My laptop specs

[Fun498]

Well I'm getting a laptop mostly to work on FM. I spent a lot of time doing research and a lot of people here gave me good advice. In the end I decided to stick to Dell since I trust them and I have a 3 1/2 year PC from them that is still very fast and runs smooth. I made sure that all of the components were high quality and talked a long time to componies on the phone. It has 4GB DDR3 ram, a 2.66ghz dual core processer, and a 1GB video card.It should run Crysis maxed and all of the components are the highest quality and architecture. It also has an HDMI out, so I can finally play FM/GZ and other games on a big screen! Here are the full specs:

Item Number Quantity Item Description


224-5210 1 XPS 1640, Intel Core 2 Duo T9550(2.66GHz/1066Mhz FSB/6M L2 Cache)
320-7330 1 Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish with Leather XPS 1640
311-9487 1 4GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz 2 Dimm forXPS 1640
320-7328 1 16.0 inch Wide Screen 16:9 720p HD WLED LCD, W/2.0 MP, XPS 1640
330-4424 1 ATI Mobility RADEON M96XT - 1GB
341-7911 1 250GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
420-9319 1 Microsoft Windows Vista with SP1 Home Premium Edition 64-bit Edition English
330-1917 1 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP XPS 1640
420-6576 1 DELL WELCOME,Software Dimension/Inspiron
420-9100 1 Dell Dock Consumer
463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
420-6436 1 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
420-7938 1 Dell Connect 2.1
421-0092 1 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
421-0323 1 Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface
421-0187 1 Dell Support Center Software 64 Bit 2.0
420-9691 1 DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
430-2600 1 Integrated 10/100 Network Card
410-1883 1 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
313-7054 1 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive for XPS1640
420-9850 1 Roxio 10.2 DE
420-9334 1 Cyberlink PowerDVD DX 8.2 for DVD
313-4783 1 Integrated High Definition Audio 2.2
430-3478 1 Intel 5100 Wireless-N (1x2) Half Mini-Card
410-2089 1 McAfee Sapphire MUI, 24-Month
312-0811 1 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion P Primary Battery, for XPS 1640
412-1397 1 No Productivity Software requested
950-3338 1 2 Year Limited Warranty
993-3488 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year(s)
993-3487 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
986-0561 1 Third Party At HomeService, 24x7 TechnicalSupport, 1 Year Extended
992-4500 1 Third Party At HomeService, 24x7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year
902-0941 1 Warranty Support,1 Year Extended
960-8710 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
412-0360 1 Soft Contracts - Banctec
988-7707 1 2GB DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 FOR SDO/DIM/INS/XPS
988-0099 1 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe Online
420-9518 1 DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 2GB FOR DIM/INS/XPS
330-0171 1 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks
320-7615 1 Premium HD Display, Obsidian Black, Leather, 2 MP Webcam
420-8223 1 Dell Video Chat
420-9699 1 Facial Recognition Sensible Vision
421-0464 1 Dell Webcam,1.2
310-8628 1 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System
330-1757 1 Intel Centrino 2 Label
420-9800 1 Dell Remote Access free basic to access your PCs from outside your home
993-1919 1 Dell Remote Access, free basic service - access your PCs and files from outside your home

[fude]

Looking the basic specs I think it is well balanced. 1GB for the graphics is a bit overkill for an onboard card that is on the same level as 4670, 512 would be just enough. But that's not really a problem, more the better! HDMI-out is a great addition, just wondering if it's going to give full 1080p out of it.

AND OH MY GOD BLACK HIGH GLOSS FINISH WITH LEATHER (?) FUK YEAH!

[GZ Guy]

what is the price??

[Fun498]

Thanks for the comments It does output 1080p. I'm so excited to look at FM and all of my other games on my TV that I got at the end of last year. The battery life is only 4 hours or so, but I don't know if that is upgradable or good. The price with PC mover(I added it after that email) was about 16K, so I spent about what I originally thought, but much more than I thought after a little research. I was only going to go for 2.2ghz, but this will last a lot longer.

Also I modified the original post. Its 4GB DDR3 ram, it says so in the stats. To me at least that sounds a little overkill as I don't ever fully use all of my 3GB of DDR2 in my PC. Again, it will probably last me a while. The only thing I had to compromise on was the screen. I'm stuck with a ,little over 720P when I could have had 1080p, but it was $250 more and I have an extra computer moniter when I want more detail and a brand new TV, so it shouldn't matter. 720P should look fine, right. I'm running 1280x1080x now, the 4:3 equivalent of 1080p. I'm excited about widescreen though-until I think that FM forums are going to be an even smaller line down the center of the screen. I already have more of the skull and bat pattern than the text.

