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post #1 of 14
11/5/09 at 10:31am
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Soooooo, I finally received my new M17x Last night. It was definitely worth all the hype and three weeks of delays. My question to you folks is, which drivers I should look to update to make sure this thing is in full gear (Component and version would be appreciated). I mostly play WOW, AION and a few first person shooters. My machine is configured with the following;

•Space Black – Anodized Aluminum
•Intel® Core™2 Duo T9600 2.8GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
•ATI CrossFireX™ – Dual 1GB ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 4870
•17-inch WideUXGA 1920x1200 (1200p)
•4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
•320GB 7,200RPM
•Slot-Load Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-R/RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW
•ExpressCard Digital TV Tuner
•Alienware TactX Mouse
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post #2 of 14
11/5/09 at 10:59am
what now? post pics! submit a review and benchmark that thing!!
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post #3 of 14
11/5/09 at 11:35am
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All good suggestions and I will definitely do so when I get home tonight. There was a question in there regarding drivers and such ;-) !!

Thanks.....
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post #4 of 14
11/5/09 at 12:05pm
Which OS are you using ?

The GPU drivers (lastest) are always a good ideal.

there really is not much else unless you upgrade / re-install your OS.

There are two camps out there as far as "updates" goes.

Some feel if everything is working don't mess with it.

Others like myself tend to do updates as they come out.

I tend to check Dells website now and then for any updates

I also believe you can sign up for an email notification from Dell when they have released any updates for your laptop.
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post #5 of 14
11/5/09 at 12:08pm
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Thanks Dave,,, I am currently doing the Vista 64 thing.... Planning on moving it up to Win7 when I get the CD...
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post #6 of 14
11/5/09 at 12:12pm
there is a AW patch for Win 7, make sure you download that

and I have found all I needed for a Win 7 install was the Chipset Drivers (I used Vista drivers) GPU drivers, and that patch for the control center operation.

I believe everything else installs from Win 7 drivers database.
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post #7 of 14
11/5/09 at 12:13pm
Since you seem to be the first AW m17x with the ATI cards

Looking forward to seeing your benchmarks with it.

We all been wondering how the ATI cards stack up Vs the GTX280 cards here
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post #8 of 14
11/5/09 at 4:29pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
Since you seem to be the first AW m17x with the ATI cards

Looking forward to seeing your benchmarks with it.

We all been wondering how the ATI cards stack up Vs the GTX280 cards here
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post #9 of 14
11/5/09 at 4:44pm
Grats buddy!!! Take pics, review, reformat to clean it out, load up the latest drivers, windows update, etc., and let her rip!
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post #10 of 14
11/5/09 at 7:43pm
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Originally Posted by Bubishi View Post
Soooooo, I finally received my new M17x Last night. It was definitely worth all the hype and three weeks of delays. My question to you folks is, which drivers I should look to update to make sure this thing is in full gear (Component and version would be appreciated). I mostly play WOW, AION and a few first person shooters. My machine is configured with the following;

• Space Black – Anodized Aluminum
• Intel® Core™2 Duo T9600 2.8GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
• ATI CrossFireX™ – Dual 1GB ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 4870
• 17-inch WideUXGA 1920x1200 (1200p)
• 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
• 320GB 7,200RPM
• Slot-Load Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-R/RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW
• ExpressCard Digital TV Tuner
• Alienware TactX Mouse
That's better then mine. congrats on getting yours
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post #11 of 14
11/5/09 at 7:44pm
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Originally Posted by Turmoil View Post
Grats buddy!!! Take pics, review, reformat to clean it out, load up the latest drivers, windows update, etc., and let her rip!
hey dude i got my windows 7 today. haven't put it on yet but will later

hey dave-p should i put the win7 patch on first or after i install win 7? thanks bro.
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post #12 of 14
11/5/09 at 10:06pm
after installing Win 7
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post #13 of 14
11/5/09 at 10:33pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
after installing Win 7
Thanks.
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post #14 of 14
11/6/09 at 12:57am
np
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