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    Alienware Mx17 R2 Plus Quadro Video Card

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by RicG, Sep 23, 2014.

  1. RicG

    RicG Newbie

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    Hi,

    Has anybody tried to use a Nvidia Quadro card in an Alienware laptop? Mine is a Dell Mx17 R2 with the ATI Radeon HD4870 graphis card.

    Thank you
     
    RicG, Sep 23, 2014
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  2. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    It probably won't work and I've never seen anyone doing this before...
     
    TomJGX, Sep 23, 2014
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    You got a response form another forum that states that if the socket matches and power isn't a problem, you should be fine.
    Not sure if you would need an Alienware vBIOS or not (because Quadro cards never have been in Alienwares before), but if your HD 4870m is dead, it wouldn't hurt to try.
     
    Game7a1, Sep 23, 2014
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