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Averages verified benchmark scores per laptop to find the best performing laptop for each game or synthetic benchmark utility. Note - for users with benchmark logs, if more then 1 benchmark is submitted under different settings, the best score of all settings is used for averaging.
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Alienware M15x
Average: 6.80
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Alienware M17x
Average: 5.90
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Acer Aspire 7738G
Average: 5.10
1:
Alienware M17x
Average: 137.90
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Alienware Area-51 m17x
Average: 75.10
3:
Alienware m17
Average: 62.50
4:
Gateway UC7807u
Average: 45.20
1:
Alienware Area-51 m15x
Average: 130.80
2:
Sager NP5793
Average: 126.50
3:
Sager NP9750
Average: 115.30
4:
Alienware Area-51 m5550
Average: 107.73
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Alienware M17x
Average: 105.40
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Alienware M17x
Average: 38.47
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Alienware M17x
Average: 78.55

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NBF Needs YOU! MobileForce Drivers Beta Testers
Notebookforums Tony, (Fenuxx) has a message for all your driver and laptop gurus out there: Greetings to all you lurkers and die hard NBFers out there! Recently, I've gotten back into the swing of modding drivers, and with that, comes the added need of testing, troubleshooting, more testing, a ...

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Alienware Core i7 M15x Review
NBF NEW Alienware M15x Review Core i7 2009

What you'll find
Alienware M15x Core i7 Review 2009 & Extensive Testing/Benchmarks along with comparrison shots.

Intro
Hey Im Yoob@NBF and I like ridiculously powerful notebooks with some regards to its battery endurance and/or weig ...

A new breed of "thin" Air-like Macbook Windows
... notebook! Shenzen Yasow Technology ... keep an eye on these new start-ups from China. . CPU: Intel® Atom™ Prozessor N270 1.6 Ghz . Display: 12.1“ WIDESCREEN TFT-LCD-Display 1280 x 800 . Graphic: Mobil Intel® 945 Express Chipset Intel 82945GSE . Intel Generation 3/5 GFX Core . 160 GB SA ...

NBF MobileForce 195.39 (32-Bit/64-Bit) Released
Driver Version: 195.39 Driver Build Date: 10/27/2009 Download and Discuss here.

Acer partially fulfills prophecy, overtakes Dell as number two PC maker in US
Who Would have thought. Go Acer! Quote: As if on cue, here's some new data research firm Gartner lending credence to Lanci's boasting. Looks like Acer has leapfrogged over Dell for the number tow spot in terms of US market share for the third quarter of 2009, from 12.5 to ...

BFG Announces Deimos X-10 18.4-inch SLI Gaming Notebook
The Scary part is they include a free Backpack as if anyone would actually be able to carry it on their back without hurting themselves. Other than that, price starts from $2,300 to $4,500 http://www.hardocp.com/news/2009/10/...ing_noteboo k/ Quote: BFG Technologies, ...

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Alienware M17x Review
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Introducing the Alienware M17x! Not to be confused with the Alienware Area-51 m17x. Yes Alienware dropped the "Area-51" off the official title of the notebook and changed the "M" from lowercase to uppercase for reas ...

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Alienware M15x with Intel® CoreTM i7-820QM Mobile Processor review
I would like to keep my review short and simple. First impression, Well, when I lifted the accessory box, there it was, THE MINI BEAST looked as if it has been put to hibernation from the dell factory in China, just waiting to be respawned... Then I turned it ON... The red light illumi ...

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ACER Aspire 7738G
Acer 7738 (G) This model was first introduced back in April 2009. Acer Aspire 7738G in this review is the first ordered Acer that we received with pre-installed with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bits. Being a 7.5lbs notebook, it is not quite mobile as one expects but it serves beautifully as a media and ...

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Dell XPS13 G210M & Windows 7 Review
http://webpages.charter.net/5002/XPS13/103_0140.jpg http://webpages.charter.net/5002/XPS13/103_0141.jpg http://webpages.charter.net/5002/XPS13/103_0138.jpg http://webpages.charter.net/5002/XPS13/103_0134.jpg Intro I’m always on the lookout for the latest compact, but powerful notebooks. The S ...

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Sager NP9280 Review
Intro How to start? This is my 1st review and 3rd Sager notebook. I have previously owned a NP8790, and an NP 9262. I purchased the 9280 to replace the 9262 which was stolen. Since I do not own a desktop, size and weight is not an issue. The Sager NP9280 is based on the same Clevo D900 chassi ...

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NVIDIA ForceWare 190.62 WHQL Released (All OS)
ForceWare 190.62 for Windows XP (32/64-Bit) / Windows Vista (32/64-Bit) / Windows 7 (32/64-Bit) @ LaptopVideo2Go Quote: Latest drivers out: Operating System: Windows XP (32/64-Bit) / Windows Vista (32/64-Bit) / Windows 7 (32/64-Bit) Driver Version: 190.62 ...

ATI Catalyst Drivers 9.8 Released
ATI Catalyst Drivers 9.8 "New Features: * OpenGL 3.1 extension support OpenGL 3.1 extension support: * Support for OpenGL Shading Language 1.30 and 1.40 * Instanced rendering with a per-instance counter accessible to vertex shaders (GLARB draw instanced) * Data copying between buffer objects (G ...

