New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Alienware Core i7 M15x Review - Page 2

post #21 of 43
10/8/09 at 7:17pm
Plain and simple, DisplayPort is better. I know its annoying to switch but yeah. Anyway, you aren't gonna see HDMI to Display Port adapter because they are not 1-1 compatible. DisplayPort can send an HDMI signal (and thus DVI) but the opposite does not work.
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 43
10/9/09 at 9:29am
Ha. The night I run Windows Vista Experience and get the highest score, maxed out at 5.9, yoob runs it hours later and crushes my score.

Is this running Windows 7?
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 43
10/9/09 at 9:34am
Thread Starter 
yep and apparently the videocard is the weaksauce strangely this score beats the 6.4 my desktop pulled see specs in sig o.O?
Reply
Reply
post #24 of 43
10/9/09 at 9:42am
I may have to remove your score and you'll need to upload it again. You're the first person to submit an Index Score for Windows 7. It's on an entirely different scale where the numbers aren't maxed out at 5.9. Will discuss it....
Reply
Reply
post #25 of 43
10/9/09 at 11:52am

Yay!

Just ordered a M15X guyz.......
My 1st alienware..........

Specs..... are pretty decent........
15.6" Full HD (1080p) WLED Display with TrueLife™
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M
Intel core i7 820QM
4gd ddr3 1333mhz
500gb 7,200rpm
9cell batt
Space Black
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 43
10/9/09 at 12:02pm
Thread Starter 
pretty sure you dont have the 280GTX in there bud
Reply
Reply
post #27 of 43
10/10/09 at 7:02am

....................

Sorry ma bad dude.........
its 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M
Reply
Reply
post #28 of 43
10/10/09 at 7:15am

.......................

Hey! yoob did they supply a Windows7 coupon with yer machine?
Reply
Reply
post #29 of 43
10/10/09 at 7:21am
Quote:
Originally Posted by vishesh1557 View Post
Sorry ma bad dude.........
its 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M
So it is a GTX? It's not different from what you stated earlier before Yoob remark.
Reply
Reply
post #30 of 43
10/11/09 at 11:52am

..................

Yeah its a GTX ghn.

BTW wats the prob with that?

n also i edited ma earlier post after yoob's remark.......
Reply
Reply
post #31 of 43
10/11/09 at 11:56am
No problem at all, I think it's super We would love some benchmarks once you get the comp.

cheers ...
Reply
Reply
post #32 of 43
10/14/09 at 12:39pm

.............help me out YYOOOBBB!!!!!

hey! Yoob how much time did the delivery of system take after u ordered it? I gettin anxious coz its been a week since i ordered mine........
Reply
Reply
post #33 of 43
10/15/09 at 2:28pm
fixed your benchmark. it now stands alone
Reply
Reply
post #34 of 43
10/15/09 at 6:11pm
My good old Sager np9261 runs a Q9650 processor that scores a 7.3!
Reply
Reply
post #35 of 43
10/15/09 at 6:29pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by hanko panko View Post
My good old Sager np9261 runs a Q9650 processor that scores a 7.3!
Would you put it up for our database?

http://www.notebookforums.com/my-benchmarks.html

cheers ...
Reply
Reply
post #36 of 43
10/30/09 at 3:04pm
When will AW fit the i7 975 3.33GHz and nvidia 280GTX? Already supplied in this config by Rock in the UK. Now that would be sensational.
Reply
Reply
post #37 of 43
11/1/09 at 8:43pm
Thread Starter 
I havnt found that people using the desktop versions of the i7 dont get the full turboboost rated speeds due to power or cooling restrictions. Anyone looking into this type of notebook should consider micro atx shuttle based desktops.
Reply
Reply
post #38 of 43
11/1/09 at 9:04pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoob@NBF View Post
I havnt found that people using the desktop versions of the i7 dont get the full turboboost rated speeds due to power or cooling restrictions. Anyone looking into this type of notebook should consider micro atx shuttle based desktops.
I admit I don't understand your comment 100%. But let me comment on some things I read yesterday trying to help others.

Basically said that while desktop CPU's do have Turbo boost you are looking at about 18% boost. On some of the mobiles 72% boost. These are not my words or thoughts but? Because desktops do not suffer from the same thermal restrictions they are designed to do less. The article went further that server models of i7 Turbo would be less or non existent.

That did cause me thought. And the last of what I just said was just Parroting what I read.

Having said that I find reading what you wrote to be at odds? And that confuses me.

I could say more but at this time I can't link so no point. The gist was the mobile 2Ghz that can Turbo to 3.2Ghz is really a 3.2Ghz that has been designed to manage heat such that it downclocks to maintain a thermal envelope? I find it ironic that turbo boost is actually a downclocking scheme. Do not get me wrong I do understand. It does explain why not so important in desktops.

Anyway we all are still learning and I am just throwing out things I have read. Feel free to come back at me as I am not even pretending I understand it.
Reply
Reply
post #39 of 43
11/4/09 at 2:22am
Thread Starter 
What you misunderstand is how your application benefits from i7. Turbo boost only helps if your application cannot benefit from the additional cores found in an i7 cpu in this case 4 cpus. If a game or application needs only 2 then your wasting the benefit of 2 additional cores. Turbo boost steps in by ramping up clock speed on the cores the app does utilize for example if a game uses only 2 cores then TB will then turn off 2 of the 4 cores and ramp up the 2 remaining cores to as high as the thermal threshold and power allotment will allow in this case for the i720qm 2.4ghz at 2 cores.
Reply
Reply
post #40 of 43
11/5/09 at 10:00pm
Interesting review - thanks.

I'd love to get my hands on one of these ... only thing stopping me is the weight.

Also very curious how the i7 920 version runs in the m15x ... as it's a very hot sucker in the desktop version.


(I also smiled when I noticed that it was "Dell-Machina" doing a review of an Alienware notebook. And no, I'm not trying to start anything - I've had Dell and Alienware gaming notebooks and enjoyed them both immensely. And yes, I know Alienware = Dell ).
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Alienware Notebook Reviews