Alienware M15x and M17x Notebooks with Nvidia 8800GTX Graphics Revealed

After reading this post I contacted a local Clevo retailer. They were cool with me posting the response they got back from their supplier after my query. Check this out:

"Some information has leaked from NVIDIA. The release date for November is unofficial and hasn’t been verified by Nvidia. There is a good chance this leaked information is correct - but regardless of whiether it is correct, it is *unofficial* and has not been released by Nvidia. Alienware had the cards available on their site for a shortwhile but have since taken it off, maybe an indication that they are unsure themselves.

Until we get an official press release or verified release date from our manufacturers (ie Clevo and NVIDIA), there isnt much we can say. Its speculation at this stage, no matter how correct this forum information may end up being."

 

Thank you for that information.

Now you can tell this unsure Clevo retailer that I don't care about them and they can go to HELL.

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Credits to IC1 for the Google Cache. Nice find! It seems he was the first with that idea...

 

oh btw..AW if you here reading this.... please please update the look of your laptops....help me, help you, understand how outdated/tired the AW look is now and its no longer a trademark look, just keep the lil alien head.

 

I think the look of the laptops is what made AW so popular. I'd love a good skull on my back lid

 

It's all in the marketing. Successful companies spend a lot of money on marketing. Alienware is very, very good at that.

 

Its just not very creative.... the mod community would ashamed to display something like this IMO, <-- and thats all it is, an opinion

 

If this is true...i'll crap my pants...i'll throw away my G1s in a heartbeat and buy this...

 

Seems like Killer Notebooks has/will be getting the 8800 as well. On this site
http://www.killernotebooks.com/executioner_sr/executionersr_order_page.html
I'm assuming that the 8800MX that they have is the 8800GTX and that they offer a Core 2 Penryn T9500 as well.

 

Theres going to be a 256 mb and 512 version. Guessing must be a ddr2/gddr3 deal.

 

That notebook is just a branded form of the Clevo M570RU/Sager NP5791, so it means that Clevo must be offering the 8800GTX in the M570RU.

 

Google Cached Page m17x

and

Google Cached Page m15x

 

The clocks look too high for there to be a DDR2 version, and I bet their dealing with so much heat as it is, a DDR2 would just be insane.

 

No ddr2 versions are not necessarily hotter than the gddr3 counterparts at stock speeds it just that gddr3 are more efficient and thus can clock higher while maintaining relatively lower gpu temps.

I got the info from a chinese website talking about the new alienwares. If the info is correct (they mention 256/512, no mention of ddr2 or gddr3 though) then its another thing milestone was right about in the 8800 info for the c90.

Though I mean if there are 2 versions it would make sense that would be the difference right? Isn't that the general trend in the difference in the ram sizes?

Also they mention that the gpu does have 112 stream processors.

 

looks nice

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9818566-1.html

 

At equal speeds, DDR2 RAM is hotter than GDDR3 RAM.

Not really, most often it's merely a marketing difference. DDR2 versions are made only for the lower cost. I would expect the 256mb and 512mb versions to be identical in every other respect.

 

Maybe a DDR3 and a DDR4?

 

Did some quick data gathering on nVidia cards...

I don't know squat about 'stream processors'...I never really knew
anything about vertex and pixel shaders other than more was better...

Based on the table below, is it safe to say that a single 8800m GTX
will outperform a single 7950 Go GTX and SLI 8800m GTX will outperform SLI
7950 Go GTX?

If that's true, this becomes a budget question for DX 9 vs DX 10
instead of a capability question...

Note: All the data was pulled from nVidia's page with the exception of
the 8800m GTX which was in Chaz's original post and I just guessed at the memory bandwidth and texture fill for the 8800m based on its similarity to other cards (if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...)...

 

I think it's very smart of AW to leak this info "by accident". It only helps to build up more hype and exposure for them. I really can't wait to see what happens on the 19th.

 

Yes I highly doubt that Alienware mistakenly put this info out in the open, leaking info is a great marketing tool and a great way to hype up the launch.

Those are some great pictures, I like the backlit keyboard' especially! Can't wait to see the whole machine.

 

Does anyone else think that they should be offering a WSXGA screen along with the other 2?

 

GREAT PIX :| !!!!

