ok it's official... my laptop's GTX 260M is officially screwed~ can't even enjoy NFS HP without a bloody pixelation, and endless flickering~ Putochip123 and Mr.Doctor? are you guys able to help?

Gaming mouse + Gaming grade USB soundcard + Gaming headset~ 

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Added on January 20, 2011, 7:46 pmThanks to some advice from bro putochip123... My lappie is running strong again~! Applied AC MX-4 thermal paste on the GPU and now it's only at an average temp @ 40-ish on idle and 50-60-ish on gaming~ tho I applied on the CPU and nothing much changed, still at 50-ish~

i think the plate can be removed, judging from the screws

but what do u mean by 'replace'?

Yup, I thought FEAR was scary.  This is even worse.
Lights off + headphones    + Turn off AlienFX (kinda messes up the scare factor.. xD)
= NIGHTMARES!!

i am currently handling the warranty upgrade service for zamanjaafar and zad78. tomorrow maybe i will have that quotation laugh.gif

But 1GB GDDR5 ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5850 got the word"HD"
1.5GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M didn't have "HD"....
(I know its quite stupid....)

So we determine the quality based the Gb? I see.....
So based on your reply,you mean NVIDIA's graphic card is better than ATI's?

@Nuclearzap

It is obvious that GTX 460M is better.

Try to look here for comparison

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphi...List.844.0.html

You're Eequan Chew~!?     

My right rubber (m15x) on the palm rest has came off suddenly without me noticing it.. Any of you guys here got it before?

Why no ppl answer my question ? Does Alienware M17X come with USB 3.0 ports ?

Ports, Slots & Chassis

      Ports
      M17x Core i7

      DC-in Jack (Back of system)
      2 x USB 2.0 ports
      2 x USB 3.0/2.0 Combo ports
      1 x eSATA + USB2.0 Combo port (with USB charge function Support)
      3 x Auto-sensing jacks for Line-out (2 line out; 1x SPDIF/Headphone)
      Microphone Input jack
      1 x RJ-45 (10/100/1Gb IPv6)
      1 x HDMI-1.4 port with Audio
      1 x HDMI Input
      1 x mini-Display Port
      1 x VGA Port (DB-15)
      9-in-1 Media card reader

My laptop's acting up again... Upgraded to NV Driver v267.76 edi and some improvements in my gaming performance... but the GPU becomes sott once in a while with the screen becoming all white for a while or some flickerng etc~ C'mon la bloody lappie~!!! Don't tell me that I should stick to V197.16 all the time by sacrificing performance for stability~

@ dark axl
I played the game on extreme setting before this thing happened. Now, even the lowest cant be played on

Crysis 2 running flawlessly on my M15x on Hardcore @ a reso of 1280x720~ Running at a decent 30-40fps~

it's time to upgrade, i guess 

Christened the M14x, Alienware's newest portable rig has an Intel Core i7-2820QM 2.3 GHz CPU, up to a 750GB 7200RPM HDD, 256GB SATA2 or SATA3 SDD, a robust NVIDIA GT555M GPU, LTE or WiMAX connectivity, and your choice of 14-inch screens: either a 1366 x 768 display or a Full HD 1920 x 1080 LCD. Following its big brother's lead, the M14x also packs a pair of Klipsch speakers for hi-fi fragging. No word on when this mothership lands, but with those specs, we wouldn't mind making first contact -- would you? 
-Via Engadget

attach here the picture is better

Got my 2nd tube of Artic silver 5 today.. decided to change my m15x's thermal paste..
Look at what I saw when I open up my lappy -.-
So messy... the previous dell engineer ahh... no eye see..