Alienware Mothership V10, AW 14,17 & 18 released!
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 Jul 11 2013, 03:30 PM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 11 2013, 03:09 PM) If from power button, arnd 10 secs. Perhaps is u dont have uefi boot.If from Alienware logo appears, 4 secs. So i say not bad. =)  2 - 3s is counted from the push of the button |
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Jul 11 2013, 03:44 PM
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hey aw 14 owner, do u guys have problem playing games due to missing directx dll???
i called dell thy said those directx i need to install myself, thy said is not everyone want to play game with alienware so they dont install that = ='' |
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Jul 11 2013, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 11 2013, 03:44 PM) maybe. lol...Ill be converting to UEFI soon. Cannot than still too slow. 9 - 10s ok laaaa... i m stuck with 12s now....kinda miss my xps 14 T^T |
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Jul 12 2013, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE(refnulf @ Jul 11 2013, 11:05 PM) Actually, Killer has consistent performance compared to everything else. Not sure if that has changed recently. Killer card have tons of issues. If you would google up, almost all dell laptop that come with killer wifi card will have wifi issue. Myself experience 5 faulty killer card= ='' Get broadcom, is more worth d price. |
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Jul 12 2013, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE(refnulf @ Jul 11 2013, 09:12 PM) I'm at about 10s, I'm not using UEFI. U r on ssd? |
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Jul 12 2013, 09:43 AM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 11 2013, 10:43 PM) So i guess i m fine then... Maybe you can tune up abit your boot time with intel rapid storage. I am on stock alienware and after i reimage my aw14 it boot in 10s. Dont waste ur ssd potential  |
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Jul 12 2013, 10:54 AM
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QUOTE(Jayi @ Jul 11 2013, 07:05 PM) it seems that other aw14 user at other forum do face exactly thing as you do where theres not compatible hardware found. Thanks, this has comfort me a bit. But still my laptop is with 3 dead pixel and they only can replace refurbish lcd for me. I wonder where they get the refurbish unit?so dont worry, by the way for me if it isn't broke, just dont bother on fixing it  |
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Jul 12 2013, 10:56 AM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 12 2013, 10:40 AM) Use Intel RST to set the mSATA as cache for your main drive. Yea, I notice intel have this "rapid start tech" app to speed up your start up. U can try that on top of d rapid storageThat's how. BUT... it's still slow compared to SSD. I just need to convert to UEFI and ill be good. bcoz i am already running SSD as my main drive. So RST will do no good. My rapid storage cached msata + uefi boot time = you ordinary bios ssd boot...... keep up pal  This post has been edited by whyteaz: Jul 12 2013, 10:57 AM |
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Jul 12 2013, 02:46 PM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 12 2013, 11:26 AM) no point. i think u misunderstand me, i m saying rapid start not rapid storage Bcoz the main drive will be faster than the cache...  |
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Jul 12 2013, 02:51 PM
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QUOTE(refnulf @ Jul 12 2013, 11:39 AM) Mine is great. Works perfectly. Version 1103 with 2012 drivers. Never drops, never an issue. Most of my friends that use it also have nothing but good things to say. IC, the one i got is flagship of killer, ver 1202 and when i google up my issue, it seems like all other Dell model with this card have similiar problem......One of those 512gb SSDs. maybe yours is good...... so we can concluded that uefi can drastically speed up your boot time.  |
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Jul 12 2013, 03:39 PM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 12 2013, 03:05 PM) for the short time i have with Killer... hey, can we try benchmark them together c any different?it looks all good to me too! havent tried online games though... ^^ |
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Jul 15 2013, 11:02 AM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 14 2013, 02:43 PM) Guys... I do read up in notebookreview forum said that dell implement some gpu throttle. Whenever your gpu reach 66 degree, it will reduce your gpu clock speed, hence performance suffered......my GPU runs arnd 63-64oC while playing borderlands 2.... to me that's not too high....yet... but afetr arnd 10-15 mins...performance drops.... is there something wrong? =( someone said u can disable it in the bios thou |
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Jul 15 2013, 11:07 AM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 13 2013, 07:35 AM) after noticing that the new vindicator backpack has no scanfast.... what is this scanfast fetures?i might go to Orion. And now the Orion is cheaper a bit... =) but the vindicator hard case looks interesting... |
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Jul 15 2013, 11:15 AM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 14 2013, 10:22 PM) just 1... yea is quite sad........sad... but it seems to cope with the heat quite well... i m surprised actually... wat is ur cpu temp? mine stay at ard 77 whenever it go turbo T^T |
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Jul 15 2013, 11:39 AM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 15 2013, 11:32 AM) Thats something new...for me at least... everything happen due to the current temp of your gpu.....and a lot of AW14 owners complaining the same thing! Throttling is NO GOOD!!! But then again, i played another round of Borderlands 2 last night... It played well till the end... So i m puzzled now!  perhaps yesterday your played at a much more cooler environment than your previous?or is it the rain??? just wild guess |
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Jul 15 2013, 12:34 PM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 15 2013, 11:43 AM) thats the weird thing... try use hwinfo watch out the temp and gpu clock...then mayb u can get some explaination therei played at the same exact spot.... hahahahha... nvm will do more investigation... |
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Jul 15 2013, 03:13 PM
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QUOTE(PF T.J. @ Jul 14 2013, 09:05 PM) Felt bored today, so took some photos of my baby M14x R1 great shot, did u turn on or off your room light?  Alienware M14x R1 by PF T.J., on Flickr  Alienware M14x R1 by PF T.J., on Flickr I still think it looks better than the current versions... but that's just me la haha what f stop u use for ur flash? |
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Jul 15 2013, 05:01 PM
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QUOTE(PF T.J. @ Jul 15 2013, 03:32 PM) Thanks mate i saw ur flicker is 1sec exposure, how bout flash power? do u rmb how much u set it? I been taking picture with me laptop ytd and all shot also failed Appreciate it! These kind of shots have to take before my M14x dies hahaYeah, turned off room lights; good observation. Using evening window light for the 2nd shot. First shot is a relatively long exposure shot with a single firing of flashgun Aperture is F9 |
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Jul 15 2013, 05:02 PM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 15 2013, 05:00 PM) did another session with a different game... that prove the throttling which i mention to you earlieranother weird finding.... my GPU core wouldnt go to 797mhz...it is stuck at 601MHz... whats the deal? bad isnt it?  update: when i do stress test under a very cold air-cond room, my gpu temp never reach 58 degree i got constant 901MHz This post has been edited by whyteaz: Jul 15 2013, 05:22 PM |
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Jul 16 2013, 10:21 AM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 16 2013, 08:58 AM) so it seems this problem is becoz the game is not taxing the GPU enuff for it to boost.... can you show me the guide to adjust the throttle limit?weird.... the GPU utilization is 100%! in the mean time u can check this out http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-...-gpu-temps.html |
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