Alienware M17x R4 Review (i7 3610QM/ AMD HD7970M)

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell June 15, 2012 Featured Announcement, Laptop / Mobile

Aliens V Predator has proved to be a big seller since the release and Sega have taken the franchise into new territory after taking it from Sierra. AVP is a Direct X 11 supported title and delivers not only advanced shadow rendering but high quality tessellation for the cards on test today.

To test the cards we used a 1080p resolution with DX11, Texture Quality Very High, MSAA Samples 1, 16 af, ambient occulsion on, shadow complexity high, motion blur on. We use this with most of our graphics card testing so cards are comparable throughout reviews.

This is one of the few laptop systems that can maintain smooth frame rates at 1080p with high image quality settings. The HD7970M is certainly a mobile powerhouse and delivers an average of 55 frames per second. Excellent results.

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15 comments

Davis
June 15, 2012 at 10:37 am

Well I never thought I would say it, but £1,700 is actually pretty good value for that machine. must be their best priced laptop in a long time. I might end up going for a 128GB SSD though as 64GB is borderline.
Brian
June 15, 2012 at 11:19 am

Thats a nice looking system. good pictures of the keyboard, is that the Star Trek font they use? lol.
Slash
June 15, 2012 at 11:23 am

What a spec, my dream laptop. The ivy bridge mobile processors look good, but not really such a huge advancement for Intel.

Shame they didnt use an AMD processor, but I suppose it wouldnt be popular.
WarrenUK
June 15, 2012 at 12:08 pm

Dell confuse me, some of their pricing upgrades are decent, like the HD7970 but the memory options can be excessive. the fact that this is easy to open makes me want to spec the memory as LOW as possible, then get some from amazon, like the corsair veageance (16gb for £100 on amazon for 1600mhz! 2x8gb!).

Can this computer take 8GB memory sticks?
Zardon
June 15, 2012 at 12:09 pm

Hi Warren, yes it can take 8gb memory sticks. go for it !
Seth
June 15, 2012 at 1:50 pm

I dont mind dell machines. (its basically dell) – but I think id opt for a precision with Quadro for work. The only concern i have is dell batteries, ive had three other machines now and all the batteries fail after a year.
WarrenUK
June 17, 2012 at 6:50 pm

I ordered one, now to deal with my wife 🙁
Alen
June 17, 2012 at 6:51 pm

You are mad buying one of these ! you could build one for much less ! alienware are a ripoff.
WarrenUK
June 17, 2012 at 6:52 pm

Dont talk nonsense, this isn’t a desktop system. you can’t make a laptop. half the parts aren’t widely available for a start.
Andrew I
July 8, 2012 at 3:25 pm

Yes there are cheaper options like the vortex 3 from pcspecialist but they look cheap compared to Alienware. This is also cheaper than an apple too and has better spec. I’m sold on it