M17x GPU fan Noisy???

Okay, so I'm playing Borderlands....all is smooth..but after about 30mins...the left GPU fan is at full speed....SLI is enabled...I don't think that matters? Is that the primary GPU? It's very loud and noisy but didn't effect the performance of the game what so ever...should I worry or not? But the noise is very distracting though? All settings are at high and bloom,etc is on... not anti...and screen is at max 1920 x 1200 res... here's some temp shots!!!

 

I guess it's normal mine does that too. The problem is that you can't control the fans manually :S

 

Is it weird when 1 260 is a lot cooler than the other?

 

I think that's normal cuz when ur not gaming one gpu downclocks to save power and reduce heat, that's why gpu 1 temp is higher ...

 

You've got a desktop - competing gaming rig about 1/8th the size and all packed into one machine. Loud fans come with the performance territory. Just crank up the speakers and be glad its not melting on your desk

 

Sli isn't optimized well for Borderlands then. It's a new game, I'm sure performance will improve with patches.

 

It appears that your cards aren't running in SLI mode in Borderlands, as your driver doesn't appear to have a good SLI profile for Borderlands yet.

Install the Nvidia SLI Update 3 which adds a working SLI Profile for Borderlands.

Or install nHancer (Great tool, you can create profiles for any games to enable SLI in them - essential, especially for notebook users of which drivers usually lag behind desktop releases), create a profile for Borderlands and set it's SLI Mode's Hex value to 2406405 (that's what the Nvidia SLI Update 3 sets it to), Anti-Aliasing compatibility to 000100C5 to get FSAA to work, Hybrid SLI to 1 and whatever FSAA level you wish to run.

Click here for a guide on how to check and enable SLI in games which don't have profiles with SLI support in your current driver yet.

 

get a headset with noise cancelling, sorted =]

 

With high performance notebook components comes a lot of heat. To get rid of that lots of heat, you need lots of cooling. Sadly, this does result in a high fan noise.

Be glad that the M17x's fans are actually quieter on full blast than most gaming laptops. For example, the M17's fans can rise above 50dB on full load, the M17x doesn't go that loud.

 

Having had both machines my M17x was far louder ... The M17 has a higher pitched noise but i cant hear the fans through my headphones whilst the M17x i could hear no problem .. Its amazing the amount of noise those fans can put out.. having owned so many notebooks over the years its by far the loudest machine i have ever heard period..

 

I don't care if the noise is only air but mine constantly make a clicking sound and it's driving me crazy.

 

Yeah "hydraulic f(u)n" design supposed 2 be inside but hey.... is a normal cheap crap fan not even have ball bearing. but sleave bearing... Alienware take as back to 1998 when the balled fans was luxory staff.... i sore you ask now how i know that ?? hmm i just say my left gpu "f(u)n" is just melt down tonight when i was middle in a battle in ostagar "dragon age origin" Allpowerful just Allpowerfully bluescreen'd then silence... next restart some beeping then no fan noise on the left now i have a temp fan in from my old xps m1730 modell... for a few days then i get one from bay. and give it back to aw for refund.
1st the bios issue, 2nd contntly got problem with the alien fx lighting and the control buttons, now that fun thingy... i hink i finished with dell 4ever this m17x thingy was my replacement for my m1730 which blowed up "8800m issues" top of that dell site say i have no warranty on my 3 monts old m17x ??? ok that's the time 4 final decision....

 

Having said that is it also the Coolest notebook you've had????

In both meaning of the word cool?

 

Hey!

Guess what happend guys???

I was on the phone with dell support ad they told mi the service tag i referring to is not valid was i just wander why i cannot access the download site...

they also have no idea my old m1730 been replaced with an m17x...
So legally this laptop not exist at all and top of that not even my... how good is that...and i unable to transfer onto my name because the number not valid and nor me nor dell have no documentation about my m17x been shipped out for someone... Someone any suggestion for that DHELL?????

 

Answering your sig question - nope. M17X is the best gaming laptop overall and Dell provides the best overall support. escalate your case and you'll resolve the issue.