Guys, just got a special offer from my friend's Alienware M17x. Spec. as below:

Window 7 home premium 64bit
I7 3840QM
Nebula red
8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 ram (2x4GB)
Nvidia GTX680M 2GB DDR5
17.3" WideFHD screen
2TB 5400rpm HD in raid 0
8x DVD +-rw
RM6700

I have grabbed the offer and will be delivered on next few days. Do you guys think this is a good offer?
Initially, I was eying on Samsung Series 7 Gamer which cost RM5999 but the GPU is only GTX675M. Since this unit spots GTX680M, I think should be worth it by topping up a little bit more.

I think so, thanks for the advice.

Ok, received my M17x R4 this afternoon. Here are some photos I took with my mobile.
The box itself is really huge.

Opened up the huge box, there are two smaller boxes sitting inside:

Here is the unit itself covered in soft red pouch:

Here is the machine itself. Nebula red in color. Love the color:

Initially, I thought the one I bought is without 3D because of the super discount I got from my friend. But what a surprise.
The 3D goggle is there

It is the 3D Vision 2. Tried with some 3D test clip. The 3D is very pronounce and look so real. Better than my 3DS,lol.

As usually, back lighted keyboard, nothing special:

The specially designed multimedia soft touch key:


Specs. as below:

-3rd gen i7 3820QM
-Windows@7 Home premium 64bit
-17.3" 120Mhz Wide FHD LED with 3D bundle
-8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 (2x4GB)
-2TB 5400rpm (Raid 0)
-8x DVD +-rw
-2GB DDR5 Nvidia GTX680M

RM6,600.

This post has been edited by chtan: Oct 23 2012, 10:21 PM

I am still waiting for the backpack to come in from Dell. M17x definitely needs one or its not going anywhere.

Thanks.
Yesterday tested with Sleeping dogs benchmark, with everything on high and 3D enabled. It runs silky smooth with average fps stays on 55++.

Planned to upgrade mine soon but a bit worry about software compatibility. Any idea which 3D player is good for Nvidia 3D vision 2?

Thanks for the reply.

Anyway, found the app. to play the 3D movie, stereoscopic player can get the job.

Ok, here is my first 3dmark11 benchmark. Everything stock, no overclock.


Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
Vendor Dell Computer Corporation
Memory 2048 MB
Core clock 324 MHz
Memory clock 1800 MHz
Driver version 8.17.13.277
Processor Intel Core i7-3820QM Processor
Processor clock 2295 MHz
Physical / logical processors 1 / 8
# of cores 4
Edition Advanced
Screen Width 1920
Screen Height 1080
Msaa Sample Count 4
Texture Filtering Mode Anisotropic
Max Af Anisotropy 16
Tessellation Detail 5
Max Tessellation Factor 15
ShadowMapSize 10
Shadow Cascade Count 5
Surface Shadow Sample Count 16
Volumetric Illumination Quality 5
Ambient Occlusion Quality 10
Depth Of Field Quality 10
Enable Window Mode Off
Enable Vertical Sync Off
Enable Triple Buffering Off
Enable Wireframe Off
Color Saturation 100%

Is this score normal guys?

Well, just ordered my Windows 8 upgrade for my M17x. Hopefully it won't crash any of my game.
One question though, can i still use my 3D vision 2 after the upgrade?

Ok, updated mine to Windows 8 Pro. Everything is fine except it broke some of my games. Dark Soul loaded but fine until title, no display when in game. Borderland2 and Sudden Attack totally won't load.
Diablo 3, Dishonored and Crysis2 works fine though.

If you know anybody from inside Dell, ask them to get 1 for you. Its way cheaper this way. I got my M17x+GTX680M only at RM6600, while the web easily goes for RM9800

Actually, its already in a month ago. It got mine last month.

Ok, here are some finding after upgraded mine M17x to Win8 Pro. Dark Soul now running perfectly. Previously problem was due to the Dsfix. After removing it, it runs perfectly again.
Borderland2 is working as well now. It turns out that one of the .dll file from re-distribution library was missing. After putting it back everything is fine again.
The only not working game is Sudden Attack.

Oops, forgot to mention that if you plan to upgrade from Win 7 be careful about the .net 3.5 installation issue. There are a lot of people having problem re-installing .net3.5 in Win8 including me
Luckily I am able to find the solution to this problem. It turns out that this is cause by a corrupted registry which halted the .net 3.5 installation.
Go to command prompt (run with administrator) and type "Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:c:\net35 /LimitAccess” to clean your registry. After you can proceed to install .net3.5 with no problem.

This post has been edited by chtan: Nov 11 2012, 11:49 PM

Got it fixed. And everything back to normal. Not a single problem and all the buttons work as well.

Actually, D3 requirement is very modest. Even my 5years old phenom9550 with ati5870 can Max it with no problem at all.
Strangely, my M17x with 680M can still feel a slight lag on occasion Think might be the raided harddisk setup is the culprit.

Anyone interested in M17x with GTX680M, 8GB RAM, 2TB HD, 120Mhz 1920x1080 HD LED with 3D vision 2. The one exactly with the same spec. like my? I know there is another unit up for grabbing directly from inside Dell. Only @ RM6800. They prefer direct face to face deal though.