Posts by hammermd

Okay...got an m18x R1 running RAID-0 SATA (2x750mb)...saw the possibility of (what I thought was) THREE hard drive's coexisting with the DVD and bought an SDD (~$300) to use as a Boot Drive - wanting to keep the RAID-0 for fast...

Wait...so are the i7's SLOWER than the i5's?!?! This is really confusing...Aa Does the 5870 push more frames than 2x485's?! Does anyone know this?!

Okay, been 'out of the game' for awhile, since my M1730 has lasted 3+ years; however, the warranty is done as of last October and now I need the NEXT biggest baddest gaming notebook on the planet, sent to my house ASAP. MY question...

NWGuru: Lemme summarize, here, and you tell me if I'm correct...all stats are from 3DMark06 1. You started out with NO CPU overclock, and NO GPU overclock; highest you got STOCK was ~17,300 or something (compared to 280gtx/SLI at...

Please, please, please! Someone just open their M17x w/dual-4870's and run 3DMark06 at default settings, so I know whether to upgrade my M1730!?!?! I can't find ANY benchmarks of this particular program on the web, and it's the only...

Hmmm...if you are unable to get 30fps in World of Warcraft with an M1730, there is something VERY VERY WRONG with your setup. 2x8800's should completely CRUSH this game...I mean, if you turn V-sync on with all the bells and whistles...

Nope. Great 'puter, tho. Peeps are always speculatin that the chassis is 'built to last' an stuff, such that Dell intends to keep throwing cards into it year after year; however, there's been nothing so far to confirm that's actually...

M1730 w/8800GTX SLI = ~13,000 on 3DMark06 w/stock drivers and stock clocks...

Buy as little memory as possible, then replace it with something from here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e=4GB+(2+x+2GB) 4GB of DDR2 200pin SODIMM average around $80, and it's a snap to install. Sometimes Dell charges...

Any performance improvement in games? Can you still overclock it the same degree/steps or are there different settings from the earlier 2.8Ghz chip?