ya....what you do for a living ah?

yeh scare me too..
btw cool lappy

crysis cant ran at 1920x1200?ya ur one is not 8800mGTX SLI, if SLi sure can

here is my crysis bechmark on dell xps m1730

My Benchmark On Crysis 1920x1200 0xAA All high Fps 30-40



This post has been edited by piskin: Nov 3 2008, 02:39 PM

No point for me getting a 1730 as it is no longer a laptop, it is a desktop replacement. When it comes to anything 17 inch, it sacrifices portability, and if that is the case, and it stays at home because of its non-portability, might as well call it a desktop, and if it is becoming a desktop, you can build a better desktop with better specs and cheaper cost.

My Alienware, and Corad's Sager, are gaming machines in portable form. When a "laptop" becomes so encumbered so much that it spends most of its time at home, it defeats the purpose of being a laptop that you would bring around with you, no matter how powerful it is. It is only useful when it is being put to use.

I know how "portable" a 17 inch laptop is, look at my sig, I have the 17 inch Qosmio. As much as I want to tell myself that it is a laptop, it's usage pattern defies the conventions of being a laptop, so much of its time spent at home being I don't feel inclined to "port" it around because of its dimensions and weight. That is why 17 inch laptops are not laptops to me.

Personally, I think the 1730 is ugly, with it's out of place blings and boring uninspiring design.

If you don't mind, this is a thread discussing the Alienware. I believe there is a 1730 thread around here somewhere, feel free to show your love for it there. I believe, for something as portable, by the practical sense of portability, the Alienware and the Sager are engineering feats by their own measure. Anybody can fit if anything into an enclosure as fat as the 1730. No offense.

he is everywhere to spam abt his 1730
even the chinese forum i went

he even compared his 1730 to our 1520 Thread

hahaha .... just leave him and his xps 1730 alone ... he is trying to increase his post count it think ...

by the way ... stringfellow ... how is the heat on ur alien so far ???

This post has been edited by eddy230379: Nov 3 2008, 09:23 PM

lol, In chinese cari ah?, i like the forum it is very nice. i awalys read about cars

This post has been edited by piskin: Nov 3 2008, 09:12 PM

Without some sort of external cooling mechanism , it gets pretty hot when ran on High Performance mode. It has this Stealth Mode which activates at the touch of a button, which downthrolles the processor to 1.6Ghz and switches the graphic card in use to the IGP built-in, this gives it longevity in terms of battery life as well as cooler running.

The right part of the palm rest gets pretty hot , I assume this is where the 8800GTX is. Other than that, pretty much smooth sailing. Installed Notebook Hardware Controller, and no warning bells or alarms so far. Also just got myself the Notepal Infinite, that should help push the hot air out.

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Added on November 3, 2008, 9:59 pmThe first test of mobility ran fine today, when I was out and about in Plaza Lowyat to get my stuff and meet a colleague for lunch. Was at MacStudio today in the afternoon, so the guys there got their first look at the Alienware. Pretty much a unanimous "Awesome!" from them, even though it's pretty blasphemous to oogle at a Vista machine when they are selling Macs!

Got around and walked around to Delifrance with my colleague, then walked back to Low Yat to Level 2 to get my Notepal from Cycom. Tested out the Notepal there, and then went back on the monorail to KLCC, for dinner. Just got home now. All with a simple Booq slingbag, nondescriptly carrying the Alienware around, and I plan to keep it that way, so that people wont know I am lugging anything precious in the slingbag. Lugging in around a 17inch specific-laptop-bag around is like an advertisement to ask the thieves to some and steal your laptops!

So you see, to me, it is not about the unbridled power underneath the hood of the machine, it is about portability as well. No point having the most powerful rig on earth, when it is 7 kilos and breaks your back lugging it around.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Nov 3 2008, 09:59 PM

well at last there's somebody who pawn piskin...

our life's like a wheel...hehehehe...

but why u choose notepal infinite?
should buy zalman cooling pad

Care to elaborate why Zalman's cooling pad is better?

nice machine
first time see alienware lol

This post has been edited by luige: Nov 4 2008, 12:12 AM

well zalman is well know in cooling.i m using infinite too but it won't reduce much heat...
i choose infinite coz my budget too tight that time
but i tried zalman and it rly works very well in reduce...i work in pc shop too and all cust also satisfied with the zalman...and not so noisy as infinite

But the Zalman has this weird design flaw. The holes only goes to 2/3 up the top, and the top is not vented. On my Alienware, the top area needs to be air-circulated from the bottom, and without these vents, it is not pneumatically efficient.

Watch this Youtube clip on how the user actually have to shift down his 1730 down to properly cool and air-circulate the bottom of his 1730:-

Nice purchase. One question though, if you bought it via alienware UK how come you made the payment in Euro dollars? Keep us informed on the performances as well, I have my sights set on the new M17 CrossfireX, it would be nice to know the reliability of alienware laptops in general.

Ni Hao from Shanghai! Always hazy and always choking, as always, it's Shanghai!

The order was made from www.alienware.co.uk, but their billing department redirects your order to their sales team in Deutchland/Germany. Good too, since EU is dropping like mad these days.

I'll be back today from Shanghai today, touchdown MH389 at 2140. IF anyone wants to have a feel of the awesome power of the Alienware, I'll be attending the iPhone gathering tomorrow at KL Sentral, but after 2030. Will be there to meet old friends, and make new ones too.

Wondering when the Alienware M15X came out with 9800GTX, QX9100 Perrghhh!

The 9800GTX will never be available on a 15 inch chassis, due to its overbearing thermal envelope. If Alienware is ever going to place one, it would be on their 17 inch chassis.

Correction on the supposed meeting tomorrow, that gathering is on Sunday not tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be in Lowyat Plaza to pick up Fallout 3 and send off Red Alert 3 to a friend. Probably catch Quantum of Solace too at the movies while I'm at it.

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Added on November 5, 2008, 11:24 pmThe 9800GTX will never be available on a 15 inch chassis, due to its overbearing thermal envelope. If Alienware is ever going to place one, it would be on their 17 inch chassis.

Correction on the supposed meeting tomorrow, that gathering is on Sunday not tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be in Lowyat Plaza to pick up Fallout 3 and send off Red Alert 3 to a friend. Probably catch Quantum of Solace too at the movies while I'm at it.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Nov 5 2008, 11:24 PM

String, how heavy is this thing. More or less than 3kg?