Alienware M17 *OFFICIAL* Owner's Lounge

yea really all we ever did was just get a lan router and plug them in the computer should set up all the network settings. then play any game your going to play and hit local network etc pretty easy

 

After updating my Realtek HD driver
it has Messed up
It doesnt even load up on my task bar
& i cant find it in programs

where do i look for it ?
& how do i get it back on
Please Help[
thxs

 

and i was thinkin, i was the only man on this planet with such a bad connection.

 

yeah right...although my monthly limit is 10 gigs, my normal d/l speed tops out around 75 kb/sec...raging fast!!!

 

I am at work right now but my gf phoned me and said my M17 arrived and 5 mins later my 2nd package with my cooler ! I can't wait to get home!

 

sweeeeeeet!

sounds like a good time to "catch the flu.."

 

Exactly! Nice rig. I'll bet you're excited.

 

Congrats on the new rig and good luck getting any sleep tonight

 

Hey does anyone know this game. i only saw it once. where you can stress you computer by putting 1000's of AI's ion the field til it slows down.

 

my ati control whatever is giving me a error.

 

Hey guys need your opion on this config. Looks Like I will be pulling the trigger this week.
Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 - CrossFireX™ Enabled!
Processor: Intel® Core™2 T9400 2.53GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Design & Display: Black Skullcap Design
Chassis: 17-Inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p) with Clearview Technology
Keyboard Options: Illuminated Keyboard – Alienware Exclusive Design - Astral Blue
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1066MHz – 2 x 1024MB----will upgrade myself.
B]System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® Ultimate N 5300 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card with MIMO Technology
The World's First 450 Mbps Wi-Fi Adapter!
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with Surround Sound
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Onsite Service and 24/7 Toll-Free Phone Support
Thnaks for the input.

 

thats great i got almost the same setup. i would do it

 

I have seen this before but its not coming to me...yet. I remember you could have it continue to add till your machine purty much quit or the software dumped.

 

i think i dont really remember. i saw it when i was browsering and i was going to write it down but i didnt. now i regret it.

 

World in conflict benchmark
Catalyst Control Center still not working but i'll fix it
Resolution: 1920*1200
Detail Level: Very High
Average fps: 17
Min fps: 8
Max fps: 37
TotalFrames: 934

 

Need some help on this one... Please check out what I got and let me know what you think would be best for a pretty active gamer. My chief concerns are I want quality for my money but im not going all out. I am using this game mainly for Gaming a little browsing. I just upgraded to Dual 3870's and plan on upgrading my processor to Intel Core 2 T9400 2.53 ghz (which I listed below instead of the 2.4 ghz. I am not sure really what a processor is for, I just want a really fast laptop with barely any load times.

MY first question with that is, should I spend the extra 50 bucks and get the quad core? Even though its at 2.0 ghz.

I'm not too good with this computer stuff and my brother has been coaching me through it so I am starting to learn. Just want some other opinions.

Another question I have is with the chassis. I got the 17-Inch WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) because my brother said the extra 200 bucks for the WUXGA was not worth it. Is that true? I do want really good graphics on my computer but remember I only want it for gaming.

Please let me know if these are good specs for someone only interested really in gaming (WoW, Action's, Shooter, Strategy, STARCRAFT 2!!) . I need to upgrade my order today!!

Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 - CrossFireX™ Enabled
Processor: Intel® Core™2 T9400 2.53GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) )
Design & Display: Black Skullcap Design
Chassis: 17-Inch WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p)
Keyboard Options: Illuminated Keyboard – Alienware Exclusive Design - Fusion Red
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
Memory: 4GB« Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1066MHz – 2 x 2048MB

System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 500GB 7,200RPM (16MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® Ultimate N 5300 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card with MIMO Technology
The World's First 450 Mbps Wi-Fi Adapter!
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with Surround Sound

 

well how much do you want to spend i would go with the 1920*1200. you can always go down but not up and i'm using it and it looks good. the t9400 is a great cpu but dont go any lower then that. and since the quad is only 2.0 it is a watse of money.


btw 720p is 1280*720.

 

1) Get the quad core if you multi-task alot with a bunch of programs. Keep in mind in the future more and more programs/games will be optimized for quad cores. IMO if it's only $50 more I'd probably get it.

2) Get the WUXGA if you watch alot of HD movies in 1080p. WXGA is capped at 720p. You'll also be able to get the most out of the Crossfire setup with the higher resolution screen. There's diminishing returns in gaming with SLI/Crossfire on a 1440x900 screen vs the 1920x1200. It's like going 55mph in a wide open highway with no cops while driving an M3. You have all that power, you may as well get the most out of it. Also if you have an external 24" monitor (which seems to the standard nowadays), you can run dual monitors both at native resolutions.

