Alienware New Model Speculation Thread

Still, not gaudy. Have you actually owned an Alienware? Because I have, and they're not gaudy with the lights off. You'll get looks, sure, but that's a size thing.

 

And now your point is no longer valid. Just becomes YOUR opinion. And you're taking this thread OT.

 

Soooooo...now we know that there is an M18 coming. Start the price speculation for goodness sake. I'm dying here!!!!

 

On the live feed today, with the horribly awkward public speaker, he said the starting point will be $1999. Speculation OVER

 

What about the screen? Will M18x have RGB LED like M17x R2?

 

ok, about the m17x with single GPU true....
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will they have really the 6970m crossfire option for m18x? lets c...cuz it Might need high power-consumption ---beside, i dun think so it gonna beat a sager since they will offer always newest GPUs support in their BIOS upgrades and sager np7280 is more flexible than m18x or m17x since we are able to replace GPUs and CPUs to a new one without paying again to purchase a whole new laptop !!!i am gonna buy i7 990EX soon...and perhaps gtx 485m sli if the price decrease .... still alienware will stand?? i dun think so ! and once there is a new configurations since its so tough to change a GPU in alienware system...plus greedy DELL advertisement ...they will encourage people to pay more and get a new one...
for example, once gtx 460 was offered as a GPU option in m15x right? but now its removed and moved to m17x? is gtx 460m really enough for a high end gaming???

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yes you are right...but i guess as a gamer....if he/she wants to order a high-end gaming, he would prefer having GT555m or GTX485? if its affordable ?! lol..but of course it depend on their decision to have the beauty of lights and fleshy design or no...
yes both of this brand have high prices....i love both of them, as i mentioned i got m15x and np7280 and i ordered for my wife a m14x....but personally my experienced showed me its a bit waste of money for paying m17x and soon m18x...i used alienware system ling time already...lights and design are became so usually for me ! what i want always is the power ! which i believe its in sager machines with their more options.
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what i dun like about dell and aliewnare is their bad advertisement ! makes people who dun have much info about the laptop performance confuse....

 

Speculate if/when the prices of the M14x will start getting lower! $1720 with best proc, 3GB VC, and 1080P screen is too expensive for me.. I mean I didn't even upgrade memory or HDD..Also, can the CD-ROM can be replaced with another drive DIY?

 

Yup, just Google around for a caddy. I'm not sure exactly what one the M14x uses though, there's quite a few different ones. There's also ones specifically for slot-loading drives, so they'd come without the laptop casing part.

 

1-2630qm is more than enough (it's as fast as +3ghz previous i7 Quad on desktops) you can't even use half of its power while gaming, GPU will be the bottleneck not your CPU.

2-3GB Card is pointless as many have already mentioned, get the 1.5GB which is way more than you will ever need on the m14x

3-Get memory + HD from Newegg or Amazon much cheaper ! it's very easy to replace the ram and wont break warranty

4-People replace optical drives with hard drives all the time here in the forum but i don't know if it will work with the m14x (i have never tried replacing optical drive with HD before)


Get the 1200$ m14x + Screen upgrade only and you will be happy
Don't even waste money getting more ram, 4GB is a lot already no game use more than 2GB (99.9% of games are limited to 2GB of ram due windows system) and 500GB HD is very good, only bigger 750GB is available as 7200RPM, i say keep the 500GB HD and use it, then upgrade when 1TB 7200RPM get released this year !

 

Nope.
These are no longer manufactured, as far as we know.

 

The M18X will be just as easy to upgrade as the sager one. I will agree, the 17X R2 was kind of difficult and tedious. sure the 18x may not have 485M SLI, but would you really pay an extra $500-$600 for such a small performance increase?

The Sager laptop will cost less, but you're missing out on great warranty and build quality. I've owned 3 sager laptops, sold 1, returned the other. Why? terrible build quality. The M860ETU to this day is still probably my favorite clevo.

 

"Air Alienware" Seriously though, that is not bad at all.

 

Thanks for the reply mate. I have a desktop and miss the gaming part when I go back home. I do a lot of photo editing stuff and was hoping that this machine would have some better TN panel or even better an IPS one

But I can do the colour critical work on my desktop, this machine would be awesome for gaming and thats how I would use it! I am so getting one

 

Yeah, I see your point..It's kinda a stupid Obsessive Compulsive thing..Having the Best proc/GPU they sell..But I see your point..Let's see if I can overcome my disorder lol..I might not be able to sleep knowing I didn't get the top proc/GPU! But I know in all practicality that it is indeed a waste..I also do aftermarket shopping, I get the lowest RAM/HDD all the time, and upgrade when I have extra money.. The caddy thing is new to me, but if it we're possible, that would be great! SSD+HDD possibility! Screen upgrade is also a must for me..OCD thing again..Luckily I don't worry about the other stuff like wireless though..Just the main hardware..

So I'm guessing you don't see the prices of the M14x going down in maybe 1-3 months?

