Travis' Alienware M15x Review

Sir Travis D · 05-07-2008, 09:06 PM

Okay, installed 173.90 drivers, and I will test them in gta:sa.

BTW, my windows experience rating is 4.5, with the ram the lowest. It is only 1gb atm.

Sir Travis D · 05-07-2008, 09:25 PM

As some of you probably know, the m15x has smartbay. The laptop has one video card, one hard drive, and one battery and dvd/blu-ray drive. If you take the bluray/dvd drive out, you can insert a 2nd battery or hard drive. I tried it to see how it looked. Here are some pics.

Here is the smartbay dvd burner.

Here is the inside of the m15x

now to gta tests

edit: ok, on the same settings, I'm getting about 10-15 fps higher, around 53-60fps driving, 60-70 walking at cj's culdesac. Also, I haven't seen any of that lagging like before.

computeruler · 05-07-2008, 09:49 PM

wow thats pretty cool

Interested · 05-07-2008, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g25racer

Here we go again! DELL, another known crap company!

dude, wtf? i built my own computer.....what, you want me to build a laptop too? please. heh, at least i paid $600 and i dont know about you, but i think for $600, my lappy is a steal.

travis, the integrated/dedicated switch is awesome. i think thats how every laptop might be in the future. And the smartbay stuff is kick ass too!

computeruler · 05-07-2008, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Interested

dude, wtf? i built my own computer.....what, you want me to build a laptop too? please.

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en...&um=1&ie=UTF-8

Interested · 05-07-2008, 10:25 PM

/\/\/\/\/\ LOL. and im suppose to get the other parts where?

CPTMuller · 05-07-2008, 10:45 PM

Newegg and the like sell the parts that you would need to finish putting together most laptops granted you have the GPU MOBO and casings.

Kill Bill · 05-07-2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Travis D

As some of you probably know, the m15x has smartbay. The laptop has one video card, one hard drive, and one battery and dvd/blu-ray drive. If you take the bluray/dvd drive out, you can insert a 2nd battery or hard drive. I tried it to see how it looked. Here are some pics.

Here is the smartbay dvd burner.

Here is the inside of the m15x

now to gta tests

edit: ok, on the same settings, I'm getting about 10-15 fps higher, around 53-60fps driving, 60-70 walking at cj's culdesac. Also, I haven't seen any of that lagging like before.

The GPU thing and thats pretty impressive I guess the smart bay is IDE so the HDD can go in but what about battery 2 lol. So it has stuff like a thinkpad

Sean89 · 05-07-2008, 10:49 PM

I've got the m9750, had it for a couple months I love it

. Only thing that is annoying is that I still haven't upgraded the ram on it been lazy, 1gig of ram with vista is just a no go

.

Gogey · 05-07-2008, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g25racer

Why is it that always the youngsters like dell's? Prob b/c they are cheap and everyone can afford them but they are not even worth the cheap price that you pay.

Here you are talking about how expensive his laptop is, then you criticize people for going with a cheaper computer. Yes, I built my computer. No, I most likely wouldn't buy a premade one. But that doesn't mean everyone shares our opinion. There are people that don't have any need for a 1337 rig. Those are generally the people that go with premades because they get the job done.

And don't talk about your computer owning his. Mine owns yours, and there are thousands of other computers out there that own mine. Deal with it. Its a laptop, last I checked, they weren't the best gaming machines.

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Sir Travis D Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 14 Posts: 1,178	Okay, installed 173.90 drivers, and I will test them in gta:sa. BTW, my windows experience rating is 4.5, with the ram the lowest. It is only 1gb atm. __________________ Alienware Area-51 M15x Owner Winner of CFclan suicide and whiner medals, 2008

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Sir Travis D Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 14 Posts: 1,178	As some of you probably know, the m15x has smartbay. The laptop has one video card, one hard drive, and one battery and dvd/blu-ray drive. If you take the bluray/dvd drive out, you can insert a 2nd battery or hard drive. I tried it to see how it looked. Here are some pics. Here is the smartbay dvd burner. Here is the inside of the m15x now to gta tests edit: ok, on the same settings, I'm getting about 10-15 fps higher, around 53-60fps driving, 60-70 walking at cj's culdesac. Also, I haven't seen any of that lagging like before. __________________ Alienware Area-51 M15x Owner Winner of CFclan suicide and whiner medals, 2008 Last edited by Sir Travis D; 05-07-2008 at 09:31 PM.

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Interested Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: PA Age: 14 Posts: 794	/\/\/\/\/\ LOL. and im suppose to get the other parts where? __________________ Main: \| On The Go Device: Q6600 @ 3.0 w/ ACF7P \| 620MHz ARM 1176 4GB DDR2 800 \| 128MB DRAM P35-DS3L \| 16GB Samsung NAND 250GB seagate disk X2 \| PowerVR MBX 3D 8600GT

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CPTMuller Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Not there. Posts: 731	Newegg and the like sell the parts that you would need to finish putting together most laptops granted you have the GPU MOBO and casings. __________________ Specs of my main PC:Laptop (Thinkpad X61) C2D e6320, NVIDIA 7950GT (Factory OC) : C2D T7100, Intel GMA 965 Express 2gb ram 533mhz DDR2, 320GB 7200RPM : 1gb ra, 80gb 5400RPM Soundblaster X-FI Xtreme Audio, Linksys 10/100 Ethernet Card : on board Audio, on board Ethernet

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Sean89 Bronze Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 28	I've got the m9750, had it for a couple months I love it . Only thing that is annoying is that I still haven't upgraded the ram on it been lazy, 1gig of ram with vista is just a no go .

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