Ok so here is my story of my 7700 purchase from the day I bought it to having it in my possession for a week.
Order Date: 03/09 – paid with a debit card
Payment received from 3/9/05 to 3/21/05 By this time I was kinda wondering how the payment was going and lucky I called because it was stopped. Now I knew that there was a $500 a day limit on the card, but I guess I missed the 3k limit that they had mentioned. Anyways I went down to the bank and said that everything was ok and to be expecting one last payment from AW at about $600. Called AW back and they were able to get the last payment in *in voice of Napoleon Dynamite * heck yes! The phase game continues…
3/23 I receive an email from AW saying “There will be a slight delay in your Alienware order, because the part(s) listed below are temporarily backordered. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and assure you that we are doing everything in our power to expedite the process.
1- AREA-51M 7700 D900T NVIDIA DDR3 6800FXGO WITH 256MB MODULE” so I give them a couple of days and call in to see if they have an estimated date for arrival (it ended up being 3/35 when they came in. phase game continues..
3/25 – as stated before the 6800 came in and I jumped to phase 10 followed by the completion of the phase game on the 29th.
The order shipped out on the 30th and then it traveled from Florida to the small town of Montesano (which by the way has only one stoplight) in Washington State. While traveling I checked and checked but the tracking number was only updated when it finally got to Portland Oregon on 4/10, over a week later. And finally the sweet day came when on the 11th the computer showed up at my house.
Now I knew that this thing was going to be a beast but while I was unwrapping it like a little kid on Christmas (or whatever holiday you do or don’t celebrate) I found it was huge. Pictures just don’t do it justice; you really have to see this monster in person. Before I go on any further I will list the system specs:
[1] Area-51m 7700
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite
Service Bundled with AlienAutopsy and Respawn
Operating System: XP Home Edition
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey
this screen is amazing 
Processor:4 Processor 560J w/ HT Technology 3.6GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard:915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 NVIDIA 6800 Go with 256MB of DDR3 memory
Sound Card:Intel High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with 7.1
surround sound
Hard Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Mobile Transport :Premium Backpack XL
Additional AC Adapter: Area-51m 7700 180 Watt Auto-switch AC Adapter
Optional Display: No Monitor
Optional Mouse:IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 - USB - Cyborg
Green
Security Locks: Targus Key Lock Notebook Security Cable
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free T-Shirt - Black
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Mousepad
So now here are some quick references that AW and myself did.
Doom 3 – 73 fps
UT 03 – botmatch – 175.11 fps
Flyby – 76.20
3d mark 03 – 9312
3d mark 05 – 3622
Counter Strike stress test – 93fps
Planetside – average 70fps in gameplay (no lower then 60)
*all game settings maxed and resolution at 1024x768 or comparable wide screen resolution (Planetside is running at 1280x1024 with all settings maxed)
So over all here is the score I give AW
Ordering process – 95%
Phase game – 90%
CS – 98%
Gameplay – 98%
Total score – a solid 97%
I will be posting some pictures in the near future over at http://www.rkymnt5.com/*******/ and I will provide a link as soon as they are posted.
Order Date: 03/09 – paid with a debit card
Payment received from 3/9/05 to 3/21/05 By this time I was kinda wondering how the payment was going and lucky I called because it was stopped. Now I knew that there was a $500 a day limit on the card, but I guess I missed the 3k limit that they had mentioned. Anyways I went down to the bank and said that everything was ok and to be expecting one last payment from AW at about $600. Called AW back and they were able to get the last payment in *in voice of Napoleon Dynamite * heck yes! The phase game continues…
3/23 I receive an email from AW saying “There will be a slight delay in your Alienware order, because the part(s) listed below are temporarily backordered. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and assure you that we are doing everything in our power to expedite the process.
1- AREA-51M 7700 D900T NVIDIA DDR3 6800FXGO WITH 256MB MODULE” so I give them a couple of days and call in to see if they have an estimated date for arrival (it ended up being 3/35 when they came in. phase game continues..
3/25 – as stated before the 6800 came in and I jumped to phase 10 followed by the completion of the phase game on the 29th.
The order shipped out on the 30th and then it traveled from Florida to the small town of Montesano (which by the way has only one stoplight) in Washington State. While traveling I checked and checked but the tracking number was only updated when it finally got to Portland Oregon on 4/10, over a week later. And finally the sweet day came when on the 11th the computer showed up at my house.
Now I knew that this thing was going to be a beast but while I was unwrapping it like a little kid on Christmas (or whatever holiday you do or don’t celebrate) I found it was huge. Pictures just don’t do it justice; you really have to see this monster in person. Before I go on any further I will list the system specs:
[1] Area-51m 7700
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite
Service Bundled with AlienAutopsy and Respawn
Operating System: XP Home Edition
Case: Area-51m 7700 Case with 17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera - Xeno Grey
this screen is amazing Processor:4 Processor 560J w/ HT Technology 3.6GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard:915P Chipset Supporting PCI-Express
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 NVIDIA 6800 Go with 256MB of DDR3 memory
Sound Card:Intel High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with 7.1
surround sound
Hard Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Ethernet NIC: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Modem: 56K Modem with V.92 Technology
Mobile Transport :Premium Backpack XL
Additional AC Adapter: Area-51m 7700 180 Watt Auto-switch AC Adapter
Optional Display: No Monitor
Optional Mouse:IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 - USB - Cyborg
Green
Security Locks: Targus Key Lock Notebook Security Cable
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free T-Shirt - Black
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Mousepad
So now here are some quick references that AW and myself did.
Doom 3 – 73 fps
UT 03 – botmatch – 175.11 fps
Flyby – 76.20
3d mark 03 – 9312
3d mark 05 – 3622
Counter Strike stress test – 93fps
Planetside – average 70fps in gameplay (no lower then 60)
*all game settings maxed and resolution at 1024x768 or comparable wide screen resolution (Planetside is running at 1280x1024 with all settings maxed)
So over all here is the score I give AW
Ordering process – 95%
Phase game – 90%
CS – 98%
Gameplay – 98%
Total score – a solid 97%
I will be posting some pictures in the near future over at http://www.rkymnt5.com/*******/ and I will provide a link as soon as they are posted.