3 days left

-Jabriiiz

 

Yea, cant wait for the machine too...
-SKULLCAP 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology – Black
- Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 8800M GTX – SLI Enabled
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor X7900 2.8GHz – Extreme Edition (4MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
- 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
- Intel® Turbo Memory (1GB) – Accelerate Data Transfer Speed
- Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate
- Internal Digital/Analog (ATSC) MiniCard TV Tuner with Express Card Media Center Remote Control
- 400GB (200GB x 2) 7,200RPM (16MB Cache)
- 2x Blu-ray Writer/DVD±RW Burner
- Internal Wireless a/b/g/n with MIMO Technology
- External Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio Card
- Customizable AlienFX® Keyboard with Numeric Pad
- Alienware® Odyssey Backpack

My prefered config, for just $5,628.00 (lol dunno i can really afford that )

Just some questions:
- Do u think the Turbo memory is usefull, or just totally useless???
- Better a 2x8800GTX with a T7700, or 1x8800GTX with a x7900??
- Does somebody know what it will cost in Europe (much more i guess :s)

 

- AW sells it for 40$ , other companies for 30-35$. Chaz said he saw a slight improvement, also other people using the same apps saw a SMALL increase in loading speeds.But that's about it.
- 2x8800GTX witha T7700 should be more than enough to run everythig on max details and a decent resolution with NO lag.
- In europe it will cost more, be sure of that. I'd say 10-20% more.

 

forget the extreme if you were to go with that...its just a waste

 

Nope, the killernotebook is a lot more than simply rebranded. There's mods done internally. Techware labs did a article on their modded M570RU.

 

Their "mods" are marketing gimmicks at best.

 

bah more expensive in europe ... Lucky bastards lol

Ah i think i choose the T7700 + 2x8800GTX without the Turbo Memory (better more RAM i think )

 

ATI has some GPUs that have GDDR4 already (not yet for laptop though). I don't know if Nvidia has anything in similar...But if that is the case, could it be ATI will release new GPUs soon also ?

 

I wonder if for you dual sli 8800 people the cpu will become the bottleneck.

 

Not at 1920x1200 max details in modern games. In older games, certainly, but that's the case even for SLI 7950GTX or SLI 8700MGT (albeit to a lower extent). In newer games I bet the shader clock is the bottleneck.

 

not that technical :s

 

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache...es/area-51_m17x.aspx&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

have fun configuring it

Looks awesome. Can't wait to see the 15 inch model.

 

If that link from Killer Notebooks is valid ( http://www.killernotebooks.com/executioner_sr/executionersr_order_page.html), does that mean they already have the 8800 MX and Intel Penryn in the M570RU, or when you order will they make you wait because the haven't gotten those components yet.

Here's another 8800 Sli notebook (Sager NP9261/Clevo 901C), http://www.pcmicroworks.com/store/customize.php

 

Ha damn, google took the cached alienware pages off... cowards

 

If the Sager 5791 won't be able to upgrade to the 8800M GTX, I'm going to go avada kevadra on nvidia and sager`s @sses!

 

Ok, say I got it with the 8700gt (money stuff). Could I later upgrade it to the 8800gtx?

 

yes don't worry you will be able to upgrade if your laptop has an mxm3 or 4 slot. unless clevo or alienware somehow screws us by not releasing a compatible bios update for the cards there should be no problems.

 

It wont outperform the 7950GTX, it will annihilate it. One 8800 will more than likley outperform the 7950's in SLI as well.

 

For the love of God people...
THe 3dmark06 score will be a 9k single, 12 k SLI, since we are talking about a laptop.Maybe with a desktop processor and 4 gb 800 Mhz RAM it might even be a staggering 15k.However,they are all personal wishes
Only 2 more days...

 

I can't wait till see if they will come out on the 19th if they do and XOTIC PC has them for the Sager NP9261 then I am going to order two of them and install on my Sager 9261 . Do you think we need a bigger power supply for the Sager NP9261 if we update the video card?

 

9k single and 12k SLI? In 3DMark06 the 8700 gets roughly 4k single and 8k SLI. So SLI should give 18k if its 9,000 per card.

Eitherway, when the 8800M arrives the 7950GTX and 8700 will look like Voodoo 2's. With 32 stream processors the 8700m already pushs 3x the shading power of the 7950. The 8800M has 96 (or maybe even 112). So all that shading performance, plus more bandwidth than the 7950 = joy.

 

yea,right. Dudes , as I say,just wait 1 more day, and we`ll see exactly what the 8800M GTX is made off. Hopefully, gold

 

Sorry that I'm posting the same thing on two sites if you've already seen this...but this forum seems more active than the last one. Anyways, does anyone know if this will be available for order tomorrow, or does Alienware normally wait a little while after revealing something?

 

if they have the order pages ready, then I dont see why it shouldnt be available tomorrow.

 

Being able to order and having a delivery date this year are two different things. Sager resellers aren't even giving a estimate for this year, they have said nothing except they will have it some time in January or February next year. Theres also a lot of rumors that Nvidia gave dell/alienware exclusive selling rights for a few months. So all rumors aside all one can say is....wait till tomorrow

 

Anywho, according to the time difference, righ now for me it`s the 19th of Nov , 1:40 AM. But then Again, there's still a few hours till the 19th in Alienware land...

 

Well,it's the 19th of Nov in New York. No change on the AW site

 

they are probably not going to put it up until they show it off at the launch event.

 

I'm in NY too. Patiently waiting.

Glad I'm not alone.