 

My concern with the Processor was the ghz, which the 50 dollars less one has 2.53 ghz as opposed to the quad with 2.0 ghz. I dont multitask too much. Any multitasking I do will be on my HP Computer where I keep my music,videos,pictures etc. I have no need to do any of that on this laptop. I just want it for gaming and for gaming while on travel.

 

How ironic for this to be in my math homework.

"A computer thet cost $2000 new has a book value of $500 after 2 years"

>_>

 

Hey all, I'm looking to buy this notebook, is the alienware website the only place where I can purchase this? Is there any coupons available? Was there any ever available?

If I don't use the crossfire option now for the graphics is it possible to upgrade it later by myself? (same for quad-core, if I don't choose it now, is it possible to upgrade by myself later?)

 

Yes, ATM Alienware is the only place you can order the M17 (or Costco which sells alienware).

And yes you can upgrade yourself later GPU and CPU (4870s!!)

 

Fox is right i second it

 

Hi

Your WiC fps are quite low. The lowest average I had, was 26 with AW stock driver.

Linky (5th post): http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=350566

Cheers

Luke

 

How would I go about upgrading the GPU? Do I just buy another 3870 card?

 

Yea or wait for the 4870s to come out to buy two of them.

 

i think he is still doing single card benchmarks

yea you can just buy another 3870 but you need a cross fire cable to

 

Hi

the savest way is: Call Alienware, tell them you want to buy a second card ... than they will send one to you and when you recive it you can call AW and theywill tell you how to put it in. The biggest advantig is, your warenty will "now" inclued the new GPU as well So you can, if you have problems, send the M17 t them without removing the card.

Greetings
Julian

 

Hello Will,

Thank you for contacting Alienware's Roswell Crew!

Regarding your question, first we would need to charge you for shipping to have the system returned to our repair facility, and then for the new CPU.

The shipping charge would be around $100.00 and the new CPU would cost $1185.24 plus tax.

If there is anything else I can help you with, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,





this is how much it cost to upgrade from t9400 to qx9300

 

holy schnikys batman...that's a lotta cake!

hopefully the let you keep your original processor!

 

Wow, 1300 bucks! That's alot of doe. I think I'd have to wait a year or 2 to upgrade that.

 

lol it wasnt for me but i thought i would post so if other people were hope'd they could get it, all there hopes would be crushed

 

Typing of the new M17 as we speak ...god its so awesome! The day waiting at work has been worth it !

 

congratz and we told you

"you will love it"

 

If possible or whenever you have time, could you post temp differences at idle and load when you use your M17 with and without the Cryo LX?

-Thanks in advance

 

Will do so tommorow .

 

Great look forward to seeing that.

 

yeah i dont know anything right now im' so new to crossfire. i might disable it and see what is the best i can get from one card. but it says it is enable. i'm using 9.1 so i think thats the best driver out there.

 

It's actually still buggy, you should go with E-Wrecks modded 8.12 drivers.

 

you think 8.12 is the best now. i saw holds drivers comparsion but i wish there was more games on it.

 

Resolution: 1920*1200
Average fps: 20
Min fps: 5
Max fps: 57
no AA.

 

Hi

Sorry for that, I have benched the most demanding games I have. I didn't see any point testing HL2, FC1, Brothers in Arms or Sins of a Solar Empire etc., since You can easily max them out with all the blows and whisles under any driver.

Additionaly You can find benchies of FC2 and Fallout 3 in E-wreckeds 8.12 thread.

Hope that helps

Cheers

Luke

 

Thats still very low. You must have something wrong.

Luke

 

i dont know what it can be i thought it was good. everything is default and no overclock. i dont know if anyone else was.

 

There is an option in the 9.1 drivers that allows you to know if it is in CrossFire by placing a watermark in the corner of a window when playing a game.

Try enabling that and seeing if your games are in CrossFire.

 

open CCC right click and then radeon 3870 then crossfire settings

 

Woot! Another Opera user!

 

opera FTW better then fire fox easy (hasnt crashed but 1 time in 2 years

 

Meh wish i had good news but i am having problems already rofl.

I had problems with the stock drivers while playing games (WoW) so i decided to uninstall the ati stuff in control panel, downloaded the new 9.1 catalyst from the ATI site, rebooted and started the 9.1 install.

The strange thing is, it only install ATI Manager or w/e its called and doesn't install CCC and doesn't detect my ati cards....what the hell.. :S i am totally lost now.

Edit; just tried the official drivers from AW and they detect my cards..so how do i install new drivers if ati ones dont detect my cards :S. I also read the official ati drivers are not for mobile cards...oh well back to stock drivers i guess .

Will post those temp results asap.

 

I think you need to mod the ATI driver's before you install...search out e-wrecked's modded drivers...they work good
make sure you use driver sweeper before you install to clean out the old driver