Flextronics Arima 840 & 4870s

Will the 840 ever get the 4870s? Any updates on who is importing/selling/supporting this whitebook laptop now that OCZ is gone?

 

Alienware will definitely get the HD4870 (with GDDR5, not the slower GDDR3 used in the Asus w90) for the m17. no clue about a new distributor, but i daresay someone will do it eventually - the whitebook was selling far too well for it to just vanish.

 

any idea when they are going to be released for the m17, wanting to buy one but would rather get them with 4870x2 now

 

Zfactor mentioned that, according to info he received a little over a week ago, there's still heat issues with the 4870s.

Im waiting on more info to come out on the new 4860s but die-shrinks usually mean less heat which would work out better for this chassis single GPU fan.

Personally I'd gladly take the slight performance hit (but still better than the W90s) for a machine that I didn't have to worry about melting down.

 

I am starting to think that this notebook will not get the 4870s as it needs a major design change to handle the heat--one GPU fan is not going to do it. Justin, at XoticPC, states on their forum that they are expecting to resume sales at the end of the month, however still only with the 3870 as a GPU option. Perhaps there is something to the conjecture that OCZ decided to stop distributing it for this reason and the apparent lack of quality control on the notebooks they were already receiving from Arima Flextronics.

 

i think it is possible. if ati and flex works together right, i think it will work out.

 

they are going to have to change something in there i do not know what but some thing. the only problem there isnt very much to change i just hope they figure something out

 

The W840 DI should be available again the second week of April. The info we have received is these will still have the 3870 single and crossfireX. For the 4870 the info we have received is that they are still being tested by the manufacture and there is no eta at this time.

 

Thanks for the update.

 

GDDR5 4870s are currently vapourware.

 

what you mean vapourware?
the definition i mean, since i'm not familiar with the phrase.

 

Vapourware is hardware or software that never makes it to actual production and only ever exists in concepts.

 

Thanks for the explanation.