*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owner's Lounge, *Part 2*

Looks like a good machine to me. The differences to my own are the screen and the SSD. The SSD is going to add significantly to the perception of speed from your beast, and I think you are going to love the screen.

Outside of that, it's a nice machine and you won't regret it.

 

thanks, but i was only asking because i already have that crucial ram sitting around. but maybe i'll invest in better ram in the future

 

Thankyou froogle. What settings do you play it on and the fps?

 

Almost everything maxxed, on a 1680xx1050 screen. I have no idea on the FPS but it's smooth as silk. I don't use AA but suspect it would have little impact.

 

what is stealth mode good for anyway?

 

i got a 3m cable from ebuyer.com £27.30

 

Thanks for the quick reply. But since I know arma 2 has coding problems I guess we will just have to see how it runs on my system.

 

It reduces performance to limit the power drain when plugged in for situations like on a plane. I ran some benchmarks and when stealth mode is on the video score was reduced by 60% and the CPU score reduced by 65%. Not at all good for gaming

 

just out of curiosity, what happens if you are plugged in on a plane and dont run stealth mode? Does it drain from your battery slowly too? Or does the plane suddenly need to turn off half their flight systems due to a "battery power anomaly"

p.s., am currently installing dragon age!

 

I only ordered a 250gb Sata 2 HDD because in no time the price of SSD drives will come down a lot....as they have been already, I just cant justify paying 600+ for 200gb of storage! lol.

 

anybody getting modern warfare 2 ? comes out tomorrow.

 

LoL, I've not used one in flight before tho it probably would not be the first time windows crashed an air liner

 

Not me. But, there's suppose to be midnight party at the local Gamestop... I'll probably just wait until later this week. I did pre-order my copy. So, I'm not worried.

 

a midnight party?...wow, the game most be pretty serious. i think i'll wait and see what everybody else thinks first.

 

mostly for console people, since they took out the ability to host the game it has pissed off the majority of pc people.

 

Yep! In fact, I think this Gamestop sold over 200 copies (or something like that) and that's why they're going all out tonight.

They sent me a text invite to my phone and mentioned I'd get 25% more toward any trade-ins... But, yeah. It's suppose to be a really good game.

 

how big of a difference between that memory and this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231215

 

My local game stop has over 500 Pre-sale copies reserved lol..
its going to be crazy trying to get in there tonight

 

i wouldnt say the performance is huge but for bang for buck i would go what i listed. The kingston hyperx memory has the lowest timings and latency its just to bad they dont make bigger kits than 2 2gb sticks i want 4gb modules....on a sidenote add ssd drive and the memory upgrade u def will be flying along

 

ya i plan on getting a 250 or 500 SSD once the price comes down on them

I really would like to get 6GB or 8GB @1333 but its very very hard to find

 

there are some options of 8gb kits on newegg believe if there in stock for about 410ish

 

Hey everyone, purchased a M15x back a week ago with all the fixings

One question though, does any know the model number of the 256 SSD they are shipping with these?

 

Guys, I'm having problems with my brand new M15x's performance. I have one of the most overpriced, expensive gaming laptops in the world that can’t even play any games! I'm thinking there may be something wrong with it or I guess I had too high of expectations and listened to all the BS posts about people gloating on how fast their M15x is on this forum. Let me begin:

Core i7 720QM
4GB DDR3 @1333MHz
WideFHD 1080p
1GB GTX 260M
128GB SSD

I can't play ANY games on decent settings. There's dozens if not hundreds of people here saying "omg I can run crysis and farcry 2 on ultra uber settings with super smooth gameplay on max resolution" I can't even run VERY OLD games above 30 fps and modern games are unplayable around the 10 fps range.

First let me say that yes I'm not on Stealth mode and my power options are on high performance and I don't have anything major running in the backgrounds to significantly reduce my performance. I have built dozens of computers in the past so I’m not really a newbie on how computer stuff works. Here are my 3D Mark Vantage and my Windows Experience Index Scores:

3D Mark Vantage
GPU Score: 4902, CPU Score: 3708
Windows Experience Index
Processor: 5.1, Memory: 6.9, Graphics: 6.8, Primary Hard Disk: 6.8

These scores are actually on par with reviews and benchmarks of my components but for some reason I can't play any games at enjoyable settings. I also realize that the GTX 260m is basically about the same as a 8800GT desktop card but I expected way more out of the games I'm playing which are really not that demanding (I'm not playing Crysis or Farcry 2 they're all Direct x9 games or below) I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or I'm just expecting too much out of such a small laptop.

Unfortunately I'm probably going to return this thing but I'm sure dell will charge me with the 15% restock fee since I have no valid reason. Too bad I wasted so much money I'll lose hundreds of dollars trying to sell this thing used now. Hopefully future buyers will see this post and avoid buying this thing and not listen to all the people gloating on performance that I ended up trusting and believing because I saw it SO many times and ended up buying since it seemed like the M15x could be a nice desktop replacement but I was wrong.
Don’t get me wrong, I love this laptop and everything about it so I’ll probably end up waiting till the M17x gets a refresh in Q1 2010 hopefully and get that instead with a max’d out processor and dual cards Any help would be appreciated before I lose a few hundred bucks. Thanks.

