol. i'm good just sold my whitebook. bought a clevo d901c.

i'm glad to see you still have yours. and seeing that your hear you going to get the 4850's right.


you have a x9100 i'm i correct?

 

That still seems way too high a score for stock CPU and GPUs with an x9100.....considering the top stock scores for qx9300 are right at 14k, and the CPU score is MUCH higher for them.

 

And the core and shader clocks are 50MHz higher on the 4870. (both @ 550MHz instead of 500MHz)

£325? That's not bad at all. I can't wait until I can order mine!

Do you know if they're including a new crossfire cable, and what about thermal paste? (presumably we need to buy new thermal paste ourselves)

But considering they're sending them out...M9750 owners are about to go as nuts as we are.

 

I forgot to ask about the SLI cable. Judging by the order notice there is not one included. He did say when I first ordered that I had to purchase thermal paste from them for £1 otherwise they would not sell me the cards. Just explained I use Arctic Cooling MX-2 and they were happy with that.

 

Nah,

I get just above 14,000 with my X9100 at stock clocks too.

Well above 15,000 overclocked.

 

Purchase thermal paste from them for £1?!? Bloody hell, no wonder changing the thermal paste helps, they must be using some really, really cheap crap on our computers.

 

I'll be ordering on the 28th then!!

They confirm no lead time in the uk?

 

Someone in the UK has apparently already ordered. They were £325 including shipping.

 

Hello.

As far as lead time goes I was told after paying for them to expect them in approx 2-5 days.

 

i will be awaiting anxiously, once you have them delivered i will order mine

i dont want to order mine (again) and not get em for a number of weeks

 

What do you guys expect: How long will they take to arrive?

Greetings
Julian

 

I think they will come within a week. When i placed the order there was no hunting around for them. Everything was in place for a simple upgrade.

 

Weird, I called up and was told "nope, we don't have stock sorry, no upgrade"

And was told maybe in 15-30 they would have some upgrade, but none right now.

 

thats why i am waiting, i been messed around with AW upgrade orders before so i wait for people to start getting them before i part with any cash again

 

It took 2hrs & 30min but all was worth it :smile:
I have ordered for Dual 4850 upgrade
& will be shipping my laptop to them

& hope to get it back in a week
cost $469 all worth it

Alienware Rocks :yes:

 

Awesome. Are you going to get your 3870's back or take them out before you ship it?

 

They said they will ship it back to me

Thats some service baby

 

i thought they ship the 4850 cards to you to put in urself...thats what the alienware tech support told me

 

Well i have problem with my BlueRay Player
so they will lookinto it & overall too

Only thing on my mind is .....
what will happen to the Operating System & Respwan Dvd i got with my Laptop
Will i have a conflict when i want to install to factory setting
cos those were done with old cards

I will have to make one myself i guess
cos I asked them & even offered to pay double
but they said they dont do that

So any recommendations how I should do that
What software should i get ?

 

My guess is that you could get them to go either way with it, depending on how comfortable you are doing it yourself.

Yes, this upgrade was a very good move on their part. Even for new buyers I think the M17 is a legitimate contender with the M17x if you want something with a smaller form factor, but it's especially good for existing owners and it's good to see Alienware taking care of them.

 

I reckon there was a lot of influence from dell...

But yeah, it is very very nice to see the cards in the M17. Perhaps they decided that they'd make more profit through having them rather than concentrating on their M17x

 

I just got off the phone, after a very long hold time, and was told I would have to send in my M17 to be able to do the upgrade and each card will cost $227.95. He also said the old 3870's would be returned along with the upgraded M17.

EDIT: Unfortunately, I've been downgraded to regular T.S. for some reason. I had a hard time understanding the reps english and he seemed less familiar with the products than the reps for government and business customers.

 

Rob41, did they give you an estimated time to completion for the upgrade? I'd love to send mine in to them (wasn't really crazy about doing the upgrade myself anyway) but I'm leery of being separated from my gaming rig for long periods of time...

Price sounds great, though!

Maybe I'll check on larger SSD's too..... heck, maybe I'll just head over to the Alienware site and window shop on any potential upgrades.

now that I think on it, I wonder if it'd be better to wat a few months and try to do several upgrades at once - my rig pretty much does everything I ask of it now, so upgrades would be purely for my need to have cool stuff...

 

Yeah, the price really is great!

Sorry, I didn't ask about time to complete but i would take any estimates with a grain of salt anyway.

Expect a month and if you have it back in a couple weeks or less you'll be happy.

I didn't ask about the SLI cable either cause I'm sure I would have been put on hold again. It's safe to assume the cost doesn't include a new crossfire cable. When you do this upgrade, speciffically let them know you want an additional cable. Otherwise they can be difficult to come by in the event you want to use the old 3870's in another rig or you want to sell them.