*OFFICIAL* Alienware M11x Owners Lounge - Part 2

WoW don't tell me you're killing me! hahaha

 

There is also the Steam All Powerful Alienware group for all Alienware members here at NBR. A good number of us are there.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/allpowerfulaw

 

Just joined the Alienware M11x Owners group and the All Powerful Alienware group. Hot stuff.

 

I was surprised too ... that's why I went ahead and bought it. Best of all, since it only requires an 800MHz CPU and ANY video card you can play it with the CPU underclocked and running on the IGP.

 

just for you jerry: http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/10110/0000008659.800x600.jpg?t=1249078916

edit: this was the scariest thing ever to me as a kid. the music made it ten times worse

 

Ceol what is your steam ID?

 

Does anyone know if the keyboard can be set to 3 different collors like it's older sister alienwares

It seems like you can only set the keyboard to one color at a time.. and not 3 like the others X(

 

Somewhere in these 300 pages awhile back i believe Darkhan stated that you cannot color the keyboard 3 at a time. Can only be one solid color at a time.

 

Editing this post because i made a dumb statement. Yay for blonde people!

 

Logan it's "ceolceol"

 

aw i was so excited to make it crazy glow..

 

Yes, but I'm 99 percent certain you can set it to randomly change from one color to another, and another, etc. if you don't want to stick with a single color. At least a few of the pre-production M11x units on display at CES were setup that way.

 

If you are going to be attending the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver read this

Quote "“EA, Fatboy and Dell Gaming are creating the perfect gaming lounge in Vancouver this winter by joining forces. We have created a great lounge for attendees to relax and game on the new Alienware M11x, the most powerful 11-inch Gaming Laptop in the Universe!” said Claudina Lopez, Marketing Manager for Dell Gaming. "

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3572214.htm

Sims 3 seems like a total waste of the M11x but what the hell you'll at least get a chance to try it out

 

I saw in one of the videos i watched earlier that you can set it to flash different colors...i believe the word the rep used was "blink".

 

^

in the video posted a few pages back you can see it does pulse and shows a line monitor thing "pulsing" and I forget the other one available.. just watch that german video for it.

 

anyone know if they picked the winners for the contest yet?

 

@jackpfree

Yes that has been long over.

 

Fantastic. I'll be at a few events. I will keep my eyes peeled!
GO CANADA!

 

@Jerry Jackson,

You seem excited about the M11x too. Are you planning on getting one?

 

The hype is like a black hole... It just keeps sucking people in...

 

Dell history with LCD screens isn't great. I still remember the days when it was a lottery getting a good screen with a new Dell laptop. If you were lucky you'll get LG, if not so much Samsung...

I will speculate that m11x will have same exact screen as Acer 11" which was ok, but definitely not great.

 

Well, considering the number of threads about the M11x and the number of page views for those threads and for our homepage coverage of the M11x, we not only requested an official review/loan unit from Dell but we also ordered one ourselves (just in case the official review unit doesn't get here fast enough).

If I really like the M11x I might buy the unit that we purchased, but if I don't really like it then that M11x will go for sale on eBay (like all the other review units that we buy if we don't get a review unit from the manufacturer) so that we get money back for our editorial budget.

Anyway, although I'm very interested in the M11x my main reason for being here is just to keep tabs on all this traffic and make sure that we cover at least "some" of what people are asking about in our official review.

We obviously can't run every single benchmark and game mentioned in this lengthy thread because we have other notebooks to review and (unlike some sites) we don't like to have 57-page reviews just so we can fit all of the tests.

Still, the NBR staff will be dedicating a lot of coverage to the M11x when it shows up in our lab.

 

jerry, if it matters I think all that needs to be done are benches on the latest games, the standard total pc tests like pcmark and 3dmark, a few old faves like civ4 or total war, and then highlight all the unique features like the backlight/light zone configuration, the cooling system and how it affects the possible positioning of the laptop on a bed vs a desk, the quality of the screen and a few benches showing the difference between OC and non-OC. The special function key usages and touchpad performance would be a nice touch as well.

