Alienware 17 R4 GTX 1080 has No UHD panel?

I was checking DELL's website constantly for the past month to get a sale on the 17 R4 with a UHD panel. There was always an option for the UHD IPS panel for the GTX 1080 version (it's the one that's $2,549.99 currently). However, today I noticed that selection is gone yet it still shows up for the other configurations that have other GTX 10 series. There's even another option with comes with a UHD panel and GTX 1080 but it's more expensive (around $3,699.99) and lower specifications can't be selected.

Does DELL change what options are available on a laptop due to the stock of parts and if so, when can I expect them to restock? IS it because of the current sale? Do the configurations change back to normal after a sale?

Or does the version I want no longer supports UHD panels? I don't think it's the latter since I clearly remember it having the option and if the $3,699.99 version has it, why wouldn't the cheaper version have the option?

 

Nobody except Dell knows why they do the things they do. They've done that for a few models. I've had models where I could select the 4K w/ 1060 and not 1070.

 

i wonder fi you bought 2 of them if you could swap the screens. i wonder if it's a crap BGA Max Q 1080 or if it's regular dell MXM or one of them weird form factors 1080s.

 

all aw pascal is bga


swapping screens work, not sure what would happen if you swap a g-sync one into a non gsync mb though

 

aren't vBIOSES different for gsync/non-gsync?

 

I checked today and the option is back. I think it's because they ran out of stock and the laptops that did have it were pre-built. Anyway I'm going to close this thread.

 

In the UK they removed the UHD option months ago citing that the combination of the top processor/gpu and UHD was causing overheating problems. So they removed the UHD to stop this happening.

 

I guess they did the same for the US store. I did contact dell and they said that if I have any issues I should send it back for repairs but no mention of the problem being fixed which is concerning. It is back though and I may get it and post any issues on a different post.