M17x refresh buyers- why not wait for ATI 5870's??

Yeah... I called Dell and cancelled my order for now. Once I hear the announcements out of CeBit, I'll decide whether to re-order the R2 or wait to get the model that includes the 5870s.

Back to waiting lol...

-Rampaag

 

Where are u 5870!

 

hope they r in DELL's stock lol

 

i will like to see a total body redesign m17x with the 5870's and a new cooling system not to loud but i guess i am dreaming

 

Be careful what you ask for, a redesign could be a plastic G73 clone with a big butt! All the M17x needs is thicker copper pipes for the CPU cooler because that's where the majority of the noise comes from (CPU fan ramping up).

 

current model case is cool for me. all i want for now is 5870s plus no problem

 

plastic is not bad if you have a quality build alienware not always was aluminum and in the future they may go back to plastic, there is some plastic even better than metal one example is the intake of the BMW's

 

Name one plastic notebook that is high quality? I can't think of anything. Lenovo is okay but even that isn't Alienware/Precision quality. They don't use ultra high quality plastics for notebooks. There is a reason why everyone loves Apple macbook pro build qualty--because it's a uniform aluminum design.

 

Agreed with Joker!

Disagreed with Witcher but agreed on BMW part

 

well what gives me hope is Dell just upgraded the M6500 with USB 3.0 was not really a refresh. just an "now includes" statement

 

Wow Now Im hoping for that too

 

any word on the 5870s new info or anything?

 

I think last word anyone got was they should be out March 1st ~ 2nd week; supposed to be announced during CEbit in Germany (March 2 - 6)

 

Yeah it's coming alright. Let's just hope there will not be anything wrong with the 5870 crossfire.

 

Waits patiently until release of 5870's...

 

bet the first batch of m17x with 5870s will have edd of at least a month due to all you campers

 

Wondering if there is no 5870 story during the CEBIT or say till the mid of March. How many of u guys will place the order for current R2 like me straight away.

 

i'm waiting till the 5870's get here. Been waiting for months, what's a month more?

 

by the way, ceshimm, just looking at your sig, 640gb @7200rpms dont really exist now i believe, so hm, better stick with the 500gb@7200rpms, or they will probably give you the 640gb@5400rpms and charge you extra.

 

640G 7200r does exist here in Australia. it use to be 500G,but since last week, it comes to 640G with no extra cost as default.

 

640@7200rpm on the dell/alienware website right? because in u.s. there is the same option, but there is no 640gb hd thats on the market now(that i could find after a long search). maybe it is on the market in australia but there is only a 640gb hd @5400rpm though. So i'm not sure too sure about it.

 

i do not care what's on the market. If 640G 7200r shows on my order list and comes with 5400r, i think i am getting close to have 1T 7200R as free upgrade, what do u think. obviously, it's their fault, isn't it.

one more thing have to point out is when US is lack of Blue Ray, we have it in AU all the time.

 

wow vato relax he was just trying to infrom you. Making sure you doubled check so Delianware don't rip you off. Easy.

 

Since english is not my first language, maybe u guys feel i am little nervous. i am fine actually and i know u guys r very kind and helpful here .

what happens here is we only have 640G 7200r in raid 0, 1T 7200r in raid0 and 500G 7200r in raid 1. that's why i said i do not care cos i do not have other choice.

 

indeed, i'm sorry if i made you feel defensive about it or if i attacked AU buyers in anyway. I'm just making sure you know what you are getting, that's all, because if you end up getting a 640gb @5400rpm,then you probably paid more than you had to and the hassle with getting that dealt with is probably not something you'd want to go through. And I agree with you, that there are variables in product demands such as the bluraydrives and such.maybe there is really a 640gb@7200rpm in AU, but just make sure you know what you are getting. ^^

edit: are you saying you are getting 640gb raid0 as in 320gb x2? or do you mean 640gbx2 which is 1.2TB
because if you are saying its 320gb x2 then you are definitely safe and correct.

