M17x Order Status Discussion - Part 4

[SkylineLvr]

Just talked to my Dell rep and he told me the cards are still back ordered until the 15th of March. He said there's a good possibility the cards will be in sooner, but it looks as though our orders may be delayed. I'm seriously considering canceling this order and switching to the 6990m. According to him, they'll just transfer the amount I paid over to the new system. I'll probably end up getting the backpack and $100 gift card if I do; even though I already bought the backpack on eBay. Perhaps I can haggle and get a discount, or more to my liking, the Razer Mamba mouse. Looks like I'll have a lot to think about.

[hc2995]

Just talked to my Dell rep and he told me the cards are still back ordered until the 15th of March. He said there's a good possibility the cards will be in sooner, but it looks as though our orders may be delayed. I'm seriously considering canceling this order and switching to the 6990m. According to him, they'll just transfer the amount I paid over to the new system. I'll probably end up getting the backpack and $100 gift card if I do; even though I already bought the backpack on eBay. Perhaps I can haggle and get a discount, or more to my liking, the Razer Mamba mouse. Looks like I'll have a lot to think about.

Yeah, that might be something to consider. Ill still stick to the 580 because i prefer nvidia, but the cards are very similar spec wise.

[SlimShady]

M17 arrived here at FOB Fenty, Jalalabad Afghanistan today. Ordered 9 Feb so 14 days from order to delivery with the 6990m.

Initial impressions are good but I'm a little disappointed in the low WEI rating of the HDD, got the 7200 RPM 750GB, won't complain though, going to relegate it to data storage and go with an Intel 256GB for the boot.

[Jody]

M17 arrived here at FOB Fenty, Jalalabad Afghanistan today. Ordered 9 Feb so 14 days from order to delivery with the 6990m.

Initial impressions are good but I'm a little disappointed in the low WEI rating of the HDD, got the 7200 RPM 750GB, won't complain though, going to relegate it to data storage and go with an Intel 256GB for the boot.

Congratulations on the great new rig!

I always get WEI of 5.9 with any 7200 RPM drive I've ever tried. I put in a SATA III 512GB Crucial M4 and it gets a WEI of 7.9 which is the max right now, I think. My overal WEI is a 7.5 but that's due to the processor score.

[SkylineLvr]

M17 arrived here at FOB Fenty, Jalalabad Afghanistan today. Ordered 9 Feb so 14 days from order to delivery with the 6990m.

Initial impressions are good but I'm a little disappointed in the low WEI rating of the HDD, got the 7200 RPM 750GB, won't complain though, going to relegate it to data storage and go with an Intel 256GB for the boot.

Congrats on the system. What's your impression of the 6990m? I think I'm going to switch my order today to that card. Should get my system by the end of next week, or early the week after. Might be able to haggle for an extended warranty or something.

Anyone who ordered recently get their $100 gift card early? Not sure if I'll be around when that gets sent out. I'll probably just have my mail either forwarded to a friends house here, or I'll have it forwarded to someone in England (not sure if they'll give me my PO Box info before I get there).

[SlimShady]

Congrats on the system. What's your impression of the 6990m? I think I'm going to switch my order today to that card. Should get my system by the end of next week, or early the week after. Might be able to haggle for an extended warranty or something.

Anyone who ordered recently get their $100 gift card early? Not sure if I'll be around when that gets sent out. I'll probably just have my mail either forwarded to a friends house here, or I'll have it forwarded to someone in England (not sure if they'll give me my PO Box info before I get there).

At this point I can't say good or bad about the card, I unpacked the computer, plugged it in and ran the WEI testing. The screen has no dead pixels upon initial observation but aside from that I haven't had time to inspect anything. I'm at work and it's really dusty in this area so I plan on setting it up in the B-Hut room I live in tonight and downloading the GPUz program and checking it out from there. I have a couple of games out here I can install however I don't think either of them (MW3 and World in Crisis) is going to tax the card enough to give any definitive answer as to the quality.

[Luthair74]

Congrats on your system! Still nothing from my case rep, going to call him all freaking day today till he finally picks up the phone.

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Order Status: Placed 2/14, EDD 3/7
Alienware M17x - i7 2760, GTX 580m, 8gb 1600mhz, 256gb SSD, 120hz 3D Screen

[SlimShady]

Will be starting a thread below with initial impressions after a more thorough inspection.

[Wildride]

My estimated ship date is 2/28, with the 580M. I had ordered mine weeks ago and god help Dell if it doesn't ship on time. My patience is wearing very thin with the delays but I still don't want an ATI card.

[SlimShady]

My estimated ship date is 2/28, with the 580M. I had ordered mine weeks ago and god help Dell if it doesn't ship on time. My patience is wearing very thin with the delays but I still don't want an ATI card.

Well, not to sound like an , but deal with delays and get a card that may or may not throttle you out of gaming............I prefer Nvidia myself, but I prefer functionality more than blind brand loyalty.