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    480m upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by st_luxaeterna, Sep 14, 2011.

  1. st_luxaeterna

    st_luxaeterna Newbie

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    anyone know how to go about manually upgrading my Alienware m17x 460m to a 480?
     
    st_luxaeterna, Sep 14, 2011
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  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    do you have a 480m in your possession? and is it a clevo or a dell card
     
    bigtonyman, Sep 14, 2011
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  3. zergslayer69

    zergslayer69 Liquid Hz

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    Last I read nobody successfully put a 480m in and got 3d to work. I think under normal operations it was ok.
     
    zergslayer69, Sep 14, 2011
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    BruteLeo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know people were getting the gtx 485m to work but not having the 3d, best bet is updrade to a gtx 580m if you can afford it... its the only sure way to get supported drivers from dell.
     
    BruteLeo, Sep 15, 2011
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  5. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    i don't think its worth doing that upgrade.

    according to notebookcheck, the 560m performs about the same as the 480m
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    you can easily overclock the 460m to faster than 560m speeds

    the 460m in my Asus g73 is running cold at 800 core/1600 shaders/1480 ddr5
     
    SlickDude80, Sep 15, 2011
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    I second the idea of getting the 580 instead if you're going to drop down big money.
     
    zergslayer69, Sep 15, 2011
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  7. bigtonyman

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    I can wish.... :D
     
    bigtonyman, Sep 15, 2011
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