Alienware launched yesterday the M17 gaming notebook, featuring a 17-inch display, ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU technology, and Intel’s quad core processor.
The Alienware M17 notebook can be configured with dual ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 512MB graphics cards, the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 CPU, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, up to 1 terabyte of storage using dual 500GB hard drives, a Blu-Ray reader, 1920×1080 display, and optional HDTV tuner.
The Alienware Area-51 m17x 17-inch gaming laptop is now available. The notebook sports dual Nvidia GeForce video cards, up to 1TB of storage space, and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors.
The m17x features a 17″ display supporting 1080p (1920-by-1200 pixels) high definition resolution. The screen is managed by dual Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX, 8700M GT or 8600M GT dedicated graphics cards operating in SLI mode. The laptop comes with a 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Extreme processor, up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, and up to 1000GB of hard drive capacity using two 500GB HDD units. In addition, a hot-swappable third hard drive can be inserted into SmartBay, which is populated by default with a DVD burner or Blu-ray optical drive. This system is also configurable with a 64GB solid state drive and 1GB Intel Turbo Memory.
Alienware released the Release Candidate 1 version of the X32 BIOS for its Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch gaming notebook. The RC1 resolves any remaining performance issues left open by the previous X30 beta version, the company has announced.
The resolved problems in the m15x are related to its video card getting too hot and downclocking to reduce temperature, which also reduced gaming performance.
Alienware has created and will distribute a beta BIOS update for its Area-51 m15x gaming notebook, in order to resolve overheating and performance problems reported by users.
While playing games, the video card in the m15x with the default BIOS version overheats after a certain period of time and then underclocks to keep itself cool, resulting in unsatisfactory gaming performance, according to forum posts at NotebookReview.
The Alienware Area-51 m15x, the first 15.4-inch notebook in the U.S. market with the Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX video card, is now available for purchase.
The recently announced Area-51 m15x gaming laptop is based on the Intel PM956 chipset and comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Extreme mobile processor, depending on customer’s choice. The incorporated Nvidia’s top of the line GeForce 8800M GTX mobile graphics card has 512MB of dedicated video memory. The “world’s fastest notebook GPU” is compatible with DirectX 10 games and manages the notebook’s 15.4″ 1920-by-1200 or 1440-by-900 widescreen display.
The Alienware Area-51 m17x and m15x gaming laptops, which incorporate the latest NVIDIA GeForce 8800M video cards, a feature called BinaryGFX for switching between integrated and dedicated graphics, and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors, will become available during the first quarter of 2008, the company announced yesterday.
The Alienware Area-51 m17x sports a 17-inch display supporting a 1080p (1920-by-1200 pixels) high definition resolution. The screen is managed by dual Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX or dual Nvidia 8700M GT graphics cards operating in SLI mode. This high-end laptop provides up to 640GB of data storage, plus an expandable Smart Bay hard drive option. The m17x ships with a Blu-Ray burner and supports up to 4GB system memory. In addition, it has the 1GB Intel Turbo Memory option for better system responsiveness. The Alienware’s upcoming notebook provides 802.11a/b/g/draft n wireless connectivity and an optional built-in TV tuner.
Nvidia prepares the release of the GeForce 8800M GTX video card for notebooks, the leaked Alienware’s laptop specifications revealed.
According to the information published on Alienware.com, the PC maker will unveil the 15.4-inch Area-51 m15x featuring the optional single Nvidia 8800M GTX and the 17-inch Area-51 m17x with an option of two of these video cards operating in SLI mode.
Alienware has launched the new AlienExchange Trade-in Program, allowing customers to trade in any number of electronic devices toward the purchase of new Alienware products.
The Trade-in Program allows anyone who is considering purchasing Alienware products the chance to increase their finances by trading in items such as desktop and notebook computers, servers, monitors, as well as gaming consoles, mobile phones, MP3 players, PDAs, cameras, camcorders and projectors, and home and car audio receivers.
Alienware has started to offer single and dual Samsung 320GB hard drive configurations in RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes in the 17-inch Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 notebooks, as well as a single Samsung 320GB configuration in the 15.4-inch Area-51 m5550 notebook.
“The Area-51 m9750 and Aurora m9700 are the industry’s first mobile systems to provide up to 640GB of hard drive space, while the Area-51 m9750 is the first to offer the combination of a 320GB hard drive and a 64GB solid state drive. As a result, Area-51 m9750 users can enjoy the best possible options in multiple hard drive formats,” the Alineware’s press release says.
Alienware today announced the overclocking option for the Intel Core 2 Duo processors incorporated in Area-51 m5790 and Area-51 m5550 gaming notebooks.
The company says the customers now can take advantage of higher processing performance without the higher price, when purchasing the 17-inch m5790 and 15.4-inch m5550.
Alienware Aurora m9700 gaming laptop has just been refreshed with new features such as 1GB of graphics memory and the new color options. The Aurora m9700 is now available with dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS graphics cards. In addition to Saucer Silver, the Aurora m9700 is now available in Conspiracy Blue and Cyborg Green color for additional $99.
Based on Alienware NVIDIA Mobile SLi chipset, this 17-inch widescreen notebook comes with one of the AMD Turion 64 Mobile processors with 1MB of L2 cache and with CPU speeds ranging from 1.8GHz to 2.4GHz. You can configure Alienware Aurora m9700 with 512MB, 1GB or 2GB DDR memory and with SATA hard drive from 60GB to 160GB. You can also have the m9700 with 320GB of storage space by configuring it with two 160GB HDDs.
The m9700 basic configuration includes single NVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS graphics card with 256MB of video memory, but you can also purchase it with SLI enabled Dual NVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS featuring 2x256MB or 2x512MB of graphics memory, for additional $400 and $600 respectively.
The Microsoft Windows Vista Capable Alienware Aurora m9700 comes with internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card, but there is also one wireless option for $150 – an internal 802.11b/g WiFi Card with Airgo MIMO Technology, which makes your wireless network connection “go faster, reach farther and work more reliably than ever”. The Aurora m9700 also has an integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet, a 56K V.92 modem and an integrated Bluetooth device, as same as optional integrated TV Tuner.
Depending on configuration, the Alienware Aurora m9700 costs from $1700 to almost $4000.
Alienware estimates that will start shipping this notebook from September 11th.
Alienware Aurora m9700 Notebook
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