New M17x R4, M14X R2 and M18X R2 are coming - Speculation thread.

Didnt read all the post but the 7970m is up on the US site, cost 150 dollars less then the GTX 675m and 200 dollars more then the GTX 660m.

 

^^ Kinda obvious, don't you think

 

Can't wait to see how well the 7970m performs, here's hoping it does well because it's probably the GPU I'll be getting in my next system.

The flaw in your logic is that the 675m can also be overclocked.

The simple fact is, the 650m is only specified to work at those given speeds and there's no guarantee you'll be able to overclock your specific card at all. It certainly won't overclock to the levels needed to match even a stock 675m - never mind a 675m that's also overclocked. You might not even be able to reach 660m speeds on some cards, as some of them will possibly be rejected 660m chips that can't remain stable at the 660m clocks. Variation in the cards means that some will be able to overclock better than others - and you should never rely on overclocks for speed comparisons, unless one card consistently overclocks better than another and you're accounting for conditions that make an overclock reliable.

 

He was acknowledging that it's not going to be as fast as an overclocked 580, that would just be stupid to assume otherwise... (not a hit towards you, just clarifying)

if 1+x = y, then obviously 2+x = y+1 will be greater (with no monkeying around for you math nerds, I see where you're headed, just an analogy)

I know pretty much nothing about overclocking, but even I know that you'd never be able to, without some crazy luck or w/e overclock a card like the 650 to the same as an overclocked 580/675, and foolish to think otherwise.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m15x/658295-7970m-m15x-why-yes.html

 

Sorry if old, but here's a video of the new M14x, M17x, and M18x side by side. I mean, they're exactly the same externally as the previous versions, but I finally found a video to directly compare the size difference between M17x R3 and the M18x, which isn't as big as I thought it would be. I'd probably still buy the M17x instead though :/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiDS7fkNQXE

 

Its Monday 23rd here in AUS when does the Dell news come out??

 

News should pop out tomorrow.

 

It will take ages for Dell AU to stock the new revision anyway.

They don't even have the new 7xxx series video option card on the R3 yet.

 

hate having to wait the extra day just cause they release to follow the US time

 

not only do AUS pay more $$ for alienware it sucks we don't get new models the same time as US,UK

 

One of the M17x R3 reviews on Youtube says it's much cheaper to import from the US via hidevolution.com

 

As much as I don't like sticking up for dell, I just did some looking into the prices of M11s and M14s, we do cop a little bit of a price gouge, but were the extra cost hits us is the "forced" upgrades, our units have higher specs than the american ones, thusly ours begin to cost more from the start, it wouldn't be as bad if they let us get the 'yank bottom spec' ones as then the prices would be similar...

So its the forced "updgradeds" that is killing our prices mostly (well on the m11 and m14 anyway)..

Cheers,
Nick

 

Cannot Wait ^^
Intel launches 3rd-gen Core Ivy Bridge processors | The News Tribe


Gonna order m14x r2 with ivy xD

 

Cheers nick so true I hadn't thought if it like that. Can't wait to see m18xr2 hit AUS market I really just want to see the service manual to see changes lol

 

Alienware M14x R2 Gaming Laptop with Intel Ivy Bridge Spotted | Laptoping

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Good News ?

Alienware M14x Full HD 3D Gaming Laptop Details | Dell Danmark

There you go, go to the specs section
it shows ivy bridges
so i guess soon enough

 

wow the prices seems kind of inflated there

 

When does the nda get lifted so we can hear more about when these ivy bridge processors will be arriving in alienwares?
Ive read the "23rd" a few times...;P

 

I believe it is tomorrow. Dell-Bill dropped a lot of hints about "Tuesday" last week.

 

loozzz ive gone through as well...tomorrow gona be excitin. Not for me :|

 

hello!

been catching up to this thread.

would anyone happen to know when the new revisions will reach asia?

 

Might be a good source to get the skinny before we do our press release tomorrow. That would depend on how his NDA is worded, and if he adheres.

Dang! I miss all the good stuff when I don't check the thread every day.

Should be in the release tomorrow. If not, remind me in the thread, and I'll ask.

^See what I did there?^

 

lol cheers cant wait
Depending on the news, ill decide whether to cancel my order and postpone it or hopefully let it go ahead!

 

AnnieIvyTOMORROW would have probably fit better. I understand getting that picture would have been harder though

 

I am curious as to why Dell decided to release the new revisions last week rather than wait a few days for the NDA to end and list them with Ivy Bridge..

 

Thanks for the fast reply bill!

I really can't wait to get my hands on one finally

 

Dear DELL customer we are sorry to inform you that the part i7-2720QM you have order is not longer available instead we replaced it with i7-3720QM have a nice day and stay with DELL

 

Damn, this thread keeps getting exciting every minute
Thanks Bill for the good news
cannot wait for my first laptop

oh a question will it make a difference in pricing ?
like if i had order yesterday , and got my m14x r2 around 2,310 CAD ( yeah taxes suck hard =.= ) would the price increase tomorrow ? so ordering now would be good? 0.o

 

2,310 CAD you have 1TB raid 0 SSD ?

