M17 GPU upgrade ordered -- Email included

According to what I read, the core speeds were the same. They probably are different though, but not by much.

EDIT: Scratch that, I read wrong but yea, should be easily overclockable by 50MHz, should temps allow.

 

You can (have a 4870 as mater, and a 4850 as slave), but you won't have a performance advantage over two 4850s in crossfire because the bandwidth of both cards would be limited by the slower card and the master card would perform slower to accommodate it.

 

Ah, yea, I forgot about that. Pointless then

 

can the new M17x support crossfire? because SLI doesn't need any cable between the cards.

 

i have to say i am so happy we have finally got to the bottom of this, i would happily pay for the 4850 upgrade and clock if possible on my m17 and pick up a cheap q9300 in the future then buy a whole new laptop for 3x that

 

Yep great news for you guys, Congrats .

 

Very cool!

 

It will be interesting to see how much a new machine will cost with the 4850's compared to the M17x.

 

it wont give the same performance as the 2x 280's i dont think but it will certainly be competitive i would have thought

therefore i would pitch it prob £300-400 cheaper in comparison

 

Yeah the deal will be the best for current owners more so then i think future buyers , unless of course you just love ATI then its a great option, after all there is the Hardcore ATI crowd and vice versa.


I had the W90 and it was very fast but its no way going to be as fast as 2x280's like you said but i knew that all along , plus the nicer thing about these cards over the W90 ones is there 1gb vs 512 which was something i hated about the W90 ones.

 

Oh sweet, if they put the cards up on the dell store, I'm in business. Now I do hope they release the 1 GB DDR3 4870, because I'd love to take on of those instead.

 

I don't understand... Why they would offer the 4850's for upgrade, but not on the cutomization page of the M17?

 

There not available for public consumption yet would be the best guess.

 

at the moment these are speculation with the m17x version, we dont seem to be able to get them confirmed or denied.

 

No idea, prob to push the remaining stock of 3870's?

 

I'm talking about what the Dell Regional Sales Manager told zfactor, that there is a single 4870 option, that they may or may not release. That isn't coming from some clueless phone tech.

 

Ok wow! I WAS WRONG, WOO HOO I WAS WRONG!

4850's are confirmed in a sense, Pmanuk you should revise your original statement as it might be different in the US and UK

Form talking to two tech rep's they have told me (btw I will call sales later to see if they have different information) they are now only TESTING, that means they are just seeing if the system will work, so it is a possibility the system will not work, or if it does take a couple of months or longer.

BUT, I have a good idea that they would not have taken the time to even test the 4850's if they didn't think it wasn't possible.

So horray for confusing news! lol

 

Well, they already sold him the cards, so I'm pretty sure they work.

 

See it must be different in the UK then the US, because right now I was told they are in testing, and they are not selling anything. Also I got no pricing, I will try sales to see if the result is different.

Im on hold for a sales agent atm.

 

Gotta love AW roundabout

Call AW tech "well we are testing but sales will know more about that"

call AW sales "well we don't know much about that let me send you to tech support"

ARGH!

 

My AW tech guy Leo is talking to his level 2 guys, to see what he can find out.

Ok, so more info on the U.S side:

1) If it works, it will be available in a month

2) No stock in the U.S atm (not sure about other places)

3) US pricing around 250 USD
Good news today yep

 

this is great

its like one big easter egg hunt


will they, wont they, what are they..... pmsl

but we getting closer, i think a/w should read nbr just for a laugh as to see what we think we know what their doing.

4850s will still give m17 a punch to be proud of though.

and at least aw have confirmed from different sources that 4850s are a go even if the 4870s are not.

 

well they took my cash when i spoke to the technical manager

i am just so pleased they pulled thier finger out and got them sorted

 

that would tie in with the guy i spoke to who said about a month or so for retail stock

 

4850's are confirmed, although in testing, but they wouldn't spend the time if it wasn't possible.

If it does come true though, the M17 could end up being the most popular gaming notebook on the market, with the lowered price. It would be cheaper then the ASUS W90, and smaller, plus you get the AW brand.

Hopefully it works out for them, it would definitely put them back on top.

 

Yup, I +reped you, good job on the hing. I definitely was a skeptic till now, I just hope the smart engineers at AW are able to get it right.

 

that's great news for alienware m17 owners

 

this is somewhat correct the person i spoke with also said these are not for sale yet in the us for whatever reason. i told him someone here placed the actual order and he was a bit suprised because he said the lead time was still a few weeks out from what the response he got back on them was. but for whatever reason he said if the uk is already taking orders he is pretty sure they will be out there first. but they will for sure come to the us if the uk gets them.

but yes overall lead time he said should be around 3-5 weeks give or take..

 

You are kidding yourself if you think Dell management and a ton of Alienware folks already don't watch these forums (Hi Angela & Heinrich among others . I know because I have been told that I am a blabber mouth and I should watch what I type. But I just can't help it

 

::waves to Dell and Alienware::

 

^^^ lol thats funny... yeah i used to get that from a lot of the people i spoke with they used to say please dont put this on the forums or quote me on this etc...

 

well i got the confirmation of the order i thought that was quite important

as i know there is alot of people who want to upgrade

its not a secret that we all want to throw money at AW now is it!

 

Yup, I called 5 different times, they are testing, and the price is around 250 for the upgrade. weeeeeeeee.

 

pmsl yeah i suppose when you think about it they must..........


right anyway more to the point

what does anybody rekon m17 will score on3dmark 06 with 2x 4850s in

 

17k?

minimum i guess

 

That's fantastic! I really wasn't planning on getting those cards, but for that price I will.

 

i have a feeling they might have sent an internal mail round clearing up the latest as they all seem to say the same now

 

Yup, while I say around 250, thats the estimate, and I am not sure if it is 250 per card or for both, I didn't ask that.

 

If possible, I will be installing the cards myself. I do want to keep my 3870's for my M9750 and like said before, it's just so easy.

 

it might be per card, $500 is similar to £343 i paid for xfire

Pete

 

True, but Id rather have them do the driver install's and regintegrate, just in case

 

It's definitely $250 per card.

 

Well maybe not, if they keep the old cards then maybe it is only 250 for the whole upgrade.

 

dang 500 $ ... i unno if i wanna keep mine now .....nope i dont .... but if some one wants me to order them i will lol

 

yes 250 per card

 

should i buy these Z then re sell?

 

your m17 with these will be very nice.. you may even decide to keep it

 

That really isn't a bad price at all.

When I upgraded to SLI in my M9750, it was $477 for one 7950 GTX!

 

i know this would sell better with them but it would take time

 

Yea the M17 will be rocking with 4850's.

Things im upgrading now

1) 4850's
2) QX9100
3) blu ray