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    Alienware 17 R2 GTX970M Shadow Play...

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by S7N, Mar 5, 2015.

  1. S7N

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    Does anyone know how to get shadow play working on the new Alienware laptops. I know the new Asus laptops G751 have a dedicated button for shadow play and the software works on those laptops withe same specs. Why doesn't it work on the Alienware?

    From what I've been told Optimus doesn't work with Shadow Play which is a real bummer. There has to be a way to make this work on Alienware laptops.. If ASUS can make it work surely Dell can to. Besides who's bright idea was it to have this *** Optimus in gaming laptops anyways? At Least give us the option to disable it completely in the bios.

    Does anyone know how to get this working?
     
    S7N, Mar 5, 2015
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    brash47 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I forgot to metion in my previous post I can turn shadow play on just fine but there is a red line over the recording icon and I can't record anything.
     
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    You can try updating the video driver.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Mar 11, 2015
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    I have done everything. New drivers, modded drivers, regedit. It's not supported with Optimus is what I've been told. Why on earth would a gaming laptop need Optimus technology anyways. Saving battery power isn't the main objective of a gaming laptop. At least give us an option to disable Optimus in a future bios update. Thanks.
     
    S7N, Mar 12, 2015
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    The new asus machines do not have optimus so that's why it works.

    Disabling optimus requires hardware and can't be added in with a software update.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 13, 2015
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    I'm starting to regret my purchase. No Raid, Optimus in a gaming laptop, No Shadow Play. I might be taking back the Asus G750 I gave my wife and giving her this Alienware. Had I known this I would have just purchased another Asus.
     
    S7N, Mar 13, 2015
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    The G750 has optimus so it wont work with shadow play either.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 14, 2015
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    It does work, there is a workaround for it, I own the laptop. The new G751 has dedicated macro for Shadow Play but Alienware Graphics Amplifier made me switch up my decision. I'll just have to purchase Mirillis Action to record is all. It is what it is.
     
    S7N, Mar 15, 2015
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    What is the work around for that machine?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 16, 2015
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    It works, here's some proof. Shadowplay works with Optimus now, whereas previously it did not, but it's hard to find a definite answer.

    This video was recorded with Shadowplay on the AW 15 970M which has Optimus:


    I know that some games don't work with shadowplay, or maybe something is up with your drivers/setup, but it should work!
     
    kgh00007, Mar 22, 2015
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