*OFFICIAL* M14x R2 Owner's Lounge Thread - READ BEFORE POSTING

[DaCM]

Could you please tell me what are the AMEX and the Dell customer care discounts and where can I find info on them? Buying an M14x R2 from the outlet with these discounts seems to be a great idea indeed.

[faiz23]

Here is the info on the Amex sync and tweet credit but you need an AMEX card

https://sync.americanexpress.com/twi...rms/F121700001

I called to cancel my brothers order to order a different spec and they offered me $50 to keep it and then $90 and finally offered $100 + tax as last resort. I took the $100+ tax credit and kept the original order. If you ever want to return or cancel your order they will offer a credit of $50-$125 depending on purchase price as a credit.

The 20% code is dead for now but comes back every other week and look up on giftcards. You can get 10% off prepaid gift cards and also get $75 free gift card when you buy $400 gift card.

http://slickdeals.net/f/4706406-DELL...omo-eGift-Card

http://slickdeals.net/f/4816596-Dell...some-work-DEAD

[DaCM]

Okay, thanks for the info. Guess I'll wait for a 20% code then and see if I find a nice model in the Outlet then. +rep

[Dalli]

When the 20% off comes back, can you please tell us where to get it because I have searched for it last night and I could not find one.

[faiz23]

I would be checking these links for coupons

Dell Twitter

www.twitter.com/@delloutlet

Dell 2012 Outlet Coupons

[ebondefender]

Dang. Should've used my AMEX card! Oh well, Dell credit has 6 month special financing w/o interest, and if I sell my m11x after repairing it, I should take about 40% off my m14x's bill. (I hope!)

[Gooch0]

I kinda want to chime in on the 1gb vs 2gb 650 debate. I think if you're buying the upgrade to satisfy a current or relatively-close-to-release piece of software or game, that will actually use it effectively, or if its a good price, or if you have money to burn, then its worth it. If you're thought process is to be future proof, it's a little bit of a crap shoot.

Perfect example is my m17x r1. I have 2x1gb 260's in SLI and it still does just fine with most things that I throw at it. However, its crazy how fast vram has progressed in just the last 3 years. VDDR3 vs VDDR5, am I using all 2 gigs of the sli cards? Sure. Are the speeds any faster because it's 2 gigs? Only because its SLI. These 650m's (correct me if Im wrong, just from what I have read) have the same speeds, pipe sizes, etc regardless of if they are 1gb, 2 gb, over 9000gb.

It's kind of like putting the max amount of RAM into a machine, if you're looking for speed. It's only going to go so fast. You have more space to put things, but it can only leave the pipes so fast. So 3 years from now is your FPS going to be faster because of 2 gigs instead of 1? Maybe. Is it going to keep up with a 2gb ddr7 (wishful thinking haha) card in 3 years? No way.

I think for graphic design software, video rendering kind of applications the upgrade my have some worth, if you're even going to push it that far. Or if your pushing 2 external monitors and not just using them as extra desktop space. For pushing as many frames per second as possible, the pipe is only so big. Put a 100gb card on the thing, it can only push out so much so fast.

[faiz23]

Some do it to compensate for their e_peen short comings......

[DaCM]

Wouldn't it be useful for very high quality texture pack mods for games? (I'm no expert, just asking :P)

[RttlnSnK]

Guys, my M14xR2's GT650M drops its clock speed after it hits 65C which is a big problem for me since I am in a tropical region (Malaysia, 30C+ all year long). I dont think the maximum temps for the GT650M is so low but the throttling is locked in the vBIOS so can anything be done about it?