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I am not aware of anything official but I guess we can create our own and make them official

Ahmed Mossam at bios-mods.com has uploaded an unlocked BIOS for the M15x, based on the Dell version A09. A very big thanks to him for his work!! Here's the link to the original thread at bios-mods: M15x BIOS unlocking request I have flashed this BIOS and the system works just as with the regular BIOS, the only difference is that there are several new menus accesible in the "Advanced" tab of the BIOS: -IGD - LCD Control Sub-Menu -SATA Control Sub-Menu -SATA Hard Drive The performance options have new sub-menus as well: -Plaform Thermal Configuration -Clarksfield QPI-Sub-Menu -Clarksfiled Memory Sub-Menu Unfortunately there are no frequency ratio options in the bios. Each of those has a couple of further submenus. Check out the pics of the screen in the spoiler for all details: Not every of the new options will be useful though, e.g. enabling eSata port multiplying won't do any good since the PM55 chipset doesn't support this feature. I haven't tested all the new options yet, but I'll definitely take a closer look at them. Instructions for flashing: - Download the unlocked BIOS files, they can be found here. - Download the BIOS A09 executable file (R293649.exe) from the Dell driver site and extract it and copy the files to the root of a DOS bootable USB drive. - delete the following files W6702M.A09, W6702MB.A09.bin, W6702MB.A09 from the USB drive - extract the .zip archive with the modded BIOS files and copy the three files to the root of your USB drive - rename the modded files (W6702M_SLIC.A09, W6702MB.A09_SLIC.bin, W6702MB_SLIC.A09) to W6702M.A09, W6702MB.A09.bin and W6702MB.A09 -Shutdown your system and boot from your USB drive -Type fa.bat and hit enter -follow the instruction on the screen, after the flashing is finished, the system will shutdown itself -restart your system and don't do anything, it will restart a couple of times before it will boot into Windows, don't worry. Everything at your own risk of course, I don't take any resposibility for bricked mobos. Crisis information should be available at bios-mods.com in case you mess up totally. Hope some of you guys test this as well and give some feedback. Again, a very big thanks to Ahmed Hossam from the bios-mods.com forums.

The only useful option I would find on an unlocked BIOS is the white-listing of the PSU and those of the GPUs. The rest are minor since we cannot improve cooling that much to support any further overclocking

That's a cop-out IMO. During summer here it's 40c+ and not everybody has A/C, or even fans. I'm not saying I expect it to run at 65c all the time, but if other products (like cars) are tested for multiple climates & conditions, then why not laptops?

Killawatt reported 197W for TS bench and 193W for wprime 1.55 never the less wprime 1.55 pushed the CPU harder (the multipliers dropped lower than TS Bench) even though the power consumption was less (4W less to be accurate) I am with 75mV extra, 5% BCLK overclock and 1.6V for the memory

So I did it with Crysis 2, you can see my settings below, tried from Memory Clock 900Mhz with increment of 50Hz until 1080Mhz(max), FPS increases from 30-31 =/ haha, haven't tried the cpu/shader though. will give it a go when I have more time =)

Example.. you can try this for yourself. 1. download and install EVGA precision or MSI afterburner. 2. Download and install FRAPS. 3. Run either EVGA or MSI and FRAPS. 4. Run crysis 2. 5. Stay still in a particular spot looking at a particular item. Hit f10 to take screenshot. 6 Now raise memory by 50 mhz. Take a screenshot. You will notice you get about 1 fps per 50mhz of memory. Do the same with the cpu/shader and see how much you gain. The cpu/shader gives much more results than memory. Try the experiment for yourself and let us know what you get. Best Wishes, StevenX

According to an interview the crew behind BF3 said that the system requirements werent crazy like crysis. And ive gotten crysis warhead maxed (1366x768) at a very smooth 25-35 fps. I would expect simular performance from another juggernaught game But im assuming there will be a few high end effects (I.E. SSAO) which maght have to take a hike. Announced requirements: http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/87125/can-your-pc-handle-battlefield-3/

Yeah I cannot play any FPS game with vsync on... I prefer the tearing over the lag @Stevenxowens792 Thanks for uploading! so the game remains stable at 30 FPS and above with those settings?

Just Ordered a i7 920XM CPU should be with me soon as soon. I have more resource to spare i'll go for 6970M FCX or a single 6970M with a GTX 285M as dedicated PhysX ... I've not decided yet, any opinion on that would help... I know 6970 is a powerhungry beast so cfx would need more power i dont really want burn my systemboard. I may could try replace the power coils and the regulator IC's.

If i can throw on my R2, 2x 6970M and a 320/330W PSU from the M18x and have them play without issues then I will stick with it for a long long time.... LOL