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post #221 of 315
4/6/10 at 4:15pm
Sounds like you have some inside info.. anything specific?
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post #222 of 315
4/6/10 at 6:00pm
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I only have limited details but if you like to benchmark it will be a must have.
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post #223 of 315
4/6/10 at 10:45pm
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Originally Posted by NWGuru View Post
M17x won't be refreshed until next year when Sandy Bridge is released. The 5870s will be here very soon, they are scoring 13K+ stock with Vantage GPU.

Later this year they will be releasing a very special laptop and will be something completely different.
I want that one I can't wait for it though. I am ready to order as soon as the dual 5870s are available. Much more of a delay and it will be the 8760.
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post #224 of 315
4/6/10 at 11:47pm
yea, I'm also in the market for a new gaming laptop. My m15x is getting old. I'd like to last till sandy bridge, but I'm definitely tempted to buy dual 5870s.. Another thing that worries me is stuff like "Onlive" aka cloud gaming, which doesn't require a 4k system..
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post #225 of 315
4/7/10 at 12:07pm
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I want that one I can't wait for it though. I am ready to order as soon as the dual 5870s are available. Much more of a delay and it will be the 8760.
Looks like end of April now....can you still hold off?
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post #226 of 315
4/8/10 at 10:27am
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Looks like end of April now....can you still hold off?
How sure are you of this? If it's true then I'll be holding off ordering a M17x with xfire 4870's till then. I'm kind of worried about ordering one and by the time it's delivered the dual 5870's are out!
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post #227 of 315
4/8/10 at 11:53am
i hope to god the dual 5870s are problem free.
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post #228 of 315
4/8/10 at 12:06pm
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i hope to god the dual 5870s are problem free.
The only problem I'm expecting is with maybe bad initial drivers and also BIOS conflicts. With Ati's track record of shoddy drivers for card releases I hope it ain't so!
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post #229 of 315
4/8/10 at 12:31pm
I give it 10% chance that everything works flawlessly
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post #230 of 315
4/8/10 at 12:36pm
Way to think optimistic. :P
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post #231 of 315
4/8/10 at 12:42pm
haha just being realistic
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post #232 of 315
4/8/10 at 12:46pm
Well the ATI cards weren't the problem with the M17x, it's the nvidia cards I worry about.
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post #233 of 315
4/8/10 at 1:56pm
Meh, I just play RTS games these days and I'm not much of a benchmark user, so I'll settle with my R2, Love it, I'll write a review for it shortly.
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post #234 of 315
4/8/10 at 2:10pm
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How sure are you of this? If it's true then I'll be holding off ordering a M17x with xfire 4870's till then. I'm kind of worried about ordering one and by the time it's delivered the dual 5870's are out!
The original launch was supposed to happen end of March. They pushed it back to end of April. Nothing is a guaranty.
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post #235 of 315
4/8/10 at 3:32pm
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Looks like end of April now....can you still hold off?
Yes I can

With the back-orders now, I wouldn't get the M17X for a month anyway.
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post #236 of 315
4/8/10 at 3:36pm
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The original launch was supposed to happen end of March. They pushed it back to end of April. Nothing is a guaranty.
Another interesting fact is weather or not xfire will be available even through AW seeing as all the chipsets I've seen so far lack xfire connector pins.
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post #237 of 315
4/8/10 at 4:41pm
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Yes I can

With the back-orders now, I wouldn't get the M17X for a month anyway.
After all the talking I did about waiting I went ahead and ordered. I had a coupon that was expiring soon and didn't want to waste it. I know my contacts at Dell will hook me up with 5870s when the time comes.

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Another interesting fact is weather or not xfire will be available even through AW seeing as all the chipsets I've seen so far lack xfire connector pins.
They will be xfire. That I am 100% sure of considering I've already seen the benchmarks.
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post #238 of 315
4/8/10 at 4:52pm
NWGuru, let's hear about that very special laptop you mentioned earlier.. is it worth skipping 5870s and waiting for that instead?
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post #239 of 315
4/8/10 at 4:55pm
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NWGuru, let's hear about that very special laptop you mentioned earlier.. is it worth skipping 5870s and waiting for that instead?
Yes but no real time table on it. Earliest I believe will be Fall.
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post #240 of 315
4/8/10 at 4:59pm
There's always going to be something better that's coming out on the Horizon, I've pretty much gotten use to that. That's why I take hiatuses from these boards. When I'm about to buy something I come on actively and when I get my new PC I'll go away and come back when it's that time to get a new PC again.
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