*OFFICIAL* M18x Owner's Lounge Thread

[ivander_atmojo]

Hi!

I'm thinking about getting one of these monsters....

I would have to pay it in 36 months, but I owuld take it as an adittional "rent"

the specs would be:

Base Alienware M18x Nebula Red
OS Windows® 7 Professional original 64 bits,
RAM 16384MB (4x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Video Card Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD® Radeon™ HD 6990M CrossFireX™
HDD Hybrid SSD Momentus XT de 500 GB
Blu-Ray ROM Combo (Blu-ray read only, DVD, CD read and write) Drive
Integrated High-Definition 5.1 Performance Audio Powered by Klipsch®
Wireless Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 - EUR
Standard Warranty 1 year Next Business Day Hardware Support included with your PC
Bluetooth Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth
Processor Intel® Core™ i7 2820QM (2,30Ghz, 6MB, 4C) <- It says 6 MB of Cache but I know it has 8. In spain we can't get the 2920 XM
Camera Cámara de alta definición de 3,0 megapíxeles integrada
Avatar Alienhead 3D
AutoMatic Updates AutoMatic updates - On
Wallpapers Alienware 3D Wallpaper
AlienFx Colour Mars Red
LCD 47 cm(18.4") Wide FHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
Hidden NamePlate Engraving Generic Name Plate Engraving

what do you guys think?


Any dead pixel risk? you guys got any?

Which cooler to get?

Have you tried considering getting one from HIDevolution.com? they got pretty great prices with aftermarket add ons with great deals also..

I caught one dead pixel only on black you can see it though

[OsOs]

Hey guys, i have just installed the latest 280.26 Verde from Nvidia with Modded nvdm.inf and just want to share my 3dmark bench before and after new drivers.

Default Dell driver
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P23861 3DMarks

Verde 280.26
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P28105 3DMarks

gpu score is the same but cpu score has increased uuuum...

[johnksss]

Hey guys, i have just installed the latest 280.26 Verde from Nvidia with Modded nvdm.inf and just want to share my 3dmark bench before and after new drivers.

Default Dell driver
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P23861 3DMarks

Verde 280.26
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P28105 3DMarks

they are the same.... one is using physx and the other one isn't...speculation of course

[steviejones133]

they are the same.... one is using physx and the other one isn't...speculation of course

Ivander'd the same thing....(sorry, couldnt resist.... no offense meant to the OP btw....j/k)

[steviejones133]

^^ Second that.

As for the 3D, you won't be able to upgrade later on even if such panel appears on the market, in order to remove the stock screen you have to tear off the Edge-to-Edge glass cover and that would void the warranty.

Yeah, but do-able, right? - with the right screen and the "Cajones" lol....

[EtownsFinest]

Hey guys, i have just installed the latest 280.26 Verde from Nvidia with Modded nvdm.inf and just want to share my 3dmark bench before and after new drivers.

Default Dell driver
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P23861 3DMarks

Verde 280.26
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P28105 3DMarks

Lol your second run is with physix on 50000+ CPU I think not

[Aikimox]

Guys! Anyone having stability problem with the M18X?

At start up the labtop freeze with black screen and four BIG BEEPS (this happen randomly and not every time)and then it restart again many times till OS start up.Dell sayed it may be caused by MB or Mem malfunction and they send a technician who did only change the gpu!?
I told him that this wont resolve the problem but he ignored my comment. I was not happy with changing the gpu as the new one run hotter than the old one (53) when idle. 1 day later the same problem occured again. I called dell and they told me they will send a mb, mem and both gpu.

Anyone had the same problem? Heeelp?

You probably need to reset the BIOS (unplug the BIOS battery for). Don't forget to enter the BIOS, set the SATA controller back to whatever it was, set the system date/time.

Power drain would also be a good idea.

Oh, you can reflash the BIOS too.

[OsOs]

Tank you Aikimox. I ll try that later.

[daveh98]

I am having a quandary. I have the 6970s in my m18x ( great deal as they handsomly compensated me due to the 6990 release right after I bought and rushed my shipment to me). Games are playing great! LOVING maxing out crysis which I couldn't quite do with my old R2. However, these 6990s are looking beastly. Worthwhile upgrade or should I wait for the 7 series? I really have no problem with games out now (and probably most in the future). However I REALLY want to play MW3 and BF3 at native resolution. I can deal with maybe toned down shadows as long as my shading and textures stay at max. I KNOW this is speculation.

So:
1. Are the 6970CF a powerful solution (right now they are proving to be a decent upgrade from my 5870s). Should they run next years games?
2. They seem to OC VERY WELL.
3. Should I just upgrade and sell off my 6970s? I would easily justify it if I had 5870s due to the greater than 50% gain in performance (likely to get bigger due to bandwidth and overall design. The 6990 is a harder value prop....seems like I would be paying a lot for 5-10FPS more.

What would you guys do as I do take that into consideration to what I ultimately would decide to do.

[OsOs]

You probably need to reset the BIOS (unplug the BIOS battery for). Don't forget to enter the BIOS, set the SATA controller back to whatever it was, set the system date/time.

Power drain would also be a good idea.

Oh, you can reflash the BIOS too.

Hi Aikimox, did you refer to coin-cell battery by "BIOS battery"?? cant find any battery directly mounted on the mb.