i think i7 2820 also overkill.
why not upgrade the GPU to 6970M?

yup
i am considering the following

Dropping 16GB to 4 to 8GB
Dropping 3D (though don't save much)
Processor... i don't think i will go with i7 2720.. will see the overall cost hehe

How's the alignment? Does your LCD touch the keyboard? Any uneven gap at the back?

nice man, imma goin to call them 2moro!~

not anymore.. the LCD used to touch the keyboard a bit but now not anymore. all aligned properly. like new.

1st thing, RAM, 4GB is more than enough for a laptop, unless u wan ALT+TAB for few games in the same time

2nd thing, 3D is a bull shit, some how laptop performance is too low for 3D gaming, even my GTX580, gaming on 3D, Lost planet 2 with everything max only gets around 30 - 40FPS, if not to many thing on the screen u might get most of 50FPS only. 3D is nothing special. If u wanna show off among ur friend, then 3D is ur choice, if u really wanna game, 3D is not ur choice.

3RD processor, within Core i7 2720, vs Core i7 2820, is just 15% or less than it, this is intel marketing stratergy. like Core i7 740QM vs Core i7 720QM(whats the point, pls tell me)

4TH GTX460M is too slow for 3D, in additional GTX460 performance cant match with 6970M(On paper). PhysX is a bull shit thing as well, but if u really concern about the benchmarking, then go ahead of Nvidia.

5TH warranty u might need or might not need, i dont know. like me, warranty is useless for me, since a laptop never follow me over 3 month, so probably i wont invest in warranty, who knows few more month ivy bridge coming out. sandy bridge draw too much time d, almost Q2 2011 d....

Below is my spec
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English)
Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM Processor (2.2GHz, 1600 MHz DDR3, 6M cache)
17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) WLED LCD Panel
6GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (1 x 2GB + 1 x 4GB)
750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
8X DVD + /-RW Drive with DVD + R double layer write capability
2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6970M

This post has been edited by putochip123: Mar 8 2011, 08:56 PM

some pictures



This post has been edited by duabijitelur: Mar 8 2011, 09:22 PM

that's cool man.. its about time.. thx a gazillion for the info. will replace mine when i'm back to kuching this friday.

Hmm... you sound pissed based on the way your statement sounds~ Or that's just me~

Anyway... from what I see...

Yeap.... 4GB is sufficient... I agree~

Secondly, 3D on single GTX580 I assume? Why not Quad-SLI?

3rd, so I guess the Extreme version of the processors would make little difference too?

4th, aww c'mon... PhysX is a good eye candy~

5th, my warranty over liao... can't say much~

and btw, any plans for a freshly updated version of M15x soon? M11x and M17x have seen a lot of changes already but it seems us M15x owners are left in the dark here~

Dayummm, resize or spoiler ler telur! My M11x too small.

gaarh... at least you can see... mine's just display *user posted image* due to my P1 connection~

yala, our m11x very small. hehe

everything in my mind.

definitely +1 to all the facts above.

ya, my PC only single GTX580, u pay me for QUAD SLI? i wish to and praying to ^^

For physX, actually AMD radeon have the physx as well, is just AMD dont have PhysX Acceleration in their GPU, while nvidia have. If ur PC have strong proccessor, then should be ok 1. Most of the game come with PhysX and the game installer also have PhysX inside it.

For m15x i think should be vry soon d. probably i will say they might not be refreshing m15x. since m17x only have 1 GPU, then whats the point for m15x? portable? i dont think alienware is portable(compare to market normal laptop), but compare to desktop of course is portable

thanks for the info ^^

Heh.. current cash reserved for next laptop in case my M15x decides to retire~

Hmm, true... But PhysX was introduced by NV so might as well stick to NV no? Considering that from what I've observed that ATI may have the performance but it's bogged down by poor driver support (I might be wrong, but that's what I've seen and heard from my bunch of friends)

Hmm, perhaps a laptop in a 14" form factor instead now to replace to M15x? Considering the antique Sentia seems pretty mobile back in the days~

well, since i had a strong PC d, so laptop for me is just for review and test purpose, so that i can give customer a correct info about the laptop, no like those people in lowyat know to sell, but know nothing about PC or Laptop

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Added on March 8, 2011, 11:32 pmif u wanna order let me know, we can order togather

This post has been edited by putochip123: Mar 8 2011, 11:32 PM

Bro. . Sayang plastic ke?
don wan take off
ehehe

L O L.. that one is keyboard cover lai de.... got it from armourne

Just wanna ask you guys here, how much does calling a Dell Tech cost? I need them to dismantle my lcd and get the f***ing ant out. They say this one is not covered under the warranty.

Any ideas?