The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Thinking of buying

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by xMAXIMUSx, Mar 16, 2018.

  1. xMAXIMUSx

    xMAXIMUSx Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    111
    Messages:
    212
    Likes Received:
    48
    Trophy Points:
    41
    A 15 r3 with 7700hq and 1060 , it only has 1080 panel and am wondering if the 1060 would work with as A LCD upgrade to a g sync tn panel?
     
    xMAXIMUSx, Mar 16, 2018
    #1
  2. rinneh

    rinneh Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    854
    Messages:
    4,897
    Likes Received:
    2,191
    Trophy Points:
    231
    nope, you need to buy a Gsync enabled Alienware to use an Gsync panel. Cannot be added afterwards unfortunately. The motherboard is different.
     
    rinneh, Mar 16, 2018
    #2
  3. xMAXIMUSx

    xMAXIMUSx Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    111
    Messages:
    212
    Likes Received:
    48
    Trophy Points:
    41
    Ah well worth a try thanks for heads up
     
    xMAXIMUSx, Mar 16, 2018
    #3