Sep 1, 2011
As summer starts coming to a close, and people start coming home from the beach, the CRAZY deals of the summer will soon be gone, and turned in to the marketing BLITZ that is Christmas. Like many of you I am a PC Enthusiast at heart, but can’t bring myself to pay top dollar for anything. I look for the best bang for my buck, and with abit of tweaking and...
Aug 31, 2011
Razer is best known for their competition level PC peripherals. Now Razor has joined the fray of competition grade Xbox 360 controllers. Although there are several other companies out there providing competition grade controllers, none of them carry the weight that Razer does. So what separates the Onza from the standard Xbox 360 controller. Well first off the...
Jun 27, 2011
“The DX11 Ultra Upgrade is a free visual improvement add-on introducing DirectX 11 support as well as a wealth of graphical improvements and performance optimization for both DX11 and DX9 API’s. When using the new “Ultra” spec, DX9 platforms will benefit from real-time local reflections and contact shadows. The owners of DX11 platforms, in...
Jun 7, 2011
This is a Tech Demo for Battlefield 3 to demonstrate the new engine in all it’s glory on a highend PC. If you’re a PC gamer, you HAVE to check this out.
May 1, 2011
We were asked by a few of our fans to benchmark Call of Duty: Black Ops on the Alienware m11x after posting the Crysis 2 benchmark. To our surprise the m11x CANNOT play Black Ops at acceptable frame rates. You can checkout the rest of our m11x coverage here: Alienware m11x Crysis 2 Benchmark: How to Upgrade the m11x: m11x Review Part 3: m11x Review Part...
May 1, 2011
Alienware m11x Crysis 2 Benchmark. Crysis 2 runs rather well on the m11x. Although you have to play it on the lowest quality settings, the game still looks fantastic. Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 @ 1.6Ghz 4GB Mushkin 1333 DDR3 Nvidia Geforce GT335 1GB Samsung 500GB 7200RPM HDD Be sure to checkout our full Crysis 2 PC Review...
May 1, 2011
We were asked by one of our fans to show them how to upgrade the RAM in the m11x. This video shows to open the bottom of the m11x, and where the upgradeable components are, and how to install the RAM. Hope this helps you all out. Good luck . Checkout our m11x Review here: Part 1: Part 2: Part...
May 1, 2011
This if the final part to Gamers Armada review of the Alienware m11x. In this part we benchmark Resident Evil 5, and Street Fighter IV. I’m happy to report that both of these games can be played at maximum settings flawlessly. Checkout the last part of the video for the overall conclusion of the m11x. Shout out to techdudz for catching when I said 7-8...
May 1, 2011
*UPDATE* Due to the various comments about the choice to keep some of the Crysis settings on high I went through and benchmarked the m11x again with all settings on Medium and Low. Medium resulted in an average framerate of 22FPS. Low averaged 32FPS. Low quality settings is the only way I can recommend playing Crysis on this machine. Stay tuned as I will...
May 1, 2011
Here you see the Alienware m11x being unboxed, and I go through the Alienware control panel to give you folks an idea of what this thing’s all about. These are the specs of the shipping model. Got it on sale for $599.99. Specs: Alienware M11x, Cosmic Black Overclockable Intel Core2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz (3MB Cache, 800MHz FSB) 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 at...
