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    765M in M17X R4

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by fourberie, Sep 21, 2013.

  1. fourberie

    fourberie Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a 680M in at the moment but I'm looking to downgrade.

    Can it be done?
     
    fourberie, Sep 21, 2013
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  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    why would you do such a thing???????? :eek: but yes I'm pretty sure it can be done. You will probably lose the ability to use optimus though.
     
    bigtonyman, Sep 22, 2013
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  3. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    I want to quote from Starcraft...

    "power overwhelming!!!"
     
    maxheap, Sep 22, 2013
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  4. fourberie

    fourberie Notebook Enthusiast

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    680M is overkill for what I do these days. I find that I have less and less time to play games so I figured a downgrade would be best until I needed a powerful GPU again/

    Why would I lose Optimus though? From what I read, the 7xx series supports Optimus unless in SLI?
     
    fourberie, Sep 22, 2013
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    But, but, but... why would you need to downgrade? Are you planning on selling it (the GPU) or something?
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 23, 2013
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  6. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    The 680M does hold its value and the 765M would be cheaper but the saving is not huge, you may want to completely sell up and move to a different purpose system and then save if you want another system.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 23, 2013
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