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    Dell free $200.00 gift card when ordering alienware 17 or 18

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by kungfu-judo, Sep 11, 2013.

  1. kungfu-judo

    kungfu-judo Notebook Guru

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    is this a good deal or should I wait until Christmas ?
    Is the free 200.00 gift card always comes up every month ?
     
    kungfu-judo, Sep 11, 2013
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  2. YannC

    YannC Notebook Geek

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    I thought it's pretty standard that they will offer you a $200 gift card first when you ask for a discount. The sales rep would try to make it sound like a one-time deal most of the time...
     
    YannC, Sep 11, 2013
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  3. kungfu-judo

    kungfu-judo Notebook Guru

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    Hello this is off the topic
    I see you have Alienware 18 with dual card did you have any issue with it at all. lots of people said It suck the power and some games cannot play with the dual Sli . Can you put some truth behind this? too many answer it good and it bad so don't really know the truth.
     
    kungfu-judo, Sep 11, 2013
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  4. YannC

    YannC Notebook Geek

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    I've only have time to play 3 games so far so I don't think it'll help you much:
    Minecraft -- it uses mostly CPU I believe and it runs smoothly under max settings.
    Skyrim with high resolution pack -- All fans were active at times so SLI was active. Everything is smooth with no hint of lag at all. Did not do anything special with GPU profile. Temps for CPU and GPUs are at lower 70s at most, usually just hang around high 60s.
    C&C Red Alert 3: Uprising -- a 2009 game I know, under max game settings only 1 GPU is active and the computer took it like it's nothing.
     
    YannC, Sep 11, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    So, pretty much... AWESOMENESS! haha :)
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 12, 2013
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