Hey Everyone,
I think I've finally persuaded the wife to *let* me get a new laptop, and I've fallen in love with the Alienware M11x (it's so teeny tiny and SOOOO sexy lol) - i needed something ultraportable for work/study as well as something capable of running games (MMO's like LOTRO or the occasional CoD fest whilst away from home) on decent(ish) settings.
So, the M11x ticks all the boxes.
Now, despite looking at all the various sites comparing graphics cards etc. i am still struggling to get a *feel* for where the laptop will sit in terms of performance compared to my existing Home PC's.
Potential Purchase:
Alienware M11x Stealth Black
Intel® Core™ i5 2467M 1.6GHz (3MB Cache)
1GB DDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M
4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
Current Systems:
*Older* Base Unit
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Gigabyte GV-R465OC-1GI Radeon HD 4650 Graphics Card
3GB (3 x 1GB ) DDR DIMM 400Mhz RAM
*Main* Base Unit
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Asus 1GB Radeon HD 5670PCI-E 2.1 HDMI
4GB Crucial (2GB x2) DDR2 RAM
I know i don't exactly have the best/sexiest kit at home, but my Base Unit can run the games mentioned above on High, looks decent enough on a nice monitor and has served me well for years - and the *old* base unit can run everything on low, and has allowed the wife and i to game together, so no real complaints there.
What i would like, is the feedback from the community here as to where the M11x will sit in terms of performance. From my (admittedly non-expert research) it looks like it will be miles more powerful than the *Old* base unit, and approximately as powerful as my *Main* unit. If this is the case then it could be really useful to potentially replace the *Old* unit completely - and plug in a USB keyboard/mouse/monitor to play when i am at home (as a very mini desktop replacement potentially...) and then i can simply unplug it all when out on my travels.
Is all this making sense? Or has this wall of text stopped making sense a while ago? lol
Thanks al!
- HG
I think I've finally persuaded the wife to *let* me get a new laptop, and I've fallen in love with the Alienware M11x (it's so teeny tiny and SOOOO sexy lol) - i needed something ultraportable for work/study as well as something capable of running games (MMO's like LOTRO or the occasional CoD fest whilst away from home) on decent(ish) settings.
So, the M11x ticks all the boxes.
Now, despite looking at all the various sites comparing graphics cards etc. i am still struggling to get a *feel* for where the laptop will sit in terms of performance compared to my existing Home PC's.
Potential Purchase:
Alienware M11x Stealth Black
Intel® Core™ i5 2467M 1.6GHz (3MB Cache)
1GB DDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M
4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
Current Systems:
*Older* Base Unit
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Gigabyte GV-R465OC-1GI Radeon HD 4650 Graphics Card
3GB (3 x 1GB ) DDR DIMM 400Mhz RAM
*Main* Base Unit
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Asus 1GB Radeon HD 5670PCI-E 2.1 HDMI
4GB Crucial (2GB x2) DDR2 RAM
I know i don't exactly have the best/sexiest kit at home, but my Base Unit can run the games mentioned above on High, looks decent enough on a nice monitor and has served me well for years - and the *old* base unit can run everything on low, and has allowed the wife and i to game together, so no real complaints there.
What i would like, is the feedback from the community here as to where the M11x will sit in terms of performance. From my (admittedly non-expert research) it looks like it will be miles more powerful than the *Old* base unit, and approximately as powerful as my *Main* unit. If this is the case then it could be really useful to potentially replace the *Old* unit completely - and plug in a USB keyboard/mouse/monitor to play when i am at home (as a very mini desktop replacement potentially...) and then i can simply unplug it all when out on my travels.
Is all this making sense? Or has this wall of text stopped making sense a while ago? lol
Thanks al!
- HG