No Stealth Feature On My Alienware M17x

whenver i try to enlable or disable the stealth feature (i dont know what mode its it on any more) with the sensitive button on top of the numbers pads it does nothing all of the other buttons works properly like the command center and the volume, i already fresh installed windows vista 2 times and command center twice and still no responce , also it may help this , my pc has been extremelly performing very bad on the graphics cards, i get 10k on 3dmark06 with my dual 280m and 2ghx q9000

 

for the graphics issue, right click on your desktop ad go into nvidia control panel and ensure SLI is enabled. FOr the touch buttons download and reinstall the driver.

 

10,000 is fine for a 2.0ghz quad core even with sli.

if you up your cpu ghz more you will get a real score.

 

i dont think so dondadah88
my g51j-a1 gets almost 11k in 3d-6 with a a i7 720qm and a single 260m

that setup should be getting atleast close to 15k

 

i know, because i get that score with my gateway p-7805u, and i spent over 3 grand for the laptop just to get the same scores as my gateway

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-280M-SLI.17191.0.html

 

my sager np9262 [email protected] and a 9800m gtx stock got 10,700

my ocz whitebook [email protected] with 3870 crossfire stock got 12,500

my ocz whitebook qx9300@ 2.53ghx with 3870 crossfire stock got 13,500

my ocz whitebook qx9300@ 3.2ghz with 3870 crossfire stock got 15,828

my ocz whitebook qx9300@ 1.6ghz with 3870 crossfire stock got 8,500

my m17x with t9300@ 2.5ghz with 280m sli stock got 10,???

my m17x with [email protected] with 280m sli stock got 14,800

so the clock speed does matter big time.

 

ok. so you don't keep on making the new accounts. i will clock my cpu at 2.0ghz and 1.5ghz and show you the difference.


AT 2.0GHZ IT DOESN'T PUSH YOUR GPU REGARDLESS IF IT IS SLI OR NOT.

give me 15min i'll run both and show you.

 

but mine its quad core and yours its a dual core and look at this, this guy has exactly the same configuration as me
http://i38.tinypic.com/kdqqaa.jpg

 

the quad don't mathers in 3dmark06 since it don't use more then 2 cores anyway so clock speend of the cpu mathers much more

and by the way with my current setup i got
1.1k with my q9000 a 2ghz
1.2k when ocing a 2.1ghz

 

@blaster
and what's you point?

did you see his clock speed. It's at 2.4 ghz like I have been telling you. Give my about ten more minutes to finish these runs.

a quad in 06 only means 1000-2000 more points then a dual AT THE SAME CLOCK SPEEDS.

I finished 2.5ghz and i'm running 2.0ghz then add the 1000-2000 more on the CPU scores and that's what you WILL GET.

 

My dual core and 3870's scored 15k

Please don't argue don is right and how 3dmark works is honestly oblivious to you.


If you would just play a game you would realize it's faster

I know it's rude but he has stated it over and over but you ignored it

 

ok so i should have chosen a dual core and saved money?? im confused.....so like on crysis it does not matter if you have dual core or quad core to get the maxx settings at acceptable framerates?

 

YouR CPU won't matter.

A quad will be just as fast as a 2.6 ghz dual core at high resolutions like that.


The higher the resolution the less dependent on the CPU it is and more on the gpu

 

so it is like if i had a 2ghz dual core processor when playing crysis?? so why quad cores are more expensive?? also will i be able to play crysis at very high settings at 1200p?

 

well actualy for gaming since most game only use 2 core a dual would have been better but the diference won't be as noticeable then in 3dmark06 (some of them does use 4 cores but they are rare)

3dmark06 has been stated to be way to cpu dependant and dependant on the speed of 2 cores

actualy crysis is much more gpu dependant then cpu my q9000 let me play at high at 1900x1200

 

ok. so i don't have to run 1.5ghz right?

 

The quads are more expensive because they are better.


They are not always bettter for gaming( usually don't help at all) . They will speed up task like video encodeing and compileing.

 

lol, ok i see now, well now i dont know what im going to do with the
2 gtx 280m on their way, i called alienware yesterday and they shipped them today

 

ok so there its a point if i buy the QX9300, it will optimize crysis at 1200p and very high settings?

 

you can just ship them back. if they were 4870's then i would of took them off your hands.


thanks moo

 

What cards did you have and why were they shipped?

 

280m sli. he called them because he said they weren't working like they were suppose to.

 

It won't optimize crysis . Why are you basting you laptops speed on a poorly optimized game ?

What you have is enough for any game out.

 

ok, and moo, whats the max speed i can overclock my cpu with stable results that last 4 ever?

 

Every processor is different. You'll just have to wait and see and test yours. It wont take long to find your max. Important to note however, its not necessary to OC your CPU unless you are benching it and trying to push a max score. Up to you though.

 

ok, ok, so one last question, will my laptop support a x9100 processor??

 

What batboy said is correct and in the m17x you can over clock it as much as you want. Heat is what damages the CPU and in the m17x heat is not an issue with overclocking.


What ever you choose to run it at will be safe. The average overclock on the q9000 is 2.35-2.49 ghz.

 

Yes it will.

 

Yes with no issues. It will overclock to 3.4-3.6

a t9600 would be a better choice for a dual core due to it's lower price. It can overclock to 3.4-3.6 as well

 

and overclocking it to 3.5ghz will get me how many 3dmark06 score???? and also will it improve the framerate on the games than my stock q9000/???

 

for real??? so the t9600 overclocked its the same thing as a x9100 overclocked both at 3.5ghz?

 

first try your q9000 in some games first see if you like it. then overclock and see if you like it more and then we will take it from there.

 

Yes it will help you score higher on 3dmark

no it will not help your games (maybe 5 fps more) if it's quad optimized then it will actually go down.

 

Yes they are the exact same chip and design with a different name and multiplier ....

 

ok, i will do that tanks for the help, and one last thing regarding the stealth button it still does not work even if i re install and install command center

 

Reinstall Alienware's OSD (on-screen display). See if that resolves it.

v2.21 A03, Last Updated: 09/18/2009

 

oh crap i guess i wil have to reinstall my os again it says error at installing

 

well i don't have stealth mode on mines either. i have the command center installed though. but when i try to use it when i am on battery, it doesn't work.

 

what about when you are on power outlet /?? does it work?? mine worked only when i first got it after reinstalled the os it stoped working

 

stealth mode doesn't work for me period. i don't know if i need a software for it or something. not to big of a deal but it sounds nice to have.

 

k tanks anyways

 

Command Center and OSD have to be installed in order for the Stealth Mode button to function. I have both Integrated and Hybrid Graphics in the BIOS disabled (so only the 280's are active) - when I depress the Stealth Mode button I am prompted with a dialog box (attached). That 'Notify!' label in the top left of the window - very typical to OSD's components. Thanks AW dev guys

Enabling it will push your CPU and other components into a deeper power save mode.

 

ok batboy, one last thing i have enought to buy a qx9300, will i get better framerates that my stock q9000, i just played 2 min of crysis at very high and 1200p and sometimes it lags

 

thanks batboy. i will try it in a few....

 

thanks you batboy. i now have stealth mode installed on my computer. i used the lastest download of command center then the one on my cd and installed the osd over it. it now works like butter.

 

i will do the same thing