Alienware M11x Demos Left 4 Dead 2

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