 

Jerry - it's nice to see you keeping an eye on the community and understanding certain things we may be looking for. It's also nice to see the M11x garnering this much interest! I wonder if Alienware/Dell expected this. I also now expect to see the competition for the ultraportable gaming market to explode soon enough thanks to this machine. I don't know if it was because netbooks paved the way for computing in small form factors or if it was simply the technology finally made it a viable option, but glad to be in the notebook market when this thing hits.

 

Jerry, please please benchmark gta4 as none of the other sites have and its a very interesting game to see on a spec like this. A quad core is reccomended for the game yet alienware claims that the m11x can run it at 720p so im wondering whether it can with a dualcore ulv processor. Whos with me?

 

eatmybrains

I wouldnt get your hopes up for gta4, but if it does run faster than 20fps then you should count your blessings.

Thankfully games that are heavily optimized for more than two cores are few and far between so this shouldnt be a problem for the majority of games.

 

Why would GTA4 be an issue on m11x? I played it just fine on a 2 year old laptop with 9600GS card with medium settings. It has 3dmark06 of about 4k

 

See, this is what I mean. We need a definitive answer.

 

seriously? I guess I take it back then I, like eat my brains, had thought that it was virtually unplayable on anything but a top of the line quad.

 

i do hope the 19/2 EDD holds. *fingers-crossed*

great, mate. looking to see a first thorough review and benchmark on the OCed SU4100. will be OC'ing my SU7300 as well.

 

I can't wait wingzee, my enthusiasm is unbridled and judging my the nature of my previous long-winded but quickly written posts you can bet that i'll be the first out the gate with an overwhelmingly detailed review on a barebones m11x with bluetooth. WOOT WOOT CHOO CHOO TRAIN, EATIN LUNCHMEAT ON THE AEROPLANE!

 

@ eggs, thats what I love about this laptop. Aliemware have really put some thought into the components!

Edit: if you get yours first test gta4 for me

 

x2 on that!! somebody needs to do it!! SOON!!
Personally, that and Crysis will be the only two games i'll play on it. i don't really have time anything else.

 

I play GTA4 just fine on my Core 2 Duo/9800GT desktop rig.

 

same here! expecting a good one from you.

 

WING CAN I HAVE URS KTHXBAI. Rofl...

 

just spoke with my NA resolution specialist. He says that despite my 3/4 edd, he believes my m11x should ship within the next 1 to 2 weeks.

god I hope so. I've read the hh review 5 times already.

 

Only 5 times? You must be new here.

 

gta4 and crysis? i dont think your getting the right laptop...

 

ofcause the 9800gt is pretty much more then double the performance of the 335m

9800gt
# 112 Stream Processors
# 512-1024MB of GDDR3 memory
# 256-bits Memory Interface Width
# 600 MHz Graphics Clock
# 1500 MHz shader Processor Clock
# 900 MHz Memory Clock

335m
72 stream processors
1gb gddr3
128 bit bus
450mhz core
1080 shader processor clock
790 mhz memory

and even at 1.73ghz su7300 is still slower then your 2.6ghz un-overclocked e8400

 

why ? as long as with in med setting it should be fine ... in crysis

i highly doubt m11x will run good in GTA4

 

GTA4 is like the worst port ever.

Crysis will run, but it will suck.

Both games lag on my 9600m GT 512 on my macbook pro. Both games run a little less sucky on my m15x GTX 260m 1GB GDDR3.

The m11x is good for its form factor, but admit it. This computer is slower than the macbook and m15x, and if those two suck with those games, the m11x will just suck that much more.

 

idk i just cant stand 30 fps its not smooth enough for me. i plan to play pretty laid back less intensive games like call of duty 4 (mw2 is TERRIBLE for pc), street fighter 4, left 4 dead 1, and command and conquer and counter strike. all those are sure to hit 50+fps.

 

ALERT: Dell has parts shortages for the m11x.

 

Wow. You guys are awesome!

For benchmarks, I suggest creating a poll for everyone to vote for the top 10 games/applications they want to be tested on the M11x.

 

I think what you both fail to recognise is the extremley low resolution that the components are paired with.

 

I guess that it doesn't faze people one bit... Oh well.

 

come again?

 

I did mention I got a "backorder" email regarding a canceled order of M11x, but no one else mentioned getting one so I dunno. Can you elaborate why you think this is so?

 

They've run into a parts shortage. Rep can't tell me which part but sure as heck there's a shortage.