New M17x users

Hi all,

I have just ordered my M17x and am awaiting delivery. It was a toss up between the Rock 840 and this one. The Rock had a better spec for the money but something about the M17x is intoxicating. The community seems fairly established as well.

I only have one regret so far. I only bought the single GTX 260. My budget was under £2000 and the SLI would have pushed it higher. Im kind of annoyed with myself as Im a big gamer but Im hoping the sharp screen, the B-Ray and good CPU will compensate.

Ive noticed Eurocom sell mobile G cards, so I may have a crack at a manual upgrade but open heart surgery on something this expensive worries me

Anyway the 8th is D-Day.

Tx

jono

 

What a funny coincidence. I got an e-mail last night and my D-Day is also the 8th.

I also got a single 260m, not much regrets really, I'm a bit funny in the eye where that finer detail is kinda transparent to me, so I'm very easy going in terms of settings/graphics.

As others have said, a single 260m can take on most things. And I don't always play/own the latest games so ... speaking for myself I think I'm sorted for a while. However if you must absolutely squeeze everything out then perhaps you'll hit a wall somewhere.

 

I made guides so relax

 

thats a shame you could have got my rig with a p9700 for £1925 which is a much more powerful system

 

Yup, but I thought where does it end? Perhaps those SLI's would benefit from a faster CPU. Then Im knocking on £3000. So I stuck to my budget and hope that the 260 is ok with running Arma.

Otherwise Im going to have to upgrade in the future.

 

I'm hoping by the time I purchase a laptop after I bog down the M17x I would be in a place of my own with a desktop. This is the reason I've been using laptops.

 

the 280's with be maxed with a 2.4 dual core so a 2.8 that is offered with this setup is more then needed.

im sure you will be happy, but for the money in the UK you could have done better if i am honest (im not going to lie to you)

But then after all the problems with AW in the Uk I have lost the faith and I left AW

Good Luck with your machine

 

I have the single 260 and I find it plays games fine, only reason I would want a second card is for future proofing. I just install CoD 5 last night and it will run it at 1440x900, max graphics, 4xAA and VSync enabled at 50-60 fps. I think that is pretty decent .

 

Thats good to know. Have u played Arma on it or perhaps Empires?

 

Well I have dual 280's and I can get Arma 2 to run just fine, 1920x1200 max settings w/ no AA at 30-40 fps (turning down settings doesn't seem to up it much.....)

I also have a friend who has an Asus with a single 260 who can play Arma at his max resolution (1366x768) at medium/high settings pretty fluently. Your computer will have a faster processor and RAM though, so you should get better results than he did.

 

I have played Arma II on it, not sure what my FPS was but it ran pretty smoothly at 1440x900. I didn't like that game too much, it is kind of confusing for my simple mind .

I would stick with the single 260 until you find you can't run most games you play at decent settings, then go out and buy a second 260 when they are more readily available and cheaper.

 

Yeh I'm thinking of doing the same thing. However for some reason I'm more paranoid about opening laptops over desktops. I dunno, they seem more fragile

 

Well opening this thing up feels me with dread. If I ever do, I'll go for broke and add a CPu as well. £2000 was a mental barrier that I didnt want to break, as essentially its just a toy.

 

changing the cpu and gpu on the m17x is a pig

read moos guide first as its a big job

 

I watched both of The Moo's DIY videos. I can hear the Dell rep saying," But Sir, you actions have invalidated your warranty".

 

they will indeed

at every oppotunity

 

Mwhahahaha, well switch everything back before calling or even mentioning it. (But it's not that a big of a deal... even I did it and some more new guys here).
Although it's very imaginable that it's a mental barrier. If you don't DIY you'll have to pay.

 

Im toying with the idea of sending the delivery back when it arrives and then have them re-send an SLI config. It still works out cheaper than ordering one from Eurocom, plus I dont have the hassel of opening it up.