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Alienware M11x Demos Left 4 Dead 2

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Dell posted a brief history of the Alienware M11x a couple of days ago. It’s been on the papers for at least 5 years codenamed as “Phantom” but they never had the technology previously to release a small portable and powerful gaming laptop, until now, thanks to Intel’s CULV platform. (It’s using an unnamed Core 2 Duo processor and switchable Nvidia GT335M graphics, of course).

What I missed was a video below showing off Left 4 Dead 2 playing at around 50 FPS, at the native 1366 x 768 resolution, high settings with no AA. I’d say I’m stoked but I have no idea if that’s a good frame rate for this game. There have been many videos of the M11x posted from CES 2010 and I recall Xavier from Notebooks.com getting around 30 FPS in Modern Warfare 2.

So, we’ve got a price tag starting at $799 and an arrival in Spring sometime. I’ll pump out the specs again:

Alienware M11X specs:

  • 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 display
  • Intel CULV Core 2 Duo processor (not mentioned which)
  • Switchable Nvidia GT335M graphics (1GB RAM) - does not require restart
  • Backlit keyboard (customizable)
  • VGA, HDMI, FireWire, DisplayPort outputs
  • 3x USB, VGA, LAN,  Card reader, 2x headphone and 1x mic jacks
  • 6-cell Battery
  • 6.5 hour battery life (integrated graphics)
  • 2 - 2.5 hours (discrete graphics)
  • Weight: Just under 4 pounds
  • Colors: Black or Smoky Grey

Oh, and the official M11x promo video went up last week:

Source: Dell Blog

Posted 01/30/10 at 12:28 PM / Announcements 2 Comments

Tag(s): alienware m11x, alienware

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Reader Comments (2)

Andy 01/30 at 08:02 PM

I believe the processor will be the mid range SU4100 - I think there is a typo in this article as the U4100 doesn’t exist.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49304848,00.htm

Hope this sheds some light.

N8 03/02 at 04:37 AM

They do offer multiple processors, a dual core as well. I don’t know if that effects battery life though…

Spare a thought...

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