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I don't know about you, but I'm totally looking forward for this (its by the guy who made Wing Commander series and Privateer) and totally buying a nice joystick for it when it comes out. | Roberts Space Industries basically looks like MMO space sim.

*** User with any of the M14x R2 / M17x R4 / M18x R2 notebooks with a current BIOS have reported issues when using the Secure Boot / Fast Boot options in combination with the dedicated Nvidia / AMD GPU.("Can't detect MXM card GOP driver" in case of the R4 / M18x R2) The reason for this is simple - Dell never provided a vbios update which includes the necessary graphic drivers to make those feature work. The only UEFI compliant drivers in the system have been the ones of the Intel HD iGP. A very big failure on Dell's side if you ask me, especially since this has been reported here and in other forums as well on the dell community site and it was said that people would look into this... absolutely nothing happened.Not that this really surprises me... looking at the latest BIOS releases and also at the behavior regarding release notes for such updates. Seems we need to look for the updates ourselves. Anyway, Dell actually ships the very latest systems with updated vbios on the dedicated GPUs. Attached to this post you can find a new vbios for the Nvidia GTX 680m, 660m as well as the AMD 7970m. Both include the required UEFI drivers, and should therefor fix this issue. Thanks @Zyron for the 680m vbios. I don't have a version for the 675m so far, so if anyone has an updated vbios for that card, please let me know or post it. Flashing instructions for Nvidia: http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/2166-%5Bguide%5D-nvidia-vbios-flashing.html Flashing instructions for AMD: http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/1738-%5Bguide%5D-amd-vbios-flashing.html As for the M14x R2, a new, yet unreleased BIOS (A10) has made it's way to the web. You can find it here: http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m14x/2655-%5Bm14x-r2%5D-a10-bios-fixes-uefi-issues-nvidia-card.html Check the third post. Also I took a quick look at it and wrote down the most important changes (post #4). EDIT: M14x R2 BIOS A10 is now officially available on the Dell drivers site. *** M14x R2-Dell GTX 660m - 80.07.39.00.0F.zip M14x R2-Dell GTX 680m - 80.04.5B.00.02.zip M14x R2-Dell 7970m - 015.022.000.001.000000.C42904A1.119.zip M14x R2-Dell 675m - 70.24.4E.00.10.zip M17x R4-Dell GTX 660m - 80.07.39.00.0F.zip M17x R4-Dell GTX 680m - 80.04.5B.00.02.zip M17x R4-Dell 7970m - 015.022.000.001.000000.C42904A1.119.zip M17x R4-Dell 675m - 70.24.4E.00.10.zip M18x R2-Dell GTX 660m - 80.07.39.00.0F.zip M18x R2-Dell GTX 680m - 80.04.5B.00.02.zip M18x R2-Dell 7970m - 015.022.000.001.000000.C42904A1.119.zip M18x R2-Dell 675m - 70.24.4E.00.10.zip

Lucid Logix' Virtu MVP 2.0 available next month for $30 At last, AMD Sandy/Ivy Bridge iGPU + AMD eGPU users will be able to buy Lucid Logix Virtu MVP to gain an internal LCD mode for little extra $$. See Lucid Virtu MVP 2.0 Coming Soon and Will Be Sold Directly to Consumers | PC Perspective Given HD7xxx is mostly faster than the equivalent NVidia GTX6xxx card as demonstrated, the HD8xxx series released in the next couple of months will extend that lead further. Yes a mPCI-e based DIY eGPU is possible. The PE4L/PE4H + PM3N has a USB port BUT it will only work if your particular mPCIe port has the USB pins wired. Typically that would make it a WWAN+PCIe port. Dell often does that. HP hardly ever, not sure about PackardBell. A505-S6005 specs tell us it's a Series-5 1st-gen i3 system with HD graphics. It has an expresscard slot. A PE4L-EC060A 2.1b being a good budget eGPU adapter for you that gives pci-e 2.0 capability should you upgrade to a Sandy/Ivy Bridge notebook down the track. A NVidia GTX4xxx/5xxx/6xxx card giving NVidia Optimus features and performance. A s/h GTX560/GTX560Ti a sweet spot for low cost and high performance. The Lenovo V570 has no expresscard slot. The only option for eGPU connectivity is via an accessible mPCIe slot with pci-e pins connected. Some systems have only 1 (wifi), others have more. You'd need to check. If you have more than one then recommend swapping the wifi card into it and seeing if it appears in Device manager to confirm the pci-e pins are connected. Some WWAN mPCIe ports just have USB pins connected.