Landfall is Expected/The Invasion!/AllPowerful.com is back

Pretty much a big game changer haha

Lets see what these will do!

Dondadah is going to be SO happy now and glad that he had to wait to order one haha

 

OMG dondah with those cards....man the M15x was a let down for me but theres always something new to look forward to

 

He doesnt like all the drama of the forums quite frankly . Hes a pretty humble guy and the Asus forums when the W90 came out was a hornets nest of negativity . All about the 4870s not being 4870s and rather 4850s and this went on for a month or 2 every day . Very depressing at the beginning .

 

Dondah is getting the 280s even with the 4870s out .

 

I understand, the community came down really hard on him and the w90 for the longest time. Wishing him luck with this one

 

We will see haha

He may hate ATI, but he loves high benchmark numbers much more and the price difference may not be much in comparison to the performance difference

 

Hes a great guy and the people here a great as well so hopefully he will start posting here again .

 

I was chatting with quad about this earlier. I have been inching ever closer to buying an M17x. I just wanted to wait for landfall. im now giving serious thought to ponying up for these cards. its a bit more $$$ then I thought I was going to shell out though. im not a hardcore gamer either. I just want the best, LOL arent I sad?

 

Man sometimes I wish I still had AIM or xfire to chat with...why oh why would dondah pass on 4870 DDR5?!

 

I Agree he would love to have them but he is already pre commited to something else lets just say . I talk to him on the phone once a week or so and i talked to him today about them but since he made a prior commitment he has little choice in the matter . Or if he wins the Lottery .

 

I am gonna chat to him now if he is online haha

 

I see haha, he will try to upgrade if he can

 

Well i would think if you want to play games farther into the future without issue then spend now or just plan on selling your machine abit sooner buying a new one . Also it greatly depends on what types of games you plan on playing etc.

 

^^^Mostly FPS's Quad

 

That's my dilemma quad.

I am a casual FPS gamer and wish I could get a single 4870 in the M15x....

It's not like I'm asking to solve world hunger, jeez.....

 

I like games like Quake 3 and Unreal tournament. Haha, old games I know!

 

UT3 is awesome and will run on anything

 

I seriously hope you didn't create an account just to leave one venting post.

It is possible the 280M will be an option down the road as well as the GTS 260M, it doesn't mean they wont be options at all just because they aren't right now.

 

Quake 3 and the original UT could run on a netbook these days so what ever video card you get you will be golden

 

Id say look to the games coming in the future and not just whats out now . You want something that is going to last as a game may come out that peaks your interest and you want to be sure you can play it at decent settings. THe main thing is not have to run out of native resolution . plenty of people can play games like crysis on there crappy notebooks if they run it at 640x480 .

 

^^^Right, I like those games, also like newer similar type fighting/action games.

 

The only thing really exciting me so far is Modern Warfare 2

COD4 ran well on mid-range systems so maybe MW2 won't be very taxing either.

 

That was me!!

 

meh ,meh meh meh damnit must hold for the 5870 must hold must hold damnit .....
when is the i7 comming for it? i guess i'll start saving for an other rig

 

So how much better are is DDR5 compared to DDR3?

 

that is the question of the day!

none of us know for a laptop....this is the first GDDR5 laptop GPU

 

Corrected, scook

 

ya sorry, I meant "that matters"

 

Ahhhhh man now I'm really anxious to know

 

Best part about all this is Striker had no clue he is the one who leaked the good news lol.

 

Dell sucks.

Even the eye-sore that is the Qosmio is getting a DDR5 mid-range card.

 

Lol. I'm gone and then there's a whole page dedicated to me.

 

Hey!

Welcome back don

 

well thank him for us

 

He PMed me back in June when the M17x launched and we first heard the rumors about the Crossfire option "in a month or two." Said he would pick the M17x up when they came out.

 

I AM SOOOOO STOKED RIGHT NOW! (could someone pass the doobie please.....)

*** 7% Federal EEP Program, FREE additional warantee, FREE expedited shipping, FREE Nebula Red + $99.00 discount, plus FREE Alienware TactX Headset - I'll do my own QX9300 and mem upgrades..... AlienHead is asking a premium for these!

 

Grats on finally getting REAL 4870s. :wink:

 

Yeah thats an awesome config Striker and im sure your ordering the Qx9300 for it Asap .

 

think I drooled on my mere mortal M17x.....lol

 

Woah I didn't know they were real gddr5.

 

See my 'edit'

 

LOL! Thanks Bro! Yep, FINALLY!

 

Yeah i just threw that out there since that P8600 looks so bad next to everything else in that beast . Oh and i Repped ya for DDR5 confirmation .

 

most things are not meant to be upgraded by Dell

cpu,ram,hdd/ssd,wireless,odd etc

All done cheaper yourself, and you know what you are getting then!

 

Yepper..... I'll save a few pennies and do 'er myself.....

 

When do you plan on getting the quad?

 

Agreed, with the exception of those SSD's I just ordered. Those particular Samsung's (presently only available to OEM's) are simply B@D@$$, and for 512GB, can't be beat..... yet anyhow.

 

Priced one out today but estimated delivery date is the day I'm going away so it'll have to wait until I get back.

Microcenter needs to start selling the M17x version in store so I can go pick one up in person.

 

SOON! Let me do an unbox'in first though......

 

ya Dell sells them pretty much half price - hard to ignore that

They are identical to the Corsair P series though and a few others