Alienware M11x with ATI Radeon 5870

There is an ongoing IT fair in Singapore at the moment and they are showcasing a few Alienware models.

On one of the brochures, there is a model with an ATI Radeon 5870.

Here is the link to the scan of the brochure (please look at the M11x to the right).
Dell Notebooks XPS 14 XPS 15 Razer Abyssus Alienware M11x M15X Gaming IT SHOW 2011 Price List Brochure

However, I have never seen a M11x with a ATI GPU before. Is this true or probably the brochure is printed incorrectly?

In addition, I thought the M11x series were using the i5-UM CPUs, it appears this is using the i5-QM (I assume clocked at 2.4GHz?)

Appreciate your kind replies!

 

Either that is..

a) A printing error, or photoshopped page

or

b) The M11x R3, which if it is, my R1 will be going on eBay (or NBR
marketplace) upon release.

 

Definitely not photoshopped, as there is another similar scanned copy on another site, and I have a hardcopy which I picked up at the event this morning (but didnt realised the ATI part on the specs until I got home) as well.

As it late night in Singapore now, I can only go down tomorrow to the event to verify.

 

I never knew there's a CPU called "i5-520QM"...

 

If they manage to fit a 5870 in a m11x Ill be impressed.

And then my R2 will go to my brother and I will order a R3

Somethings gotta be wrong with that. Why would the m11x have a 5870 while the m15x only have a 5850

 

The flyer is fake. But if you saw that on the Dell website recently...

Definatly not an error. The M17xR3 is already supporting Intel/AMD version of Optimus. And apprently its WAY, and I mean WAAAAAY more stable than nVIDIAs Optimus. Hopefully this is creating competion and nVIDIA will get there act together on these driver releases (even though they have gotten a little better but I still see issues).

 

THAT is a major fail.

 

11.6'' WUXGA Display? i5-520QM? AMD 5870M? Total bull. Move on.

 

I call



I'll believe it when me **** turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.

 

Looks unlikely to be real because:

• 
  It has a 500GB 7200RPM SATA RAID hard disk. Except you can't have RAID on one disk and I find it unlikely the M11x can fit 2 drives.

• The TDP of the 5870m alone is more then the entire R2 TDP. It's too hot before we even look at the full voltage CPU TDP.

• It has a WUXGA display. On a 11.6' device. In a market full of 16:9 displays. 1920x1200 makes no sense unless Dell moved back to 16:10 displays, only with the M11x, leaving M15x and M17x with 16:9 displays.

• The price is too low ($1899) compared to the next model ($1699), the lowest end R2 available, the i3 model. Surely the 5870m paired with the extra RAM (it should have a 4GB SODIMM onboard if it's still dual slot) would have made a larger increase to the price then $200. The 5870m is also higher spec then the 5850 included with the M15x and M17x.

• And that's before mentioning Sandy Bridge.

 

My 5850 (almost same as 5870 with minor clock diff) is really small in the m15x. I did an inspection on heat sync and stuff when I first got the notebook. I would think it's possible to build something small around it with the understand that it's going to EAT power when over 50 percent utilization. Most games are GPU hungry anyway. That would be neat. ULV cpu and a high powered mobile GPU.

For the record I DOUBT this is real. But you never know what the developers are doing.

BW,

StevenX

 

UltraSharp WUXGA (1920x1200) Display??? In Dell speak, UltraSharp means IPS.

Looks like someone has been play with the colouring in crayons again.

Nice idea though.

That said this post should now be closed.

 

Definitely fake....while similar the fonts for the M11x do not match the other 3 laptops which are all uniform in appearance

 

Fake.

Beyond what people mentioned, 6GB of RAM isn't going to happen. You see 6GB of RAM in systems with tri-channel DDR3 RAM 3x2GB), like Intel LGA1366 platforms. Intel mobile CPUs use dual-channel memory controllers, which is exactly why you see laptops with configurations of 4GB (2x2GB) or 8GB (2x4GB). To get 6GB on a dual-channel system would require 1x2GB + 1x4GB, which is a configuraiton that Dell would not sell.

Besides, we already have a confirmed list of what the M11x R3 will use. It will continue to support nVidia GPUs, because of Optimus support (AMD's GPU switching technology isn't as mature as Optimus).

• Sandy Bridge CPU (up to quad core w/Hyperthreading, multiplier unlocked)
• An nVidia GeForce 560M GPU (with nVidia 3DVision and Optimus Support)
• USB 3.0 support (on all 3 USB ports)
• SATA 3.0 support
• Larger 13.3" UltraThin OLED edge-lit edge-to-edge display in the same sized bezel, with fixed hinges.
• A mini-PCIe slot with a disk controller so people can put mini-PCIe SSD's in it and run them at full SSD speeds (Intel 310)
• Dell Media Buttons above the keyboard that poop unicorns out of the DisplayPort when you press them.

 

Care to share your information source? I find it curios that an M 11x will have a 13.3" screen personally....

 

Awwww... the mods keep removing the "joke" part of my post (last bullet point referencing unicorns) that indicate that my post is also fake.

Edit: No, misread it... unicorns are still present in the M11x R3.

 

Gotcha, ya I missed that part lol

 

Someone wasted a great deal of time creating a fake promo flyer for attention.

 

Send this over to the M11Xr3 thread it will be sure to generate 20 more pages on that thread.

 

I will be heading down to the event in 2 hours to clarify with the Dell/Alienware sales people. Although judging from the response, it's an incorrectly printed flyer, the promoter whom I called yesterday insisted it's correct (I guess most of them are part-timers without much product knowledge).

I am just curious why they printed the specs wrong and which model (15, 17?) it was meant to be for.

Thanks all for the clarification on my doubts!

 

Should've listened to Admiral Ackbar.

 

That would just be cruel -- giving them that much more false hope.