Do a benchmark and see if your m11x is working like it should.

What setting you were using in SC2 though?

This post has been edited by awyongcarl: Sep 15 2010, 07:33 PM

Actually something caught my mind, Aluminium vs Magnesium. lol
Magnesium is defo better than Aluminium in terms of toughness..I'm not so sure about heat dissipation though.

(At the very least, I don't see any pro grade DSLR's frame being made of aluminum)

Where did you guys got the information about the material anyway? Some reference would be nice.

lol I'd say Dell isn't that stupid to make a "Direct Competitor" under their own roof.
It will always be a notch or two lower than the highest end Alienware.

Ie, highest end GPU available for the new SXPS15/17 is 445m, where as the new AW will have 460-480m.

This post has been edited by awyongcarl: Sep 17 2010, 03:59 PM

It's only 2kg and its heavy? lol

It's true anyway. The bling bling makes the laptop looks like a stupid hot toys or the sort. It isn't cool at all IMO.
I just turn every light off except the red keyboard illuminating light cauce it's retardedly difficult to see the keyboard without the light :/

Major con is the price lol

Reason?
You do know the price between these two are almost doubled aye?

PS: I'd avoid razshit at any time. I'd agree their mouse pads are good though.

This post has been edited by awyongcarl: Sep 19 2010, 01:38 PM

Matter of time I suppose?
Try and look around and it's a very common issue among M11x. - -

This post has been edited by awyongcarl: Sep 19 2010, 06:29 PM

When I say matter of time..I don't mean that lol.
I'm just saying time for your m11x have not come yet

Anyway, perhaps they used different type of material for the pre-release or what you call..Prototype.


I don't know.
Well it could? Who knows.

Though I looked at m15x's hinge, if that thing could possibly broke, it won't be a natural cause lol. (Cast iron for the hinge..>_>)
PS:If you guys have not noticed yet, let me share a piece of fun fact, the heaviest weight contributed in a M15x, is not the body/chassis itself, it's the LCD panel and hinge.

This post has been edited by awyongcarl: Sep 19 2010, 06:38 PM

sounds like a driver issue to me. Tried updating to the latest one? (10.8)

Sorry my friend, I don't know lol.
For me, the impression it gave was, "This hinge are built to lasts" lol.
Just imagine, a laptop hinge, made of the very same material as an engine block is made. (Well, older engine block, newer and modern are using aluminum)

I'd say just use the laptop normally, don't abuse it and..I think you should be fine. (Sure it's sturdy, but it never mentioned it's meant to be abused so...)

which driver you are trying to install?

Talking about m11x?

Well yeah, except that M15x's hinge base (the base that the LCD hinge is screwed on) is made of cast iron as well.
And you don't need me to remind you M15x chassis is made of Magnesium Alloy.

Yeah the LCD of Dell's laptops are pretty crappy :/
When I processing photos both mata and kepala sakit - -

Are you installing the Mobility driver or what?

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Added on September 21, 2010, 3:10 amWell, for me, it's still alright because I still can calibrate the LCD.
Something that can be amended.

This post has been edited by awyongcarl: Sep 21 2010, 03:10 AM

lol admit it, Alienware is just a piece of overpriced hardware

The new official 5850m driver from Dell seems...unstable compared to the ATi's.

I couldn't complete the 3DMark06 at 890/1100 1.1v with it..
While I have no problem with 3Dmark06 at all at 900/1100 1.1v using the ATi's.

That said, on stock clock, they both gives similar result. (124xx~12500)

Anyone here with m11x has never had problem with the hinge? lol.
I'm sorta tempted to get a m11x over here in UK. Not that it's cheaper than in Malaysia but for mobility sake :/ (m15x isn't fun to be carried around)

But when I read about it, it's such a turn off and piece of crap considering how Dell is handling that issue - -

It's not really convincing that minority of the owner tell me their's are working fine lol.
Just using google, NBR or even Dell site's forum itself, you can find that problem is almost 98% gonna be happen to any m11x. - -

Guess I'm sticking to Vostro V13 if I really wanted to buy.

What is that kind of opinion lol.
With all due respect sir, that is exactly the thing I am angry/rage about.
Dell are shipping faulty goods to their customer, and whenever problem arises they just give them refurbished/used/etc and even if they replace them with a new one, problem are still there because the cause is not fixed. What? I paid a great fortune for it and I expect NOT to worry about breaking the hinge every 3-6 months.

This is not right. Dell is being an arse and expect customer to go away with the warranty bullshit?
You guys ever thought what happens when your warranty period is over?
AND okay let's neglect that warranty crap, say Dell promised to replace the hinge even if the warranty is over, I still need to worry about when it's going to broken etc, and you know, your time are valuable, when it's broken, it needs time to be fixed and even though its NBD, it's still time.