*OFFICIAL* M11x Owners Lounge - Part 3

tried to get online but internet wasn't working well so i tried again on the same level this time with aa off and sync off as well

2647, 85336, min 15, max 67, avg 31.019

 

did you enable multi core

 

no i didn't enable multicore

 

Since all of the M11x setups are multicore, that might be an important thing to turn on. Should give quite a boost me thinks.

 

alright thanks for baring with me guys
l4d2 again with multicore on
min 18, max 93, avg 44.4333

 

That sounds much better...

 

that minimum 18 is terrible, even for dark carnival. whats your opinion on the playability?

 

i had no problems with the playability. there was only one short segment where it noticeably dropped. then again my threshold might be lower than others.

 

I haven't seen much discussion on it so can anyone tell me if it's worth it to get the Gobi Mobile Broadband? It sounds like a cool thing but I have an iphone and I've read that the sim card won't work for internet connection on the m11x. And just to clear it up, the Gobi option is separate from putting your sim card in and using your existing service, right? Kinda confusing.

 

thats quite disappointing that it went to 10fps on medium. i know this is only beta code but its starting to look like the m11x will struggle to play on medium let alone anything higher :-(. do you have a link for the youtube video ?

 

The Gobi option is how you connect your sim card to your existing service. So without it, you cannot connect.

The other thing to note is that the reps have said that if you do not get a Gobi card preinstalled, Dell does not put in the antenna for it. This means you cannot simply just buy one down the line and add it in yourself without a bit of trouble as the antenna supposedly is put inside the shell of the LCD lid.

 

@ashodd You do realized he is not actually running the game on the M11x? He is merely trying to emulate what he believes to be around what the M11x performance would on another laptop (with completely different hardware). It should not be taken with much clout.

I do appreciate what Eggs Scrambled is trying to show but it just is not the M11x. It is just completely different hardware altogether. Plus with the M11x arriving into our hands now, its just a matter of time before we get a proper user test of it.

 

Anyone have suggestions on screen protectors? I'm new to laptops and I have this thing with clean surfaces. I wouldn't want to scratch the plastic.

 

I don't like shiny displays.

If I can convince myself to buy an M11x, I would also order an anti-reflective protection film for the display. For example the ARMR200 from 3M, but there are a lot more brands out there.

As for the size... the plastic protection of the display seems to be a lot bigger than the display itself. So a protection film should cover most of the front. Perhaps I will need a custom made film.

 

Yeah I was just going to buy a large one and cut to size then. I would opt to go anti-reflective also since I might be outdoors a lot with it.

 

i understand completely, but the hardware is in the same ballpark and its disappointing. Its not like its being run on an atom with some 5 year old g card.

lets hope egg gets his m11x soon so he can bench sc2 asap !

 

this review ( http://translate.google.com/transla...w.hardware.no/artikler/alienware_m11x/74923/1) has the 3d mark 06 at 5610....

 

Mines just arrived a unboxing video will be up soon!

 

Congrats h0m3bReW3r, look forward to it!

 

Can't wait for your unboxing vid ! be quick

 

yeah be quick with the unboxing video

Im so excited for you !

 

Wholy mother this is gonna be a good day.

 

That is because the reviewer is using the SU4100, 2GB of ram and the el cheapo hard drive. ALSO the CPU is not overclocked. There is your 500 point discrepancy.

Very bare bones system and the reviewer didn't seem too switched on with the technical stuff.

 

What I'm excited about is that it comes with the same cloth sleeve that the M17X comes with. I like those. Keep it from getting scratched in the carrier

 

Few problems when you overclock to 1.73 in the bios... I do then it restarts then 5 mins later gets a bluescreen then again when it restarts. Turn the overclock off everything is fine? Umm

Nero takes forever to unistall too 25 mins up to now

 

maybe problem machine?

 

Hmmm That dont sound to good at all :S

 

Might want to get on to customer care? Sounds like you could have a lemon on your hands.

 

gutted for all

 

sounds like a heat issue if it runs fine for 5 mins then falls over ?

 

Oh ooo. Not sounding too good. I'd say give em a ring and find out wth is going on. I'm praying for ya buddy

 

I'll try again. Also with anything as it came it runs idle at 18% cpu try on overclock now

 

hope for you

 

Go into CPU-Z, click on the SPD tab and tell us the max bandwidth of the DDR3 RAM. I very much hope they shipped this machine with PC3-8500 RAM.

Also, if you get another BSOD, write down the reason for the error and post it up.

 

Seems to be running fine now, I'll play some games and see how it goes

 

Can we has an Unboxing please pretty please.

 

+1 for the unboxing vid

 

Play your games, I'd rather know that the items coming off the production line are stable - crashing out of the box is worrying. The thought of having to call Japanese tech support fills me with far too much dread! Keep us updated anyway!

 

Spoke to soon happened just as I posted above. Right what happens is the fan goes really lound for a second then stops the screen then freezes and suddenly turns off theres no actual blue screen shown. This is the error report:

 

that sucks hmmm guess we'll need word on if other units are BSOD'ing from OC.

 

This may help ? http://www.techsupportforum.com/mic...759-solved-blue-screen-death-bccode-50-a.html

 

You need to disable automatic restart so you can actually see the blue screen. Click here.

Also, you can download CPU-Z here. I suggest running the system with the OC disabled when you're doing this. Once it's loaded go into the SPD tab and read out the max bandwidth of RAM. My concern is that the system has been supplied with 800MHz DDR3 but it's running it at 1066MHz OC'd. This would definitely cause a blue screen.

 

Is this normal that in CPU Z when the processor is overclocked it should say 1.73ghz right? But instead it says 1.3ghz

Heres the ram thing, this is on no overclock btw

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Its supposed to be 1067 that we are supplied with right ?

 

Its PC3-8500

 

I have played COD MW2 most of the night on high. No stutters, No BSOD and mine is set with overclock ON.

 

How was COD Darkhan, it play real nice?

 

And you didn't do pics and vids of unboxing !

 

That's the original specification of the SU7300. It's not your actual core speed. If you look in the clocks section of the bottom left, you should see core speed, OC'd it should say 173X.XXMHz or something similar.

Your RAM (as Darkhan mentioned) is the right speed (1066MHz), so no worries there. To get more info you'll need to disable automatic restart and actually record some of the info from the BSOD. If you're not confident doing this, I suggest getting on to technical support. The machine is after all, only a day old.

Thank you for clarification.

 

Picture is there in my last post if you missed it rpg