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    920/940 question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by usmc1488, Sep 8, 2010.

  1. usmc1488

    usmc1488 Notebook Evangelist

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    What kind of slot does the 920/940 take? Are they direct replacemets for the original 260/280 or ATI cards???
     
    usmc1488, Sep 8, 2010
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    V3_Shae Notebook Consultant

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    920/940 are processors. The others are graphics cards.
     
    V3_Shae, Sep 8, 2010
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  3. inap

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    yes 920/940 are cpu's, and 260/280 are gpu's.
     
    inap, Sep 8, 2010
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  4. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Yea 920/940 are CPU's, and can't be used to replace the QX9300 or other core2duo chips due to differant architecture. The 260/280s can be replaced with the ATI 4870 Graphic cards
     
    DR650SE, Sep 8, 2010
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    That's right 920/940 are cpus ... thought i'd follow suit
     
    Malignant, Sep 8, 2010
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  6. usmc1488

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    ooooops Ive confused two completely new "things" so whats the "new" NVIDIA Gefoce GPU's that are coming out?
     
    usmc1488, Sep 8, 2010
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Those are the 460/480 GPUs, and I don't think they will have bios support in the M17x R1.
     
    DR650SE, Sep 9, 2010
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