*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M17x-R2 Edition Owners Lounge!

Congrats! We know you to be a REAL display critic, so is this the BEST LCD you've seen to date or what? More details please...

 

Thanks I feel better

 

Yup its the exact same rough movement as the M15x, same touchpad.

 

Dang.

Can anyone explain to me why it does that? It is the ONLY system I have ever seen that has that weird cursor movement.

So, compared to the RGB in the SXPS, how is it? Are blacks nice and inky?

 

I never used it anyway so I don't mind.

 

Well I'm a big fan of RGB LED displays but this one is very similar to the one found on the SXPS 16. It has the same exact red shift so whites appear reddish out of the box. It definitely needs some calibration to get the whites right. To give you guys an example, I took a picture of the screen next to my girlfriend's Studio XPS 16 1080p WLED. Keep in mind, the phone exaggerates the reddish appearance of the RGB LED but as I said, it is there:

 

Just want to give a shout-out to Joker who helped me along the path towards the m17x and how to get a better price. I really hope someone gets some gaming fps benchmarks up soon, just so I can justify the purchase.

 

For those curious about DPC latency stuttering, it's non-existant with the M17x-R2:

 

I don't think getting the 920 over the 820 was worth the big jump in cost. Unless you are into benchmarking or truly need the 920 (for what I don't know), the 820 is more than enough to run any program out there. Getting the 820 over the 720 wasn't that big of an upgrade cost so I think it is worth it.

 

Joker, click on my sig and scroll to bottom. I got wonderful wallpapers for you to test the rgb screen.

 

It def has more red to it, but it is also a truer white

 

Anyone got a spare vantage key? PM me if you do plz. Also the RGB LED is the same one used in the M6500: SEC5443.

P.S. 16:10 FTW! I love it.

 

Congrats mate, now that is really good news. How about some photos and benchs?

 

Photos and benchmarks will come later. I'm going to mirror the drive over to the SSD soon. I'll do vantage real quick if I can get a key.

 

Joker

Just pay the $5 for the basic version. lol

I know residents get paid (not a whole lot but enogh).

 

Oh I was just looking for a trial key, you have to pay for that too? Someone gave me one before but I lost it. I'll grab it for $5 if they got it.

 

and it's seem your prayer worked joker u don t have any dead pixel

 

Ok one more bit of good news for those that don't want to do vbios flashing for overclocking. I suspected last night that the Rivatuner .cfg device id addition would work in enabling OC'ing and it does:



Instructions are simple:

1. Download RivaTuner
2. Download GPU-Z
3. Take the last 4 letters of your device id (e.g. 945A is mine)
4. Open up rivatuner's cfg file with notepad
5. Scroll to GPU_1002 and find RV770. Add in your device id + 'h' (e.g. 945Ah) and save the file. Back up the original cfg and replace it with the new one.
6. Click the Power User tab in RivaTuner
7. Find Rivatuner\System and find "ATiMultiGPUClockControl" and set it to 1. Next locate Rivatuner\Overclocking\ATi and find "EnableDriverLevel3DClockControl" and "EnableDriverLevelControl" and choose 1 for both.
8. Set the new clock for BOTH GPUs in RivaTuner.
9. Run gpuz to confirm the new clocks on each card.

 

Question do you guys think i will need or use more then 4gb of ram for multimidia and gaming? i really do wanna max out this Rig as much as possible without being wastfull i am willing to spend up to 4200 on this any thoughts?

 

Keep the 4 gigs I game on 2gb

 

Wow I ordered less than 2 hours ago and status already changed to In Production, either AW/Dell is pulling a fast one on me, or could it really be here in 2 days.

 

Two chances that will happen...slim and none.

 

It always takes about an hour to go into production, so don't feel too special.

LOL

 

Joker

You try RBE to oc the 4870's?

 

And here I was thinking something amazing was going on. Sigh, good things come to those who wait...

 

I edited the post. Rivatuner works great.

 

Ordered mine 2/1 with an ETA of 2/5 then this morning it changed to 2/26 so expect the same thing ....

 

is the 920 better then the 820 that i will notice it doing multimedia and gaming? im sorry for all the questions but im ordering in the next hour i really want the best rig possible

 

Yeah, Dell needs to update the ESD's of the R2.

 

Can you just post your edited .cfg file?

Thanks

 

Benchmarking and Encoding will certainly favor the 920... 820 for everything else is perfect ... I have an 820 coming for mine even though i ordered with with the 720... Not in the mood to dump all that cash on the 920 but if you got it certainly spend it to have the best ....

 

Yeah, my order has been done on the 01/29, with an ETA 02/24... so it seems MY ETA is a real one looking at yours being pushed back I was hoping it would be comming faster

 

What ever date they give us is a total ballpark date to begin with...

You will be getting it long before then so dont sweat it ...

 

I don't know if everyone will have the same device id. I'll wait for one more person to confirm if they're the same or different before I put mine up.

 

Hrmmm.

i would think all the 4870's are the same, but let's wait. I don't have my system yey anyways lol

 

Hey Joker, when was your order date ??? I have sensibly the same system, so it might give me an approx of my system...

 

I ordered it on 1/22.

 

Can't help it, I've been without a computer for over a month now !!! and I am between jobs !! I have nothing better to do than be on a computer I don't have !! :cry:

 

damn, 7 days before me...

 

Well im just bored and need something new to tinker with :GEEK:

 

Ditto, quad.

Ditto

 

Hey Joker, have you seen the thread ??? Do you have the same problems ??
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=456634

 

easiest solution is to call Dell and have them send a replacement.

 

Ok, just got mine maybe 45min. ago and am playing around a little bit before I wipe and reload a clean install. First of all as many have been saying, the RGB LED is amazing and easily the most important upgrade for this sytem. And like Mandrake, I too need to drop the brightness down a little bit. This is really night and day compared to the R1.

I didn't max much out over stock config, just an i7 720QM and a single ATI, but I think for my needs this will be a great system. I was using a 4.5 year old Inspiron 9300 after all, lol. I just ran 3DMark Vantage using the default Performance option and here is what I got in case people are wondering how a single card system performs:

 

so 920 gets in cpu test 1 around 2.2k according http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5823681&postcount=208
and 720 gets in cpu test 1 around 1.4k?
am i right?

 

That 720qm cpu score was about the same as a stock QX9300

 

I haven't run any games yet. But furmark worked fine.

 

I love my 720QM.

As far as guys having issues with the video, it ran Crysis maxed out great for me (@1080p).

I used the drivers from Dell.

Also, mine did NOT have the 2nd hard drive cage and SATA connecter. Called Alienware, got one on the way.

 

Joker or drake

Can you please run hwinfo32 and get the actual panel info (model) for me?

 

My system is off and ready to be taken home. I can later if Joker doesn't respond.