Through this way, the PC performance can be improved temporarily for handling heavy loads. Maybe wait at least that long to prevent buying something with glaring issues?What is Turbo Boost? This is a technology used in some Intel CPUs to dynamically increase clock speed. So hopefully in the next week or two we will have early user information about them. I know the 21st was the day Sager would have them in hand.
I can't wait to see more specs of these new ones. These Sagers are lower prices than the previous Gen by a little bit so they're a decent bargain for the performance. I am never a proponent of waiting for tech unless its right around the corner. I don't think anyone can guarantee when the next revision of MXM mobile GPUs based on maxwell will be out. But most of that would be based on previous release information. I believe people speculate that the Maxwell MXM cards might come out as early as June, or could be October. There are some nice looking MSI slim chassis notebooks out their, and most of them should be available with maxwell now. Otherwise I would stick to a 15" If you really want the maxwell, don't need max performance and want to buy now, maybe it would be worth a look at the slimmer MSI models too. I don't know if I could handle a 13" laptop personally to game, maybe if I flew a lot for and needed something to read documentation or work on the plane. More performance with less heat should benefit that laptop. I haven't really read about them too much, but you gotta figure temps will come dwon with the maxwell hardware in it. I think the 13" unit has had heat issues in the past. If you need a supplemental laptop maybe look into a sager or msi with the soldered chip (when you look on xotic, the configuration will have no other options for GPUs) but most of them are single heatpipe design. The MXM slot cards 860m (4gb), 870m, and 880m are all keplers with modifications. Maxwell is available in the Soldered chip version of the 840, 850, 860m(2gb) as of what i read a week or two ago, I haven't looked much more. You really lose a lot in the step down from the i7. Good information, yeah the i5s are dual cores only. So you pay $500 extra for the warranty but they take care of you if you have an issue down the road. If I lost the ability to buy them refurbished with 25-35% off coupon codes I would go back to sager.īuying a new or refurb with a long warranty is a good idea with alienware, if you buy a laptop + 4 year warranty, in 3.5 years if the laptop dies from whatever, you call them up and they generally replace it with an equivalent tier in the newer model of the notebooks. I normally buy used or off of the refurbished outlet using coupon codes to keep it affordable. The m18x is an awesome machine, all metal, dual GPU, excellent cooling. The more you're spending, and the longer the warranty you buy the more wiggle room they have. If you need a supplemental laptop maybe look into a sager or msi with the soldered chip (when you look on xotic, the configuration will have no other options for GPUs) but most of them are single heatpipe design.Īs for alienware buying new is expensive, you gotta look for specials, deals, coupon codes, etc. build quality/cooling/reliability, etc.Ĭlick to expand.Maxwell is available in the Soldered chip version of the 840, 850, 860m(2gb) as of what i read a week or two ago, I haven't looked much more. Here is the sager model i was looking at: Wouldn't that also save power? same with the 860/870.
Do the processors necessarily have to be i7 to play the games? I don't see how an i5 would make that much of a difference playing games as to using an i7. so i guess it doesn't matter if i have a 860 or 870 since they will both be kepler.Īlso i was wondering about laptop processors. How is the cooling? Is it reliable? and how about the graphics card? I was interested in the 860m because i heard it was actually maxwell, but it seems that they are still kepler based. I was wondering about the build quality of the new msi laptops. Here are some laptops from msi, but looking mainly at the gt60. Specifically, i have been looking at the GT60 and np8258 from sager. I am looking at msi and sager after a few recommendations i got. Hi, i've been looking for some gaming laptops.