Bets on Release Date for M17x I7 Build

Looking for high end system with I7 and SLI GPU..Sager models have I7 but look so outdated..Really want the Alienware, but need the i7...any thoughts/rumors when they will release it??

 

Well there probably won't be a new sli configuration anytime soon because of the fued with Nvidia and Intel, i think dell and alienware is going to take some time since they have the M15x.

 

Yeah! Its so true. Since there is no i7 with SLI config out there (they are conflicted right?) I doubt there will be a refreshment for i7 config anytime soon.

 

Yeha i doubt it also, probably if i were you i would look at business machines since they might have it first idk, the precision m6500 will be coming out with the capella platform and maybe sli. You probably could modify it yourself at your own risk of course if i were you i would get complete care f you want to play around with something like that.

 

Also another dumb thing is that while these to corporations bicker around rights and processors etc.. crap, we are in a global depression not recession and like who really has the money anymore to buy some of these things anyway!

 

It seens 2007 depression has nothing to do with Alienware forum's members. Witcher has a collection of M17x and Mandrake is playing with his second machine Just looking at some signatures here makes me sick
Im just kiddin

 

I don't think its a problem with Nvidia and Intel, because we would still see laptops with core i7 and crossfire if that was the problem, so I think its some other reason there are no core i7 dual GPU laptops on the market.

 

Of course, there is also the feud between Intel and AMD. And AMD owns ATI after all.

Still, this shouldn't be a problem. There just isn't a notebook chipset out that supports both the new Core i7s and Crossfire/SLI. Might still take a bit to get it released, hopefully with Triple Channel DDR3 support.

 

Recessions are the best time to make big purchases. If you are lucky enough to have some stability in your job.

Besides, recessions don't end by people sitting on their money.

 

Usually the people here are quite smart and thus are actually able to retain money since we do have jobs.



Simple


Right now the mobile i7 is just not worth waiting for and the premin price at all.

 

true is like the ssd's 1 year ago

 

Wish I could make up my mind..I am current military and job security is not an issue for now. Would really like the i7 for future proof and upgrades when available. The C2DE wil run its course and be by passed evetually by the i7.
Of course, the GPU should be able to be upgraded to the next best thing once it becomes available. Question..why is there tax with these systems from Alineware? Thats ridiculous..Lucky me can get the system thru AAFES with a discount and NO tax.

 

Tax Is tax ... It pays your salary durrrr lol

now the i7 is USELESS unless you do professional work on your computer ...a qx9300 overclocked will beat it and be cheaper

 

Nvidia doesn't have the licensing rights to produce chipsets for Calpella based CPUs but Intel still has licensing rights to support SLI and Crossfire in Intel-made chipsets.

Intel's i7 chipset already supports SLI and Crossfire...and will continue to do so since Nvidia is not dumb enough to not sell Intel the rights to use SLI. Even GPGPU Fermi needs Intel to support multi-GPU configs to work.


That said my bet for i7 M17x will be June-July 2010.

 

If by outdated, you mean not garish, I suppose you're right.

 

You're not going to get triple channel from a mobile i7 unless Intel decides to change sockets again. The only i7s with triple channel are the QuickPath LGA 1366 desktop chips, which means a notebook SLI platform is... unlikely considering the heat constraints involved.

However, I could maybe see a M17x refresh with Arrandale mid to late next year. Clarksfield may be possible as well, but I think Arrandale is more likely due to lower heat constraints, and the possibility of using integrated graphics for increased battery life.

 

Don't come here insulting other peoples opinions

 

Quit playing wannabe-mod. I put a winky-smiley face after it, it was a joke.

 

i7 is far from useless. Owning both I can tell you the i7 beats the hell out of my qx9300 across the board, especially in memory performance and in every emulator I run, especially PCSX2 even without SLI.

As for a release date, I would expect it to be available Summer cycle of 2010.

 

This looks like the right time table to me. By then people will start asking if they should buy it or wait for Sandy Bridge.

 

For PCSX2 emulator, you don't even need QX9300 (besides, did you even try OC'ing it?), just grab a T9900/X9100 and I assure you @3.6Ghz the best FPS will be achieved in any PCSX2 game
As for QX9300 v.s i7: take Total War with the latest patch for quad support and see the difference, or take GTA4 and "enjoy" the FPS plunges every time your i7 reassigns the cores from 1 to 4 (when the game actually asks for 4 ).
And if you are benchmark oriented - run 3dmark06 on your i7 (if it's 920XM @ stock you'll see around 3.6K, OC'ed - 4-4.5k) and on this very forum you can find a 5k run with QX9300.
And I really hope, you did NOT compare QX9300 to a Desktop i7. If that's the case - disregard everything above this sentence

 

I think the i7 would be a better future proof/upgrade for notebooks.
Can get the 920i7 for around 720 in a Sager vs the X9300 for 900 from Alienware. Just wish Sager had a backlit keyboard.

 

Just an example : http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=430598

 

i do think he did and that is very very funny

 

At that time I'd wait instead for ATI Hecatoncheires GPUs due out late next year/early 2011.

If there were a future-proofing for notebooks (which there ain't because future-proofing requires easy cost effective upgrading which not even an MXM slot can give a notebook) I'd say it lies with GPGPU....not Fermi-level GPGPU but a more mellow notebook-scaled GPGPU....and a good GPU will be the better upgrade for even mobile workstations.

 

I don't know why but I believe we will see a refresh with i7 and the 58XX series card on a modified M17X within 3 months of December.

It only makes sense...

 

That is correct to believe!!

 

I dont see how that's correct to believe. If I remember correctly Desktop 4000 series and mobilitiy 4000 series were nearly a year apart. Don't expect mobility 5000 series until the summer of 2010.

I'd love if it came out earlier, but its unlikely.

 

no one wanted to adopt them and ATI wasnt trying to cream Nvidia @ the time

Also Dell wasn't ATI offical OEM either