Alienware M17x R3 Specs Leaked with Sandy Bridge Chipset Discussion

Two days ago, images and performance specs of the as yet unreleased Dell Alienware m17x R3 were posted on the NotebookReview discussion forums. The latest revision includes the unreleased Intel Sandy bridge chipset, as well as new Intel Core i7 processors.

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My personal opinion is that could actually be an M15x.

 

20k 3dmarks for a single GPU? Doesn't seem right, that has to be xfire.

 

Or it could be the first 15" notebook with SLI/CF capabilities

 

Looks like yyduinihao0 made the day for everyone.

 

Does 16K on the IGP seem right to you? It's interesting to see a bunch of people praising SB's IGP like it's the coming of Larrabee but 20K off AMD's top end mobile cards seems high for a single GPU.

We also dont know what res the test was run at....the pics of the machine suggest either it's not 1920x1200 or the DPI of Windows was increased.

There's a clear pic of the ODD.

 

^^ Stop shattering my dreams

BTW, it's theoretically possible to squeeze the ODD behind one of the cards or better yet - the CPU. If AW followed Clevo and positioned both GPU's very close to each other - ..just a thought.

 

We know that the IGP is not responsible for the 16K -- the GPU switching is just fooling 3DMark which looks at the GPU when it first starts up and not thereafter.

 

It was you that got me started on considering the possibility it was a single GPU score, and therefore from an M15x, in the first place. ;þ

You, me, and several others know that...but there's also plenty that don't.

 

That's another dream, can't a person have more than one?

 

You're just jealous cause you just bought a laptop with a GPU that only gets 13k.

 

If it's a single GPU, then the new one is quite a big performance step from the last one. In fact, that would put it side to side with desktop GPUs.

 

If the SB + GTX 460M is nailing nearly 17k, then it's all but assured that SB + a single 6900M should be at 20k. Heck, SB + the 470M is probably going to get close.

The 1st and 3rd tests are both the 460M, just one has the quad core CPU.

 

I was under the impression that the 6xxx series was only a slight refresh of the 5xxx series. I guess I was dead wrong!

 

We still cant see if any of these configurations are in Crossfire/SLI. I highly suspect that is the case.

 

Everybody knows 3dmark06 is very cpu intensive, so imo its no wonder the m17x scored so high here since it has a SB cpu.

I understand why companies use 3dmark06 to promote their gaming notebooks. Notebook graphics don't seem to improve so fast since we've finally caught up with the consoles with notebooks that come at a reasonable price, so the companies insert a stronger cpu with a somewhat better gpu than the last one and voila: you get high scores in 3dmark.

According to 3dmark06 my ati hd4670 (downlcocked to 600mhz @1.1v) in my acer gets like 3.5k, yet I still play the latest games at high graphic and resolution settings.

Lets see some real benches first before we all go crazy on graphic improvements which we won't see in real life use anyway.

 

The replacement desktop GPU that the HD5870M was based on is about 50% faster. And despite it being a "refresh", even though it remains 40nm, the new architecture is actually smaller and more power per watt efficient.

And I agree with others, those scores look like single card to me. Seems a lot of us forget, 3DMark06 is pretty much a CPU benchmark. 13,000 of those 20,000 points are probably just from the new Sandy Bridge.
- You can get 20,000 on 3Dmark06 with G73jh if you put in a i7 920 extreme and overclock that, and overclock the GPU.

 

In that case, I would be really curious to see that 20k 3DMark06 with a SINGLE 5870m.

 

HD6000M looks like it will be a mix of three rebranded Evergreen parts with VBIOS changes: HD6300M, HD6500M, and possibly HD6800M...and three new GPUs, that are a mix of Evergreen with a new uncore, codenamed Seymour, Whistler, and Blackcomb.




Blackcomb is HD6900M and should be based off the Barts Pro or XT GPU which are a considerable improvement over the Juniper/Broadway GPU used for the Mob. HD5870. With the same CPU and resolution, desktop HD6870 scores 22K in 3DMark06 vs. 16.5K for the desktop HD5770.

 

Makes sense now about the 6xxx series. As far as cpus effecting 3dmark scores I have done a few huge cpu upgrades over the years (within the same generation) and my scores never really changed.

 

15k score with an IGP,thats ridiculous.

 

I gained about 1.5k points, going from a 2.4Ghz P8600 -> 2.93Ghz T9800, then close to another 2k, by upgrading to a 2.4Ghz Q9200.

Maybe your GPUs haven't been strong enough to take advantage of the CPU upgrades.

 

Those SM2 and SM3 scores are around 40% improvement over my already 900/1030 clock scores and my 3dmark of basically 14k.

That's definitely a barts xt downclocked. Hell yeah

Now I must search other alternatives in notebooks to get my hands on the new SB platform. Seems like a really nice CPU boost.

 

Im really skeptical that integrated graphics gets 14k. I would be over the moon at getting 5k from integrated graphics, even then I question whether it is realistic.

 

The IGP didn't get that score; Optimus is confusing 3Dmark's GPU reading.

 

Forget about the specs, this is Dell/Alienware, the real question is -

"How sturdy are the hinges???"

 

If it's the same as on m17x-R2, they'll be fine. This is not cheapo (or, since it's not *that* cheap.... "crapo"?) m11x.

 

This makes perfect sense...and optimus strikes again!

 

+2 I have had zero issues with the hindges on my R2... In fact i find the hindges to be a little too strong... requires 2 hands to open up the laptop

I hope these specs are for the M15x... I'd like to see something bigger for the M17x then just another 10-20% performance increase with games. ( maybe that is just wishful thinking on my part )

 

i really want to see if ssd performance is reduced also on this new chipset