M17x-R2 simply cannot read GTX280M. plus i don't think anyone here own R2 yet

well he is not in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by Mr.Docter: Mar 25 2010, 03:24 PM

yeap. there is no problem at all to use ATi HD4870 CF for R1.

damn, Putochip123 wanna go crazy again!

where you want to find 4870?

yea. crashing might have something to do with heat too, and usually it will affect your FPS.

and anyway, your game is original or opposite?

i guess you mission to put GTX280M in M15x will not be possible.

but try to prove me wrong.

installing using ehem DVD and activating it legally is not same with installing with original DVD.

those ehem DVD already been compressed and tweaked - which one of your main cause of crash.

R1 and R2 mobo is not the same.

thats the answer.

having same MXM socket doesn't directly mean you can use any type of GPU for that.

there are several other factors that influence the compatibility of one hardware to another. don't ask me what are the factors, i don't even know. what i know is that fact is already proven true



told you so

bro ff8ong, wondering why you ON your Vsync?

if your FPS is more than 60, then you use Vsync to prevent the screen tearing. no?

forcing your fan to maximum need some extra tweaking since fan is controlled by temp detector on your mobo. and everything that related to mobo is not a easy & safe for newbie (i don't know about you, but i am considering myself as newbie is this kind of field:))

sorry for this post, but who knows my Alienware's friends can help :

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1371094

whoever think he can keep update the newer V4 Mothership, please create a new thread.

i am voting for you julchin_09, since you are one of senior and always update yourself here

p/s : new semester is killing me. so no go for me

well you can too FindingScreemo.

you already did a pretty good job

oh yea. that dude PM me too but i REALLY busy and always forgotten to spit out my opinion

sorry dude!

anyway, to taufiqtahir - its like a gambling game my friend. if you want to wait till PC Fair and the promotion is ended - you lose. the one in Dell's website is a real deal.

and what Julchin_09 said is true too, but the question is - are you willing to wait based on no source at all except logical estimation?

thats my point mate.

you have 50% chance than the price will sky high back. you can save almost 2k during this promotion yo!

plus there is no news / rumors that AW will upgrade their hardwares in the short period. plus again - M17x-R2 is just released too.

i bet you still don't find any games that doesn't satisfy your desire FPS rite mate? just don't name me stupid game's engine like the one used for GTA4

C2D can be consider as high end Dual Processor which is not a problem that limit your GPU's performance.

but still, its depend on the optimization of game's engine. if you benchmarking Crysis & Crysis Warhead, where the Crytex Engine choose to optimize Dual Core instead of Quad core, you can see an increment of performance by using C2D compared to Quad.

but if the game's engine utilized Quad Core like Devil May Cry 4 and Resident Evil 5, your gaming framerate can be compensate by your monstrous GTX280M SLi. you don't even realized if there is less 5 FPS and if your FPS is more than 60 - you will not see the different at all.

so what i am stressing here is - the term bottleneck on C2D 28.Ghz is not significant. you may use that term for M11x or M15x for their processor, but not for M17x-R1.


the real bottleneck will occur when you choose i7 for gaming.

This post has been edited by Mr.Docter: Mar 29 2010, 06:38 PM

are you referring to 5870 Desktop variant?

because 5870 Mobility cannot fit into M15x casing. not even its heatsink

it is good processor to run most of the program - except gaming due to the HTT. most of the game use real clock (1.6GHz for i7-720), not clock during HTT.

but if you are not enthusiast that doesn't demanding of high setting, it suit you well

err you simply can't. as long as the engine do not optimize HTT, you just can't.

but you can owning RE5 kaw2 i tell you since RE5 is the only game in the world that support HTT!