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    any recomendations, M17 arrives Monday

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by wanman1978, Apr 16, 2009.

  1. wanman1978

    wanman1978 Newbie

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    Good afternoon,

    My M17 arives on Monday

    1920 x 1200 LCD with clearview
    Dual 512Mb cards
    T9400 dual core
    4gb RAM with 64bit Vista

    Does anyone have any recomendations as to what upgrades etc should be done, drivers etc?

    I'll be using it mostly to play eve online.

    cheers in advance
     
    wanman1978, Apr 16, 2009
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  2. jeffreyac

    jeffreyac Notebook Evangelist

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    Just realise that despite the published Alienware policy of providing you a fully-updated system, you'll have a lot of Vista updates to download. :)

    I've been using the stock alienware drovers on mine, and have had no performance issues. Of course, the only graphics intensive game I play is Dawn of War II - the game runs great, though the GPU's get a little hot. maybe I'll try a new driver someday to see if there's a performance boost...

    Anyway, my point is that from what I recall (it's been years, you'll have to tell me if this has changed) E.V.E. online isn't too graphics-intensive, so you won't NEED any upgraded drivers - it should run for you out of the box, and run well.

    One thing I'd recommend is downlaod a heat monitor - i use the hwmonitor one, from the l'helpful info' thread here in the alienware forum - I find it very helpful to know what my temps are and keep an eye on them.
     
    jeffreyac, Apr 16, 2009
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  3. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    use e-wrecked gpu driver here

    update chipset and sound drivers
     
    The_Moo™, Apr 16, 2009
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  4. wanman1978

    wanman1978 Newbie

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    cheers for the advice guys, Eve has become a lot more graphics intensive recently with teir new premium client. Part of the reason i stepped up and purchased a new laptop as my old one ground to a halt just logging in. aparantly my misses thinks that £2000 on a laptop to play one game is a bit over the top. Dont know what she means! Not sure shell be too pleased when she comes in from work to find me playing EVE on the 50" LCD TV in the front room!
     
    wanman1978, Apr 16, 2009
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  5. Chefchenko

    Chefchenko Notebook Guru

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    just tell her to fetch a brew and take out curry and to "know her role"

    chicks! (rolls eyes)
     
    Chefchenko, Apr 16, 2009
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  6. wanman1978

    wanman1978 Newbie

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    If i do that it'll be from behind a very thick and solid item!
     
    wanman1978, Apr 16, 2009
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  7. Shuya

    Shuya Notebook Evangelist

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    I was about to say "yeah, now you have your M17 to protect you", but she might grab it and smash it so be careful! :p
     
    Shuya, Apr 16, 2009
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    electrosoft Perpetualist Matrixist

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    Yeah, Eve overhauled their engine technology. It's downright beautiful now.
     
    electrosoft, Apr 17, 2009
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