M15x now with the 5850!

Maybe thats why its incompatible. Oh well something else he mentioned was the fact that there was no ETA on the availability of the cards so its just a waiting game.

 

I signed up to say thanks to all of you. Helped me finalize my purchase with Dell. Thanks everyone.

I also chose the 5850. I can't wait! It should be here in ten to twelve days.

 

Awesome! That's pretty quick. When did you place your order?

 

Friday afternoon. Finally got around to posting this morning due to Mother's Day travel and whatnot.

 

I would be skeptical of them to actually deliver on that EDD

sorry to be a downer

 

Still waiting here. I've been bugging the rep who's been helping me out at least once a day with an email and so far no stock yet. So who knows I may not get it first at this rate .

 

No need to be sorry. It's probably the truth. Hopefully it doesn't take too long, Hitokiri.

 

Today the 5850 is configurable in NL for the M15x aswell.

 

They pushed back like ALL the M17x R2 orders for weeks when they first came out

 

what is NL?

 

I think he's talking about the Netherlands.

 

I have been reading this post for the last couple of weeks and decided to order the following M15X that will be delivered in 2 days (05/13/10)

1 224-6811 BASE,NBK,ANW,GRAY,M15X
1 317-2398 Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
1 317-2407 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz 2 x 4096MB
1 320-0936 15.6-inch Wide FHD 1920x1080 (1080p) WLED
1 320-8989 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5850
1 341-9755 128GB Solid State Drive
1 421-1400 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1 313-8569 Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
1 430-0686 Intel WiFi Link 5300 802.11AGN Half Mini Card
1 312-0206 Primary - 9-cell (85Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery
1 430-0684 Internal Bluetooth 2.1 Mini-Card - 2.1 Enhanced Data Rate

 

@new2ark thats close to the build i want to get. hopefully they don't delay it or anything and you could get us some concrete proof. im really happy that all good dell reps on here are confirming it to be GDDR5, but it never hurts to be thorough.

my current laptop seems to be on its ast legs so i may have to order sooner rather than later. right now i am just waiting for the next round of EPP discount codes.

keep us posted.

 

it was just picked up by FEDEX in Nashville, TN....so no delays

 

wow you will have possibly have the first 5850 in the M15x on the forums. congrats, will be glad to see some benches to compare to mine.

 

Congratz! i can't wait to seem some bench's

 

wait... what is EPP discount codes? I am confused, is there any additional coupons that stackable with the EPP discount?
Thanks

 

@royren2010 heres a link that'll help

http://forum.notebookreview.com/5831922-post1.html

DR650SE compiled a great thread of info on how to save money. it has links to mailing lists that will send you discount codes.

 

Oh, thanks~~! good info, I used dell EPP 10% discount, and I tried to stack few other coupons on it, doesn't work... anyway I already purchased, doesn't matter...

 

should have talked to a rep i was able to get 20% off my rig

 

Please be GDDR5!!!! (Crosses Fingers)

 

yea im glad to see an ati card for the M15x also better batt life imo and hopefully GDDR5 i would be willing to buy the card from dell plus the new heatsink. then sell the 260m on ebay for cheap to cover the cost of the 5850

 

Was the expected delivery date today? or is it going to be later?

 

lol only a few hours till we know

 

Its going to be interesting to see how this card overclocks. It looks like from the ATI website that the only real difference between the 5850 and the 5870 is the clock speeds. Going to be exciting

 

Just curious, I asked this question before but I think it was removed when the multiple 5850 threads were merged.

How do you go about buying these video cards? Are they available outside of buying a new laptop? and at what cost? I remember seeing the 6800m for the Inspiron 9300 selling for well over 400$ at once point which really isn't worth it.

 

From what I hear you might be able to buy them directly from Dell. You just have to call them. There is also a guy here on the forums that is selling the mobility 5870, his name is babyhemi. There are also some sites like rjtech that sell mobile graphics cards. Not sure which card in particular your looking for.

 

FEDEX says its now in Memphis and will soon be on its way to Little Rock...so I should have it tomorrow...

by the way what benches does everyone want me to run? what software?

 

Once you get your system, head over to the M15x Benchmark thread. Download all the programs you'll need if you don't have em. HW Monitor, CPUZ, GPUZ, and whatever tools you plan on using if your going to over clock.

