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    *OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owner's Lounge

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by sleey0, Sep 22, 2009.

  1. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    I beat everyone to it. lol.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 24, 2009
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  2. Speedy Gonzalez

    Speedy Gonzalez Xtreme Notebook Speeder!

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    hey sleey0 you have the post 999 you going to be married :D
     
    Speedy Gonzalez, Sep 24, 2009
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  3. alexnvidia

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    doesnt work for me either. maybe it's not a UK code, but i says expired when i applied it.
     
    alexnvidia, Sep 24, 2009
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  4. sleey0

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    You sure did.

    People will follow :)
     
    sleey0, Sep 24, 2009
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  5. sleey0

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    I'm already married. hahaha

    Wife is currently complaining about me being on this forum all day ;)
     
    sleey0, Sep 24, 2009
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  6. Speedy Gonzalez

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    well at least 999 is good luck :)
     
    Speedy Gonzalez, Sep 24, 2009
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  7. Quadzilla

    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    Wait till the i7 hits the M17x then its going to get ugly with how many will be for sale :). Someone wants to buy my M17 so i now have to decide if i want another M17x myself with the ATI cards or something different all together .
     
    Quadzilla, Sep 24, 2009
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  8. Mandrake

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    Let me know what you decide. maybe it will make my decision easier.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 24, 2009
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  9. dondadah88

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    Lol. everyone is making everyone elses decisions. there's to much choices. not like last year where the np9262 was the king. (but expensive)..... and the 9280 would also be king but no sli. but that's a different topic........
     
    dondadah88, Sep 24, 2009
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  10. Quadzilla

    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    Honestly if the 9850 had the ATI cards i would probably opt for that mainly cause of my attitude towards the screen in the M17x . I love the machine alot but the screen just makes me want to poke my eyes out :(. Especially after using that screen on my M17 . I know Clevo will not be getting the ATI cards anytime soon or probably never since they work closely with Nvidia .

    So i have to decide now if i should just sit tight and see if they announce a new M17x soon with LED and i7 but ill be honest and i dont think its going to happen any time soon, my best guess would be the next E3 or Winter CES(more likely this one jan 2010) as Dell is just to smart to pass up on all that free media attention and rightly so.

    Only other machines in the forecast are the other new Clevos but those have 280s in them and there Single card machines . So right now there really is not any choice beyond the M17x if you want to be on the cuttinng edge of Mobile GPUs.
     
    Quadzilla, Sep 24, 2009
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  11. Technopackrat

    Technopackrat Notebook Guru

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    3 year hardware warranty. Sorry... forgot that little detail.
     
    Technopackrat, Sep 24, 2009
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  12. Gotei 13

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    The only things that's holding me back to buying the M15x is a few reasons
    - The GPU isn't ATI and the GTX260m is a bit outdated
    - The 1080p res might be too high for a 15.6" screen
    - No HDMI port :(

    I can live with no HDMI or high res but the colours of ATI are better than Nvidia. When the M15x does have an option for ATI i will buy it.
     
    Gotei 13, Sep 24, 2009
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  13. nemoris

    nemoris Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, for the second reason... just stick with the stock 900p screen then.
     
    nemoris, Sep 24, 2009
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  14. lilyang

    lilyang Notebook Evangelist

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    For a mobile card the 260 is not too dated but I see your point, you can go with the option to get the 1600x900 but I am not sure what you mean by colors better on an ATI card
     
    lilyang, Sep 24, 2009
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  15. Gotei 13

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    I can't because the only option i got in Aus is 1080p :confused: :confused: :confused:
     
    Gotei 13, Sep 24, 2009
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  16. lilyang

    lilyang Notebook Evangelist

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    Doh sorry I keep forgetting options are different :/

    Well I want the 1080p so buy one and we can trade? :)
     
    lilyang, Sep 24, 2009
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  17. Gotei 13

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    I use the NEC 30" LCD3090WQXi for my desktop and when I compared a nvidia (9800GTX) to an ATI(HD3870) and the colours were different. The ATI showed better colour contrast and the nvidia was pale. So i'm assuming it's the same situation in laptops.
     
    Gotei 13, Sep 24, 2009
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  18. nemoris

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    Huh? Oh... I thought you were talking about the M15x... you stated it right in the post. Is confused.
     
    nemoris, Sep 24, 2009
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  19. Uroboros

    Uroboros Notebook Evangelist

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    are you talking about the refurb m15x or the new M15x I heard the older 15s build quality is suspect.
     
    Uroboros, Sep 24, 2009
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  20. Gotei 13

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    I'm talking about the new M15x. The old M15x doesn't exist anymore in Aus.

    Also there's currently no option for 1066mhz ram in Aus. Only 1333mhz.
     
    Gotei 13, Sep 24, 2009
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  21. nemoris

    nemoris Notebook Evangelist

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    Ohhh AUS... as in Austrailia. I read that as Asus for a moment. :eek:
     
    nemoris, Sep 24, 2009
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  22. lilyang

    lilyang Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh wow must be expensiveish then over there, that is odd with the videocard thing I have always run nvidia in my desktops and havent had a problem with them
     
    lilyang, Sep 24, 2009
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  23. cookinwitdiesel

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    you can also control the colors very easily on the nvidia gpu's using the Nvidia Control Panel
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Sep 24, 2009
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  24. Uroboros

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    So is your complaint you dont want to shell out the money for the higher screen or you think max resolution would be to small? you could always turn the resolution down...
     