This sounds like it should be able to play Crysis on high settings, but the review site I read on the 4670(Is there any noticible difference in this) said they only got 16 frames a second or so on max settings. Of course they didn't list their processer or Ram, or even for that matter if it was the 1GB version of the card. 1GB is opnly in the Nvidia 9800. The stats are about comprable to a 9500 except the memory. I thought that an 8800 could run Crysisi maxed, so I'm a bit confused on that, but I should get at least high quality. Also, does anyone know if PC mover will install all of my installed games, 3DS max, and Photoshop on the laptop? I was going to use an external hardrive to copy over the C drive, but I can at least deselect all of the files that aren't mine so they don't move over, and it is a lot quicker overall. I am pretty sure that Office and Word won't move, but how close about will everything be to my PC? I think that if it copies the entire game directory, the game should be installed, but I don't know about if anything else has to be done for a new PC. Thanks

[fude]

4GB Ram is not an overkill. You can never have too much RAM, seriously, it's really good to have it. I've also heard Vista being a terrible ram muncher.

720p on a 16" will look brilliant. As long as the screen is under 24", there is practically no worries not to have full HD.

Radeon 4670 is indeed an entry-level card and you will be likely to make some compromises with Crysis.

[Fun498]

Thanks. I forgot about Vista with the Ram thing. It will probably help al lot, its just that right now my PC runs smooth with only 3GB of DDR2, so this should be fine. Is there any safe overclocking or adjustments to the graphics card that can help? I've never had a Radeon, so I don't know much about them. Thanks. It should be quite a bit better than my Geforce 8600 right? I think that only has 256mb.

[GZ Guy]

its not about how much video memory you have , its about how well the gfx card will proform with nvida cards its easy the 1st number which is the series number usally corisponds with how much memory it has and how well it will multitask, the second number the sub sersies ueally will corispond with how well it will game. how ever it will still need high shaders and memory to run new games so a 1900 wouldnt work. so a 9900 would be the best gfx card you could get in the 9000 serices I think they have moved onto like gts 320 now a whole new system i will figure out, how ever really what is the price on this computer, Also onboard gfx cards will always suck and never out proform dedicated.

[Fun498]

The price with PC mover(I added it after that email) was about 1.6K, so I spent about what I originally thought, but much more than I thought after a little research.

I already answered that. I'll go look up the exact price. Edit: with all the warranties and everything listed in the original post, exactly 1587. Oops I had forgot a decimal point. fixed above

[GZ Guy]

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220483 that would run crysis

[Wolfie]

this would run cyrsis times 4 haha
but its a desk top
www.alienware.com/products/area-51-m15x-notebook.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51M15X-AI1&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT <<thats a laptop

ALX® X58

Processor: Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme 3.86 GHz 8MB Cache
Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black
AlienFX®: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Terra Green
Alienware P2 Chassis Upgrades: Alienware® High-Performance Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Power Supply: Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Graphics Processor: Dual 1,792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295
Video Optimizer: AlienAdrenaline v1.0: Video Performance Optimizer
Memory: 24GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz – 6 x 4096MB
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved Intel® X-58 Motherboard- Socket 1366 Core i7 Ready, Dual Triple Channel DDR3 Memory
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 512GB (2 x 256GB) Solid State Drive
Optical Drives : Single Drive Configuration - 6x Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Enthusiast Essentials: Killer Xeno Pro
Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Additional Monitors: 30" 3007WFP-HC 2560 x 1600p (12ms)

Keyboard: Gaming Keyboard - Logitech® G15 Keyboard
Mouse: Gaming Mouse - Razer Lachesis™ 4000dpi Laser Gaming Mouse - Phantom White
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
AlienRespawn: AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD – Windows Vista® Edition
Power: CyberPower® Intelligent LCD 1500VA GreenPower™ UPS
Cables & Accesories: Monster® Cable"it™ Cable Organizer
Network Cables: 12ft Monster Cable® Advanced High Speed Ethernet Cable
Video Cables & Accessories: 4 ft. Monster® Ultra Series 600 HDMI® to DVI Video Cable
Power Plan: High Performance

Subtotal: $11,475.00
Shipping & Handling:$245.90
Estimate Tax & Shipping
Tax:11,025.58
Order Total:$12,746.48
ROFL

[GZ Guy]

uhhh i knew aliean wear over priced but not that bad.

[Wolfie]

they have good stuff but yea i wouldnt pay that much lol
i could get a used car for that

but financed it was $306/m

[sensay]

A huge part of the cost of that computer is the 2 x 256GB solid state drives! 0.0

[hzac]

I seriously just jizzed my pants. Alienware is awesome

[GZ Guy]

it will be outdated in 12 months lol

[fude]

Jul 1, 2009 19:49:06 GMT -5 sensay said:

A huge part of the cost of that computer is the 2 x 256GB solid state drives! 0.0

Okey yeah, that explains. SSDs cost like hell. Right now they're for extreme intended use and for the biggest geeks trying to squeeze the last of their egobooster. In a few years they'll pass HDD.

hzac