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I work on the oil production part of it. The rig work is to hard. We make more money for less work and only work half the year ( more if you want). We work for either 7 days or 14 days at a time , then off of work for 7 or 14 days at a time. Make an average of 90 hours a week with all food paid and sometimes they even have people to clean up after you and wash your clothes.

 

Thnx Joker, the thing is I have my own external display which is just fine so was thinking of getting the stock one and upgrade later to LED.
What do u think of the cpu? Is it enough to start with? or you would choose the i7 820qm?

 

Upgrading later to the RGB LED will cost you an arm and a leg and maybe a few toes. Go with either i720 or all out with an i920.

 

50% of this refresh IS the RGBLED, IMO.

I wouldn't order it any other way...

 

Will the mobo support Hardware Assisted Virtualization? I know the processor supports it.

 

Hi there, Half the price for the system in your signature!! wow man, what about tax in the US and then here in the UK?

 

Thnx guys for the advice, RGB LED is indeed 50% of this refresh. I will stick with my i7 720qm

 

They declare the product's value to the UK customs to what ever you ask for

so you could get away with only having to pay $50 tax instead of $900

edit: not sure if i should be saying that on the forums!

 

Lol, provided that u get away from UK customs, what about the US tax? and then shipping. BTW, Did you get your system yet?

 

$130 for next day and $50 for 3-5 days i think.

All the tax you need to pay is the VAT.

And nope, i havent received mine yet, but i reckon i should sometime this week or early next week at the latest

 

Thnx, Hope you will get your machine soon.
Cheers

 

It looks like AW not gonna release HD5870's until Q2/FY 2010-2011 (Second Picture)

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Maybe New Design ?

 

Very good catch ...

 

yup, same here

Edit: your quote changed, previously said something like, "i'm going with march"

 

If we're going by the second pic, then the R2's don't have LED displays...

 

i've noticed mention about "The latest Command Center 3.0 color management software" - well interesting will it be released for other laptops..

 

"I believe that the beautiful part of the white model will attract a female friend. "

Wow, chicks dig white laptops, who knew?

 

I got to say, those pictures looked awesome.....wish I had the $$ to get this (went with a full blown watercooling loop for the desktop - around $400)

 

That new lid design looks pretty nice. It's not quite the garish design of previous ribbed design lids. The white would be pretty hot.

 

I like the skullcap design haha

Missed it on the M17x

 

Haven't been reading this topic much, do people have the R2 yet?

 

aparently some one in china has theirs....15k cpu score in vantage stock

 

Russia

10char

 

I wouldn't rely on this pic too much, but you might be right. Before the M17X-r1 both Alienware and Dell were always behind in terms of implementing the new tech. Remember how long did it take for them to move to Montevina (the reason why I skipped the previous 17" alien)

 

Look at the second picture again. It doesn't have the M17x lcd listed as either led or rgb led. So i'm guessing this has nothing to do with the release of the 5870's

 

anyone open up their M17x-R2 to see if there is a second hard drive caddy that comes with it?

 

............. 1 guys has recieved his .......

this is a PM matter for Witcher or Mandrake

 

thats because the transition to AW to Dell held it back AND they did transition. It was with the 840Di the little brother of the 850Di otherwise known as the M17x .

 

Since I'm new to Crossfire, I've got a question for you guys that have used it with the R1: Do I have to manually configure a profile for each game or is it auto detected? Also, if a game isn't listed in the pre-programmed profiles, can I manually add it in or do I have to wait on ATi to get around to it?

 

So far i NEVER had a game that didn't use crossfire when i had my M17.

There are no profiles that i know of like the Nvidia control panel. Its all handled by the CCC program much like Nvidia control panel but the CCC plays a bigger role in the process.

So no you will not have to set up new profiles to the best of my knowledge which is subject to change at anytime

ATI is a month to month driver service which in some cases will release a hotfix, but that is very rare for the driver to need one. They are usually very well coded as far as the newest games and Xfire profiles

 

If anyone is wondering, this is the service tag parts list for the M17x-R2:

 

Yeah Samsung. lol

 

Hey joker, you having the service tag means you got it ?

 

Nope, anyone that has had their system shipped can access the service tag. Mine arrives on Wednesday (tomorrow). I think Mandrake will have his later today.

 

I'm playing waiting game until end of march. When is Q2 FY10-11 is starting in states?

 

Just ordered mine, Australia Dell is now taking orders. Just got good discount from my rep ask for Patric Sam who sold me a precision m90 before that.

m11x is also up for order in ozzi, woot woot, almost ordered from usa but aussie dollar just dropped to usa, but i7 is heaps cheaper than R1 somehow?>

Alienware M17x-R2 ETA 2/??/10 (Stage: ordered): Intel i7 i920xm | 4GB DDR3 1333 MHz | 17" 1200P RGB LED | Dual 1GB ATi 4870 | 500GB 7200 Raid RPM | | 3 years warranty.

 

Does anyone know the read and write speed of the Samsung ssd that comes with the m17x?

 

Google PB22-J.

 

I've been trying to convince the wife all morning to stay home.

 

Maybe you can bribe her with the fact that you'll go to a chick flick and spend quality time with her, before you begin running benchmarks

 

Or maybe you can get her an M17x-R1 for herself as a reward. There might be one coming up for sale soon. Or a used car

 

She has a cooking class with the kids and since she pays money for it she doesn't want to cancel. She also goes to open gym with the kids and that's free so she might skip it. We already have plans to go out Saturday to a musical so the bribe won't help.

 

So if she doesn't stay home, will you be able to pick it up in the evening from the depot?

 

Perhaps the "Gold Package," approach, typically reserved for birthdays and other such important dates

 

Mine has class today. Not that I have something being delivered anyway

OK. I retire back to the R1 Owner's Lounge and stop derailing this thread OT.

 

I'd have to find out where the sorting facility is in Chicago.

lol, nice.

 

You could just stay home, Mandrake.

 

Too busy at work.

 

let your doctor come over and play crysis for a doctor's note

 

Wish it was that easy.