Dell Alienware M17x vs. Sager 9850

very good point vicious some one will have to try anti glare clear sheet on it

 

Good point there too Quad. A coating or a different manufacturing process might even achieve the best of both worlds.

 

i perfer the gloss...that was a huge selling point for me on the m15x.
but then again, if you could go to a glass company and have them apply something to the unit to assist in the anti-glare that would be tops.

 

i prefer glare 2

 

My biggest complaint about the m17x is it's HUGE glare. Anyone see this pic yet from Mr.Bicep who got one of the first m17x's?

http://www.digitalchumps.com/images...lienwaremrbicepdigitalchumps12_1244995502.jpg

I hope it looks better on...

Edit: Wow you guys are fast to comment

 

Well yeah, from that angle it's gonna be a mirror.

 

i don't play games out side because its usually 100 F i hate the heat .......

so glare is ok by me

 

Yes they are mirrors in a well lit room . Glossy screens have always had some reflection , some worse then others , but these are 100x that effect .

 

well to be fair it does have a flash going off on it ....

 

Even in a dark room with a light on behind you.

 

This video gives you the best idea of what to expect . Scroll to 2:15 and pause it you will see they are filming the guys face off the reflection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdc3DOlhWc

 

http://www.notebookjournal.de/storage/show/image/image4a310b782025b_text

And the M980NU is just the same about reflection lol.

BTW i was expecting more brightness from the M980NU as it have dual bulb

 

so does the m17x ....

 

I know, but the brightness in the M980NU is pretty low... lower than some single bulb notebooks as stated in the notebookjournal review

 

Is it just me or does that video make the m17x look really thick?

 

Ya i have made mention of the dual bulb thing on more then one occasion , justin@xotic confirmed that it is infact Dual bulb when asked about it and its on there order page but the review from that site so far makes it clearly a single bulb when being compared to other notebooks. Now it could be that the review unit didnt have the new screen ? but i know dual bulb machines require a whole different inverter so im not to sure anymore . Or its 2 very weak bulbs .

 

its safe to asume that the sager 9850 will overclock alot nicer than the M17x..

we have to wait n see but traditionaly alienware leave little to no overclocking space in their thermal designs while Clevo/sager have more enthusists margins.

.. if i could get both at the same price i would prob get the Alienware..

unluckly for me the Alienware Australia store has horible prices.

 

I'm pretty sure both will have 0.3 and 0.5 overclock options and thats it

 

right now the only "comfirmed" OC ability for the AW is with the X quad proc.
not sure of numbers, but BIG's look to be correct.

 

yup i qouted that from my source a while ago the quad will be able to be clocked to 3.0 just like the clevo and the x9100 to 3/57 ghz just like the Clevo


so please look it up before saying any thing. i understand traditionally AW does not allow it but there are special cases

 

lol Moo...be nice.
the search function is disabled....

 

"When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, Sager owners and Alienware owners, Clevo and Dell, HP and Toshiba, will be able to join hands and sing"

 

ok everything seems right with the res. if not let me know
i guess i'll stay with my sager then.

here is the performance difference 1920*1200 vs 1920*1080
1920*1200



1920*1080



1680*1050 OVERCLOCKED(sorry i don't have a stocked one.)


1024*768 OVERCLOCKED(again i don't have a stocked one i think)



so the performance difference isn't hugh between the first two. but it will look different on the screen

i had to throw up something. i had to
i'll start to use my sager more on benchmarks cause i need more numbers.

 

Sort of off-topic... but is there a reason why dmc4 is often benchmarked to demonstrate?

 

i don't understand it either. 3dmark is used by much more people, so it's more comparable.

 

well 3dmark06 depends on your cpu and dmc4 is on your gpu. i compared them to show you how the gpu's will run on the different res. (and it's shorter. otherwise i would of done farcry2 right now.)

 

You know this Thread sounded ok at frist. It a Flame ware. I am with Both Sugar and Alienware. I can not go which is better or worse. I go to both fourms to talk. I dont go I have this and it faster then that.

What I will Say both groups Stop acting like toddlers Just out of Diapers. Which give Mine better then Yours hahaha. Basicly acting like a baby.

Why not setup a Fourm so it brings the fighting out side or Notebookreview. Or out side of Alienware and Sugar fourms.

I own both system I will not go which is better then Which.

But being stupid on both side is a problem.

 

i'm also trying to decide on which is better but with the specs being the same you have to start with the cons to get somewhere.

 

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