I am about to buy another Alienware laptop in order to replace my M15x as I am not happy with the black levels and lack of HDMI - in, and with the release of this year AW laptops, prices of the M17x R2 and M18x R1 have dropped to my budget range (700-1300) so I am planning to replace it on this months, however, I would like to ask you guys some questions first:
-) Can you guys with M17x R2 (RGB)- M18x R1 and R2 tell me the black levels of your screen? Just search in google for a black wallpaper and then compare it with the monitor's black bezel and tell me how close the blacks in the wallpaper compare to the bezel. Pictures are appreciated :D.
-) Can you guys with NVIDIA (easier to do) cards try this? http://forum.notebookreview.com/alie...resh-rate.html. This is basically a way to overclock your screen refresh rate. I got my M15x to a stable 120hz which have not gave me any problems yet. I would like to know if those laptops can get to 120hz (or 90hz at least) too as 60hz feels really laggy now, in worst case scenario (for this test), you will have to do a hard restart so no worries about bricking your laptop.
-) What do you guys recommend me? My priority list would be something like this: 1) Black levels 2) Refresh rate 3) Fast CPU for Console emulation 4) HDMI-In
As far as I know, with the M18x R1(from M15x), I would be getting: Battery Life, Sata III, Sandy bridge, 18 inches, Wireless HDMI, HDMI -in, don't care about SLI but I prefer big laptops.
With the M17x R2 i would only be getting a better and bigger screen which doesn't seem much, however, all the benefits from the m18x doesn't matter if I cant enjoy my gaming because of the screen quality.
TBH, I was really happy with my M15x, and even happier when I discovered how to increase the screen's refresh rate. However, I spent some months with my cousin who has a Sony bravia TV (dunno what model) and when I played with that TV as a monitor, all my games looked so good that I wasn't able to enjoy gaming in my laptop as much which is why I want to replace it. So, please help me as THIS IS DRIVING ME INSANE!
Thank you in advance and sorry for my English.
-) Can you guys with M17x R2 (RGB)- M18x R1 and R2 tell me the black levels of your screen? Just search in google for a black wallpaper and then compare it with the monitor's black bezel and tell me how close the blacks in the wallpaper compare to the bezel. Pictures are appreciated :D.
-) Can you guys with NVIDIA (easier to do) cards try this? http://forum.notebookreview.com/alie...resh-rate.html. This is basically a way to overclock your screen refresh rate. I got my M15x to a stable 120hz which have not gave me any problems yet. I would like to know if those laptops can get to 120hz (or 90hz at least) too as 60hz feels really laggy now, in worst case scenario (for this test), you will have to do a hard restart so no worries about bricking your laptop.
-) What do you guys recommend me? My priority list would be something like this: 1) Black levels 2) Refresh rate 3) Fast CPU for Console emulation 4) HDMI-In
As far as I know, with the M18x R1(from M15x), I would be getting: Battery Life, Sata III, Sandy bridge, 18 inches, Wireless HDMI, HDMI -in, don't care about SLI but I prefer big laptops.
With the M17x R2 i would only be getting a better and bigger screen which doesn't seem much, however, all the benefits from the m18x doesn't matter if I cant enjoy my gaming because of the screen quality.
TBH, I was really happy with my M15x, and even happier when I discovered how to increase the screen's refresh rate. However, I spent some months with my cousin who has a Sony bravia TV (dunno what model) and when I played with that TV as a monitor, all my games looked so good that I wasn't able to enjoy gaming in my laptop as much which is why I want to replace it. So, please help me as THIS IS DRIVING ME INSANE!
Thank you in advance and sorry for my English.