 

well sometimes a sager laptop will not cost less like the np7280 or x7200 cost me 3579USD exactly...but i didnt have any problem till now...i used np8150 for a long time and there wasnt any problem, but i do agree here and everywhere ! there are a lot people having issues with their machines, the warranty is not that bad, ive sent my brother np7280 because of RAID-0 failure and they fixed it BUT we both get from xotipc PC , eventually they offer better serivece!!! , perhaps alienware less... i hope m18x have that features...perhaps it makes me interest to get one ! lol but the time will answer...may is close...
yes i do agree about gtx485m sli and thats why i got 6970m cross, but they both require the additional adapters however...
hmmm...i hope they release m18x faster...well if even i see good reviews of it, i will get one

 

Why should the price go down? it's going to be very popular, m17x R3 was released at jan and actually a week ago the 3D model price went up by 300$~ it never went down and now it's booked until may 20.

To me upgrading the CPU in the m14x for "gaming" or getting 3GB Card = 100% waste of money

Get m14x now
Sell it by the end of the year and use the saved money to upgrade to m14x refresh (Intel ivy bridge 22nm and 28nm GPU) which will be released at 2011 holiday/early 2012

I do that all the time to keep up with the greatest tech ! buying 2000$ m14x will be hard to sell but selling 1200$ m14x will be very easy without losing much

That's how you do it if you want to stay with latest tech, people will say 2820qm is old when ivy bridge is released and tease lol.

 

Ok i understand that 3gb over 1.5 gb video card is useless but surely having a better CPU is always going to help in CPU intensive gaming ?

 

Whats the difference between the 2.0 gb and the 1gb model of the M11x r3 graphics card?

 

Yeah, but any games out right now will be limited by the GPU rather than the CPU because the base CPU is that good..

 

Not with GT555m which will be your bottleneck

Think of Ferrari capable of 200 mile per hour speed (your CPU) and its driver is a man who never pass 120 mph no matter what because this is his own limit (GPU)

Your ferrari wont drive 200 miles per hour even if it can unless you change the coward driver (your GPU so in a sense you need to replace the GPU with more powerful one to get benefits of the Ferrari real speed)

 

I'd do that if I can always get the latest tech from the USA but it's pretty difficult where I'm from so I try to skip a generation..(R1-R3) But I see the point of getting the most expensive CPU/GPU option for a little performance increase..It's just something that's "good to have" lol..But I think the resale value of the highest end options compared to the lower end ones are definitely gonna lower(harder to sell without losing too much money).

Well didn't the prices of the M11x slowly decline with time? I think they did during the R2 days..

 

This entire post made me laugh for oh so many reasons.

 

Is the GT555M that weak that it'd be a real bottleneck? I mean isn't the performance close to the GTX460? That doesn't sound so bad..Is it? Then how would the GT540M perform then? That makes the GT540M sound really weak..

 

HERE IT IS A REVIEW already of Mx11 R3 !!!!

REVIEW ALIEN M11X R3

 

It's not GT555m being weak, it's 2630QM being VERY powerful that GT555m can not keep up with it.

 

Up in the air between the m14x and m11xr3 right now. I was leaning heavily towards the m14x, but I just found that there is a $350 off coupon that works on the m11xr3, so that evened things up. I'll probably end up waiting a while longer though to see how things shake out and if there are any major issues with either machine.

 

Very good review, notebookcheck always does a fine job.

 

Great review! Good job NBR!!

Oh..That makes sense..But that's still not good news..I mean what's the use of having and extremely powerful CPU if the GPU can't keep up..Weird for me, as I've always been CPU bound with my R1, I never thought I'd get a machine that was GPU bound, although I'm guessing this is more common..Well will the 3GB upgrade make a difference?

I guess we can always OC the GPU..

 

lol. very interesting... person.

 

Personally I'm surprised, and impressed, you could make sense of it.

 

Engadget m18x and m14x hands on+ lot of pictures

Alienware M18x and M14x first hands-on! -- Engadget

Alienware M18x, M14x and M11x R3 finally official, world can now move on -- Engadget

 

Thanks for this.

 

1 Gb ?

More discrete video memory...

 

When will the M14x guys get there own sub thread ?

 

Excellent links, thanks!

 

Notebookreview will be adding an M14x subforum shortly - once complete, M14x threads will be transplanted to the new subforum. In the meantime, please check existing M14x threads here in the main Alienware forum before creating a new thread on this topic.

For the M11xR3, please use the M11x subforum when posting.

Thanks!

 

So far as we can tell, DDR3. It's been answered many times in various threads.

 

Tried to use my schools discount on the m14x today through dell chat. They said the m14x didn't qualify because it was a new product. Anyone else have some luck with their student discount?

 

The GT555M is inferior to the GTX 460. Bigger numbers doesn't always mean better in this case

And yes, the GT540M is weak, but in an 11" notebook, it's fine

 

anyone have a good guess as to when the M18X is coming out? i was guessing hopefully before May 16th?

 

99.9% Sure before June 1st.

 

M14x and m18x subforums are up. For 11xR3, discuss in the 11x subforum.

thread closed.