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Getting my first Alienware.

post #1 of 91
10/2/09 at 6:03pm
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I'm getting a replacement from Dell and I made him guarantee me a 2.6GHz CPU, WUXGA screen, and dual Nvidia cards. So I'm guessing I'm getting the 260M's and I was wondering how good do/will they run on these games?

Crysis
NFS: Shift
Gears of War
AOE III
GRID
COD: MW 2

Should I be able to run these games at 1920x1200 at max settings (no AA)? I know Crysis is really demanding, but I've seen videos of the single 260M running at 1440x900 without any problems.

Thanks,
Nonya24
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post #2 of 91
10/2/09 at 8:37pm
congrats dude so far i've only played TF2 @ 1900x1200 with no problems where my old M1730 only played it @ 1200x800 without any problems both on max settings.
like you i'm waiting on MW2 hope this plays it
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post #3 of 91
10/6/09 at 10:17pm
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Getting my first Alienware.

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post #4 of 91
10/7/09 at 4:40am
Keep your eyes on the benchmark section. The Admin group is being busy with a slew of benchmarking.

Steve already had a "just scored 54k in 3dmark03 on the m17" score yesterday.

cheers ...
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post #5 of 91
10/8/09 at 5:51am
I went to the Alienware benchmark section and I just saw a lot of old posts. I'd like to contribute also but am I looking in the right area?
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post #6 of 91
10/8/09 at 6:29am
It is true that the benchmark section has old posts at the moment. Most of the benchmarks are being done within the Review of the notebooks themselves. Take a look at the Review Section as well.

We shall be happy for any contributions from forum members. You can submit your own benchmark/review at any time using the option submit a benchmark or review on the right pane of page. Then just follow the script.

cheers ...
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post #7 of 91
10/8/09 at 6:46am
Thanks, I'll look around.
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post #8 of 91
10/8/09 at 10:06am
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Keep your eyes on the benchmark section. The Admin group is being busy with a slew of benchmarking.

Steve already had a "just scored 54k in 3dmark03 on the m17" score yesterday.

cheers ...
M17x actually. it was a typo.
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post #9 of 91
10/8/09 at 10:08am
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I went to the Alienware benchmark section and I just saw a lot of old posts. I'd like to contribute also but am I looking in the right area?
The benchmark forum section is just where we can have discussion on the benchmarks that are submitted. Here is where they are listed.
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post #10 of 91
10/8/09 at 12:33pm
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M17x actually. it was a typo.
Have you run 06 yet?

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The benchmark forum section is just where we can have discussion on the benchmarks that are submitted. Here is where they are listed.
In that case it doesn't look like anyone is talking about it.

I already sold off my first M17x and have a second one on the way so I already have some benchmarks I can share. If no one makes a thread by the time I get the new system I'll create one.
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post #11 of 91
10/8/09 at 1:06pm
Kinda surprised you didn't go with 2x OCZ Agility EX drives there WAYYYYYYYYYY faster
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post #12 of 91
10/8/09 at 2:31pm
How do you know which SSD I went with?

256GB Samsung drives for $400 for me was the best price/performance ratio IMO. Samsung has claimed the trim firmware is being released at the same time Windows 7 is. We will see.
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post #13 of 91
10/8/09 at 5:38pm
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260's or 280's?

I was looking over my replacement specs and I saw this:

320-0762SLI Dual 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA GeForce (NB10E-GTX1)

At first I though it was 260's but I Google'd and people are saying that is the Dual 280M's instead. Can anybody confirm this please?

Thanks,
Nonya
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post #14 of 91
10/8/09 at 5:44pm
yes that is the part # for the 280's I ordered those for my setup. and thats whats on my parts list.
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post #15 of 91
10/8/09 at 5:46pm
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yes that is the part # for the 280's I ordered those for my setup. and thats whats on my parts list.
Wow... that's a very good surprise
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post #16 of 91
10/8/09 at 5:51pm
Have they shipped or given you a ship date yet ?

and yes, that is a nice Surprise.

And a well deserved one lol
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post #17 of 91
10/8/09 at 5:53pm
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Have they shipped or given you a ship date yet ?

and yes, that is a nice Surprise.

And a well deserved one lol
It's still "In Production" the rep that called me said it SHOULD be here Tuesday. Which I find hard to believe. I hate waiting for it
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post #18 of 91
10/8/09 at 6:14pm
Holy Crap, you so lucked out with your replacement! Grats man!

The replacement gods never smile upon me. I always have to pull teeth to get what I want. How the hell do they consider a 280M SLI replacement for an 8700 i don't know, but thats frickin awesome!

Is there a huge difference performance wise between the 260m and 280m?
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post #19 of 91
10/8/09 at 6:18pm
about 3K higher scores in 3DMark06 benchmarks.
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post #20 of 91
10/8/09 at 6:29pm
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about 3K higher scores in 3DMark06 benchmarks.
Is that a pretty big difference?
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