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post #81 of 113
8/8/06 at 12:45am
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Originally Posted by det922
another common mistake on doom 3 is noone removes the frame limiter in game, along with games like bf2, doom 3 soars w.o limiter on a 7900gs i get incredibly high numbers
I'll try this on my 51m7700, but honestly, if I'm dropping to 20fps on some spots with the limiter on, won't I stiil drop to 20fps in the same spots with the limiter off?


Oh, and Fritton:
AW's D3 benchmark for my 7700 with 3.2g CPU and go7800 was 85.1 fps. That's why I find it so weird that you're rig only scored 12.6 fps better than mine on the same standard AW factory test.
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post #82 of 113
8/14/06 at 3:04pm
Im just curious as to the point of you all running these tests if one machine can put out a certain score wouldnt all the machines that have the same configuration have the same score? I noticed you guys saying you turn off most features on the machine when you run the test such as wallpapers and everything like that not essential to what you need. Isnt this pointless since everytime you play a game you wouldnt want to have to go and turn off all other settings and have your system wiped clean to have nothing on the system but the game you are playing. I am not trying to say this is dumb to do I am just trying to understand the reason behind it thats all. Also why would you want to over clock your system if it could possibly damage it? The reason I am asking also is because I have a malx on order and want to know if I really need to do all that when I get mine.Thanks for any responses to my questions, and happy gaming.
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post #83 of 113
8/14/06 at 11:11pm
Mock23, you don't disable all the features and shut down everything to game. Doing that is just to get the highest 3dMark score for bragging rights. *grins* The mALX and most new Alienware machines eat games for breakfast. And as long as your careful and run the tests after each clock, you can find out how stable the system is. Anyone who cares for their machine stops and backs a step down the second they see instabilities in the test.

Your mALX will come scoring over 10,000 in 3dmark WITHOUT disabling anything. Default settings, it can play any game out right now perfectly. All the things 357 is telling us about is only to make the 3dmark score higher.
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post #84 of 113
8/17/06 at 4:50pm
Nice Rig man . Your a lucky man take care of it keep it clean.
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post #85 of 113
8/20/06 at 4:40am
Hey Magnum,

I'm trying to update my video card drivers for my mALX but whenever I try to install new ones from nvidia, the setup program says that it doesn't detect compatible hardware, even tho I have downloaded the newest geforce go 7 series drivers from the nvidia site.

Have you been able to update your vid drivers?
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post #86 of 113
8/20/06 at 2:09pm
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Originally Posted by fritton
Hey Magnum,

I'm trying to update my video card drivers for my mALX but whenever I try to install new ones from nvidia, the setup program says that it doesn't detect compatible hardware, even tho I have downloaded the newest geforce go 7 series drivers from the nvidia site.

Have you been able to update your vid drivers?

Yep, go here and download them http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/index....1&type=1&dir=1

You will have to download the moded .inf file with it. copy and paste the moded .inf file into the driver folder and then run the setup. There is also a FAQ on the website that gives instructions.
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post #87 of 113
8/20/06 at 4:04pm
Thanks man! You're much more of a help than anywhere else I've found on the web so far.
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post #88 of 113
8/21/06 at 5:46pm
Dear gawd, I want one.
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post #89 of 113
8/22/06 at 10:32pm
great review!
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post #90 of 113
9/7/06 at 4:28pm

Malx

I ordered an malx and i am in phase 5. Just wanted to know: Does the system play all the new games like fear with all the options set to max without any problems?
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post #91 of 113
9/7/06 at 7:16pm
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LL
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post #92 of 113
9/7/06 at 8:01pm
I want one...
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post #93 of 113
9/8/06 at 12:29pm

Anger

Apparently my phase 6 was a mistake. I called alienware because my order went down to phase 3 and I wanted to know what was going on. Apparently the message that my order was being built was a mistake and the letter was mistakenly sent out to a bunch of people. The cases are on backorder until the end of september. They were even updating my phases so mistaken email my ***. I can't even stress how angry i am that i am back in phase 3. I've been in phase 3 since July 13.
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post #94 of 113
9/8/06 at 10:03pm
Yeah I got that mail too, my machine is still stuck showing phase 5, I phoned the guys up and they told me my machine would ship at the end of september...the good thing is I asked about compensation for my wait and they said look on the alienware site choose something and they would see about adding it in for free.....
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post #95 of 113
9/28/06 at 4:30pm
omg i really just long for my system (which is 2 months delayed soon. )
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post #96 of 113
9/28/06 at 11:10pm
definetly one SWEET looking laptop
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post #97 of 113
10/19/06 at 5:58pm
I need your help magnum. I can't get my fear benchies anywhere near yours, and I'm getting alittle scared. I tried updated to the turon driver, and i had to enable sli. I am still getting horrible fear scores compared to yours, and my malx is maxed out on the feature list.
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post #98 of 113
10/19/06 at 6:07pm
or how do i tell if they actually gave me both 512 graffix cards?
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post #99 of 113
10/19/06 at 6:09pm
check cpu-z
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post #100 of 113
10/19/06 at 6:52pm
how do you do that (somewhat of a novice)
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