Yes. But when you go into open world/hood, the game will try to load tonnes of things and simulate them at once. those will definitely use CPU power. And those will use the same graphical settings, thus amplifying the resource usage.

Unlike most games that goes from level to level, stages to stages, open world in games have tonnes of AI running simultaneously. And the map are loaded constantly and continuously to simulate the illusion of seamlessness. Other games only loads parts of the scenario/map/stage and will only load the rest when the current stage is finished.

And if processor has nothing to do with it, it still doesnt explain why the game is a lot smoother than before, when it was on the old M11X.

BTW, I just tested Dragon Age Origins on high setting. Works really well. Last time I uninstall it and only play on PC due to the horrible lag even on mid settings.

This post has been edited by emino: Jul 2 2010, 04:31 PM

I think its something to do with turbo boost. do you turn it off when you tested it? I keep mine on.

Havent tried with it off yet. But I'm comfortable with it on so far.

Basically those are just my experience with R2. I find its better, save for the power consumption and lack of VGA output (which is seriously annoying).

A post by me about Dell customer service: http://emino.info/2010/07/03/dell-customer-service/

In the end, it all depend on you. If you plan to carry them around, use on starbuck, or in lrt, or on benches tepi jalan, then M15X should be a bit too big and bulky.

But if you just put it in one place for a while, but would move it from time to time, then M15X would be good as a desktop replacement.

This post has been edited by emino: Jul 8 2010, 07:55 AM

Like I said, M15X should be too bulky. If you try to use it at McD or kedai mamak or starbucks, there will be barely enough room for other stuffs on the table. And its quite heavy as well. But if you only use it from one workstation to another workstation, then M15X should be fine.

I say its 13" rather than 14". Because all the 13" bags/pouches fits it perfectly.

I had the lousiest of luck with the old M11X.

In 4 months I've had:
1. Screen infiltrated by dusts
2. Spoilt HD
3. Another spoilt HD
4. Bluetooth problem
5. LCD henge problem

I'm using R2. Liking it so far, except for the no-vga-port thingy.

UGH! The bluetooth suddenly not responding. Downloading the driver from the website to try out now. >:(

I'm too lazy to do it, and doesnt have all the tools.

If you guys really wanna see it, you're welcomed to set an appointment and come and do them yourself.

My experience with 3 asus netbook: you will not exactly need their after sales service that much since their quality control is a lot better than dell. 3 years with asus, 3 netbooks, only one needs to be send for repairs, and that was due to negligence on my part,

Those are not my kind of games. LOL

But I do play Dragon Age, Sims 3 + all expansions and custom contents, Oblivion with tonnes of mods, and all on the highest settings. Works really great.

Alienware does have DisplayPort.



But no VGA. My company projector uses VGA.

So HDMI - DisplayPort still FAIL, since they still cant output to VGA.

Ah, I've looked for HDMI to VGA, dunno DisplaayPort to VGA is quite famous.

http://www.moresales.com.my/catalog/entry/loypzkdd.shtml
A local seller, it seems. But never heard of that site before.

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its too odd for me. lol

Me terbalik pulak. Barely touch my xbox, wii, and even my desktop PC (apart from downloading and watching tv series) since I always play Dragon Age/Sims 3/Oblivion on my M11X. Still heavily playing with the DS though.

I did when I had R1. All settings high and it works great.

I want that Start Button.

Just bought this via eBay
http://cgi.ebay.com.my/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...3#ht_3069wt_911

Never buy from eBay before. Hopefully everything will go well.