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300 nits just eyeballing it?

 

Eyeballing it next to a known 300 nit screen. I took a pic of it and the picture is dim because my camera is auto-dimming because it's so bright. The screen is clearly better and illumination is VERY even.

 

This is funny. Look how dark the pic is because my camera auto adjusted the brightness.

 

Anyone who has gotten theirs know what version the Command Center is? Downloading drivers now for a clean install and Dell still hasn't put the CC up under the R2 downloads yet.

 

The M11x will have a newer GUI for command center, maybe the R2 does as well

 

Oh! I almost forgot!

Hardware ID for RGB? Please let it be LG

 

It's Samsung.

The memory is Elpida instead of samsung and I just realized I ordered the wrong hard drives....oops.

 

Hahah.

Which drive did you want?

 

320x2 and it's 160x2. I just check my order and it was my mistake.

 

that sucks

 

I have a 256 GB SSD lol

it supports TRIM now ha ha

 

Is it samsung?

 

yeah, I said that because its the drive I bought off Mandrake lol

I am waiting for the RAID driver to get updated, or until Dell replaces my R1 with a R2 then I will go back to a SSD Raid setup

 

I just installed my Intel SSD and HyperX memory. I'm doing a fresh install right now.

 

Is it possible to exchange an R1 for an R2? Haha

 

I would think if this next BIOS / Driver update does not fix the issues than it should be possible.

Funny thing with Dell, is what you get or don't get from them is really dependant upon your rep

 

Yeah, sell your R1

 

Yea put my R1 up already on ebay for $2000, got 3 watchers atm.. hope someone buys it!

 

i am willing to play the waiting game and if the fixes Dell promises do not work, and the newer GPUs are relased then I will try to get the R2 with the updated Specs

 

The screen is night and day compared to the CFFL. You guys waiting won't be disappointed. I can really tell the difference and I'm not picky.

 

Yeah, me and quad are REAL picky so the screen would have to be good

 

I paid $ 4500.00 for my R1 and still updated the CPU to the QX9300 afterwards.

I still have the stock Q9000 just in case.

 

i was pretty sure you would like it if it was like the M6400 RGB LED

 

I'm sure the Canadian prices for the R2 is better.

 

So you ordered your R2 with 4GB 1066MHz Memory from DELL and replaced it with HyperX memory (and with which HyperX memory exactly)? What's better in HyperX than in Dell's ?

Thanks!

 

I bought this, LINK.

It has better timings then the stock ram.

 

The screen has me more excited then the performance lol ....

 

Viewing angles are excellent also.

 

Me too......

 

They are a bit, there not charging as much for the GPU option.

I believe the 280 SLI was almost 1 K extra

 

and + $ 500.00 more for the SSD drive.

It still a $ 2k base price.

I may try calling my next purchase in, and see if I can get a discount as many have reported here

 

I can honestly say if you don't like this one you'll never be happy.

 

And that's what I figured

lol

 

The RGB LED is the entire reason I got the M17x-R2 and got rid of my M15x. The performance of the M15x was more than enough for me so the xfire is just a bonus.

 

Based on what you and Witcher said about the screen ( he went on about how amazing it was on phone more then once today ) i have 0 doubt i wont enjoy it ... The screen on a laptop is everything to me and if im not enjoying that then no matter how fast or how many features the machine has i will never be happy period...

 

thanks! what would you suggest if one wants 8gb? as i can't find 2x4GB HyperX..

 

I haven't looked for any personally. Just compare the specs and prices.

 

Or just remove the screen completly and use it as a desktop

 

Just wanted to chime in that I just received my R2 and it's everything I've ever wanted at any time anywhere, all the time, everytime, forever.

The RGB will knock your pants off.

 

Except Dell frigged up and didn't RAID my hard drives lol.

 

you wanted a clean install anyways didn't you lol

 

says my unit is in the build stage xD w00ts i am offically in the M17X club *snifffff* always dreamt this day would never come

 

Im waiting to join the club.

The manager whos authorised my replacement is away all week, un fortunately the guy who enters them onto the system won't do it with out a direct authorisation from him.

The email of the agreed specification wont do it.

Glad you guys are receiving your systems but its a hard wait!

 

Got Mine!

Shows in the bios the cpu overclocking is grayed out.

Something i have to enable first to do that?

Turbo mode is off.

 

uh-oh, might be 920 only.

 

Can you overclock the 720? I know that you can only over clock the core 2 CPU's using the multipliers if they were the extreme edditions.

other wise they were over clocked using FSB

not sure how the i7 mobile CPU's work?

 

Yeah its 920 only it seems... Witcher tried earlier on the 820 and had the same results.... I wont be losing much sleep over 5% though ... Hopefully the Xtreme users can use the EVGA utility..

 

How are Dell replacing M1730s with the new R2, but not replacing the R1s >_<

 

if your R1 was dead and broken, who knows they may well replace it with an R2.

The M1730 is EOL so they had to replace it with something.

I do know a guy who was actually given a XPS16 in exchange for a M1730...and Dell refused to do any better.

 

Yea. Thanks guys for the reply.