Just run standard 3dMark06 and Vantage. Then we'll have something to compare with the GTX 260M and 5870. Post Screenshots for proof and include the windows for the different monitoring programs.

Were interested in Temperature/Clock Speeds/3dMark Scores.

 

At stock clocks, it should get close to 8k in Vantage, with a GPU score of ~7.1k and a CPU score of ~11k.

 

First find out if the card is in fact GDDR5!!!

 

Most important of all. Confirm that it is in fact DDR5 so we can put that to rest completely.

Oh, too slow

 

run vantage and 06 at stock at 1280x1024, also take out all the featured test in vantage. then try oc to stock 5870 clocks at 700/1000 and run the benches again. also congrats

 

Heya people.

Just created an account because i am very interested in buying the M15x.
And it was a good choice to read here as i found out now that the ati 5850 seems to be better then the gtx260m.

1 thing tho, yesterday i was looking at the standard price of 949 or something like that and now its standard 1149.
Does anyone know why they suddenly put it at 200euro's more?

Regards,

Jim


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I was looking at the dell website

 

What site are you looking at?

 

btw i just checked the us price and that is at 1199$ ( 945 euro )
I checked the Dutch, German and Spanish website and they all feature the same price ( 1149 ).
2 days ago it was 949.
I am very sure of this...

Well, i will send an email to Dell to find out what happend!
Maybe trouble for nothing but i like to know for what i spend 200 euro extra.

 

So, just an update. The Technicians that sent out the 5850 somehow managed to send the GTX 260 to me instead. On the phone now they're trying again..

The tech i'm speaking with however is very adamant about it being a downgrade rather than an upgrade. (he says from personal experience playing with the card).

So once again another rep throwing us a curve ball.

 

Wow really? That sucks man. So to clarify, the Dell rep said the 5850 was a downgrade?

 

Yeah according to him he doesn't see any performance benefits and actually tried to talk me out of the exchange. (he processed it anyway) but it of course now raises the question as to why he would make that claim if it was unfounded.

Once again we wait and we see. Hopefully that other member gets his M15x today and can at least give us some hints as to its potential.

 

I have chatted/spoken to many dell reps in the UK (and US) and they have all said it is GDDR5.

 

And its been confirmed all over this board by DELL_Bill/Chris but the US/Canada reps seem to still think its DDR3.

Either way I'm only concerned with real world application and true confirmation from a member that its DDR5. If it is what it should be then we should see an increase in performance near to that of an overclocked GTX 260M if not better. Not a decrease in performance.

My GTX 260M with Stock voltage hit 13210 3dMarks Others have hit 13300+ if it doesn't beat those numbers without overclock then its not really worth the upgrade rather than for DX11 support.

Fingers Crossed.

 

Laptop graphics card comparison: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870, 5850, 5730, 5650, 5470 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M, GTX 260M, GTS 360M, GT 330M, 310M | towards the optimal laptop

Here is a nice little comparison, not sure about how reliable the source is but take it for what it is.

 

Well if those comparisons are accurate, it looks like even the GDDR3 version of the 5850 is still an upgrade over the 260M (according to Vantage). But who knows in the "real world" tests.

 

There are two GTX260 versions on that chart. One from some Acer and one from the M15x, the M15x scored higher. And My system scored a 6k in GPU for Vantage. So. its still weaker if not on par with the GTX 260M which isn't really worth the hastle of an upgrade.

 

Oh, ok I see. I didn't realize there were two GTX260M cards tested. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

 

So by 2PM EST I should have a new Dispatch Number with a proper part, once again we'll see how that goes. lol. Sometimes these guys make me laugh... a painful laugh that's more like crying.

 

I haven't checked the whole thread, but does the 5850 come with DDR5 RAM? Alienware's site doesn't say.

 

Haha that's the question everyone is wondering about. Hopefully a user or two will get their orders in soon and our minds can all be laid to rest. (Or not if it turns out to be DDR3)

 

Nobody knows for sure although it's been confirmed to be DDR5 by some Dell workers attending the forum.

 

@hitokiri1 well those benches your comparing since the M15x gtx 260 scores higher than other systems with the 5850. wouldn't you be able to believe it would score higher with the 5850 as it has shown vs asus and the like i've always believe that dell gives more power to the system to not bottleneck anything for power(except some cases for throttling) some im still hopeful for a 13k stock score at least or my personal high score in 06(13329).