I don't think the prices would change

 

Are you sure this will happen ? :/
i really hope it does !

oh lol i m so sorry my bad its 1,831 , wow what was i thinking
these are my specs
Alienware M14X R2
Processor 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
Memory 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Keyboard English Keyboard
Display Panels 14.0" High Def+ (900p/1600x900) with WLED backlight
Video Card 2 GB DDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus™
Hard Drive 750GB 7,200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s
AlienFX Quasar Blue
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit

Hinge Up Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish

Adobe Reader Acrobat SW Adobe Acrobat X Reader

Optical Driver Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner, DVD+-RW

Sound Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software

Wireless Networking Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 With Bluetooth 4.0

cuz on the Denmark site , it shows this:
Intel ® Core ™ i5-2450M processor (3MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz with Turbo Boost, 2C)
Intel ® Core ™ i7-2670QM processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz w / Turbo Boost 2.0)
Intel ® Core ™ i7-2760QM processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.5GHz w / Turbo Boost 2.0)
Intel ® Core ™ i7-2860QM processor (8MB Cache, up to 3.6GHz w / Turbo Boost 2.0)
RETAIL - Intel ® Core ™ i5 2450M (3MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0)
RETAIL - Intel ® Core ™ i7-3610QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz w / Turbo Boost 2.0)
RETAIL - Intel ® Core ™ i7-3720QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.6GHz w / Turbo Boost 2.0)
RETAIL - Intel ® Core ™ i7-3820QM (8MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w / Turbo Boost 2.0


so basically even the old processors are there :/ , so will they upgrade it ? or is it "you get , what you ordered for " ? =[

 

DO NOT CANCEL YOUR ORDER, unless you need to cancel for reasons other than wanting your system to ship with Ivy. If you placed your order after the announcement on Thursday, let it ride. All will work out fine.

Component manufacturer release dates slip sometimes. Sometimes you plan your production cycle based on supply/demand and when you expect a new component to release to sale. When that date shifts, your plans are shot. The last thing you want to do is "gap out," which means you have no systems up on your website for order. This is in NO WAY a reference to ANY Dell business partner. It's just meant as one isolated and totally-not-necessarily-related-to-anything-going-on-now example of why SOMETIMES dates may shift, and systems integrators (Dell, HP, Asus, etc) have to do a little tap dance to cover gap outs.

Speedy obviously got straight A+'s in Reading Between the Lines 101 and 102.

I can't say for sure, because I haven't read any of the merchandising decks sitting in my inbox (zzzzzzzzzzzz boooorrrrinnnggggg), but my guess is price will not change.

*Do not hold me to that, as I have no idea for certain, but I'd be really surprised if we did that and sacrificed all the goodwill we're about to earn in 24-48 hrs.

 

I will hold you to that

 

Got a link? I can't find that. The specs for the CPU I found on the Danish website match the offerings currently on the US site.

 

so i had ordered the m14x R2 with ntel® Core™ i7-2670QM so it will upgraded to what ?

 

Cheers Bill, now im truly excited
This thread is getting very HOT!!

 

Just one question Dell-Bill_B when we are going to see 7970's available on the M18X ?

 

I would assume the Core i7 entry, if that's how they do it. I dunno. I guess we'll have to wait.

I imagine I could find out, but they probably won't let me say. I'll ask though.

 

Ok thanks I hope for tomorrow you don't have no idea how ready I am to pull the trigger my finger is sweating

3610QM I guess

 

I need to clear up one little thing in advance of any upcoming news. This will require reading between the lines again. Note I made 3 distinctions about embargoes- announce, sell and ship. A certain bit of happiness and joy depends on the ship embargo, and not the announce or sale. That is all.

Not tomorrow. You will have to hang tight for a wee bit. Can't say more.

 

Noooooo! Anything after tomorrow is too much waiting. I hope this week at least...

 

this suspense continues....... thanks for giving us clues bill its a lot better than being left in the dark.

 

Damm back to waiting thanks for letting us know

 

Ah mayn =[
anyways better than nothing =]
thanks for the info Bill
As Long as the orders will get updated with ivy , its all good ^^

 

Same here...I ordered mine a couple days ago on the R2. I'm crossing my fingers AW will do good and gimme a 3rd gen cpu. Been a long time Dell/AW consumer.

 

Apparently the reviews for Ivy have been coming in. Granted it is only the desktop stuff but it basically is Sandy Bridge that is more power efficient, doesn't overclock as well and has a quicker iGPU and also PCIe 3.0 support. I expect that in terms of laptops, users should see a minor bump in speed, slight better battery life and better integrated GPU performance. The i7 3770k stays cool up to about 1.32v with temps under 80C and then the tiniest bump causes it to shoot straight to 100C no matter what your cooling (apart from subzero).

I'm gonna jump on the Ivy bandwagon when the GTX 680m comes out and whether it is any good, if not I'll get an Ivy with the 7970m. I also want the PCIe gen3 (MXM 3.1) support As you can see from my sig, I'm a power user and I probably will get a 3920XM for the overclockability however from what I am seeing, I'm not hoping for much in terms keeping things cool

 

When did you place the order and when did you get this email? I have yet to see any email from Dell on this and I ordered the M14x R2 on the 19th of this month.

 

That is just Speedy saying what will mostly likely happen with the orders. It's not an official email, but pretty much a given.

 

Oh thanks..

I got all excited there, I would hate to cancel my order and have to wait longer.

 

Just placed an order for a M18x R2 today with an estimated ship date of May 23. Let's hope that all this reading between the lines will land me an R2 w/ an Ivy surprise.

 

You will be fine after the ship embargo lifts, which is before any orders will ship in May.

DO NOT cancel your order unless it's for a reason other than wanting IB. If you suddenly need the money back, by all means, cancel. Or if you decide to go with an MSI or whatever, by all means, cancel. But if you are only cancelling so you can re-order with IB, don't do it.