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    Alienware M17X R2 GPU upgradebility

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by aditya900, Dec 14, 2011.

  1. aditya900

    aditya900 Notebook Consultant

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    Lets discuss, about the option of upgrading the GPU in M17X R2.

    As, we all know that M17X R2 comes with dual GPU's. My is configured currently with "ATI Radeon HD 4870M X2 GDDR3". I was wondering what are my chances of upgrading the GPU to "Dual 2GB Nvidia Geforce 580M GTX" OR "Dual 2GB AMD Radeon 6990M".

    Has anyone tried it out.

    Please send me your feedback.

    Regards;

    Aditya
     
    aditya900, Dec 14, 2011
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  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    6990m xfire runs in the m17x r2, but the 580m's don't. for more info you can look here :)
     
    bigtonyman, Dec 14, 2011
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  3. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    The answer to your question and the place for this discussion is on this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...-6990-your-m17x-r2-single-gpu-crossfirex.html

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