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    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire alienware m17 r2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by callumr, Nov 13, 2013.

  1. callumr

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    i have the chance of buying a R2 for £500, but would this run BF4?
     
    callumr, Nov 13, 2013
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Depends on the specifications, but you'd probably have to turn most details down and play at a lower resolution.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 13, 2013
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  3. callumr

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    Alienware M17xR2 in cosmic red with 8gig ram, core i7 2.66ghz cpu, 2x512gig drives in raid mode, full HD 1080p screen 2xradeon HD5870
     
    callumr, Nov 13, 2013
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  4. Akimitsui

    Akimitsui Notebook Evangelist

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    The game should run on low settings, however, before buying the game itself for pc I would suggest you watch this: Battlefield 4 Angry Rant! EA FIX YOUR GAME! - YouTube
    NVidia 780GTX Desktop graphics card, and still major issues with the game...

    Battlefield 3 is still largely active, and you will not run into issues like this, you just wont have the falling skyscraper and the awesome weather effects. I can run it mixed high to medium settings on a single 5870M.
     
    Akimitsui, Nov 13, 2013
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  5. callumr

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    callumr, Nov 14, 2013
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    i have seen a 7970m for sale on ebay but the guy has said - "Hi card is fully working in 2D mode 3D mode not working propley black seceen
    I seling becouse i cannot fixing this problem ." any thoughts on whether this would still be a good buy for replaced these two cards? or is this problem not fixable?
     
    callumr, Nov 14, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Better to stay safe with 2 completely working cards. They should run it in low-medium.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 14, 2013
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  8. Jessbobsquarepants

    Jessbobsquarepants Notebook Guru

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    The only way I would ever considering buying a card if it comes with a warranty of at least 30 days so you are covered in case you put it into the system and it's broken or not working at all .
     
    Jessbobsquarepants, Nov 14, 2013
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Ebay technically gives you 45 days return policy with Paypal dispute (always rules in favor of buyer), but yeah sounds like that 7970M is toast.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 14, 2013
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  10. flingin

    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    Get a New Card From Eurocom, make an offer to them on their ebay account: upgradeyourlaptop

    Warranty : 3 months
     
    flingin, Nov 14, 2013
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