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    Alienware M17x Laptop Nebula Red - Special Edition

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Kalvin, Sep 11, 2009.

  1. Kalvin

    Kalvin Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was about to order the following configration on a new M17x and wanted to run it past the forum. This is my first alienware laptop, wanted it for gaming.
    I wanted to know if the following specs would run most games today and perhaps up to 2 years from now.

    Processor - Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9100 2.26GHz
    Memory - 6GB DDR3 at 1066MHz
    Hard Drive - 500GB 7,200ROptical Drive I really dont want to mess with a raid config.
    Optical Drive - Slot-Load Dual Layer Blu-ray Combo (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW
    Monitor - 17-inch WideUXGA 1920x1200 (1200p
    SLI Dual 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA GeForce this was the best they offered
    Color - Nebula Red - Special Edition

    think this will be okay?
     
    Kalvin, Sep 11, 2009
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  2. Xeneize

    Xeneize Notebook Deity

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    The answer is a big Yes... even if you go SLI 260 you should be ok+ also 4 GB should be enough as well... perhaps save cash here and go with a higher CPU? my 2 cents.
     
    Xeneize, Sep 11, 2009
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  3. lilyang

    lilyang Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes what he said about the ram, ram is easy and cheaper to upgrade while cpu is a little different
     
    lilyang, Sep 11, 2009
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  4. Phinagle

    Phinagle Notebook Prophet

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    There should be a sale on the M17x sometime between tomorrow and the 16th.
     
    Phinagle, Sep 11, 2009
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  5. Alien_M4v3r1kk

    Alien_M4v3r1kk Notebook Evangelist

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    His CPU is a quad so it's great at the point it is now.

    Is the Graphics Card 260 or 280? I haven't had the opportunity to see this special edition on the Dell site yet.
     
    Alien_M4v3r1kk, Sep 12, 2009
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  6. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    Agreed. For the best bang for the buck, go RAM all the way. It's easily the simpler, cheaper solution to increasing the performance of your computer.
     
    Krane, Sep 12, 2009
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  7. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    ram doesnt speed it up .....
     
    The_Moo™, Sep 12, 2009
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  8. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    Incorrect. According to an article on upgrades done by LAPTOP magazine, RAM was the cheapest, and most effective method to increase computer operation.
     
    Krane, Sep 12, 2009
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  9. Azuricate

    Azuricate Notebook Geek

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    I think that once you hit 2x2 GB ram the above point is invalidated seeing how much the cost of 4GB sticks are and the fact that you don't gain that much 4GB -> 6GB.

    I think the article was more about upgrading from 1-2GB or 2-4GB etc.
     
    Azuricate, Sep 12, 2009
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  10. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    keep on believing 6 gigs is going to make a difference over 4 for a average user
     
    The_Moo™, Sep 12, 2009
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  11. Xeneize

    Xeneize Notebook Deity

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    Ok RAM will speed up certain apps, definately heavi memory hungry apps, beacause by doing this it will leverage RAM over swap file.... it all comes down to software requirements and recommendations.... it is true though that with Vista, anything past 4GB has diminishing returns, however if you're running video editing or heavi gfx software 8 GB can speed things up to 4-5 times over 4 GB, but that's only on very rare cases.....
     
    Xeneize, Sep 12, 2009
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  12. Krane

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    Fine, as long as you're not giving the impression I was being disingenuous.
     
    Krane, Sep 12, 2009
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