*OFFICIAL* M11x Owners Lounge - Part 3

Nothing wrong with a reasonably priced current gen Vertex for around $200 in the meantime. I picked up a GSkill Falcon (my second one) and flashed it to the Vertex firmware 1.5, works like a charm.

Good for the next few months until the new crop arrive ...

 

seriously.. it hasn't been 2 weeks. someone shoot my foot i need to get preoccupied.

 

@darkkamikaze

haha visiting this thread isnt helping anything either

 

Finally got my M11x ordered and ordered one for my wife and we're not getting ours until March 15th according to ETD...

I don't even have a computer put together atm that games... so I've been playing a lot of console lately. Went through Halo 1 again, been playing Bayonetta on PS3 (which is a really fun but frustrating game).

Whats the first game you guys will be loading up? I'm not sure if I'll do L4D2, or WoW... lol

 

definately TF2.

@CoatHanger
I know .. but it's what distracts me from the want ..

 

counter strike. And also get on some l4d as ive been wanting to play this map of a theatre here in my city

http://www.austinmodders.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2543

 

That map looks good! Did you play the L4D series based on a bad dream that goes through Lord of the Rings and some other movie scenes? Awesome awesome awesome.

EDIT: Here is a link, its called "Night Terror" http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=1693

Must try imo, do it with 3 other friends on hard co-op for best lulz.

 

that theatre is less than a mile from my apt haha. The Alamo Drafthouse is awesome. And no i havent played any of them hah i have 360 so if you know of any other ones send me the link for the site please.

 

I don't think the BIOS will allow for undervolting the CPU. To OC it is a simple on/off option. It'll be interesting once we get the system to play around with it, but the best option for battery performance is to run off the integrated GPU. As far as heat is concerned, if it is like any other current alienware, heat shouldn't be a problem.

 

In a previous post someone made a link to an undervolting guide (here is the link again: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824).

This guide uses a windows based tool, not the bios.
So chances are you will be able to apply it on the M11x.

I'm not telling there's a heat problem. The purpose of undervolting is not only to let the cpu run cooler (as you said' heat is not as much an issue in our case), but also let it use up less battery - which is what we want here.

 

Hmm if you can undervolt, we'll see if you can overvolt

 

This may be a new video from notebookchoice, I've not seen it before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpkhuZo_APo&feature=player_embedded

 

It has been posted on this (or the previous) thread two times already...
Maybe someone should keep the initial post updated with all the videos out there...

 

Not that many will understand or care but..

When my M11X gets here I'm gonna be overclocking it right away and then I'm installing AmigaForever/WinUAE and Amiga OS 3.9 so I can run all of my fav Amiga games and Apps including Lightwave 5 and ImageFX.

I'll also be installing Zabawares Ultra Hal and Dragon so my M11X will talk to me and I'll be able to launch any app via voice command. I also have the natural voices so it'll sound like a real human. So I'm gonna have an M11X with AI and it's also gonna be the fastest ultraportable Amiga in the universe ! I'm gonna be having so much fun !

 

@digitalprods the battery most certainly is user replaceable. try reading the previous post eh? they would answer every question you've asked so far.

 

spoken like a true geek ! mwhahaha

 

@AmiBot23

Are you realated to Walowitz from "The Big Bang Theory?" j/k, Sounds like fun. I used to love "Defenders of the Crown" on the amiga way back when

 

@DR650SE

Howard Walowitz, Cal tech department of applied physics, you may be familiar with some of my work, it's currently orbiting Jupiter's largest moon taking high resolution digital photographs...?
LOL

 

Wouldn't it be cool if they had a m13x? Best. Laptop. Ever.

 

Perhaps a mod may move this to the main Aline thread, but since Steam will be a main source for games on the m11:

Steam has 20 THQ games for $50! I just bought it. Includes the following games:


Company of Heroes
Released Jul 17, 200793$19.99
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Released Sep 24, 200787$19.99
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Released Apr 8, 200970$29.99
Frontlines™: Fuel of War™
Released Feb 27, 200873$29.99
Full Spectrum Warrior
Released Jul 17, 200780$9.99
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Released Jul 17, 200770$9.99
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
Released Oct 13, 200761$14.99
Red Faction
Released Aug 5, 200978$9.99
Red Faction Guerrilla
Released Sep 15, 200982$19.99
Red Faction II
Released Aug 6, 200964$9.99
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Released Aug 31, 200782$19.99
Saints Row 2
Released Jan 7, 200972$29.99
Titan Quest
Released Jul 17, 200777$14.99
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
Released Jul 17, 200780$14.99
Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II
Released Feb 18, 200985$29.99
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade
Released Aug 7, 200787$19.99
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Gold Edition
Released Aug 7, 200786$19.99
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm
Released Mar 5, 200873$29.99

 

I just purchased that same device for my son and it works great but it is not very discrete. Also, if you pick it up make sure you install the software first even though it says plug the device in first (I read that in one of the reviews).

