ASUS G75(670M) or Alienware M17x(7970M)

[Curs3]

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Date 4/29/2012 9:46:16 PM Central Standard Time

Catalog Number 29 Retail 19


Catalog Number / Description Product Code Qty SKU Id



Keyboard:
English Keyboard KBDENG 1 [331-6912] 4


Documentation:
Alienware Documentation AWDOCE 1 [331-6865][331-6868] 21


Shipping Material:
Shipping Material - Black SHIPMB 1 [331-6867] 24


Additional Software:
Additional Software ADDSW 1 [331-6909][331-8045][420-9691][420-9956][421-0092][421-3874][421-4289][421-7440] 26


Primary Battery:
90WHr 9-Cell Primary Battery 9CBATT 1 [312-1334] 27


Processor:
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0) I7267Q2 1 [319-0581] 2


Operating System:
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit AW71HPE 1 [421-5789] 11


Memory:
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz (2DIMMS) 8G2D 1 [317-9740] 3


Hard Drive:
750GB 7,200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s 750G72 1 [342-4424] 8


Video Card:
2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 7970M R7970M 1 [317-9747] 6


Display Panels:
17.3-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED WFHD96B 1 [320-3275] 5


Wireless Networking:
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 With Bluetooth 4.0 N2230 1 [430-4710] 19


Optical Driver:
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) BDROM 1 [318-2006][421-5106] 16


Audio:
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software IHD51 1 [318-0424] 17


Hinge Up:
Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish HUN3DB 1 [318-2314] 12


Alienware M17X R4:
Alienware M17X R4 with Soft Touch V17MHN 1 [225-2945] 1


AlienFX:
Quasar Blue BLUE 1 [331-6859][421-7439] 10


Adapter:
Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter ACDAO 1 [331-7193] 20


Adobe Reader Acrobat SW:
Adobe Acrobat X Reader ADOBEX 1 [410-0548] 15


Standard Nameplate Trigger:
Standard Nameplate SPLATE 1 [331-1349] 748


Hardware Support Services:
1 Year Basic Plan DQ1O 1 [421-1723][950-3337][950-9797][994-3730][995-6083][995-6103] 29


Security Software:
No Anti-Virus Software Selected NOAVR 1 [461-8389] 25

Total : 2074$

[VuuDuu]

I'm happy with your setup, sounds good. How much should I pay for a ssd on newegg or other places?

[Karamazovmm]

I'm happy with your setup, sounds good. How much should I pay for a ssd on newegg or other places?

the crucial m4 256gb can be found on provantage for 241, there are other options, but avoid sandforce based drives at all costs

[GhostS0ul]

I highly recommend you haggle the crap out of dell

This is the same equivalent of your alienware at $1500

With a blueray player, more memory, 3g gpu ( although im knew to mobile gpu's so idk if amd is better, but i doubt there is any real visible, physical difference short of a stick length comparison )

ASUS G75VW-RS72 17.3" Notebook. ASUS G75VW-RS72

[Karamazovmm]

the 7970m is quite more powerful than the 670m at least 60%, much more usually

[Catzoo]

Thanks for this topic, i sold my G74 and wanted to know if i have to go for G75 ( here , 1500€ ) , or MSI with same GPU ( 1410€ here ) , or alienware with 7970 ( 1899 ... )

The real question was " aside from alienware stuff being cool , is there a real difference between 670 and 7970 " , seems like i'll need to go for alienware. My goal is to be above 60 FPS ALL THE TIME on BF3 , can the 670 handle this for ex ? It was impossible with my 560M, even on low.

[Curs3]

Thanks for this topic, i sold my G74 and wanted to know if i have to go for G75 ( here , 1500€ ) , or MSI with same GPU ( 1410€ here ) , or alienware with 7970 ( 1899 ... )

The real question was " aside from alienware stuff being cool , is there a real difference between 670 and 7970 " , seems like i'll need to go for alienware. My goal is to be above 60 FPS ALL THE TIME on BF3 , can the 670 handle this for ex ? It was impossible with my 560M, even on low.

You cannot play BF3 on ultra and 1920x1080 and expect 60+ fps with any other card but the 7970m possibly. The performance difference between the 7970m and the 670m is too huge to even talk about.

Instead of getting the Alienware why dont you try out brands like Sager? I wouldnt recommend getting one directly from them but try out resellers who would be ready to sell and service them in your country.

The NP9170/9150 would be a great choice with the 7970m and also pretty less expensive than the Alienware any day. For your gaming needs the 7970m is a must as no ther mobile card is capable of doing what you want in the single GPU solution of course.

[Boostleak]

I highly doubt a 7970M will be able to run BF3 at ultra over 60+ FPS. I don't think any laptop will cut it at the moment. I usually game on my desktop with i7 920@4.1GHz and GTX 580 OC'd, I still can't maintain 60+ FPS on BF3 at max settings. I need to SLI my GTX 580 just to be able to play that game in 3D. It's pretty demanding but the graphics look awesome once you have the hardware to run it at ultra.

BTW I'm in the same boath couldn't decide between the G75 with 670M and M17 this will be a work laptop for me but I need the hardware to run multiple virtual machines.

[Karamazovmm]

the 7970m has around the same power or a little better than the 570, so yeah, it wont ultra bf3 and have 60+ fps when the s*** hits teh fan

[Curs3]

I meant he cannot even begin to expect any other card to possibly deliver such fps if not for the 7970m.