 

320Gx2 of course. if 640Gx2 i think we call it 1.2T RAID 0

 

hahah, alright, my mistake. -.- on a brighter note, if people are waiting for the 5870s, they might not be available to order till the end of march or so, that is if its even available then, and you probably won't get it till end of May or beginning of June considering all the production delays they are already experiencing. -.-

 

If Im still in waiting on my order when 5870s are released i'm gonna ask my Rep to get one put in. I dont really care for an extra delay but a 5870 would be better then a 4870

 

been waiting for like 3 weeks so far

 

Any attempts to mod the HS or/and replace the CPU fan with a better one?
Shouldn't be too hard and probably would be faster than waiting for Dell? .

 

Any updates on this? I just sold the R1 and was hoping to get a R2 til I caught this topic. Should I go ahead and just order first, then if and when the 5870's do come out, upgrade to it?

 

People were expecting some kind of anouncement at CeBIT but so far nothing. CeBIT ends on the 6th of March but I doubt the 5870 will be anounced.
If I compare the 5870 release dates with the 4870 release, it took almost a year from the time ATI released the 4870 card for AW to offer it. Even thoguh there were tons of rumors online that AW will release 4870 around CeBIT 2009, it didn't happen untill the Fall. If AW follows the same trend, they will not release the 5870 until sometime in the early Fall. I hope I'm wrong though.

 

I'll be purchasing 5870s next week (provided they have the xfire connector).

 

waiting for the good news from u.

 

Confirmed that the ones for Clevos do not have the xfire connector.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5968165&postcount=154

 

that's sad, hope DELL will get one. BTW,how's single 5870 perform vs DUAL 4870s?

 

Sry if this is a nooby question, so you can actually fix the cards into the laptop yourself hence neglecting the wait for dell to release it?

 

T3Vince,

Yes, that's what this thread is talking about, buying 5870m from Rjtech.com when it comes out, although most (myself included) are waiting to hear from our local guru like 5050joker to test it out if it is compatible with our machines (M15x and M17x), so bypassing DELL to upgrade it ourselves. Of course there's risks involved like DELL warranty would not be able to cover the damage to anything in the laptop if occurred from replacing the third party GPU yourself.

I got fat bundle of cash saved up for 5870m all ready once the word reaches down to us that it fits and works. I want it so bad, because iw ant my machine to be able to run SC2 PERFECT

 

T3Vince, that all depends on if the BIOS supports it. If it doesn't support it then it does no good. Also, if they don't have a x-fire connection, then again it's pretty useless

 

I see, so the 5870 crossfires have not really come out for laptops yet I presume?

 

looks like no 5870s for AW.

 

Yep that is correct. It will probably around the end of the summer before AW releases the 5870's.

 

can not wait that longer. i'll go with 4870s next week.one more question,did DELL made any kind of annousment when they release 4870 last time or just quietly pup up on thd weasite

 

They just quietly released it but it took them about a year after ATI released the cards for AW to offer them. So if they keep the same trend, AW will probably release the 5870 in the Fall. And I'm pretty sure that around the same time ATI will anounce the 6870 and some people will want to wait for them instead of getting 5870. It will be a neverending wait for some while others enjoy their 4870s

 

There is really no trend to look for. Plus when the 5870's come out most likely they will announce the 5970's certainly not the 6870's...

 

Yes, I meant 5970...I was just trying to make a point of how Delienware releases new upgrades for their laptops

 

ok what i am thinking is they toke one year at least they offer 280sli which can be called high end in the market at that time. while for now if they stick with 4870 so long, they r geting far away of most powerful gaming lap, and lost custmers. newly dx11 games r coming¡ however i think i might go with 4870 because no more choice

 

GT 200 in june, that's what I want..drool.

 

I might be proven wrong with my 5870 theory. Here's this:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=463228&page=34

 

I sure hope The_Moo is correct.