Dell Alienware M15X

Aptly named, the Dell Alienware M15x is certainly a gaming monster with a 15-inch screen. Aside from its monster-like façade, the Dell Alienware has some monster specifications, especially with its Intel Core i5 processor. Now this is certainly worth the $1,199 price tag.

Especially designed for the gaming aficionado, the Dell Alienware M15x initially came out with the Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 driving its system. The Core 2 was already a powerful processor and it left behind other laptops in its class. To be competitive with other gaming laptops, the Dell Alienware M15x has been outfitted with the Intel Core “I” technology.

In terms of processors, one can choose between the Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 processors, with the Intel Core i5 being the less powerful of the two. Despite this fact, the Core i5 processor still packs one mean punch. If the Intel Core i7 processor is the current ruler of processors, then the Intel Core i5 is definitely its next in command. With the Core i7 processors gaining a lot of attention, it would also be fitting for the Intel Core i5 to receive an accolade of its own.

The Dell Alienware M15x with the Intel Core i5 processor comes in the following units: the Intel Core i5-540M or the Intel Core i5-520M processors. Both of their respective CPUs run with two cores. However, one could outrun other dual core processors, even its predecessors. Even with the i5 processor, this is one reason why the Dell Alienware M15x is a behemoth in the gaming world. This laptop is also set to becoming one of hardcore gamers’ favorites, especially if their pockets are not deep enough to acquire a similar laptop with the Intel Core i7 processor.

The Intel Core i5 that is integrated in the Dell Alienware M15x has a nifty feature: the Intel Turbo Boost technology. This allows any Intel Core i5 processor to clock at a faster rate when doing hefty processing jobs. The 2.4 GHz Intel Core i6-520M is capable of turbo boosting of up to 2.93 GHz while the Intel Core i5-540M could increase its speed to up to a maximum to 3.06 GHz.

While the processing specifications are commendable, the Dell Alienware M15x’s chassis is very elegant. One has a choice of picking the Red Nebula, Lunar Shadow and Cosmic Black designs.

Now that we know that the Dell Alienware M15x has a powerful processor and a sleek exterior. What else is there? This laptop is loaded with 4 GB of random access memory, guaranteeing superior performance even when one is accessing memory-hungry applications. This is supported by the backup graphics for hardcore games. Rendering heavy graphics becomes quite an easy task, especially with the graphics card. The Dell Alienware M15x comes with 1 GB of VRAM in the Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M.

In terms of storage, the Dell Alienware M15x can contain up to 250 GB of digital files. If storage is inadequate, thought, one can use the integrated BD-ROM/DVD/-RW drive to burn those excess heavy files. The Core i5 also comes a full HD display with a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. This may not be of great benefit to gamers but this resolution is more than adequate for those multimedia editors.

Specs
Central Processing Unit	2.4-GHz Intel Core i5-520QM with Turbo Boost
	2.53-GHz Intel Core i5-540QM with Turbo Boost
Read Access Memory	4 GB
Storage Drive	SATA 250GB Hard Drive 7,200 rpm
Optical Drive	BD-ROM/DVD /-RW
Display Size	15.6 inches
Native Resolution	1920 x 1080
Dimension	14.9 x 12.2 x 1.9 inches
Graphics Card	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M with 1 GB VRAM
Weight	9.0 pounds

Pros
As powerful as it is, the Dell Alienware M15x with Intel Core i5 is still less powerful than the Dell Alienware M15x with Intel Core i7. Nevertheless, the Dell Alienware M15x with Intel Core i5 is still more than acceptable than other gaming laptop around.

The Dell Alienware M15x with Intel Core i5 offers spectacular graphics, a Blu-ray ready drive and an amazing and full HD display.

Cons
The Dell Alienware M15x can still do a lot better in the audio department. Its audio system plays beautiful sounds but only at an adequate level. Plus, portability is an issue. The Dell Alienware M15x is heavy at nine pounds.

Conclusion
Even with its steep price tag, the Dell Alienware M15x is still considered an excellent gaming laptop. You won’t regret choosing the Dell Alienware M15x for your entertainment and computing needs.