    Uroboros, Sep 25, 2009
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  25. Scytus

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    As many of these fine, experienced gamers would tell you (I think I just got you first xD).....is that when the resolution is turned down from its native, there's a very noticeable degrade in visual quality.

    A.K.A. a 1600 x 900 screen would have much better quality than a 1920 x 1080 screen scaled down to 1600 x 900.
     
    Scytus, Sep 25, 2009
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  26. Gotei 13

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    I think i'll just increase the size of the font and icons with the 1080p screen.
     
    Gotei 13, Sep 25, 2009
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  27. Nivaku

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    1600x900 Res on a 15'' should be perfect on both quality/performance.

    Is there any real difference between a 16:9 ratio compared to 16:10 ratio?
     
    Nivaku, Sep 25, 2009
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  28. lilyang

    lilyang Notebook Evangelist

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    They difference is exactly the ratio so the picture is going to look like a widescreen TV now, but in this case it does not matter since the only option is 16:9 and according to other threads everyone is moving in that direction :/
     
    lilyang, Sep 25, 2009
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  29. Nivaku

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    On WideFHD for the 1920x1080 what does the F mean?
    Because the 1600x900 version is just WideHD

    I'm pretty sure HD is for High Definition
     
    Nivaku, Sep 25, 2009
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  30. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    "F" means "Full", as in "Full High Definition"- 1080p, as apposed to 720p.
     
    JWest, Sep 25, 2009
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  31. HiHu

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    can't wait to order it tonight,for my birthday hehehe :D :p
     
    HiHu, Sep 25, 2009
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  32. HiHu

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    HiHu, Sep 25, 2009
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  33. sleey0

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    Posted already and it's more like a preview. lol
     
    sleey0, Sep 25, 2009
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  34. HiHu

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    sorry :(
     
    HiHu, Sep 25, 2009
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  35. Archaon

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    I must have read that review about 10 times now,I want mah laptop. :cry:
     
    Archaon, Sep 25, 2009
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  36. sleey0

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    No need to apologize, hihu :)

    I just wasn't impressed with driverheavens "review". That's all....
     
    sleey0, Sep 25, 2009
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  37. alexnvidia

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    yeah, too many unanswered questions, like how much of an OC will that "fixed OC" clock, does that "fixed OC" work on all core i7 chips, etc.
     
    alexnvidia, Sep 25, 2009
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  38. Mandrake

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    I believe when they say fixed OC they are referring to turbo mode being on.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 25, 2009
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  39. alexnvidia

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    now that's worse than i thought. i assume "fixed OC" works on top of turbo mode. darn, so the whole point of paying 890 Pounds for i7 920XM "extreme" processor is?
     
    alexnvidia, Sep 25, 2009
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  40. sleey0

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    3.2GHz oc, of course :)

    Do a search on google for turbo and calpella.....
     
    sleey0, Sep 25, 2009
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  41. Mandrake

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    You still have unlocked multipliers but it's not the same as the old generation procs/architecture. Maybe a future bios upgrade will open things up more.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 25, 2009
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  42. HiHu

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    what's your advice: choosing i7 720 or i7 820 ? i can't afford the last one :(
     
    HiHu, Sep 25, 2009
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  43. sleey0

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    I have seen benches of the 820 and if performs very well. So I went with that.

    I figured $350 wasn't too much (Dell still charges $500 for the T9900 on the SXPS 1640).

    Tray prices for this proc are around $540. So doing some simple math I thought the price was very fair.
     
    sleey0, Sep 25, 2009
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  44. MUMM RA

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    I'm going with the i7 720, it should perform well. Check this out.

    The Intel Core i7 720QM processor performs up to 151% faster than the Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 processor.
    The Intel Core i7 720QM processor (1.60GHz) performs up to 137% faster than the Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 processor.
    The Intel Core i7 720QM processor (1.60GHz) performs up to 101% faster than the Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 processor.
    The Intel Core i7 720QM processor (1.60GHz) performs up to 74% faster than the Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 processor.
     
    MUMM RA, Sep 25, 2009
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  45. HiHu

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    okay, thanks guys :)
     
    HiHu, Sep 25, 2009
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  46. Mandrake

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    I would say buy what you can afford and upgrade later.
     
    Mandrake, Sep 25, 2009
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    The 720QM should be able to handle pretty much whatever you throw at it (gaming wise at least).
     
    Archaon, Sep 25, 2009
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  48. MUMM RA

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    Would upgrading the CPU and GPU be much of a problem with the m15x?
     
    MUMM RA, Sep 25, 2009
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  49. Marvie100

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    Finding the parts would be your biggest problem.
     
    Marvie100, Sep 25, 2009
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  50. Alexrose1uk

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    Jeez, 350? Euro AW wants about 700-750 dollars equivalent for the same thing!
     
    Alexrose1uk, Sep 25, 2009
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