jameskirstylou said:I didnt see a laptop forum so i posted in here..
Well we have just moved in with my GF's parents down in Nottingham, so with her mum, dad, 3 sisters, brother, their 2 cats, their dog, our 2 cats and 5 kittens.....
Ive been told there isnt room for my gaming rig
so after some thought i persuaded her to give me budget to buy a laptop
I had some choices i will list them below :
The Rock Xtreme 770
The Dell XPS M1710
The Alienware Area-51 m9750
After thinking about the choices i obviously thought i want some really good gaming on this machine, i checked out the direct x 10 mobile cards, and the "Rocks xtreme 770" has a m8700 GPU, looking into it it was quite a bit less powerfull than a dx9 7950gtx, and it looks pretty basic.
Now seeing what alienware had to offer me a week ago which was the "m9700" or the pricey "mALX" i swayed towrds the "Dell XPS m1710" , i loved the look of it, the lights, the colour and the 7950 gtx seemed very powerful, even tho a m8800 maybe coming out soon i cant se it until atleast christmas, and then the laptop manufactuers have to add them to there systems.
I went processed an order and was quite excited, 2 days later the order hadnt gone through yet. I did more research and then BAM !
Alienware had just announced the "Area-51 m9750" was avalible to order, i decided this was the one for me and i have gone ahead and ordered it.
Area-51® m9750
Display: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology - Stealth Black
Operating System: Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium - English
TV Tuner: None
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 2.33GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Graphics Processor : Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX - SLI Enabled
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: Extreme Performance - RAID 0 - 320GB (160GB x 2) 7200 RPM SATA
Optical Drive: 8x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24x CD-RW Combo with Nero Software
Sound Hardware: Intel® High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with surround sound
Keypad: Mobile Keypad - English
Optional Mouse: Razer Diamondback Mouse
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® Device
Warranty: AlienCare 1-Year Free Phone 24/7 and Collect & Return
Security Software: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Professional - 12 month subscription Included!
Mobile Transport: Alienware® Odyssey Backpack
Headphones: Alienware® Ozma 5™ Headphones
MP3 Player: Creative® Zen V Plus
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Ceramic Mug - Black
Alienware Extras: Alienware® T-Shirt - FREE!
Alienware Extras: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - £50 Value - FREE!
Alienware Extras: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager - FREE!
Alienware Extras: Custom Alienware® fUnc Mousepad - FREE!
Although i will be sad to see my AMDx2 4200 and GF 7900 GS 512mb rig go, i am pretty excited and although a high power m8800 maybe on the horizon late this year / early next im pretty sure this will hold its own for quite a while.
Ill be sure to post lots of pictures when i get it from the huuuuge boxes to the pretty small details. This is my 1st Alienware as i normally build my own rigs.
I recently ordered a gaming laptop as well. There's not enough space for me to drag my desktop and monitor downstairs so I've got a laptop ordered to let me play games while I'm sat on the couch and my wife's watching TV.
Spec is similar to yours but as it's an XPS M1710 there's only the one 7950GTX, but I have a buray drive instead
Display: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD
Operating System: Vista Ultimate
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 2.33GHz
Graphics Processor : 512MB NVidia® GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB
HD: 160GB 7200RPM
Optical Drive: Bluray Drive
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth
Warranty: 2 Years on site
Headphones: Dell Bluetooth headphones
Grand total was £1737 inc VAT and delivery, which I'm very happy with as it's a big saving off the online pricing.
Oh, you do know that SLI is unsupported under Vista just now ?