ATI Radeon HD5790 The World's Fastest Graphics Card

ATI Radeon HD5790

 

We recently announced the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, the fastest graphics card on the planet¹. It’s been an exciting few months with our launch of the first DirectX 11 capable graphics cards, still the only cards in the world to support gaming over three monitors enabled with ATI Eyefinity Technology. This time around, we’re spicing up ultrahigh-end PC gaming with a massive jump in raw performance.
It has really been a huge privilege to be the product manager for the ATI Radeon HD 5970 since we get to work with some of the best hardware and software engineers in the industry and everyone’s been enthusiastically working around the clock to get this product out to you guys. One of the unique facets of this project was that we weren’t necessarily designing towards a strict product definition, but instead had the freedom to go a little wild in overdesigning and over-engineering this board to create something that can overclock like crazy.² Why did we do this? Let me give you a little glimpse of this monster in the making…
When we were first designing the ATI Radeon HD 5970, we came to a crossroads surrounding the board’s power consumption. We had two major options available to us. On one hand, we could cap ourselves at 300W and stay within the PCI Express specification. In doing so, we would stay compatible with the majority of the high-end power supplies in the market with 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors. On the other hand, we had the potential to fill a 400W power budget with performance, so we were considering using two 8-pin connectors and pushing this thing to its limits.
Ultimately, we went with a hybrid approach. We decided to appeal to the broader market and use a 6-pin + 8-pin power connector, but use the components from the 400W board design. We squeezed as much performance as we could out of the 300W, and left all the rest of the headroom as overclocking potential for you guys. It’s kind of like our Black Edition CPUs, where the premium chips are picked and shipped with unlocked multipliers so that you guys can overclock the @#$* out of them.
To give you an idea of some of the stuff that we’ve purposely over-engineered, here’s a few examples of some of the components we added purely for overclocking:

• The GPUs themselves were picked with three main criteria in mind:
  • 1600 stream processors for full performance
  • High-speed-capable for extra overclocking headroom
  • Low leakage for better power characteristics
• Digital Volterra Regulators that are capable of delivering far more current than the board draws at default settings
• Japanese 47 μF pure ceramic capacitors for ultra-clean power delivery to the GPUs
• High-speed 5.0 Gbps-rated GDDR5
• Massive vapor-chamber capable of pulling up to 400W worth of heat away from the GPUs
• External discrete SMSC fan controller to monitor multiple temperatures and optimize fan performance and acoustics

We’ve built all of this headroom into the board itself, and we’re also doing some special stuff in the software as well. The bar in the ATI Overdrive™ utility goes higher than ever before, and we’re working with some of our AIB partners on software that will unlock even more overclocking potential through voltage tweaking applications.
Note: AMD’s product warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking, even when overclocking is enabled via AMD Software.  As well, unlike previous generations of ATI Radeon graphics cards, the overclocking potential of the ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics card has been left uncapped. You control the amount of overclocking to which you subject your card. Please use discretion and caution when overclocking.
^{1. As of November 18, 2009, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5790 scores X12011.1 in 3DMark Vantage Extreme preset, which is the highest recorded single-card score.  System configuration: Intel Core i7 965 processor @ 3.33GHz, Gigabyte EX58-UD5 motherboard, Corsair XMS 6GB memory (3x2GB) at 1600MHz (8-8-8-24 timings), Windows 7 RTM x64, ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 1GB GDDR5, Drivers: ATI Catalyst™ 9.10  Beta (8.663.1) / NVIDIA ForceWare 191.07WHQL}

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AMD Phenom II X4 960T details

AMD will soon be releasing it's six core Phenom II X6 CPUs, codenamed "Thuban". The processors are very similar to "Istanbul" based Opterons that have been on the market for more than 9 months now. Together with "Thuban" six-core processsors also come Phenom II X4 "T" processors, codenamed "Zosma".

The Phenom II X6 will feature 6MB of L3 cache and six cores, together with a new feature that is similar to Intel's Turbo Boost technology, although the details aren't known yet.

What is currently more obscure are the new Phenom II X4 "T" processors. SiM industry sources close to us have indicated that the new processors will be based on the same cores as the Phenom II X6, so they likely can be unlocked in to full six cores - if you're lucky - and should feature the same 6MB of L3 cache and Turbo Boost like technology.
There will be two models available, Phenom II X4 960T running at 3.3GHz and the 940T running at around 3GHz. These clock speeds are without the Turbo functionality activated.
These new models will be available alongside some previous non-T Phenom II X4 models but will replace the aging Phenom II X4 965 in the high-end.
More details on pricing of these new CPUs as it becomes available.

Details about the 1000T series Phenom II X6 have been leaked earlier.

Update: Pricing and more details on the Turbo Core techonology.