 

Sorry to hear about your experience, but trying to run games at 1920x1080 is quite stressing on the video card, but I'm not sure that is the problem. Have you tried running games with AA off and maybe at a lower resolution to see if you get significantly high fps?

 

the model i believe is PB22-J not 100% sure its posted somewhere else in this forum but i believe thats it

 

Awesome, thanks!

I was hoping they put the samsung one in there.

 

@Seyumi

Video Card drivers perhaps? Not sure what else it could be

 

Make sure you have the latest Intel chipset and matrix storage drivers. Turn off any antivirus programs you may have running in the background. In the nVidia control panel, make sure vsync is set to off globally and that AA/AF are set to application preference. Download GPU-Z from www.techpowerup.com and check your clocks to ensure they are changing when you run a game. If none of the above works, uninstall your drivers, download the WHQL 186.81 drivers and install those.

 

Does any of you ever had the problem where the wireless on your comp just suddenly disconnects you ( and stays disconnected until you restart your comp ) ? That happened to me just now...

 

I experience that occasionally even on other laptops. I don't think it's anything to worry about as long as it isn't too regular.

 

Well for starters, I would give alienware a call and see what's amuck. You might have a bad component somewhere... because i'm telling you, I'm getting blazing framerates all across the board. When i was playing dragon age last night, it was even playable on stealth mode (not amazing or anything, but probably ... 20ish fps would be my guess). Since they're goign to charge you this 15% restock fee over the next month or so, see if they can send a tech out to fix it or replace it. If not, then sure, send it in while you still can....

if you have far cry 2, give it a whirl on all ultra settings at the highest res and let us know how it fairs. Instead of playign really old games, try newer ones whihc may be optimized for these kiinds of newer systems.

Out of curiosity, what games were you playing anyway?

 

how do you check to see what FPS your getting when playing games ?

 

Those scores tell me that your video card is fine but your CPU is only 25% the speed it should be (check page 43 for my 3dMark Vantage testing). I'd have another look at the power options and make sure your maximum processor state is still 100%. I'd then check bios and make sure Turbo is turned on. If still no better I'd reinstall the chipset drivers from the Dell website.

I use the free version of Fraps.

 

do you download that from somewhere ?

 

Yeah. Search it in torrents. I'm sure you'll find a lot of links.

 

http://www.fraps.com/download.php

This is the download link for the free version. It only lets you do it at increments of time, but maybe you will get an idea. You can also look on youtube to find some videos on how to use it. Hope that helps.

 

I received mine yesterday and it was gorgeous.No dead pixels nothing everything smooth and really heavy.Love the sturdy construction.
However i have few questions and if any one can guide me about these

1.How to know whether ram is indeed at 1333mhz which i paid 100$ extra.On the system i can see only 6gb but nothing indicates at 1333mhz.May be in Bios can we find it.If so is F2 the command to invoke Bios?

2.How to make sure my computer is not in stealth mode.Is there anywhere we can check this

3.This is important one for me.My laptop came with Bios 01 but somehow i feel the left mouse click and right mouse click buttons on touchpad are too difficult to click.I have to keep full force on them to register the clciks.I have never seen any other laptop where i have to click this hard and i used xps,studio xps,macbook pro,envy etc.Is it same for everyone or is there anyway where we can tweak sensitivity and if so can anyone let me know what settings they are using. Appreciate the help

 

in the bios, yes F2

the button on the menu bar

try reading back and there are a ton of posts discussing this...

 

update: m15x on the truck for delivery. fedex man needs to hurry up.

 

ok 24 hours after getting mine
crashed last night
alienspawn not working due to bad partition so could not reset to factory condition so full re-install of windows drivers software.
everything up and running fine now only thing left for me to try is games very happy with everything else.

 

@ mick21...why did it crash?

 

Lol Vek.. Mines on truck as well. I'm waiting on the purolator guy.. Lets see who wins.

You know i'm a bit disheartened by this stuff that keeps occurring.. ya the hardware might be top notch.. but its like they didn't even test all their proprietary software on Win 7.

 

i think it was down to bad partitions ran lots of tests with hirens boot cd and could not recover partitions so gave up and did full re-install
but eveything is great now

 

Hey mick21! I am glad that you received yours. Do you mind giving a try on the audio output to a speaker and listen to the song? Does it play flawlessly or with some lag and popping sound? Besides this do you mind telling me what's the audio driver? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

 

I checked the whole thread but could not find where can download the drivers.Mine has latest bios 01 but i have to click so hard to register mouse clicks on my touchpad.Could someone point me to please to a link where i can download these drivers.Right now its like i have to press a brick to register my mouse clicks

 

Booo... hoping mine comes soon

 

Basically uninstall the mouse drivers.. and restart your system and windows will install its own default drivers.

 

Thanks stormwatch.Right now my system is not there infront of me.Will try it when i reach home from work.