Ati Catalyst 9.7 Released
Ati Catalyst 9.7 Released; Supports Win7-32/Win7-64/Vista32/Vista64/XP32/XP64/ Radeon display driver 8.632 HydraVision for both Windows XP and Vista HydraVision Basic Edition (Windows XP only) WDM Driver Install Bundle Southbridge/IXP Driver Catalyst Control Center Version 8.67 Available here. ...

nVidia Forceware 190.58 Released (All OS)
ForceWare 190.58 for Vista x86 Vista x64 / Win7 x86 Win7 x64 / WinXP x86 WinXP x64 @ LaptopVideo2Go Quote: Latest drivers out: Operating System: Vista x86 Vista x64 / Win7 x86 Win7 x64 / WinXP x86 WinXP x64 Driver Version: 190.58 Driver Date: 2009-0 ...

nVidia Forceware 190.38 Released (All OS)
ForceWare 190.38 for Vista x86 Vista x64 / Win7 x86 Win7 x64 / WinXP x86 WinXP x64 @ LaptopVideo2Go Quote: Latest drivers out: Operating System: Vista x86 Vista x64 / Win7 x86 Win7 x64 / WinXP x86 WinXP x64 Driver Version: 190.38 Driver Date: 2009-07- ...

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HD Tune
Alienware Area-51 m17x
75.10 MB/sec
by Steve@NBF
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HD Tune
Alienware m17
62.50 MB/sec
by Steve@NBF
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HD Tune
Gateway UC7807u
45.20 MB/sec
by Steve@NBF
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HD Tune
Alienware M17x
137.90 MB/sec
by Steve@NBF
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Windows Experience Index (Win 7)
Acer Aspire 7738G
5.10 
by qhn
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3DMark06
Dell Studio XPS 13
5,231 3DMarks
by marker01
Google Chrome OS Annouced! What about Gaming?
It was just a matter of time before something like this was going to happen. I am excited for the initial product.

t's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live ...

Windows 7 Pricing Announced
Vista and XP users
  • $119.99 Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade
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full retail disc$199.99 Windows 7 Home Premium$299.99 Windows 7 Home Professional$319.99 Windows 7 Home Ultimate

3DMark Record Broken Again
Well it wasn't Team Finland again breaking the 3Dmark06 world record, but Kevin Wu from Lord Americas. This news is a bit old, but I love reporting whenever the bar gets raised in terms of benchmarking. It means technology is continuing to get better. Kevin is running a Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3540, ...

MaxxPI 2 Benchmark
Here's a cool benchmark that measures cpu / cache / memory performance. Version 1.36 was released on the 12th, and I'm going to insert it into our database so people can submit it.

Download here.

Anyone want to r ...

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WTB: X9000
I am looking for an X9000 for my M1730. Thanks!

FS: Vaio P Black 60GB HD with Black Vaja case
Selling my used but in great condition Sony Vaio P Laptop. This is an 8" laptop, 1.4 pounds, very light and small footprint. Has a 1600x768 screen, and an almost full-size keyboard. Specs: 1.3GHZ CPU (can be overclocked if desire) 2GB RAM 60GB hard drive (not SSD) wifi/bluetooth/GPS and W ...

FS: GeForce 8800M GTX SLI (For M1730)
Up for sale is a new (opened just to verify that it's working) Nvidia GeForce 8800m gtx sli card that fits m1730 xps (xm888). I am asking 550$ + shipping to a verified paypal address. I think it's a very decent price considering they sell for about 750 at ebay. http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/ ...

FS: High end desktop, Q6600, 8800GTX SLI
Hey guys Looking to sell this desktop... it's built on a eVGA Nforce 680i motherboard. It's running a Intel Quad core Q6600, presently @ stock. It overclocks nicely to 3.2GHz, but I run it factory. The machine has two EVGA 8800GTX KO ACS3 edition video cards in SLI. I have a notebook I use fo ...

FS: NWGuru's Record Breaking QX9300 w/Bonus!!
Hi all- Price: $650 w/free shipping via FedEx - 3 day DOA warranty. Selling my OEM QX9300 that I had with my M17x. If you follow the Alienware threads that you may know that I bought a M17x when it was first release and immediately started benchmarking. I scored 17668 in 3DMark06 with this pro ...

FS/FT: Dell XPS M1710 T7200, 4GB RAM, 7900GS
Hi, I am selling my Dell XPS M1710. It's a great computer, and I have no problems with it at all. It is in good condition, but there are a few scratches over the years. I bought the computer, but I really have no more use for it anymore. The graphics card has no problems at all. In the pictures I li ...

FS: Sodimm DDR memory + Pentium M Dothan Processor
For sale, removed from a Dell 710M notebook: 2x512 DDR PC2700 $30 Pentium M Dothan 1.7 2mb/400FSB M735 $20 LMK Lou

WTB: Core 2 Duo Socket M (T7200,T7400,T7600)
I'm looking for a Core 2 Duo for my M1710 that is Socket M. I'm looking for a T7200, T7400, or T7600. Please let me know what you have and what kind of money you are looking for. Thank You.


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How to change your Alienware M17x processor
I attached a quick information for those who feel like upgrading their processor. If anyone has any questions just post it here. There is an attached Word file at the end of the post should anyone want to download. . Required tools, Compressed air for cleaning, 1 philips and 1 flathead screw driv ...

How To Choose a Linux Distribution
Project Time.... Since this is something that comes up often, there was a recent article floating around the internet that breaks down one person's viewpoint of distributions for people to look at for different purposes, that may be useful reading for any newcomers looking at Linux. For those ...

Overclock D600 1.6G to 2.13G (hardware modification with photos)
I knew there is a soft way to do so, but I really like to find out another way Now come with me, I'd like to share my experience with all you guys. This is hardware modification! You play this on your own risk! The most headache is that the position of PLL IC is different from most others( ...

Power jack modification. Works for Satellite L300, L305, L350, L355.
If you have one of the following laptops: Toshiba Satellite/Satelite Pro L300, L305/L305D, L350, L355/L355D you have a really good chance that your power jack will get broken soon. The problem is that the base assembly might get broken too. Instead of replacing the base assembly and power jack h ...


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