say the-moo-moo-cow ...
i was wondering if a quad 2.0 gig is enough cpu power to run most games ... crysis, farcry 2, fallout 3 included ...
this is of course if i have a sli gtx 260 m card as well
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2.0 is more then enough
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cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher
so far I have had MUCH less stutter (and only a little at a high - 670 core - GPU OC)
Havent played with higher CPU oc yet, but you can bet I will
First impression, very happy
edit: And I'll add that the fans are much more agressive which aids in cooling. I don't mind since they are still much quieter than my Cryo (with 3 Scythe S-Flex G Fans) or whitebook were -
Lol the whitebook was a lawnmower...
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cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher
leaf blower would be more acurate
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cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher
I had heard that there was a new bios out to fix the quick and sloppy A01, it looks like this is it, nothing negative yet
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Maybe I can get the 1 ghz oc now
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I've heard that flashing your BIOS voids your warranty...?
As much as I want to update, it's not worth voiding the warranty I paid so much extra for
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Nope not true at all go ahead and flash away . Old alienwares carried that policy but not these machines.
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Oh good news then!
I just saw that somewhere on this forum so I was worried, but I thought it was a bit odd that dell had it as a recommended download with no warnings at all on their website -
never mind i messed up my flash
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well guys i still cant get higher then 3.3
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and how much mhz are you able to squeeze out with the new bios ???
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is it safe to run say hours and hours on end with the oc setting ???
wont the cpu burnt out ???
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no ? it won't burn out and i run 3.01 ghz ALL the time and bench @ 3.22
my temps stay under 60c while gaming .... i applied MX-2 on my CPU
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lol those p8700 suck
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didn't you get the 3 ex MB cache ?
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its thermal paste
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if I oc on a stock setup ... is this ok ???
or it would fry the cpu ???
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stock is perfectly fine
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Stock paste on the M17x is probably a very poor paste, or just average paste, however the cooling system is that good you really don't need to bother changing the paste unless you want to overclock a lot.
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lordqarlyn Global Biz Consultant
This BIOS update sounds very useful, but being born with cosmic bad luck, I loathe doing it while I am over here. Even for a simple process, something is always gonna go wrong, but this BIOS seems a necessary upgrade.
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Can't download from the Dell Euro site. Has it been pulled? Has anyone had any luck getting it from support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/
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Just get it from Dell's US site.....
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nothing yet on gddr5 anywhere i can see
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got A02 now and hope my QX9300 can now run 100% on 3.2ghz
on A01 he runs at 3.06ghz 100%
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im also being told by a few people the q9200's work now..
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lordqarlyn Global Biz Consultant
Woohoo! My cosmic bad luck decided not to make an appearance today! I downloaded, transfered it to my M17x, and ran the install - from the desktop. It went totally flawless.
I can run stable now at 3.07GHz. Stressed it out with a 2+ hour session of Far Cry 2 @ max settings. The air venting out was definitely cooler (but he fans were noisier as well). No stuttering during the whole time (but lotsa dying).
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this bios update is awesome, i too can run stable on 3.07 GHz. it's amazing
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my run now on 3.2Ghz and stable
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the voltage allowance for the max cpu has been upped in this one...fyi
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Speedy Gonzalez Xtreme Notebook Speeder!
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Hi guys, just read about the BIOS update, but for some reason im getting an error "not found":
404 - File or directory not found.
The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
Did they pull it out for some reason??
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m17x A02 bios out...
Discussion in 'Alienware' started by andytom69, Aug 28, 2009.