 

Is OC via the option in the bios going to void my warranty? Looking for some clarity, some many different opinions.

 

No it will not void warranty. If it would we would not make it an option.

 

This is something that should be passed on to the dell sales reps. They told me it would grrrrr.

 

Darkhan > Dell Sales Rep's.

 

i dont think this is a very compelling argument, i agree it would seem silly to put it there if it would void the warrenty but i have had past laptops with oc options in the bios and it has voided the warrenty.

to find out one has to look at the terms of the contact between the buyer and dell.

 

Btw Darkhan when you receive your laptop since your getting it before us all, I expect an invitation to your house so I can ogle the laptop!

 

bioshock 1 & 2 = cpu game or gpu?
sims 3 = -,,-???
farcry 2 = -,,-???
half life 1 & 2 = ???
the settlers 6 = ???

which would work great on m11x??

 

First thing to do after getting this puppy will have to be copy the Windows 7 CD contents to My USB thumbdrive

 

I expect you to bring plenty of Beer!

 

With the M11X it is OK and expected to have the laptop OC in the bios. Any 3rd party OC tools will void warranty.

 

I will bring some ribs with the beer.

 

bioshock 1 & 2 = cpu game or gpu?
sims 3 = -,,-???
farcry 2 = -,,-???
half life 1 & 2 = ???
the settlers 6 = ???

which would work great on m11x??

 

I thought Alienware was designed to be overclocked. They're the performance end gaming laptop. It would be kinda silly to void the warranty especially if OC options were in the BIOS. I can see if you had to go through some unconventional means to unlock the BIOS to overclock.

If anything, just selecting the "Overclock" option in the BIOS should not void the warranty. Good question for someone to ask a reputable AW rep though.

 

Really the OC option on the M11X is more like a turbo option. Its a simple enable/disable option.

it will not void warranty.

 

@darkhan, how can you tell whether or not the owner oced using the bios or 3rd party tools? If they reformat the system, can you even tell the difference?

 

do you trhink half life 2 will run good?

 

im still not convinced as i dont think anybody here is a lawyer. what we need to do is find a copy of the contract with dell and do a search in the document for "overclocking" or something as such. shouldnt be that hard.

 

it runs l4d2 very well (high settings) and that uses the same engine.

 

i wonder this myself but there are always way to log these things if dell really wanted to. e.g. log in the bios? reflashing the bio may clear a log if one is there, but it may be hard if your system has dyed from oc'ing ! lol

 

@ashodd
yea, if you need to sent your system in for a repair due to overclocking failures, your cpu would most likely already be dead. Reformatting would be kind of impossible.

 

A 100GB+ option? Cheapest I can find for either OCZ / GSkill is a 64GB for around $200 - thought I've recently found a Kingston 128 GB for around $230-$280 range. If you have any better links - I'd be *extremely* interested...

 

No. just take the disk out and use another pc or laptop to format. No problem.

However if there is logging on the bios then you are right that it's hard to do somehting about it except modifying bios, which would probably void warranty anyway.
I just hope dell is not so paranoid to really implement something like this. Anyway, it would only be easy to log provided overclocking features, if might be a bit more difficult clearly detecting external overclocking (through programs, assuming this is possible).

My guess is that dell has not formalized this and they decide on each case. If they get a hint this was due to overclocking they will deny to do repair without the customer paying for it.

 

It's in the BIOS - supplied *by* Dell. To Darkhan's original point - if Dell *didn't* want to allow the OC - they wouldn't put it in the BIOS. It's not like you're using a 3rd party app to OC the processor directly.

 

all im saying is until somebody can provide a legally binding document with statement saying you can oc without voiding the warrenty this is still pure speculaiton.

your argument is the same as somebody saying - if a car manufacturer allows a car to break the speed limit your allowed to do it.

 

Bioshock 1 and 2 I expect a good performance, GPU dependent games.
FarCry2 - same as above, GPU dependent.
For the rest, HL2 is more CPU dependent so...not sure what to expect.

 

Half Life 2 is CPU-dependent, but it's a 5 year old game. I used to play it on a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 and a GeForce FX 5200. I think the M11x will do fine at 1366x768.

 

So I am a newbie. This thing comes pre installed with steam. So this is directed at anyone who knows about steam. There is an offer on steam. Think it will expire before my m11x arrives. Can I purchase it now and be able to download it on the M11x when it arrives. Or will I have to download straight away to my current sucky machine? First to answer gets a free steak( I work in a butchers)

 

Ive always maintained a good rule of thumb, usually pretty accurate.

If the graphics are kickass, its most likely GPU dependent.

If the graphics are so-so, it is most likely CPU dependent.

 

Yes, you can buy as many games as you want between now and when your system arrives. Once you've completed your purchase, the game gets added to your Steam account. When your m11x arrives you just sign in and all of the games you purchased will be listed under the "My Games" tab, ready to be downloaded!