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    Area 51 M17x (gen1) still alive and well!!!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by usmc1488, Oct 12, 2009.

  1. usmc1488

    usmc1488 Notebook Evangelist

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    I got the m17x last year while I was in Iraq and was disappointed about how well it played crysis, which I thought was the game to test systems. IT was choppy and slowed down alot until I tweaked the hell out of it. The M17x played other new games like tomb raider and Fall Out 3 with out a glitch BUT they didn't look as nice.

    Fast fwd 2 months, Im home, GF is on vaca so I bought the new Need for speed (shift), and resident evil 5.

    WOW holy crap both games play smooth, look fantastic, never stutter (both have physics which I think would rival crysis) with all the settings maxed out (except shadows which I always turn off)

    So the old girl still has some life in her!!!

    PS Need for speed shift is nuts!!!!!!!!!

    System specs:
    2.5 ECU
    2x 9800GTS
    4 Gig ram
    32 op system
     
    usmc1488, Oct 12, 2009
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  2. Logitech456

    Logitech456 Notebook Consultant

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    the point of this thread is?

    the m17x first gen was alwayss a great laptop and yah 2x 9800s is still a great setup.
     
    Logitech456, Oct 12, 2009
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  3. usmc1488

    usmc1488 Notebook Evangelist

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    Um the point was to let people know that it can play the latest and greatest!!!!!
    Because I for one was beginning to think that it was already dated. but nope its not!!!!!!
     
    usmc1488, Oct 12, 2009
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  4. the3vilGenius

    the3vilGenius 3vil knows no fear

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    Are they still updating drivers and such llike they used to. I was wondering because there will be a day where i am @ that point you are now. At post above, his post is alot more usefull then yours.
     
    the3vilGenius, Oct 12, 2009
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    Logitech456 Notebook Consultant

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    not really TBH.
     
    Logitech456, Oct 12, 2009
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  6. usmc1488

    usmc1488 Notebook Evangelist

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    No there has not been a driver update in a while. But drivers for the 9800gts are still coming out from Nvidia. I got the most recent off of this site, and everything works: sleep, hdmi out, blu ray etc. The M17x specific drivers dont need updating ie alien fx etc.
     
    usmc1488, Oct 12, 2009
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  7. jacktheripper.wang

    jacktheripper.wang Notebook Geek

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    my m17x-R1 scored 14100 in 3dmark 06 and 8500 in vantage GPU.

    im proud of this one and half years old machine.

    btw they updated 64bit drivers early this year.

    and command center last week.
     
    jacktheripper.wang, Oct 13, 2009
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  8. Buckits

    Buckits Notebook Consultant

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    lol does that even make sense.... well I have the same machine but with 8800m's and it does play more recent games like batman and resident evil 5 on high settings for the most part at a decent clip. Just goes to show nvidia doesn't do too much reinventing gpus (just rebranding and adding more cores).
     
    Buckits, Oct 13, 2009
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